The article aims to engage with John Calvin’s view on the economy with special reference to Geneva and its background. It will specifically look into the marriage between Calvinism and capitalism, the issue of usury, ...

The article commemorates Rudolf Bultmann’s legacy and the date of his birth 130 years ago. It demonstrates Bultmann’s historical critical exegesis of the New Testament and his theological hermeneutics. The article explains ...

What is it about churches with a Pentecostal background that justifies their existence apart from churches from the Catholic, Reformed or Eastern traditions? Is it possible to define a Pentecostal hermeneutic distinctive ...

The widening spectrum of scientific and theological reflection has encompassed much of the natural sciences as was evi-denced in the August 2013 volume of Studia Historiae Eccle-siasticae that celebrated the work of Professor ...

2013 saw the 175th commemoration of the Great Trek. The festivities reached a climax on 16 December when many Afrikaners celebrated the Vow in commemoration of victory of the Voortrekkers against the Zulus at Blood River. ...

This article undertakes an historical exploration of the three healing systems in Ibibio from a social and theological anthro-pological perspective on health and health care and draws implications for pastoral caregiving ...

In parallel with the Pietistic movement in Germany with its emphasis on mysticism, piety and spiritual devotion to Christ, feminine mystics in South African frontier communities reflected trends that were analogous to the ...

Ntsikana, the son of Gaba (1780–1820), is remembered as a Xhosa prophet umphrofethi wakwa Xhosa who left an indelible mark on the Christian social history landscape of South Africa. Although he lived almost two centuries ...

Ngaka (the indigenous doctor and healer among Tswana speaking people) represented the spiritual priest among the Batswana and hence a great challenge to missionaries of colo-nial times, whose agenda was to sell a different ...