• Understanding COVID-19 birth-pangs’ theological responses and the promised Parousia of Jesus 

  Ukeachusim, Chidinma P. (AOSIS, 2024-02-29)

  Jesus in Matthew 24 presaged to his disciples about the eschatological birth-pangs that would be occurring in the world in the interim of his departure and his promised Parousia and the end of this age. It is a theological ...
• The parable of the two mothers : an unhiding reading of the parable of the prodigal son 

  Du Toit, Charel D. (AOSIS, 2024-08-30)

  The parable of the Prodigal Son is traditionally viewed from an androcentric perspective, focusing on the male characters, such as the father and brothers. However, this article suggests that the original listeners may ...
• Beyond a slave : support for the manumission of Onesimus from discourse analysis 

  Arinder, Devin (Sage, 2024-12)

  Did Paul intend for Philemon to manumit Onesimus? This article aims to present evidence in support of a manumissive view of Paul’s communicative intent to Philemon. Through a cognitive functional approach to discourse ...
• Unhiding the voices of women in the parable of the good Samaritan : a call for academic inclusion 

  Du Toit, Charel D. (AOSIS, 2024-01-16)

  The parables of Jesus are often susceptible to patriarchal, androcentric interpretations. By using a realistic reading and social-scientific criticism, this article will investigate the voices, roles, and presence of ...
• Justice and reconciliation in Luke 19:1–10 : a South African post-apartheid anti-imperial reading 

  Motuku, Patson K.; Van Eck, Ernest (AOSIS, 2024-08-16)

  This article endeavours to offer an anti-imperial interpretation of the micro-narrative of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1–10, portraying it as a model for justice and reconciliation in postapartheid South Africa. This analysis ...
• Does the Genesis 4 narrative suggest some knowledge of psychopathy? 

  Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS, 2024-07-08)

  The depiction of Cain and his descendants in the Genesis 4 narrative aligns with the key characteristics of psychopathy and its hereditary nature. The purpose of this study is to examine whether this narrative reflects ...
• The received view and Revelation : a social-scientific reading of Revelation 2–3 

  Van Niekerk, Robert J.; Van Eck, Ernest (AOSIS, 2024-09-30)

  This article aims to present a culturally plausible reading of Revelation 2–3. This will be done through the use of a social-scientific model focussing on the core values of honour and shame in the ancient Mediterranean ...
• Calling and conscience : Paul as an example 

  Malan, Gert Jacobus (AOSIS Open Journals, 2024-07)

  Paul’s calling presents a conundrum to which many have proposed varied solutions. Not trying to solve the conundrum in toto, this study investigates the existential dynamics of Paul’s calling as narrated to the Galatians ...
• Dialectica reconciliae : Mazamisa’s contribution to the historical development of New Testament interpretation in South Africa 

  Hombana, Mphumezi Asprilla (AOSIS, 2024-03)

  This article attempts to position Prof Mazamisa’s possible contribution to the historical development of New Testament interpretation in South Africa. This investigation is based mainly on his PhD dissertation project ...
• Pauline concept of ministry in 2 Corinthians 4:1–15 and the religious celebrity syndrome in Nigeria 

  Enobong, Solomon; Ituma, Ezichi Anya; Uroko, Favour Chukwuemeka (AOSIS, 2024-08)

  This study aims to investigate the Pauline concept of ministry as delineated in 2 Corinthians 4:1–15 and its correlation with the prevalence of the religious celebrity syndrome within the Nigerian Church, with the objective ...
• ‘We too are human’ : religious experiences of gay and lesbian Christians in Harare 

  Chibango, Conrad (AOSIS, 2024-01)

  The issue of same-sex relationships is complex in Zimbabwe because of the prevailing hostile legal provisions, and cultural and religious beliefs. While it is a criminal offence to practise same-sex relationships in ...
• R.G. Mugabe and Zimbabwe’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer conundrum : contextualising Romans 1:26–27 

  Chabata, Lovejoy (AOSIS, 2024-07)

  Zimbabwe’s late President, R.G. Mugabe, became (in)famous for his bawdy and scurrilous attacks on people of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) sexual orientation. In Romans 1:26–27, Paul seems to berate ...
• Reading the resurrection appearance at the lakeside through lenses of sensing and intuition 

  Francis, Leslie John; Stevenson, Adam J. (AOSIS, 2024-02)

  This study forms part of a research project designed to test the sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking (SIFT) approach to biblical hermeneutics in respect of a wide range of biblical passages. On this occasion, two ...
• Social inclusion of street vendors in Harare : challenges and opportunities 

  Chibango, Conrad (AOSIS, 2024-01)

  Zimbabwe’s unending socioeconomic crisis has led to the flooding of informal street vendors in its urban areas, a development that has led to incessant clashes between the street vendors and the local authorities. ...
• The impacts of cashless policy on churches in Enugu, Nigeria 

  Chukwuma, O.G. (Onyekachi) (AOSIS, 2024-07)

  The study investigates the impacts of the cashless policy on churches in Enugu, Nigeria and was carried out between January 2023 and May 2023 when the cashless policy was newly implemented in Nigeria. Through the purposive ...
• The concept of an integral mission as the Evangelical proposal of a systematic social teaching 

  Kopiec, Piotr (AOSIS, 2024-06)

  The global expansion of Evangelicalism raises essential questions about inculturation, social involvement and contextualising the Evangelical mission. The concept of an integral mission is an answer to these issues. ...
• Jesus and the angels : a comparative reading of Hebrews 1:1–4 in light of Ewe angelology 

  Sakitey, Daniel; Van Eck, Ernest (AOSIS, 2024-08)

  This article examines the phrase, tosoutō kreittōn genomenos tōn angelōn (Heb 1:4a) (having become as much superior to the angels) in the exordium of the epistle to the Hebrews in the light of Ewe angelology. The article ...
• Jesus’ identity in Matthew 16:13–20 and identity crisis among gospel preachers in Nigeria 

  Peters, Prince E.; Ogbu, Kalu O.; Ijeudo, Nnamdi U. (AOSIS, 2024-06)

  The Jesus’ question which was encased in his shadowy identity was both a fascinating and enigmatic phenomenon to people of Jesus time as well as people of today. The synoptic gospels presented the matter of Jesus identity ...
• Mazamisa’s dialectica-reconciliae and Mosala’s materialistic reading of the text : an experimental exploration of Luke 12:13-21 

  Hombana, Mphumezi Asprilla (AOSIS, 2024-03)

  This article explores the interpretive dimensions of Luke 12:13-21 within the landscape of the first-century world and how it relates to the democratic South African context. The question that drives this reading is ...
• General studies, information and communication technology and contemporary mission in Africa 

  Ibenwa, Christopher N.; Ambrose, Ihenacho; Uroko, Favour Chukwuemeka (AOSIS, 2024-01)

  This study examines the relationship between general studies, information and communication technology (ICT), and contemporary evangelism in Nigeria. Information and communication technology (is defined as a diverse set ...

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