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Theses and Dissertations (Dogmatics and Christian Ethics)
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(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, ...
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(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 ...
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A contextual political theology for the Ghanaian society and its implications for human flourishing (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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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?” ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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, ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(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 ...