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Browsing Biblical and Religious Studies by Title
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-10)No abstract available
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)This study focuses on a critical analysis of the usage of 'submit to the governing authority' (Romans 13:1) among some African Pentecostal preachers in Zambia. The study deals with the role ordinary citizens in Zambia ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This research addresses the following issue: Traditional strategic planning philosophies and methodologies were not created or developed to reflect or support organizational participation in missio Dei (God’s mission). The ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-05)Alcoholism is endemic in Nigeria’s traditional religion and society. This abuse is especially common at New Yam festivals, Ekpe, Ekpo and Nmanwu masquerades festivals, burial rituals, birth, marriage and naming ceremonies. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-31)The aim of this study is to evaluate Malina&Pilch’s Social-Science Commentary on the Book of Revelation. As stated on the cover of the book, this commentary claims to be unique: “The first social-science commentary on this ...
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“Back to sender” : re-visiting the belief in witchcraft in post-colonial Zimbabwean Pentecostalism (MDPI, 2022-01-05)This paper is a critical analysis of the witchcraft beliefs in Pentecostalism in post-colonial Zimbabwe. While Pentecostals claim “a complete break from the past”, there have emerged new dimensions that show that the ...
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(MDPI, 2022-03-10)There is a widespread tendency in modern, secular society to view law and religion as unrelated except insofar as they may, from time to time, come into conflict. However, intimate relations between the two have been ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Given that women are the major victims of any conflict, their lived experiences should be the starting point of any post-reconstruction process. Proceeding from this premise, this study looked at the role of the church in ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-03)In precolonial Africa, women were the major authorities in herbal remedies within their own homes and at the community level, where they focused on disease prevention and cure. Such roles were pushed to the periphery of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)This thesis investigates the nature of gender bias in Tibetan Buddhism and the specific role Western Tibetan Buddhist nuns have played in transforming such prejudice. The afore-mentioned gender bias pertains particularly ...
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(Springer, 2023-09)Coping is one of the mechanisms employed by people to deal with crises or disasters such as the global COVID-19 pandemic. The RCOPE, developed by Kenneth Pargament et al., is a quantitative scale to measure styles of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-08-31)In Africa, as everywhere else in the world, the interpretation of the gospel message takes place in a particular and unique context. This means that in doing theology one should take into account the spirit and the gospel ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-05-22)The aim of the research is to derive a set of hermeneutical principles of the author of the book of Hebrews from the introductory formulae and, to a lesser degree, to contrast these with contemporary hermeneutical approaches. ...
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(2016)Worship music on the African continent has become a very contentious issue, especially in the contemporary religious settings. Music generally has also been identified to play a vital role in all forms of worship in Africa. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This thesis, Jewish scholarship on the resurrection of Jesus, is meant to contribute to the wider body of literature on the Jewish study of Jesus. The resurrection is deemed the most important event in the New Testament ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1990)Hierdie studie fokus op die waarde van die Kritiese Rasionalisme van Karl Popper vir die teologie. Tans staan die Kritiese Realisme as geloofwaardige denkmodel vir die teologie in die huidige teologiese diskussie onder ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005)The journey towards healing and transformation in Africa is a continual process, which calls all sectors of society to continually commit towards creating avenues of healing. Rituals have been identified and introduced as ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-09-22)AFRIKAANSAan die begin van die 21e eeu vorm homoseksualiteit wêreldwyd een van die mees aktuele en uitdagende vraagstukke. Gelowiges en kerke worstel met kwessies soos homoseksuele huwelike, homoseksuele ampsdraers en of ...
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(Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2011)People all over the world today have to compete for their daily bread and struggle to make ends meet. This represents the arena where humans battle to cope with the complexities of daily life. At the same time they try to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study titled The golden Jubilee year: Luke 4:16-30 amidst poverty in Zambia looks at responsible ways of interpreting biblical texts in impoverished faith communities. The research question this study seeks to address ...
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