• Etisering - personalisering - eksistensialisering van die geloofsbegrip 

  Veldsman, Daniel Petrus (University of Pretoria, 1989-05)

  English: This historic-systematic investigation by means of a literature study, focuses on the theological propositions in the thought of Rudolf Karl Bultmann (1884-1976) wi~h regard to his understanding of faith and, ...
• African spirituality and Christianity : revisiting clashing worldviews 

  Monnamme, Charlotte Mitta (University of Pretoria, 2023-09-30)

  Black people in Africa have practiced spirituality for a long time, years before colonialism took over Africa. The African people had a very special relationship with ancestors and relating to the worship of God with the ...
• A contextual political theology for the Ghanaian society and its implications for human flourishing 

  Boaheng, Isaac (University of Pretoria, 2023-12)

  Every human society is faced with one challenge or the other. Ghana (the context of the study) is a West African country facing such challenges as poverty, hunger, poor education system, poor road networks, environmental ...
• Towards an Ubuntu/Botho ethics of technology 

  Mokoena, Katleho Karabo (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Humanity and technology have been in co-evolution and co-development in human history and it has been an intricate part of our daily lives today. However, since the Industrial Revolution, technology has had a negative ...
• The reformation atonement theory of penal substitution : a systematic-theological study of its coherence with divine justice 

  Rist, Troy (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  Penal substitution has been explored in detail both within the areas of theology and philosophy. Its understanding and application of justice has been a focal point of objection for many. While often understood in purely ...
• Challenges faced by women in church-leadership : a multifaceted and intersectional map 

  jini, Patrick Phumelele (University of Pretoria, 2023-12-30)

  This study examines the hurdles women encounter when seeking leadership positions within religious institutions. It highlights that despite changing cultural standards and increased recognition of the need for diversity ...
• Narrating the political Christian self : Chief Albert Luthuli's political theology in his autobiography "Let my people go" 

  Mushambi, Dambudzo Darlington (University of Pretoria, 2023-09-30)

  The study utilises the articulations and understandings of ‘narrative’ and ‘narrative theology’ from George Stroup and Stanley Hauerwas. ‘Narrative’ is a fundamental theological category that shapes theological reflection ...
• The God of whom? : from a psychological to a systematic-theological intertwining of black liberation theology and anatheism 

  Gordon, Amber-Leigh (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  From the psychological concept of fear, the two counterparts of Black Liberation Theology and Anatheism are not simply brought together but so too are intertwined. This is done to answer the question of “The God of whom?” ...
• Re-imagining development in underdeveloped Africa and South Africa : perspectives from the lenses of liberation theologies and the call for decolonisation 

  Mandla, Vincent Nkosinathi (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  This research is concerned with the human subject and therefore, engages the notion through the liberation paradigm with the benefit that Black Liberation theology emerges from the concrete historical realities of black ...
• The relationship between spirituality and culture in Africa : a Christian-ethical perspective 

  Thoka, Thabiso (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  This study will investigate the relationship between spirituality and culture using a Christian ethical perspective, specifically, Hauerwas’ universal ethics. The study intends to examine the nature of the relationship ...
• Land redistribution in South Africa : a perspective from the doctrine of creation, theological anthropology and black liberation 

  Mongwe, Kheto (University of Pretoria, 2022-10)

  The issue of land in South Africa has been going on for so many years without a breakthrough, it prevented progress in the process of reconciliation and Justice for the Black people of South Africa. This research seeks ...
• The role of religion in politics : the Roman Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the presidency of Joseph Kabila 

  Kuzituka Did'ho, Jean-Marie (University of Pretoria, 2020-08)

  This study examines the role of religion in the DRC’s political sphere from 2015 to 2019 during the second and last term of office of President Joseph Kabila. During these years (2015-2019), the government subjected ...
• Die Kerkbegrip van die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis 

  Cloete, Gert Johannes (University of Pretoria, 1986)

  Afrikaans: Die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis word steeds, meer as vier eeue na sy ontstaan, as belydenisskrif gebruik in 'n beduidende groep Gereformeerde kerke. Dit het ontstaan teen baie besondere historiese omstandighede, ...
• Skepping en ekologie : 'n Sistematiese ondersoek na die teologiese verstaan van die werklikheid 

  Buitendag, Johan (University of Pretoria, 1985)

  Afrikaans: Te wyte aan 'n werklikheidsverstaan wat sy wortels in die Kartesiaanse dualisme van gees teenoor natuur vind, het die mens se omgang met die natuur in die ekologiese krisis ontaard. Sodanige werklikheidsverstaan ...
• Kairos consciousness and the christian response to the Zimbabwean crisis (2000 - 2013) 

  Paradza, Kudakwashe (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  This study is based on the contemporary Christian Church’s response to the Zimbabwean crisis for the period 2000 to 2013 through the lenses of Kairos Consciousness as articulated by Allan Boesak. The framework of this study ...
• Ubuntu - a soteriological ethic for an effaced umntu in a post 1994 South Africa : a black theology of liberation perspective 

  Mpetsheni, Lungile (University of Pretoria, 2019)

  This thesis sets out to explore Ubuntu as a soteriological ethic for the liberation of an effaced umntu in the post 1994 South Africa from a black perspective. It is conducted from the perspective of Black Theology of ...
• Imagination religion and morality : an interdisciplinary approach 

  Serfontein, Bernice (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  Every human society as well as almost all of human life is infused with ethics. How do we best understand human morality and ethics? I believe responsible ethics rests on a credible understanding of what it means to be ...
• Craving restoration : an ecofeminist theological perspective on Lily mine 

  Ras, Erika Fredrika (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  In South Africa, the concept of land is caught up in various ideological, religious and political conceptions. Land is not only soil, but also home, identity, economic profit, livelihood and belonging. In this study, we ...
• Initiation practices among Ejagham Cameronian women and patriarchy : a womanist perspective 

  Otob Epse Benoni-Wang, Tabe Jennet (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  The persistence of the ‘genital mutilation’ problem is still a concern for Africa and the world today. Could this crisis be described as one that was never meant to be? Inspired by second-wave feminist clitoral debates in ...
• A womanist dialogue with Black Theology of Liberation in the twenty first century 

  Kobo, Fundiswa Amanda (University of Pretoria, 2018)

  This thesis proposes that a womanist dialogue with Black Theology of Liberation (BTL) in the 21st century is nothing but a de-westernizing praxis for a womanist. This proposition is based on a deeper examination of the ...

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