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  • Love : a philosophy of pastoral care and counselling 
    Streets, Frederick J. (2014-09-15)
    This article explored the meaning of love as an ethical principle and the aim of providing pastoral counselling and care. The author, inspired by the work of Professor Julian Müller, applied Paul Tillich’s notion of love ...
  • The love for the poor neighbour : in memory of her (Matthew 26:6-13) 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (University of the Free State, Faculty of Theology, 2016)
    This article explores whether the Jesus saying in Matthew 26:11 contradicts the Jesus tradition about caring for the poor. Bultmann’s understanding of the love commandment provides a key to understanding this perceived ...
  • A love triangle between God, Sophia, and the righteous interwoven in the retelling of the Pentateuchal stories in Wisdom 10 
    Geyser-Fouche, Ananda B. (Unisa Press, 2021-06)
    In the Wisdom of Solomon, with special reference to chapters 6 to 10, wisdom is personified as a woman. This image is quite often found, especially in the wisdom literature. In the Wisdom of Solomon, Sophia is portrayed ...
  • "Love-patriarchalism" in the New Testament in light of ethnography 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    In this article the context of the first century Mediterranean social world will be discussed in order to explore the nature of the prevailing hierarchical system. This society was agrarian and patriarchal. Patriarchy ...
  • Loving God… unto death : the witness of the early Christians 
    Rosell, Sergio (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-07)
    The article focuses on the social and theological dynamics that drove early Christ-followers to understand martyrdom as being a legitimate and honourable way by means of which to demonstrate love for God to the uttermost ...
  • Lubunga - leadership : an Afro-biblical perspective  
    Emedi, George I.; Harold, Godfrey (Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2012)
    This article explores the African traditional value of Ubuntu as embedded in the Bembe concept of lubunga. In our attempt to develop a practical contextual leadership model, we have deliberately avoided to make use of the ...
  • Luister na die storie van die kerk : riglyne vanuit ’n narratief-hermeneutiese perspektief 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    A church as a denominational entity cannot but contemplate where it would like to be in the near future. Reasons for this are the losses of the past, the issues of the present and the uncertainties of the future. In the ...
  • Lukaanse Jesusbeeld : in dialoog met Wilhelm Bousset se 'Kyrios Christos' 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.); Van Zyl, Sanrie (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1997)
    Wilhelm Bousset poses in his epoch-making work Kyrios Christos: Geschichte des Christusglaubens von den Anftingen des Christentums bis Irenaeus' the question of the context and reference of the title Kyrios Christos. He ...
  • Lukas 10:1–16 as begronding van die kerk se sending in Lukas-Handelinge 
    Nel, Marius Johannes (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010)
    The sending out of seventy-two disciples by Jesus in Luke 10:1–16 provides both a theological justification and a modus operandi for the church’s participation in God’s mission to the world as described in Luke-Acts. ...
  • Lukas 18:1-8 – Eksegetiese en homiletiese aantekeninge 
    Nel, Malan (Teologiese Fakulteit, Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2009-12)
    The parable of the unjust judge teaches disciples the proper response to the delay of the parousia alluded to by Jesus in Luke 17:22–37. The a peiore ad melius reasoning of the parable is that if the unjust judge yielded ...
  • Luke 4:16-30 amidst poverty in Zambia 
    Siame, Lordwell (University of Pretoria, 2016)
    This study titled The golden Jubilee year: Luke 4:16-30 amidst poverty in Zambia looks at responsible ways of interpreting biblical texts in impoverished faith communities. The research question this study seeks to address ...
  • Luke-Acts mission paradigm for the church in the socio-economic context of southern Zimbabwe 
    Musariri, John (University of Pretoria, 2023-08-30)
    Abstract This thesis analysed the relevance of Luke-Acts mission paradigm in dealing with socio-economic challenges in Southern Zimbabwe. The aim was to find out if Luke-Acts can be applicable to the mission of the ...
  • Luke’s parables and the purpose of Luke’s Gospel 
    Reinstorf, Dieter Heinrich (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    Do the parables of Luke hold the key to an understanding of the overall purpose of Luke’s Gospel? This question is pursued by Greg W Forbes (2000) in a book entitled The God of Old: The role of the Lukan parables in the ...
  • Luther and Calvin on predestination : a comparison 
    Van Wyk, I.W.C. (Ignatius William Charles) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-06-19)
    Alexander Schweizer propagated the thesis that predestination is a central theme of Calvin’s theology and that later Calvinism had to defend his teaching as the distinguishing point between the Lutheran and reformed ...
  • Luther and the law in the Lutheran Church of Uganda 
    Ekyarikunda, Enoch; Van Eck, Ernest (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-05-26)
    This article investigates the role of the Law in the Lutheran Church of Uganda. It investigates how the Law is understood and lived among Lutherans in Uganda. Luther, the sixteenthcentury Reformer, understood and interpreted ...
  • Luther and the Law in the Lutheran Church of Uganda 
    Ekyarikunda, Enoch Macben (University of Pretoria, 2015)
    This study with the title Luther and the Law in the Lutheran Church of Uganda investigates how the Law is understood and interpreted by Lutherans in the Church of Uganda. It studies the Lutheran understanding of the Law ...
  • Lutheran homiletics and Francophone African contexts : how to connect Lutheran orthodoxy with African culture 
    McDermott, Ryan Michael (University of Pretoria, 2024)
    Many factors come together to make Christian preaching effective and authentic. This thesis examines the current state of homiletical practice and formation in Francophone African Lutheran church bodies, with the goal of ...
  • The LXX book of Esther as a satirical drama 
    Du Toit, Marietjie (Unisa Press, 2008)
    The aim of this paper is to show that the LXX book of Esther is to be read as a satirical drama. The paper will focus on the literary aspects of this narrative and will discuss the genre; sub-genres; characters and literary ...
  • LXX Esther : "more" God "less" theology 
    Nagel, Peter (Unisa Press, 2008)
    This article argues that the Greek translators of the Hebrew version of the Esther narrative did not take its theology seriously. The explicit theological insertions such as “call upon the lord” and “to fear god”, as well ...
  • LXX-sitate in die Petrus- en Paulusredes van Handelinge 
    Steyn, Gert Jacobus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1995)
    This article is an attempt to summarize the results of the author's doctoral thesis. Three aspects of the problem under investigation are discussed, i e the texthistorical, methodological and hermeneutical aspects. The ...