Browsing Masters Degrees (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology) by Title

Holy or wholly? : a systematic theological study of Sabbath keeping in the works of Samuele Bacchiocchi and Marva J. Dawn

Mats’aba, Kofo (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a study of the doctrinal concept of Sabbath keeping in the works of Samuele Bacchiocchi and Marva J. Dawn, respectively. Bacchiocchi is from the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church which ...

The Holy spirit, the church and daily life : a theological search for an integrated pneumatology in the light of Chewa views of the spirit

Siwinda, Julius Chikhutu (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study reviews the need to re-articulate the doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the Church of Central African Presbyterian (CCAP) Nkhoma Synod by incorporating certain traditional concepts. The research ...

Hope incarnate : a systematic theological investigation in conversation with Jurgen Moltmann and Russel Botman

Saaiman, Granville Monrico (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The title of this study, Incarnate Hope, suggests a possible link between hope and embodied action, between hope and transformation. This implies, among other things, that for hope to be understood ...

Inclusion or exclusion? : a Christian ethical investigation into biblical perspectives on homosexuality

Le Roux, Olivia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The debate on homosexuality has become increasingly painful and divisive between people of the Christian faith. A very relevant question is asked; are homosexual people included in the ecclesial community? The ...

The infinite demand & the demand of the infinite : a theological-ethical evaluation of Simon Critchley’s experiments in political theology

Ullrich, Calvin Dieter (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03-01)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: What is a ‘faith of the faithless?’ This study investigates the question of a ‘faithless faith’ and explores its accentuations through the purview of Simon Critchley, author of Infinitely Demanding and ...

The infinitude of beauty as expression of the beauty of the infinite? : a critical evaluation of the use of the analogia entis in the theological aesthetics of David Bentley Hart

Havenga, Marthinus Johannes (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate if American Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart's use of the classical Thomistic principle of the analogia entis (in his monograph The Beauty of the Infinite: ...

An interdisciplinary engagement with the human dignity of the sexual minorities in Grace Bible Church, Soweto : a case study on gender, law and religion

Sewapa, Tebogo Molate (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Pentecostal theological notion of being “born again” stems from the mainstream Evangelical doctrines of “sin,” “salvation” and “baptism in the Holy Spirit” that are inextricably interwoven into the ...

The intermediatorial work of Christ through His threefold office : a theological appropriation from an African perspective

Mupangilayi Makanda, Joshua (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the midst of suffering, poverty and moral crisis, many Africans have never been able to rely on Christ as the only Lord and Saviour of their lives. In spite of their regular church attendance to the ...

Is ovarian cancer the end of womanhood? : a feminist theological engagement

Minnaar, Tayla Amy (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a study of the contemporary notions of the body that may seem to challenge concepts of womanhood among women who are diagnosed with ovarian cancer who, as a result, may not be able to bear ...

Is that your (real) child? Adoption : the sacrament of belonging

Kelly, Angus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Is it possible to call the relationship between adoptive parents and adopted children real in the sense that a sacrament is real? This study is a reflection on Kelley Nikondeha’s book Adopted: The ...

'n Kerkhistoriese herlees van The Genadendal Diaries (1792-1796), met as lens die vraag na die verband tussen gender, gesondheid en godsdiens

Marais, Anlen Elisabeth (2014-04)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As a historical document, The Genadendal Diaries should be read against the background of the eighteenth-century scramble by the West to conquer South Africa, among other territories. These conquering ...

Kerkwees op Mooimeisiesfontein : die geskiedenis van die Ned. Geref. Kerk Albanie, 1831-1981

Kruger, L. R. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1981-09)

INLEIDING: In hierdie verhandeling gaan dit om die geskiedenis van die Ned. Geref. gemeente Albanie, Riebeek-Oos, wat in hierdie jaar 150 jaar bestaan. By die interpretasie van hierdie gemeentegeskiedenis moet rekening ...

Leierskap, spiritualiteit en teologiese opleiding : histories-teologiese perspektiewe in gesprek met die lewe en werk van Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Bester, Gottlieb Christiaan (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-12)

The statement of the thesis focus on the relationship decrease of the authority of the leader, the expectation of the leadership and the theological training offered in student preparation. The researcher will attempt to ...

The liturgy and order of the mid-sixteenth century English Church in Geneva : some reflections on the life and influence of a refugee church

Jackson, Robert (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: What are the predominant characteristics of the Refugee churches established in Europe in the mid‐sixteenth century? They are, undoubtedly, those of disputation and argument, dissension and fraction. But ...