• Hope as a restoration of power within a neighbourhood of poverty : a missional reflection 

  Kabongo, Kasebwe Timothee Luc (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2024)

  This article is a reflection on hope. It understands hope as the willpower that makes it possible for human beings to overcome the difficulties of any given here and now and to believe that the improvement of their quality ...
• Mind the doxastic space : examining the social epistemology of the Ethiopian wax and gold tradition 

  Girma, Mohammed (MDPI, 2023-09-21)

  The wax and gold tradition is mainly known as an Ethiopian literary system that plays with layers of meanings. It has also established itself as a system of knowledge and/or belief production and validation. However, its ...
• The influence of Islam on Zulu Muslims in KwaZulu-Natal 

  Ngubane, Simesihle Eric; Sukdaven, Maniraj (AOSIS, 2024-06)

  This article explores the influence of Islam among the Zulu Muslims in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Although several studies focus on the history and experiences of the Asian diaspora or Asian Muslim community, there is a ...
• The interrelatedness between the Nama Khoikhoi supreme being and celestial objects 

  Hartmann, Iwana; Sukdaven, Maniraj (AOSIS, 2024-05)

  The assumption among Europeans that the Khoikhoi indigenous people of southern Africa had little to no religious beliefs is evident throughout historical documents. However, if the Khoikhoi were regarded as having any ...
• An investigation of the compatibility of Baha’i views with religious diversity 

  Gloeckner, Cory D.; Beyers, Jaco (Sage, 2024-07)

  The Baha’i faith is a relatively new religion that has quickly gained popularity over the past century. Its main theological concepts include progressive revelation and religious unity, and perhaps its most important goal ...
• Towards developing an atmospheric space for inter-religious dialogue in Africa 

  Chidongo, Tsawe-Munga (AOSIS, 2023-12-28)

  The practice of religions and spirituality is common in Africa. In many ways, religion may be considered as a routine of life, living and practising it either as inherited or borrowed. Religious pluralism is a reality ...
• Festschrift : WA Dreyer 

  Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2023)

  No abstract available.
• Causes of incestuous rape in Zimbabwe : a case study of the Epworth community in Harare 

  Sukdaven, Maniraj; Chakanya, Victor (Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2023)

  This article unveils the causes of incestuous rape in the Epworth community of Zimbabwe. It was premised on a feminist theoretical framework which was applied in light of the perspectives of African Christians, Shona ...
• Sangomas on the pulpit : syncretistic practices of some pastors in neo-Pentecostal ministries in South Africa 

  Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon; Ngubane, Simesihle Eric (MDPI, 2023-12-04)

  This article builds on and contributes to work in the field of syncretism in some neo-Pentecostal ministries. While some studies have investigated the increasing syncretistic practices within certain neo-Pentecostal groups, ...
• Essence of religion, culture and indigenous language in a unified sexuality education system 

  Sibanda, Lidion; Chabata, Tichakunda V.; Chari, Felix; Sibanda, Thelisisa L. (AOSIS, 2023-12-23)

  Sexuality education is fundamental in higher and tertiary education institutions (HTEIs). Evidence suggests that its effective education is through translations into the first language of learners. However, in global and ...
• A reflection on morality and religion 

  Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2023-11-27)

  The aim of this contribution is to reflect on the relation between religion and morality. An overview of the different theories of the origin of morality is provided. According to Blanchard, there are four traditional ...
• Nurturing agency in emerging adults of local churches : a case study from Soshanguve 

  Kabongo, Kasebwe Timothee Luc (AOSIS, 2023-04)

  Emerging adults (age 35 and below) are the majority of the African population. In South Africa, for example, emerging adults make 63.9% of its population. This age group seems to be marginalised in Christian congregations ...
• Nathan the wise : dialogue without words 

  Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS, 2023-07)

  The ‘dramatic poem’, Nathan der Weise [Nathan the Wise], was written in 1779 by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in Germany. The scene is set in medieval Jerusalem, where Sultan Saladin rules and where the wealthy merchant Jew, ...
• A pandemic of inequality: reflections on AIDS and COVID-19 in the southern African context 

  Van Wyngaard, Arnau (Taylor and Francis, 2022)

  In 2020, COVID-19 started spreading from Wuhan in China to the USA, the UK and Europe and then to the rest of the world. In Africa, the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Egypt on 14 February, while South Africa’s ...
• Forgiveness, reconciliation and justice á la Desmond Tutu 

  Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941- (University of the Free State, 2022-12-14)

  In the eyes of many, chairing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was the crowning contribution of Archbishop Desmond Tutu to his country, and to the world at large. Against the backdrop of his ...
• African-initiated churches and environmental care in Limpopo, South Africa : a missional enquiry 

  Kabongo, Kasebwe Timothee Luc; Stork, Juliane (AOSIS, 2022-12-14)

  Climate change in South Africa is increasingly threatening the most vulnerable populations in rural areas of the country, such as the Limpopo province. Religious communities could be important actors in South Africa, and ...
• Exploring a missional pedagogy for transforming discipleship : implications for missional discipleship within the DRC 

  Smith, Thomas Jacobus; Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2022)

  Within the international discourse on missional theology a recovery of a transforming discipleship has taken place to bring about a synchronicity between mission and discipleship. In the Dutch Reformed Church’s (DRC) ...
• Christianity and Shona religion and ecology : an ethical-practical perspective 

  Beyers, Jaco; Muza, Kudakwashe (Brill Academic Publishers, 2022-03)

  The biggest single threat to ecology and biodiversity is human-induced climate change. This study assesses ethics and attitudes in an African context for coping with climate change. This assessment takes place within an ...
• Religion, migration, syncretism and secularization 

  Beyers, Jaco (Complexul National Muzeal Astra Sibiu, 2021)

  Migration is viewed as a natural social phenomenon. Reasons for migration and responses to migration may vary. Much research in recent times has been done on migration. This contribution approaches migration from a ...
• New religious movements and the problem of syncretism : a study of Anioma Healing Ministry, Nawgu, Nigeria 

  Anizoba, Emmanuel C. (AOSIS, 2022-07-08)

  This work studied the Anioma Healing Ministry of the late prophet Eddy Okeke. The aim is to investigate the structure, demography, beliefs and practices of the ministry. The study adopts a qualitative phenomenological ...

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