• An eschatological framework and social identity in 1QM 1:1-15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 

  Van Appeldoorn, Gijsbert (MDPI, 2025-02)

  In the Qumran War Scroll (1QM) 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11, almost the same eschatological interpretative framework is created with words from the semantic domains of light and darkness, kinship, war, ethics, divinity ...
• Isaiah's apocalyptic myth and the spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria 

  Agbo, Paulinus O.; Uwaegbute, Kingsley I.; Okoye, Kingsley; Oji, Cyriacus; Anowia, Wilson (Routledge, 2024)

  We argue that “Isaiah's apocalyptic myth,” (Isaiah 26:20) was a cushioning effort amidst the corona-virus (COVID-19) pandemic in Nigeria between March and May 2020. Informed conversations frame myths with unhealthy actions ...
• Exploring the responses of non-churchgoers to a cathedral pre-Christmas son et lumiere 

  McKenna, Ursula; Francis, Leslie John; Village, Andrew; Stewart, Francis (AOSIS, 2024-05-24)

  Two conceptual strands of research within the field of cathedral studies have theorised the capacity of Anglican cathedrals to engage more successfully than parish churches with the wider non-churchgoing community. One ...
• Assessing the sociological and Pauline insights to the quests for peace and security in Nigeria 

  Ukeachusim, Chidinma P. (AOSIS, 2024-08)

  There are continued quests to achieve and maintain peace and security in the world, with special reference to Nigeria. However, in her history, sustainable peace and security have not been wholesomely consolidated. Nigeria ...
• Socio-rhetorical re-examination of Luke 9:51-56 : mission, migration, and nationalism 

  Aryeh, Daniel N.A. (AOSIS, 2024-07)

  The conjoined themes of mission, migration, and nationalism are central issues in the Gospel of Luke. These essential motifs were amalgamated in a rhetorical composition to persuade implied readers to be mission-focused ...
• The labour alienation of civil servants in Zimbabwe : towards an ubuntu spirituality of work 

  Manobo, Blazio M. (AOSIS, 2024-02)

  The alienation of labour is both classical and contemporary. In its classical form, it speaks to the potential dehumanisation of workers in capitalist societies. In its contemporary form, it manifests itself in the ...
• Fatherhood crisis : drawing inspiration from hunhu/ubuntu and Saint Joseph 

  Rutsviga, Alois (AOSIS, 2024-01)

  The article seeks to purvey a moral philosophical foundation to the apostolic letter. The apostolic letter speaks pointedly of the fatherhood crisis as an issue that needs moral philosophical atrention. The research will ...
• Artificial intelligence and afrocentric biblical hermeneutics crossroads in Zimbabwe (Col 2:8) 

  Chabata, Lovejoy (AOSIS, 2024-10)

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) isset to revolutionise global knowledge domains and biblical hermeneutics is no exception. At face value, in Zimbabwe, AI has been stigmatised as a humanistic and profane technological system ...
• 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 ...

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