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Political-ecclesiological perspectives on human dignity and conflict management

Betts, Eric Mandel (2021-12)

This thesis addresses the role that ecclesiology and Christian anthropology should play in fulfilling the Christological expectation of breaking down walls of racial and ethnic differences, nationalism and tribalism and ...
Ku tshikileriwa ka ririmi ra Xitsonga eAfrica-Dzonga

Baloyi, Elijah (2021-12-23)

Language has been instrumental for the political, economic and cultural participation of a particular nation or tribe. The danger that comes with undermining or marginalising a particular language is that it might destroy ...
The sustentasi problem in the reformed churches of South Africa : unmasking the dilemma facing black theologians

Baloyi, Elijah (2010-01-01)

Is the financial dependence of poorer black churches in South Africa compromising their theological message? Are black ministers diluting their sometimes critical views of so- called ‘white mother or sister churches’ ...
The "vat-en-sit" unions as a threat to the stability of African marriage in South Africa: African theological pastoral perspective

Baloyi, Elijah (2016)

A serious issue, that needs to be addressed if we wish to achieve moral regeneration in South Africa, is the devaluation of the institution of marriage in the African community in South Africa. Attempts to inculcate the ...
The Critical Role of Selected Swiyila (Taboos) in Rural Democratic South Africa: A Theological Perspective

Baloyi, Elijah (2020)

In South Africa and other countries, there has for many years been a plea for moral regeneration. Moral decay is fast taking over, while sickness, poverty, crime, violence and other calamities are rapidly engulfing our ...
The evangelical role of wichcraft in some pentecostal movements An african pastoral concern

Baloyi, Elijah (2018-12)

There is enough evidence that while listening to the preaching and messages of most Pentecostal preachers or watching them on some free television channels today, the emphasis is on freeing people from the oppression of ...
The evangelical role of witchcraft in some Pentecostal movements An African pastoral concern

Baloyi, Elijah (2018-12-01)

There is enough evidence that while listening to the preaching and messages of most Pentecostal preachers or watching them on some free television channels today, the emphasis is on freeing people from the oppression of ...
Critical reflections on polygamy in the African Christian context

Baloyi, Elijah (2012)

Polygamy is a phenomenon often associated with African people. In almost all African societies, polygamy is an acceptable and valid form of marriage - in fact, monogamy has been associated with people of lower social status. ...
Sex as an expression of hospitality-theological investigation amongst some Africans

Baloyi, Elijah (Published under the Creative Commons Atribution License, 2016-10-31)

Besides the fact that sexual relationships have been understood and misunderstood in different ways, the possibility of sexual abuse remains a big issue amongst African South Africans. It has been sexual relationships, ...
Pastoral care and the agony of female singleness in the African christian context

Baloyi, Elijah (AOSIS, 2010)

In our society the norm is that every adult should get married one day. This could imply that unmarried people do not feel welcome either in the community or the church. They may feel neglected or even like outcasts. It ...
A practical theological exploration of leadership practices and its impact on the United Apostolic Faith Church in South Africa

Mahlangu, Solomon Sipho (2021-12)

The purpose of this study is to explore theological leadership practices and its impact in the UAFC. The UAFC was formed in 1912 and is today experiencing a leadership crisis that has the potential to limit its growth and ...
Spiritual Leadership am Arbeitsplatz- Ein Vergleich der Spiritual Leadership Modelle von Louis Fry und Anselm Grün

Boke, Erich (2022-04)

Glaube ist in unserer westeuropäischen Kultur Privatsache. Gleichzeitig ist Spiritualität ein Megatrend des aktuellen Jahrhunderts, der in der Öffentlichkeit immer mehr Raum einnimmt. Spiritual Leadership ist dabei ein ...
Higher education policies and institutional theological education needs : a practical theological exploration with specific reference to private theological institutions in South Africa

Ntseno, Caswell Johannes (2022-06-10)

Theological education and training (TET) are core to the mission of the Church. What is critical and central to this thesis is how this noble task is carried out by the Church in light of the Higher Education Act, no ...
Language as a Dividing Factor amongst the Reformed Churches in South Africa؛ A Case study of the Soutpansberg Synodi

Baloyi, E (2016-03)

One of the pressing issues in present-day South Africa is reconciliation and unification of South Africans across the divides along racial lines that were created during apartheid. Although apartheid was abolished more ...
The Impact of the Extended Family on One's Marriage: An African Study

Baloyi, Elijah (UKZN, 2014-03)

While for Mbiti" death takes life while marriage creates life, another African proverb says “A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers”. This articulation puts marriage not only at the centre of human life, but ...
Sex as an expression of hospitality theological investigation amongst some Africans

Baloyi, Elijah (2016-10-16)

Besides the fact that sexual relationships have been understood and misunderstood in different ways, the possibility of sexual abuse remains a big issue amongst African South Africans. It has been sexual relationships, ...
Critical reflections on polygamy in the African Christian context

Baloyi, Elijah (2012-11)

Polygamy is a phenomenon often associated with African people. In almost all African societies, polygamy is an acceptable and valid form of marriage – in fact, monogamy has been associated with people of lower social ...
The evangelical role of wichcraft in some pentecostal movements An african pastoral concern

Baloyi, Elijah (2018)

There is enough evidence that while listening to the preaching and messages of most Pentecostal preachers or watching them on some free television channels today, the emphasis is on freeing people from the oppression of ...
The Critical Role of Selected Swiyila (Taboos) in Rural Democratic South Africa: A Theological Perspective

Baloyi, Elijah (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2020)

In South Africa and other countries, there has for many years been a plea for moral regeneration. Moral decay is fast taking over, while sickness, poverty, crime, violence and other calamities are rapidly engulfing our ...
THE “VAT-EN-SIT” 1 UNIONS AS A THREAT TO THE STABILITY OF AFRICAN MARRIAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICAN THEOLOGICAL PASTORAL PERSPECTIVE

Baloyi, Elijah (2016)

A serious issue, that needs to be addressed if we wish to achieve moral regeneration in South Africa, is the devaluation of the institution of marriage in the African community in South Africa. Attempts to inculcate the ...

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