• Orthodox justification of collective violence : an epistemological and systematic framework 

  Simion, Marian G. (AOSIS, 2024-01)

  Using a religious studies methodology, this paper offers a detailed contextual mapping and a structural configuration of how collective violence is justified in Orthodox Christianity. The research design is explanatory, ...
• A historiography of victory : R.J. Rushdoony’s Christian philosophy of history as constitutive of his postmillennial theopolitics 

  Schlebusch, J.A. (Africa Journals, 2023)

  The twentieth-century Calvinist philosopher-theologian, Rousas John Rushdoony is considered to be the father of the 1950s Christian Reconstructionist movement in the United States—a movement dedicated to advancing the ...
• The monument that is epistemology a proposition for atheists and theists as elucidations of epistemology in religion and theology 

  Van Rooyen, J.A. (Johan) (Sciendo, 2023)

  For scholars that are working with epistemology and the importance thereof within the context of the ongoing bickering (fighting/mudslinging) between theist and atheists, or rather between rationality and irrationality ...
• Geskiedenis, natuur en algemene openbaring in die Christelik-historiese denke van Groen van Prinsterer 

  Schlebusch, Jan Adriaan (LitNet, 2023-06)

  Groen van Prinsterer (1801–1876) se Christelik-historiese beskouing is gekenmerk deur ’n tweeledige waardering vir die Godsopenbaring soos dit neerslag vind in die Skrif aan die een kant en in die geskiedenis aan die ...
• The problem of evil : does open theism have a better response? 

  Antombikums, Aku Stephen (University of the Free State, 2024)

  Open theism argues that traditional responses to the problem of evil fail to provide comfort amidst suffering because of their notion of metaphysical determinism and over-dependence on Greek philosophy. Open theists argue ...
• Luther on marriage, adultery, and its punishment : a brief comparison with Calvin’s thoughts 

  Magyar, Balazs D. (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2023-03)

  The early period of the time of the Reformation was full of social, economic, and political problems reaching the circumstances of status confessionis. It is beyond dispute that the two high esteemed reformers, Luther ...
• Integral ecology : response of an emeritus professor to the contributions of his septuagenarian festschrift 

  Buitendag, Johan (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2023)

  This article is an edited version of the paper read by the author at the launching ceremony of his septuagenarian Festschrift of the HTS theological Studies on 22 November 2023 at the University of Pretoria. It states the ...
• Opportunities for tackling sexual harassment in Zimbabwe : lessons from the Global North 

  Chimbunde, Pfuurai (AOSIS, 2023-12-22)

  This article employs content analysis to explore lessons that can be drawn from the Global North to confront sexual harassment in higher education (HE) in Africa and Zimbabwe in particular. The slow progress in both the ...
• We are stardust : dignity and right of non-human life on and beyond our planet 

  Jahnichen, Traugott; Losch, Andreas (AOSIS, 2023-09-27)

  Humankind is stardust, born of the evolution of life on Earth as part of the evolution of the universe. He is called to particular responsibility for all living beings and of creation itself. The article discusses whether ...
• Theology and cosmology in the Visuddhimagga of Buddhaghosa 

  Krüger, Kobus S. (AOSIS, 2023-07-05)

  The need to find clarity concerning (1) the relationship between scientific and religious cosmological discourses and (2) the imagining of a space where various religions could meet in fruitful conciliation as far as (1) ...
• Hybrid leadership in African Neo-Pentecostal 

  Orogun, Daniel (MDPI, 2023-05-09)

  Across institutions and professions, leadership philosophy is considered the driver of organisational culture in achieving the overall objectives. Although individuals’ leadership cultures may vary, intersections and ...
• Contemplation and action : Christian and Islamic spirituality in dialogue 

  Almirzanah, Syafa'atun (AOSIS, 2023-09-29)

  Prayer, meditation and contemplation have long been established as essentials in human life all over the world. Yet, even by a religious devotee, they are regarded in one way or another as insignificant and secondary: ...
• Categorial differences between religious and scientific language : the agency of God 

  Van den Brom, Luco J. (AOSIS, 2023-08)

  In the dialogue of scientists and theologians, participants experienced differences in linguistic usage of the various disciplines, for example different concepts, grammatical rules, characteristic terminology, specific ...
• Enhancing religious education through emotional and spiritual intelligence 

  Andrei, Olivia (AOSIS, 2023-02-10)

  In the context of the changes and challenges of the 21st century, the main focus of education, especially religious education, is to prepare students to live purposeful and meaningful lives with well-developed analytic, ...
• Prophecies in politics : a review of integrity, impact on voter-behaviour and good governance 

  Orogun, Daniel (AOSIS, 2023-11-17)

  This paper examined the integrity, impact and good governance value of election prophecies (EPs) in the last 20 years in selected African countries juxtaposed with President Donald Trump’s EPs in America. As a primary ...
• Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda : WA (Wim) Dreyer and the reformation of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa 

  Van Der Merwe, J.M. (AOSIS, 2023-09-29)

  Prof. W.A. Dreyer played an important role in the continuous reformation of the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika (NHKA). This contribution to his Festschrift is not about him. He would not want that. It is about ...
• A systematic theological comparison of religious iconography : referring to Groeber and Kinkade 

  Van Rooyen, J.A. (Johan) (AOSIS, 2023-09-14)

  Iconography and symbolism of religion, correspondingly, are vital and convoluted aesthetic patterns and kinetics in a well-used foundational manner to transcend religious theories and the optical, audible and gesture ...
• ‘Unhiding’ women : decolonising the mind of a female systematic theologian 

  Van Wyk, Tanya (AOSIS, 2023-11-27)

  This article will consider the parameters of systematic theological-'knowledge' today by examining the contribution of women's theology to the field. This examination takes place in the context of debates about ...
• Investigating potential differences in the approaches to studying of gifted and normative learners via PISA math tests results 

  Simut, Corneliu Cristian; Godor, Brian (Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, 2023)

  For the past few decades, the way students learn, that is, their “approaches to studying” have been characterized by the students’ perception of their academic environment, conceptions about learning, and the perception ...
• Divine omnipresence and human suffering 

  Antombikums, Aku Stephen (Brill Academic Publishers, 2024-02)

  Traditionally, it is believed that God is all-powerful and omnipresent. Given the notion of divine omnipresence, why does it seem like God is absent amidst suffering? This paper presents a philosophical and theological ...

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