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Theses and Dissertations (Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology): Recent submissions

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More than partnership : a contextual model of an organic-complementary communion in world mission under consideration of kenosis

Gwinner, Detlef (2013-02)

With globalization the subject of partnership has become one of the main issues in World Mission. Partnerships are formed in all parts of the world in order to promote collaboration between churches, denominations, and ...
Constructing mission praxis for sustainable socio-economic development amongst the rural poor of Oluyole Local Government (Oyo State), Nigeria

Alawode, Akinyemi Oluwafemi (2013-06)

Extreme poverty is the most devastating problem facing the human race, because it condemns nearly half of the world‘s population to hunger, disease and oppression-often with little or no hope for the future. The human ...
The role of Christian churches in community development : a case study of Ovia South-West Nigeria

Ovbiebo, David (2013-06)

The role of Christian churches in community development cannot be over-emphasised. In the past, Christian churches have played vital roles in community development, both in rural and urban areas. It is in light of this ...
The community development challenges faced by the Baptist Church of Ngoubagara (CAR), 2005-2011 : a missiological perspective

Kalemba, Mymy (2013-09)

The community development challenge faced by the Baptist Church of Ngoubagara in Central African Republic was the topic of this work. Due to multiple insecurity and political instability causes, it has created many negatives ...
Encountering the Mbuti Pygmies : a challenge to Christian mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Musolo W'isuka Kamuha (2013-06)

This thesis explores the Mbuti Pygmies, a sub-group of the Pygmy peoples, one of the main ethnic groups of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Mbuti Pygmies are settled mostly in the Ituri rainforest, and ...
Transforming Africa : the role of the church in developing political leaders

Banza, Kabuaya (2013-06)

This thesis reflects on how to develop an African leadership that can contribute to the effective transformation of the African continent. After analysing the concept of leadership and categorising it for better understanding, ...
Role de la Mission Evangelique de la Delivrance dans la prevention de la transmission du VIH/SIDA a Kinshasa, 1998-2008 : perspectives missiologiques

Lubo Kasongo Edmond (2013-02)

La Mission Évangélique de la Délivrance (M.E.D) est dans une ville où le VIH/SIDA fait rage. Ceci crée un problème social dû à la transmission par manque d’information sur cette maladie meurtrière. L’échantillon utilisé ...
Mission as hospitality : the ministry of the Free Methodist church to orphaned and vulnerable children in Kawama township in Ndola, Zambia

Nyiratabaruka, Annociata M. (2013-08)

This study focusses on the missiological response of the Pamodzi Free Methodist Church to the plight of orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs), specifically girl children in the Kawama Township in the Republic of Zambia. ...
Reestablishing roots and learning to fly : Kazakh church planting between contextualization and globalization

Sieberhagen, Dean (2013-02)

The Kazakhs of post-Soviet Central Asia have been in the process of re-discovering their cultural heritage and establishing their own national identity. Profoundly affecting this process is that they live in a world that ...
Causes and implications of apostasy in the West Zimbabwe conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 1998-2008

Mazibisa, Robson Dube (2013-08-06)

This study seeks to investigate the causes and implications of apostasy in the West Zimbabwe Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from 1998 to 2008. The research was undertaken due to the realisation that ...
A survey of social involvement by the Pentecostal Assemblies of God (Zambia)

Phiri, Elisha Francis (2012-11-30)

The subject of social involvement though, still under debate and being pursued by the Church of Jesus Christ even this time around has not wholly been appreciated by most Pentecostals. This is despite the fact that some ...
Mission to and with the poor of Mankweng in Polokwane : a post development perspective

Shingange, Themba (2013-01)

The Church social missions have undergone different paradigm shifts whilst trying to respond to challenges faced by the poor in the society. It seems that at the beginning the Development paradigm was the one used by ...
Mission in der Nachbarschaft : eine empirisch-theologische Studie in Berlin, märkisches Viertel

Gibhardt, Matthias (2012-12)

Die Forschungsarbeit evaluiert den Projektstatus des sozial-missionarischen Familienzent-rums FACE in Berlin, Märkisches Viertel. Dafür wurde in der Dissertation zunächst der theo-logische und sozialwissenschaftliche Rahmen, ...
Suchet des Dorfes Bestes : eine empirische Studie des gesellschaftsrelevanten Gemeindebaus am Beispiel der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft Rectenbach

Hoffmann, Simon (2012-11)

In dieser Forschungsarbeit wird der Change Management Prozess des gesellschaftsrelevanten Gemeindebaus in der Evangelischen Gemeinschaft Rechtenbach untersucht. Das Ziel der Arbeit ist es, herauszufinden, wie dieser ...
Discerning an African missional ecclesiology in dialogue with two uniting youth movements

Nel, Reginald Wilfred (2013-02)

Churches are confronted with the reality of younger, mobile generations challenging existing understandings of church and witness. They seem to live according to a different (postcolonial) script. This study probes the ...
Mission als Kirche mit Anderen : eine interdisziplinäre Studie zur Bedeutung des Konzeptes der Inklusion als Gesprächsbeitrag für die Missionstheologie

Lambach, Matthias (2012-10)

Das Ziel dieser Masterarbeit ist, das gesellschaftlich aktuelle Thema der Inklusion in einen missionstheologischen Kontext einzuordnen und Folgerungen für die kirchliche Praxis zu ziehen. In einem ersten Schritt wird der ...
A missiological exploration of a Pentecostal Church’s contribution to migrants’ social integration in Durban

Nzwiba, Mubili (2012-11)

The subject of migrants’ social integration in receiving countries is a growing debate in the 21st century amongst the international community and the nations of the world. It is a serious concern for many organizations ...
A vision for Franciscan life : an examination of the Third Order rule

Seiler, Martina Gertrud Anneliese (2013-06)

The dissertation is a critical reflection on the relevance of Franciscan spirituality over eight centuries with special focus on the Third Order Regular. This spirituality is rooted in the life and writings of St Francis ...
Wachsende Kirche : auf der Suche nach Zugangswegen für den Gemeindeaufbau in der evangelischen Landeskirche von Württemberg : ein empirisch-theologischer Diskussionsbeitrag zur Debatte um die Kirche von Morgen

Beck, Willi, M.Th. (2011-11)

Vor dem Hintergrund gegenwärtiger Reformprozesse, sowohl in der Evangelischen Landeskirche Württembergs, als auch in der Evangelischen Kirche Deutschlands, reflektiert und kommentiert die vorliegende Arbeit das Reformbemühen ...
The influence of Pope Innocent III on spiritual and clerical renewal in the Catholic Church during thirteenth century South Western Europe

Laing, Ralph Steven Ambrose (2011-10)

The struggle between church and state continued during the thirteenth century. The crusades continued in the East with the advance of Islam. Crusades were also called for to put an end to heresies, in particular the ...

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