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(AOSIS, 2023-11-29)An exploration of the Johannine narrative reveals that John addresses the problem of the relational dimension of a believing community as one of its ‘authorial intentions’. With its concomitant emphasis on communalism, ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-11-21)In human history, there has always been one form of war or the other, including resource wars, leading to the wanton destruction of lives and property. Nigeria is not an exception to this ugly global phenomenon. For ...
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(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2022-06)This article re-reads John 11:1-45 in light of post-normal times. It analyses aspects such as 4Ss, 3Cs, and 3Ts, in order to expound on the Johannine community situation and to understand the paradigmatic significance of ...
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(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2023-12)Theological education has come all the more under the scope as economic challenges and pressures of a changing society calls for renewed thinking on what theological education should entail. As Reformers, the quest is ...
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(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2023-10)During the national lockdown in 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa voiced concern about the ongoing problem of gender-based violence (GBV) in South Africa, calling it a pandemic alongside the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 ...
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(Brill Academic Publishers, 2023-12)The Galatian community is disrupted with different notions of the gospel than Paul intended. Paul, surprised that this community is confused so easily, sets out in Gal 3 to explain what justification by faith entails. Paul ...
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(Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2023-12)Emmanuel Lévinas’s philosophy of the “other” is investigated and brought into conversation with how Jesus regarded his “other” through a Lukan perspective (the gospel of Luke) of Jesus. Lévinas’s philosophy of the ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-08)Jesus in Matthew 24 presaged to his disciples about the eschatological happenings that would prepare the world for his Parousia and the end of this age. Using the redaction exegetical approach of doing biblical research, ...
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(University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament, 2022)The red cow in Numbers 19 has perplexed scholars for quite some time. The paper engages with many of the questions they have raised, but especially with why this ritual is called a חטַָּאת and how the red cow ritual relates ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-03)This study is an attempt to investigate the shaping stratum of the Markan passion narrative (PN). The ultimate focus is on discovering the factors behind the text of Mark that influenced the shaping of the passion account. ...
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That they may be one (Jn 17:11) : mending the seamless coat of Christ in assemblies of God Nigeria (AOSIS, 2023-08)Assemblies of God church in Nigeria, which has for over 40 years now, experienced various crises that have led to sucession and factionalism in that church. The once giant of spirituality and the mother of Pentecostalism ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-08)The amphibious Akan concept of community manifests both individualistic and communalistic features. An analysis of the individualistic features reveals that the Akans grapple with incarnating their values, leaving many ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-07)Many societies in every era have engaged in efforts to resolve issues of insecurity and war and to create an environment for peace. Peace is a desirable value yearned for by many: but achieving peace is a difficult task. ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-03)The parable of the widow and the unjust judge is unique to Luke. It forms part of three other parables shedding light on the coming of the Son of Man. It also bears striking resemblances with the parable of the friend at ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-08)From the 1960s, African theologians sought to decolonise biblical scholarship, calling for a hermeneutical approach that pays attention to the African sociocultural context –inculturation. One of the undergirding principles ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-08)One of the major causes of juvenile delinquency almost anywhere in the world, including Nigeria, is abusive conditions in the homes. The abusive condition in the Nigerian situation is exacerbated by the authoritarian ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-01)Reports of increasing family violence abound in Nigeria. Although studies have implicated cultural constructs as the basis for this trend, this study specifically contemplated the nexus between the increased violence and ...
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(AOSIS, 2022-11-18)Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and multicultural society, and therefore, Nigeria’s religious inclinations differ broadly. There are currently three religions dominant in Nigeria, namely Christianity, Islam and African Traditional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy of the “other” is investigated and brought into conversation with how Jesus regarded his “other” through a Lukan perspective of Jesus. The main focus of Levinas's philosophical works is the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)This study is an analysis of the glory of Christ and its perception in Paul's apology of his apostolic ministry in 2 Corinthians 2:14-4:6. The exegetical focus within the passage lies on the three verses that address the ...