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Christ on the streets: A call for active citizenry in the context of migration, homelessness and marginalisation in the City of Tshwane

Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon; Mofokeng, Thabang (Unisa press, 2018-12)

This chapter reflenects on an encounter with the authors and a Bible study group constituted by homeless people and a few others working with the homeless in the city of Tshwane. The session focused on reading Matthew ...
Christianity at war with racism in South Africa

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Aosis, 2017)

It is important to have a common understanding about a definition for racism. Although an acute problem currently in South Africa, the road travelled has to be acknowledged. This chapter involves the Christian Church to ...
The continuous dialectic between Theology and Culture: the critical function of hermeneutics and spirituality in this dynamic discourse

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Centre for Human Interaction, Learning and Development, 2016)

Throughout the history of Christianity, a dialectic existed in the relation between theology and culture. This resulted in continuous conflicts among Christian scholars and among churches. This research tends to participate ...
The cup and baptism: Metaphors of servant leadership in Mark 10:38–39

Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019-06-17)

This chapter is part of the fourth Christian Leadership Conference theme “Metaphors of leadership or leading by metaphors”. In the chapter, I present “cup” and “baptism” as metaphors of servant leadership in Mark 10:38–39. ...
Ethics in the Johannine Epistles: ‘A matter of having Fellowship.’

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Walter de Gruyter, 2006)

The ethos of the ethics of 1 and 2 John is a matter of "fellowship". A network of metaphors are used by the elder to describe this distinctiveness of Johannine ethics in the setting of ancient Mediterranean life. Such ...
The functioning of the Bible in Protestant mission

Kritzinger, J. N. J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950- (2003)

To show now the Bible functions in the praxis of Protestant missions this paper uses a framework that expresses the key dimensions of mission praxis: a) the mission method or strategy employed; b) the agents carrying it ...
"... no longer invisible ..." Justice and healing for the individual in the City of Tshwane

Nel, R W; Mangayi, Lukwikilu Credo (AcadSA Publishing, 2014-11)

The urban community participating in this Bible study can indeed not only open the eyes of the "trained reader", but also expose the (spiritual) blindness that often besets the elite when reading and preaching the text. ...
Opstanding in die Evangelie volgens Johannes

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Lux Verbi.BM, 2011)

Die Johannesevangelie is deurweek van die kruis- en opstandingsgebeure van Jesus. Vir die skrywer gaan daar ook 'n toekomstige opstanding van alle afgestorwenes wees. Die inhoud van hierdie hoofstuk word in vier dele ...
Radical openness as a prerequisite for student-centredness: A South African perspective

Oliver, Erna (Unisa Press, 2019)

Higher education in South Africa must work with the current realities of student protests and the challenges from the digital age to reshape and revolutionise its future, or it will become obsolete. Student-centredness ...
Rape and sexual violation against men: the experiences of the homeless community in the City of Tshwane

Mangayi, Lukwikilu Credo (AcadSA Publishing, 2014-11)

The aim of this chapter is to reflect on rape and sexual violation against men, especially from the experiences of a homeless community in Tshwane. Twenty participants were engaged through Contextual Bible Studies to gain ...
Testing tales: Genesis 22 and Daniel 3 and 6

Lombaard, Christo J.S. (Atlanta: SBL Press, 2019)

Genesis 22, Daniel 3, Daniel 6, Prayer, Post-exilic identity of Israel
Three Different, but Related, Mind-sets to Constitute a Paradigm  for Coping in Times of Distress

Van der Merwe, D.G. (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017)

Life is characterised by multiple forms of both suffering and happiness. How one experiences this dichotomy depends on one’s choice of attitude, decision in that regard, and subsequent stance. The mind can be the greatest ...

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