This thesis examines the Bartimaeus pericope through its transitional status in Mark’s narrative. Mark provides a triptych structure for his gospel, namely 1:1-8:21; 8:22-10:52; 11:1-16:8. His first section concentrates ...
The dissertation is titled: “Blackness as the way to and state of salvation: A search for true
salvation in South Africa today”. The research was prompted by the question of salvation and
what it means for blacks. The ...
This study examines the role of power in Christian church leadership whether is it “power over for” or “power over against” the congregants and community. The focal point is the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa ...
Ziel der Forschungsarbeitet ist es, zu zeigen, dass die johanneische Weinstockrede das
alttestamentlich und frühjüdisch geprägte Weinstockmotiv aufgreift und weiter entfaltet.
So finden sich in Joh 15:1-8 die Beziehungsebene ...
According to the research, emphatic "Greek text" tells about
confidence of Nicodemus in possession of trustworthy criteria, which allow him to judge what
might be from God and, hence, what might not be from God. ...
This dissertation is a detailed analysis of the Epistle to the Colossians. The author uses
rhetorical critical methods and recognizes that the New Testament epistles are greatly influenced by
oratory. Also, the author ...
This thesis is a missiological study of the francophone churches in the cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria. Francophone churches may be classified as African Initiated Churches (AIC) that have been planted by migrants ...
Did Christ, in the incarnation, take a fallen or unfallen human nature? This question, in
its various forms, has occupied the Christian Church for as long as it has existed. For
the Seventh-day Adventist church, to w ...
Pentecostalism has always been regarded as a movement that does not have all the
ecclesiastical qualities that qualify it to be called a fully-fledged tradition alongside other
major streams of Protestantism. Contrary ...
The Jesus of history and the Christ of faith are two different figures. Two centuries of
search for the historical Jesus has led to greater awareness and better use of New
Testament criticism, had ...
In the thesis a methodology of understanding and explicating Christian faith consistent with the mystery of the simultaneous close connection and radical difference of God, human beings and the physical-organic cosmos ...
Die Kreuzestheologie erlebt seit Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts eine anhaltende
Renaissance. Die vorgelegten Beiträge gehen zwar von gemeinsamen Wurzeln aus,
verzweigen sich jedoch in vielfältige, teilweise disparate Entwürfe. ...
This thesis is a comparative study of the concept and role of the law in the
theologies of Rosemary Radford Ruether and Gustaf Wingren. The analysis of
their theologies shows that Wingren uses the law as a formal ...
One of the central issues of early Christianity was the identity of Jesus Christ. Paul and other early Christians discussed this question within the framework of traditional Jewish monotheism and used the language of deity ...
Chapter one begins by introducing and orientating the reader to the study and the purpose of the study, namely the revelation of God. It also opens up what is central to the study by a way of a problem statement concerning ...
Michael Servetus (1508 - 1553) and Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772) are both considered
heretics. They share many concepts about the nature of God, especially their rejection orthodox
Nicene and Chalcedonian theology. ...
Michael Servetus (1508 - 1553) and Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 - 1772) are both considered heretics. They share many concepts about the nature of God, especially their rejection of orthodox
Nicene and Chalcedonian theology. ...
Atonement theories have great implications for the soteriological paradigms
associated with them, but their significance has not always been recognized in the
formulation of theological systems, the lack of dogmatic ...
Ziel der Forschungsarbeitet ist es, zu zeigen, dass die johanneische Weinstockrede das
alttestamentlich und frühjüdisch geprägte Weinstockmotiv aufgreift und weiter entfaltet.
So finden sich in Joh 15:1-8 die Beziehungsebene ...