Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology) by Title
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Aksie en kontemplasie? : op weg na mistiek-profetiese gereformeerde spiritualiteit in dialoog met David Tracy en K.H. Miskotte
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)This study concerns the relationship between mysticism and social action (widely understood, as including political and economic action), or as it was formulated for centuries in the Christian tradition: the relationship ... -
Alfa en omega : ’n studie in die trinitariese denke van Robert Jenson
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008-03)This study offers an overview, interpretation and critical evaluation of the theology of the Lutheran American theologian Robert Jenson. The first aim is to give an outline of his theology in such a way that the importance ... -
Allan Boesak en die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sendingkerk : 'n teologies-historiese ondersoek
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03-01)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die fokus van hierdie studie val op die rol wat Dr. Allan Aubrey Boesak as lidmaat en predikant van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sendingkerk (NGSK) binne dié kerk, asook binne die breër kader van die ... -
Atonement and human rights? : implications of the classic Reformed doctrine of atonement for the building of a human rights culture in contemporary Malawi
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is a critical investigation of a theological basis for believers and the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian in Malawi to support a culture of human dignity and human rights, and specifically ... -
Augustine and Calvin : the use of Augustine in Calvin's writings
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research is neither to compare the theologies of Augustine and Calvin, nor to establish a theory that reveals Augustine's influence on Calvin's theology. This research, rather, endeavours ... -
BEVRYDENDE WAARHEID. Soteriologie as sleutel tot die verstaan van WD Jonker
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study attempts to show that soteriology is the key to unlock the theology of Willie Jonker. Through creative reordering, respectful representation and questioning interpretation of his thought it ... -
Bible and sword : the Cameronian contribution to freedom of religion
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2008-03)During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Stewart rulers of Scotland and England endeavoured to enforce Royal Absolutism on both countries. This included ecclesiastical pressure on the Scottish Presbyterians, giving rise ... -
The canon law framework for arbitration of delictual disputes in the Roman Catholic Church of South Africa : a critical and comparative study
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In his analysis of conflict resolution in the church sector, Professor Coertzsen (1998:69) points out that disputes occur also within the churches. While some of the disputes are purely doctrinal, ... -
‘Christ, the Head of the Church?’ : authority, leadership and organisational structure within the Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation has as its title: ‘Christ, the Head of the Church’: Authority, Leadership and Organisational Structure within the Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian. This study ... -
A Christian bioethical perspective on pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and Genetic Manipulation (GM)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the development and continued developing of medical technology, treatments become available without the time to reflect ethically on them. Given how fast things change in medical technology, it is ... -
A Christian ethic in the modern and postmodern world
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In seeking to evaluate a Christian ethic in the modern and postmodern world, we should first search for the ethical principles of modernism and of postmodernism. Thereafter, we should attempt to find ... -
Christian ethical implications of the presence of the Kingdom as God's performative action in the light of speech act theory
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis engages some Christian ethical implications of the presence of the kingdom as God’s performative action by reconsidering the role of the linguistic character of the biblical text from the ... -
Christian faith and social transformation : John Howard Yoder's social ethics as lens for revisioning the ecclesiological identity of the South Central Synod (SCS) of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (The PCN)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)The premise for this research is that Yoder’s restorative vision for an ecclesial theology holds great potential for a more adequate involvement of the South Central Synod (SCS) of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (The ... -
Christian revival in the Presbyterian Church of Thailand between 1900 and 1941 : an ecclesiological analysis and evaluation
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study deals with Christian revival and specifically Christian revival in the Presbyterian Church of Thailand. Above all, it is an in-depth ecclesiological analysis and evaluation of the Thai revival ... -
Christians and religious diversity? : a theological evaluation of the meaning of an ethic of embrace in a context of religious diversity
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Due to the consciousness of religious pluralism and the need for peace amongst the religious communities of the world, the researcher considered, and herewith presents, the arguments for and against ... -
Church unity and social contexts : the ecumenical debate on ecclesiology and ethics
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is motivated by challenges arising from decades’ long debates, conversations and tensions regarding church unity within the ecumenical movement and also amongst the Reformed churches locally ... -
Communicative freedom? : Wolfgang Huber's critical engagement of modernity
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)This study is a critical evaluation of the concept „communicative freedom‟ in the work of the theologian Wolfgang Huber. It is argued that his rearticulation of the Reformation‟s understanding of freedom is a critical ... -
Confessional theology? : a critical analysis of the theology of Karl Barth and its significance for the Belhar confession
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-10)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Christian confessions are frequently seen as Christian documents that have nothing to do with the subject of politics. This study endeavours to investigate the relationship between Christian confessions ... -
Constitution or church order? : a church judicial analysis of the church documents in the Reformed Church of East Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Reformed Church of East Africa (RCEA) was founded by the Dutch Reformed Church in 1944. The RCEA however deviates in its church governance from Reformed/Presbyterian church polity principles ordinarily ... -
Contemporary African perspectives on Jesus' cross and human suffering : a critical comparison of African christologies
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research investigates the problem: do contemporary African Christologies reflect the portrayal of the personhood and the significance of the Cross of Christ in the New Testament? It explores the ...
