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(University of Pretoria, 2023-10)The study assessed the Pentecostal leadership disputes in Zimbabwe in light of Pastoral Challenges. An African proverb states that "When two elephants fight, the grass suffers." This saying is particularly relevant to the ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-07-10)During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, the Dutch Reformed congregation Toringkerk in Paarl longed to reach out to people within the local community who were in extreme need. The congregation felt powerless because of the ...
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(AOSIS, 2023)No abstract available.
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(AOSIS, 2023-12-20)Considering the large number of mob killings, especially the case of two suspected thieves who were burnt alive in the Enugu metropolis, a more exegetical approach to the issue of jungle justice becomes imperative to ...
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(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 ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-11-29)An exploration of the Johannine narrative reveals that John addresses the problem of the relational dimension of a believing community as one of its ‘authorial intentions’. With its concomitant emphasis on communalism, ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-12-18)The objective of the article was to get more clarity on what morality is by addressing the question: ‘Can, in spite of undeniable adaptation and change through the ages, core elements of morality be detected that might ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-10-21)This article engages with the issue of the אָשָׁם sacrifice in Leviticus 14. Firstly, the paper provides an overview of the extensive cleansing ritual in Leviticus 14. Then the issue of the relation between צָרַ֫עַת and ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-11-21)In human history, there has always been one form of war or the other, including resource wars, leading to the wanton destruction of lives and property. Nigeria is not an exception to this ugly global phenomenon. For ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-11-14)Climate change represents the most significant challenge facing the global community. The issue in question has an impact on the younger generation, whose prospects may be jeopardised. Both younger and older generations ...
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(AOSIS, 2023-12-18)From the most recent and directive dimensions of the (?) story of Homo sapiens (Hs), presented as a very limited overview and in broad outlines from an anthropological perspective, the focus will ultimately fall on three ...
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(MDPI, 2023-09-29)This study used Ruth 1:1–5 as a lens in the study of the increasing challenges Nigerian migrants face. Famine was ravaging the land, and hence Elimelech moved his family away from Israel to the country of Moab so they ...
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(Wiley, 2023-11)The article explores how pivotal the kingdom of God has been and still is to the identity of the ecumenical movement. The discussion of the biblical vision of the kingdom, which is coming and yet is also present, offers a ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-11)This study begins by framing the challenges for theological education/formation which remain disconnected from urban realities. The rationale for the study stems from a personal experience as a participant in a praxis-based ...
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(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2023-11-30)The African world view is not monolithic or homogeneous. However, that being the case, there is a strong metaphysical and existential leaning in terms of Spirit and the world. The Spirit is the medium whereby revelation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11-17)The primary thesis of this study is that Zacchaeus’ words in Luke 19:1-10 micronarrative are a radical futuristic resolve responding to Luke’s radical message of ‘good news to the poor’ and ‘wealth renunciation’. Met ...
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(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2023-06)Feminist historiography indicates that spirituality has historically been one of the instruments whereby women could “speak”. This “voice” implied recognition and authority, to a certain degree, in a patriarchal-orien ...
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(New Testament Society of South Africa, 2022-06)In 1 Corinthians 15:20 and 23, Paul calls Jesus “the first fruits of those who are asleep.” According to John, Jesus died on the Eve of Passover and was resurrected on the third day, which was the day of the Omer ritual, ...
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(Southern African Missiological Society, 2022)South Africa General Mission (SAGM) missionaries evangelized the Chimanimani District of Zimbabwe from 1897 onwards. SAGM missionaries focused exclusively on this Ndau territory in the light of the pact between missionaries ...
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(University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2022-06)There is a raging debate in scholarly discourse on the role of religious faith traditions in influencing firm dispositions on various institutions and economic growth. Religious faith traditions are fighting rampant ...