This thesis is not a life history of Archie Mafeje. Instead, it is an attempt to grapple with his ideas. This thesis is said to be a ‘biography’ insofar as it is dedicated to a study of one individual and his contribution ...
When violence towards fellow humans deteriorates to the extent of setting fire on others, it becomes a matter of grievous concern and a subject of empirical research. This study therefore inquires into xenophobic violence ...
Every church faces the challenge of procuring capable workers for the multifaceted task of ministry. For
several decades now official denominational statements and the discipline of Practical Theology have
been calling ...
The Karretjie People, or Cart People are a peripatetic community and are descendants of the KhoeKhoen and San, the earliest inhabitants of the Karoo region in South Africa. As a landless and disempowered community they are ...
The study at hand proceeds from the assumption that there is a catechetical as well as a
music pedagogical teaching tradition for young children. The touch points of the two
disciplines emerge rather by chance than by ...
The text deconstructs notions of ideal community which, while affinning
irmnediate proximate human relations, effectiveiy disaffirms and thus
devalues those mediated over distance and time. It argues against such
social ...
This dissertation is a contribution to cybernetics, a sub-discipline ofPractical Theology.
It is a dialogue between theology and management science. The first part discusses
whether such a dialogue is reasonable at all. ...
Zusammenfassung
Das Forschungsprojekt untersucht Bekehrungsmotive von südsudanesischen Migranten, die in einem islamischen Kontext leben. Dazu wird zunächst das biblisch-theologische Bekeh¬rungsverständnis erhoben und ...
In a diachronic and multi-sited study that extended from 2004 through
2012/2013 I deconstructed the sociocultural dynamics of relocating farm graves
from the farm Zevenfontein in northern peri-urban Johannesburg. The ...
Did Christ, in the incarnation, take a fallen or unfallen human nature? This question, in
its various forms, has occupied the Christian Church for as long as it has existed. For
the Seventh-day Adventist church, to w ...
Die verskillende pre-koloniale samelewings in suidelike-Afrika bet in die laat
18de en vroee 19de eeue reeds 'n herkenbaar moderne vorm begin aanneem, toe
hulle identiteit deur koloniale intervensie 'gevries' is. Die ...
The mission over the last few decades, especially of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has
focused on “confessionalism”. In this specific sense of mission growth—numeric growth—
has been a priority, and, unfortunately, ...
Cosmology and sociology show that animism is the predominant worldview of Japan.
Concepts of God, the issue of controlling mana-power, implications of the Japanese
soul-concept, the orientation of the conscience and ...
In the thesis a methodology of understanding and explicating Christian faith consistent with the mystery of the simultaneous close connection and radical difference of God, human beings and the physical-organic cosmos ...
This thesis is focused upon the political philosophy of Niccolò
Machiavelli. It is a study of both the philosophical presuppositions
of this philosophy and its practical implementation. The aim is to
determine and ...
This thesis aims at the integration of the concept of habitus, as introduced by Pierre
Bourdieu, with the concept of worldview as defined by Paul G. Hiebert develop implications for the missiological discipline and the ...
This study explores the practice of hospitality within the Pauline churches and links this practice with mission. It is theoretically informed by Käsemann’s (1963) emphasis on the unity of the church as “an eschatological ...
In anthropological studies place is often taken for granted, “just” the locale where
other interesting, more significant things happen (De Jongh 2006:79). I argue
that rather than a mere backdrop to activities, the ...
In hierdie navorsingstuk word 'n totaal nuwe Radikale en gedifferensieerde Universumgerigte aanloop tot die teologie, die peumato/ogie en veral die ou klassieke pentekosta/isme se eng partikularistiese en sogenaamde unieke ...
Faith or spiritual formation studies the practices that nurture the spiritual lives of young people including preaching, scriptural engagement, prayer, and discipleship. On the other hand, young people are not isolated but ...