Browsing Research Articles (Science of Religion and Missiology) by Title

Browsing Research Articles (Science of Religion and Missiology) by Title

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  • Grönum, Nicolaas J.; Van Rensburg, Fika J. (Johan Jacob Janse)., 1951- (AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-12)
    Abraham Kuyper wanted his fellow countrymen to accept biblically informed academic output as scientific and therefore authoritative. If Kuyper’s plans were to come to fruition, he would have to state the case for a ...
  • Kroesbergen, Hermen (Wiley, 2018-03)
    This article argues for acknowledging the existence of an absolute distinction between faith and science. It is often assumed in the science and religion debate that such a distinction would be ahistorical and uncontextual. ...
  • Kabongo, Kasebwe Timothee Luc (University of Stellenbosch, 2021)
    The access to land for Africans in sub-Saharan Africa has been problematic since the advent of colonisation. The church came to Africa as an acolyte of colonisers and acquired land as a benefit from its association. The ...
  • Kgatla, Selaelo Thias; Saayman, Willem (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013)
    The authors analyse and discuss the history of an important “Dutch Reformed Mission Church” congregation since its inauguration under the first DRC “foreign” missionary, Stephanus Hofmeyr, in the late nineteenth century ...
  • Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)
    This article investigated the challenges associated with being a missional church in an everchanging world and possible patterns to live missionally in new contexts. The need for Christian missions to be radically contextual ...
  • Van Wyngaard, Arnau (Routledge, 2013)
    Researchers seem to be in agreement that spirituality is an important component of the holistic care approach commonly found in palliative care. Shiselweni Home-Based Care (SHBC) is a faithbased organization in Swaziland ...
  • Vilanculo, Anselmo (Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2009)
    African understanding and conception of the Divine Being predate the Christian era. In many instances, African beliefs, culture, practices, and faith traditions are strikingly akin to the biblical images and notions of God ...
  • 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 ...
  • Kabongo, Kasebwe Timothee Luc (AOSIS Open Journals, 2020-05-28)
    This article explores the concept of hybrid epistemology in relation with the author’s theological teaching of his neighbours from the northern townships of Pretoria and the students of the University of Pretoria. It is ...
  • Kabongo, Kasebwe Timothee Luc (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2020)
    The transformation of theological education in the context of Africa has motivated this research. It discusses ways an Africanised theological education could help integrate knowledge with understanding and wisdom. The ...
  • Elmi, Ghorban (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-12)
    This article studies Ghazali’s viewpoint regarding Satan or Iblis. Ghazali’s interpretation of Satan is very different from that of traditional ones. Despite the Koran’s negative portrayal of Satan, Ghazali elaborates a ...
  • Van Wyngaard, Arnau; Whiteside, Alan (Routledge, 2021)
    By the end of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, in February 2021, the numbers of cases and deaths in southern Africa were low in absolute and relative numbers. The BBC ran a story (which was later retracted) headlined ...
  • Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-11)
    Diversity is becomming a prominent phenomenon of our society within a postmodern context. Many clergy and church members believe it threatens the peace and stability of churches and local congregations. Seemingly, ...
  • Bieber Jr, Kenneth R.; Beyers, Jaco (Brill Academic Publishers, 2020-05)
    This article discusses why American evangelical Christians, particularly white evangelicals, have granted overwhelming support to Donald Trump, first as a presidential candidate in 2016, and then as president since his ...
  • Bae, Choon Sup; Van der Merwe, P.J. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    Ancestor worship is practiced in different forms around the world today, even in societies participating in the modern global economy. Ancestral beliefs are deeply dependent on the premise that the souls of the dead may ...
  • Kgatla, Selaelo Thias (University of Stellenbosch, 2021)
    On 25 September 2015 a high–level forum of the United Nations met in New York to adopt the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which provided a framework for member states to fulfil the goals set out. The agenda ...
  • Meiring, Arnold M. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-12-17)
    Addressing the interest in missional theology and responding to the recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this research developed an apocalyptic missional theology for our time. Whilst the Second World War ...
  • Geel, Leon; Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-07-26)
    The apparatus theory is used to challenge the interpretation of religion and also to determine whether religion is a factor to contend with in modern society. Religion could be the element that keeps the city intact or ...
  • Ahmed, Shoayb; Sukdaven, Maniraj (OpenJournals Publishing, 2021-09-29)
    Historically, most Darul Ulooms in South Africa have been modelled along the curriculum of Darul Uloom Deoband in India, which was established in 1866, and there is a need for reforming the curriculum in a world that has ...
  • Beyers, Jaco (Institute for Afro-Hellenic Studies, 2021)
    This study investigates the use of traditional medicine by traditional healers in a South African context in the fight against Covid-19. Appropriating spiritual help in fighting the symptoms of the virus would be part of ...