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Department of Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology: Recent submissions

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Eschatology and the event : the messianic in John D. Caputo's radical theology

Singata, Silakhe (2022-01-31)

In this study I search for a non-essentialist conception of liberation by searching for a non-essentialist eschatology in the work of John D. Caputo and staging a critical encounter between it and the eschatology of South ...
Jugendleiter als Glaubensvorbilder : Eine empirische Studie unter hauptamtlichen Jugendleitern in evangelischen Kirchen, Freikirchen und Werken in Deutschland

Baumann, Monika Anne (2021-11)

Empirical research in practical theology aims to contribute to reflected practice. In this sense, the present research examines how full-time leaders in youth work in Protestant churches, free churches and ministries in ...
Meaning, proof, and religious belief in Anglo- American philosophical theology : an investigation into the theme of reasonableness of religious belief in Anglo-American philosophical theology from the mid 17th to the early 20th centuries

Sweet, William Charles Peter (2020-12)

This study investigates the theme of the reasonableness of religious belief in Anglo- American philosophical theology from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries. Through the analysis of key texts by William Chillingworth, ...
Discipleship praxis in light of colonial mission history in the Anglican Diocese of Kampala, Uganda

Hughes, Jessica Louise (2021-06-10)

This explanatory study used Branson and Martinez’s (2011) methodology to name and describe the current church praxis of how Anglican leaders in Uganda understand discipleship in light of colonial mission history. For the ...
Transformierende Jungerschaft : eine empirische Fallstudie aus zwei Kirchen in Süddeutschland

Rau, Peter Erich (2022-01)

Der Ruf in die Nachfolge Jesu Christi mündet, gemäß den neutestamentlichen Berichten, stets in eine lebenslange, charaktertransformierende Jüngerschaftsbeziehung hinein. In Matthäus 28,19f macht Jesus diesen konstitutiven ...
BILDBETRACHTUNGEN IM KONTEXT DER PASTORALTHERAPIE : EINE EXPLORATIVE UNTERSUCHUNG IN EINER REHABILITATIONSKLINIK IN BAYERN

Herm, Friedbert Bruno (2021-11-15)

The study was done in the context of pastoral therapy in a rehabilitation hospital in Bavaria. It explores the feelings and thoughts aroused by contemplating on the Rembrandt painting, The Return of the ...
African values and Christian marriage: exploring the influence of African communalism on modern African Christian couples in urban South Africa

Ndlovu, Gugulethu (2021-10)

This practical theological study sought to explore the influence of African communalism on African Christian marriage. Because the aim of practical theology is to reflect theologically on human experience, this study sought ...
The implications of experimental philosophy and moral psychology for the problem of free will

Elzerman, Garth Harold (2021-12)

The problem of free will has a long and intricate history. The millennia of development of the problem have seen the evolution of numerous free will viewpoints. A cursory look at the evolution of the concepts of free ...
Practical theological study of the marginalisation of women in religious leadership in the Pentecostal tradition in South Africa

Jacobs, Pumeza Cordelia Nonie (2021-10)

This practical theological study sought to explore the reasons for the exclusion of women from the overall leadership positions of the church, the consequences of this situation, and how women feel about it. The value of ...
Pelagius's Panopticon: self-observation and the Christian ideal

Wagner, Brian Christopher (2021-06)

Heretic—ascetic—moral-reformer. Each of these labels has been assigned to Pelagius, and each, in its own way, is accurate. Pelagius was one of the most controversial figures in ancient Christianity and is commonly ...
Gender inequality among ministers in Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe (ELCZ) : a pastoral womanist critique of the exclusion of female clergy from the top/senior leadership of the ELCZ

Moyo, Elitha (2021)

The study investigated the exclusion of female pastors from senior leadership positions in the ELCZ. The background to the study shows that since the inception of the ELCZ the office of the General Secretary position has ...
DIE ÜBERWINDUNG DER MILIEUFIXIERUNG IN FREIEN EVANGELISCHEN GEMEINDEN IN DEUTSCHLAND. EIN VERGLEICH AKTUELLER EKKLESIOLOGISCHER ENTWÜRFE

Endlich, Markus (2020)

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Milieufixierung der Gemeinden des Bundes Freier evangelischer Gemeinden in Deutschland, ihren möglichen inneren und äußeren Ursachen und deren Überwindung durch aktuelle ...
Kirche in bewegung : soziale bewegung als gestalt einer kirche der resonanzbeziehungen

Metz, Heiko (2020-02)

Wie kann Gemeinde, wie können Christ_innen neue Wege finden, der Sehnsucht von Menschen zu begegnen und ihr Raum zu geben? Wie kann Gemeinde ihre Spiritualität stärken, bzw. ihr Ausdruck verleihen und damit relevanter für ...
„Alternative“ für Christen? Eine empirisch-theologische Forschung zu Glaube, Kirche und politischer Einstellung von Christinnen und Christen, die die Partei „Alternative für Deutschland“ unterstützen

Markstein, Rene (2019-11)

Diese empirisch-theologische Forschung untersucht die Motivation von Christinnen und Christen die politische Partei „Alternative für Deutschland“ (AfD) zu unterstützen und die Zusammenhänge mit deren persönlichen ...
Why Black men in South Bend, Indiana do not attend church : a practical theological study

Miller, Emerson (2021-02)

The researcher studied a pervasive problem; the conundrum is a shortage of men in the Black church. There is an imbalance in church attendance in South Bend, Indiana, women by far outnumber men in the pews (Barna Research ...
Influence of secularization tendencies on spiritual practices at Evangelical Theological Colleges in Australia

Momoh, Paul Ejima (2021-06)

As a cultural process, secularization defines the contexts of Westernized countries in which theological colleges exist and thrive. It is a phenomenon by which religion or godliness declines. It undermines the institutions’ ...
A practical theological comparative study of pre-independence and post-independence leadership in the Mahon Evangelical Church of Southern Africa (MECSA)

Malinga, Sizakele W. (2019-11)

In 2004 MECSA was celebrating a 100th year anniversary after its inception in 1904. The celebration was held in the absence of the missionaries who from 1904 till 1991 (87 years), were part of the Mahon Mission and fully ...
The role of youth culture in holistic faith formation of youth in Nairobi : a practical theological approach

Ndereba, Kevin Muriithi (2021-09)

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 ...
Engaging the theme of social justice in Amos 5: 21-24: a challenge to prophetic ministry in the Apostolic Church (LAWNA), Nigeria

Akintola, Godwin Olutayo (2020-03)

The main question that this thesis seeks to answer is, “If re-read through a justice-seeking lens, and informed by a justice-denying Nigerian context, could the theme of social justice, as reflected in the text of Amos ...
A pastoral exploration of possible barriers to disclosure of HIV status amongst members of Shining Light Ministries, Tierpoort

Sawa, Johannah (2020-03)

The dissertation concerns itself with the task of exploring barriers to disclosure of HIV and AIDS status amongst Christians with reference to Shining Light Ministries at Tierpoort. It was motivated from the challenges ...

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