Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology) by Title
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Liturgy and spirituality in the ecumenical movement : a systematic-theological evaluation
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A growing number of scholars with an interest in liturgy and spirituality have contributed to discussions surrounding the relationship between liturgy and spirituality. This dissertation examines the ... -
A Luo Christian perspective on the role of the Holy Spirit in sanctification according to John Calvin
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research project interprets Calvin’s views on the work of the Spirit in sanctification. It then evaluates Calvin’s views from a Luo perspective. The study of Calvin focuses on the 1559 edition of ... -
Munster and Minjung : re-reading the Anabaptist Münster kingdom from a perspective of Korean Minjung (common people) theology
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main interest of this research is to reinterpret the sixteenth-century radical Reformation in general and the event of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster in particular, through the lens of the ... -
Not justice, but care? : an analysis of contemporary ethical theories in light of the love commandment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the late 1970’s an important conversation concerning the ethics of care became more prominent. One of the most prominent and influential key figures of this ethical theory was Carol Gilligan who, ... -
On tragedy and transcendence : a critical exposition of Donald MacKinnon and Rowan Williams in the context of a modern debate
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is focused on the relation between Christian metaphysics and philosophies of the tragic. Its context is within a modern debate, a setting where this interrelation has become contested. ... -
Ontology and the new being : the relationship between creation and redemption in the theology of Paul Tillich and A.A. van Ruler
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation examines the relationship of ontology and soteriology - the classic problem of nature and grace. Paul Tillich and Arnold van Ruler have been chosen as the best representatives of ... -
Op weg na 'n menswaardige samelewing : 'n teologies-etiese ondersoek na die korrelasie tussen 'n handves van menseregte en morele verantwoordelikheid
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the possibility of building a more humane and dignified society and asked the pertinent question: what is the role of the bills of rights in building a more humane and dignified ... -
The origin and development of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) in Zambia, 1882 - 2004
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)This study deals with the origin and developments leading to the formation of the CCAP Synod in Zambia 1882 to 2004. Above all, it is an in-depth ecclesiological analysis and evaluation of the Livingstonia Mission from ... -
The Papacy as ecumenical challenge : contemporary Anglican and Protestant perspectives on the Petrine Ministry
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2004-12)This dissertation explores how Anglican and Protestant church perspectives on the papacy are increasingly changing, as they identify the need for and value of a universal ministry of unity that may potentially be recognised ... -
Performing Christ : a South African protest play and the theological dramatic theory of Hans Urs von Balthasar
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the latter part of the 20th century, against the backdrop of incidents such as the Sharpeville Massacre and the Soweto Uprising, theatre became one of the principal means of ‘artistic resistance’ in ... -
The poor and the public : an exploration of synergies between black theology and public theologies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The title of this study is . The Poor and the Public: An Exploration of Synergies between Black Theology and Public Theologies. In Chapter One, which is the introduction, the research question is posed ... -
'n Praktiese-teologiese besinning oor die betekenis van Artikel 4 van die belydenis van Belhar as grondslag vir die vestiging van 'n teologie van ontwikkeling in die Vereniging Gereformeerde Kerk in Suider-Afrika(VGKSA)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study, the researcher studied the Belhar Confession of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa (URCSA), which gained shape following the social injustices that resulted from the policy of ... -
Prayer : the chief exercise of faith : the centrality of prayer in faith and obedience according to Karl Barth
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is an attempt to show the centrality of prayer in the Christian life, in faith and obedience, according to Karl Barth. It is argued that the Christian life was not the focus of Barth’s ... -
The priesthood of believers : a critical analysis and evaluation of developments in the Ecclesiology of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a critical analysis and evaluation of the teaching of the priesthood of believers and the development of ecclesiology in the Seventh-day Adventist church. The study analyses this ... -
A public theologian : a critical study of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen’s postfoundationalist facilitation of interdisciplinarity
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: See item for full-text. -
The quest for unity between the Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa, 1959-1973
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nineteenth century Presbyterian witness in South Africa provides us with a wonderful testimony of close work relationships between ministers that served independent colonial congregations and missionaries ... -
Recollection and Confession : the Heidelberg catechism as a site of memory in the Dutch Reformed Church, 1862-1963
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an analysis of the Heidelberg Catechism as site of memory in the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in the period 1862 to 1963. It assumes that there is a dynamic entanglement between recollection ... -
Recovering the Calvin of "Two Kingdoms"? : a historical-theological inquiry in the light of church-state discourse in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is a historical-theological inquiry into the social thought of John Calvin through the lens of the “Calvin” of the church struggle with the purpose of recovering his doctrines of two kingdoms ... -
The reformed tradition always reforming? : a historical-theological study of the doctrine of justification in the works of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards and N.T. Wright
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the work of John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, and N.T. Wright on the doctrine of Justification. As a comparative study in theology, this work aims to discover areas of continuity and ... -
Revelation as divine testimony : a philosophical-theological inquiry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dissertation examines, on the basis of insights from contemporary analytic philosophy of testimony, the intellectual viability of the traditional Christian conception of revelation as divine testimony. ...
