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Theses and Dissertations (Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology): Recent submissions

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A critical assessment of African communitarianism for environmental well-being

Watadza, Mhazo (2016-02)

It is an undeniable truism that the world at large and Africa in particular is facing serious environmental problems such as deforestation, water pollution, air pollution, wetlands destruction, poaching as well as global ...
Pastorale Seelsorge in ungarischen Bapistengemeinden

Reimer, Marta (2014-12)

In dieser Untersuchung werden Fragen zu der pastoralen Seelsorge der ungarischen Baptis-ten beantwortet. Die Pastoren werden in ihrer Ausbildung in Poimenik und Psychologie unterrichtet und tragen offiziell die Verantwortung ...
Healing memories : a practical theological study of victims of violence with special reference to the Lutheran Churches in the Mberengwa District in Zimbabwe

Moyo, Elitha (2015-02)

The purpose of this study was to unveil what the Lutheran Church has done and could do to heal the wounded society of Mberengwa during the political violence of 2000-2009. The researcher interviewed six (6) selected ...
Führungsangst im Pastorendienst : eine Untersuchung am Beispiel von Pastoren im Bund Freier evangelischer Gemeinden in Deutschland

Maul, Karsten Daniel (2015-11)

Die vorliegende Arbeit ist der Kybernetik zuzuordnen, einer Unterdisziplin der Praktischen Theologie. In einer empirischen Untersuchung wird Führungsangst im Pastorendienst am Beispiel von Pastoren im Bund Freier evangelischer ...
A critical analysis of the contribution of selected Shona proverbs to Applied Philosophy

Gwaravanda, Ephraim Taurai (2016-01)

The research focuses on the epistemic tension between Western positivist epistemology and African indigenous knowledge systems particularly Shona proverbs. The research argues that Western epistemological hegemony is both ...
Impact of Western colonial education in Zimbabwe's traditional and postcolonial educational system(s)

Masaka, Dennis (2016-01)

In this study, we employ the theory of deconstruction to challenge and reject the contention that a knowledge paradigm was non-existent among the indigenous people of Zimbabwe before the arrival of the colonisers. This ...
The evaluation of Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa in relation to the three marks of the church : discipline in the Southern Synod

Pitikoe, Jurie Billy (2016-02)

Christian life today has been influenced by countless influences from the external world. Although these external factors have a significant bearing on the church of Christ, the greatest challenge however manifests itself ...
Jesus Christ's substitutionary death : an attempt to reconcile two divergent Seventh-Day Adventist teachings

Mwale, Emmanuel (2015-11)

At the incarnation, Jesus Christ assumed the fallen human nature that He found. Having lived a life of perfect obedience in the fallen human flesh that He assumed, He voluntarily and willingly bore the sins of the entire ...
The covenantal relationship between the Methodist Church of Southern Africa and her ministers : a Wesleyan theological critique

Williams, Donald Murrell (2015-09)

The covenant relationship describes the unique relationship entered into between the church and ministers within the Methodist tradition. The study examines the polity, ecclesiology and doctrine of ministry, influences ...
An ethical investigation of the teaching and practice of moral formation at St Augustine College, the College of the Transfiguration and the South African Theological Seminary

Tuckey, Ethel Caroline (2015-11)

This research investigates the teaching and practice of moral formation at three theological education institutions in South Africa. The theological institutions, while acknowledging moral formation in their aims and ...
The doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son in the Trinitarian theology of Basil of Caesarea

Fischer, Zachary (2015-02)

This paper explores the importance of the doctrine of the eternal generation of the Son in Basil of Caesarea's Trinitarian writings. In order to judge the importance of the doctrine for Basil, its impact on all of his ...
Absicht des 1. Timotheus: eine performanzkritische untersuchung

Stemmler, Klaus (2015-06)

Starting point of the search for the purpose of 1 Timothy is the assumption of basic similarities between this letter and letter writing in Greco-Roman antiquity. This means that 1 Timothy is designed for an oral performance ...
The significance of justice for true reconciliation on the land question in the present day South Africa

Lephakga, Tshepo (2012-01)

This study is an attempt to contribute to the discussion on theology and land restitution. The researcher approaches it from a theological background and acknowledges the many contributions on this subject in other fields. ...
Dealing lightly with the wounds of my people : a theological ethical critique of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Lephakga, Tshepo (2015-05)

This study is an attempt to critique the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission from a theological ethical perspective. The central critique and argument of this study will be that, it is impossible to reconcile ...
An incarnational Christology set in the context of narratives of Shona women in present day Zimbabwe

Chimhanda, Francisca Hildegardis (2002)

Implicit in the concepts Incarnation, narrative, Christology, Shona women of Zimbabwe today is the God who acts in human history and in the contemporaneity and particularity of our being. The Incarnation as the embodiment ...
The (un)successful pastor : an investigation of pastoral leadership selection within churches in Ontario

Bonis, Christopher Richard (2015-06)

This thesis contends that the pastoral role is significant to the effective functioning and well-being of the church. Therefore, the initial selection of a pastor is a vital component and contributes to those desirable ...
Faktoren zur Integration von Mitgliedern von Jugendgemeinden in landeskirchliche Ortsgemeinden in Wurttemberg : Eine praktisch-theologische Untersuchung

Lipponer, Cornelius (2014-02)

Angestoßen durch ein vom evangelischen Jugendwerk getragenes Projekt hat sich eine zu-nehmende Zahl von Jugendgemeinden in Orten und Bezirken der württembergischen Lan-deskirche etabliert. Diese Jugendgemeinden zielen auf ...
Gestaltung der Liturgie in Landeskirchlichen Gemeinschaften.

Sommer, Ulli Harald (2015)

Together, the "Landeskirchlichen Gemeinschaften" forms the largest free reform move-ment within the Evangelical Church in Germany. In recent decades a change in worship gatherings has taken place in many of these communities. ...
An exploration of Groome's shared praxis approach as contextual Christian education within a South African Baptist township church

Sutcliffe-Pratt, Daniel John (2015-02)

The study commenced by identifying existing forms of Christian education using top-down education within South African Baptist Convention churches. The research established that current models of education were unsatisfactory, ...
Doing theology in the post liberation era of Southern Africa

Morekwa, Othusitse (2015-02)

The Study of Theology plays a crucial role in the construction of a sound theology in this post liberation era of Southern Africa. This exercise is conformed to the academic learning and creates an environment where theology ...

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