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  • Binding and loosing on earth : evaluating the strategy for church disciplinary procedures proposed in Matthew 18:15-18 through the lenses of thinking and feeling 
    Francis, Leslie John; Jones, Susan H.; Hebden, Keith (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-07-17)
    Matthew 18:15–18 proposed a disciplined strategy for dealing with disputes within the Matthean emerging Christian community. The present study was designed to test the theory, proposed by the SIFT approach to biblical ...
  • Binitariarism 
    Teugels, Lieve M. (De Gruyter, 2023-06)
    Binitarianism is the belief in two persons within one godhead. This is usually distinguished from bitheism—belief in two gods, but this distinction is not always clear in the scholarly literature. In this entry we take ...
  • Binne of buite die blokkie? 'n Poging om iets oor tyd en ewigheid te sê 
    Buitendag, Johan (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    This article deals with the dialogue between theology and science with special reference to eschatology. It takes the relation of time and eternity as the leitmotiv for the exposition, based on the view that the latest ...
  • The bio-century challenge : life in a holistic context. In conversation with Cornel du Toit 
    Veldsman, D.P. (Daniel Petrus), 1959- (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2013-08)
    My engagement in this article with the South African systematic theologian Cornel du Toit in recognition of his valued scholarship is restricted to only two of his contributions in the context of the science–theology ...
  • The biology of human sexuality : evolution, ecology and physiology 
    Bateman, Philip W.; Bennett, Nigel Charles (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006)
    Many evolutionary biologists argue that human sexual behaviour can be studied in exactly the same way as that of other species. Many sociologists argue that social influences effectively obscure, and are more important ...
  • A biotheology of God's divine action in the present global ecological precipice 
    Winslow, Lisanne D. (AOSIS, 2022-04-08)
    Theological discourse surrounding the environmental crisis has rightly brought to the forefront human agency as a primary causal determinant. However, this article explores a theistic divine action position toward an account ...
  • Black aesthetics and the son of man film 
    Mokoena, Katleho Karabo (University of Pretoria, 2017)
    The Son of Man (2006) is the first film in the Jesus film genre with an entirely black cast, including the leading role of a black Jesus. Historically, the Jesus film genre has been produced by western filmmakers with a ...
  • Black Christology and the two natures of Christ. Existential and metaphysical reflections on black theology in the 21st century 
    Mdingi, Hlulani M. (Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2021)
    The doctrine of Christology is fundamental in Christian theology for understanding God’s soteriological process in human existence. Christology entails God’s unique and special revelation to humanity and displays God’s ...
  • Black theology of liberation and radical democracy : a dialogue 
    Vellem, Vuyani Shadrack (University of Stellenbosch, Department of Old and New Testament, 2013)
    Radical Democracy proposes that capitalism should be theorised deeply and furthermore, that the liberal tradition must not be denounced and rejected by the Left. It is possible that what seems to be a ‘confusion,’ or ...
  • Black theology of liberation and the economy of life 
    Vellem, Vuyani Shadrack (Wiley, 2015-07)
    The original sin of capitalism is its relationship with racism, a repugnant expression of White supremacy, therefore to engage the metaphysics of neoliberal economics one must have to confront the symbiotic relationship ...
  • Blackness and the God of the oppressed 
    Mdingi, Hlulani M. (Wiley, 2022-10)
    The state of blackness oscillates between two speculative positions: The first puts forward the irrelevance of race in the modern technological period, a view often coming from those who are colour blind and “optimistic” ...
  • Blessed are the children killers : a canonical approach to Psalm 137 
    Park, Ryu (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    The imprecation of Psalm 137, “blessed ( אשרי ) are the revengers and the killers of infants” (vv. 8-9) does not seem to be in comformity with the broader messages of the Psalter, “Blessed ( (אשרי are those who delight in ...
  • "Blessed is he who considers the poor" Perspectives from Book V in the Psalter 
    Fischer, Georg (Unisa Press, 2016-12)
    The fifth book of the Psalter shows a notable increase in the attention given to the poor. Several psalms therein emphasize this topic and occupy specific positions, e.g., Pss 107, 109, 146, and 147. Dominant themes are ...
  • Blessings or curses? The contribution of the blesser phenomenon to gender-based violence and intimate partner violence 
    Frieslaar, Brent V.; Masango, Maake J.S. (AOSIS, 2021-03-16)
    This article examines the blesser phenomenon in South Africa, which gained rapid popularity in 2016. A large body of research exists that reveals that transactional sex is a significant theme within the phenomenon of blesser ...
  • ‘Bliksem!’/damn it! A ritual-liturgical appreciation of a deadly sin for an angry nation 
    Wepener, Cas (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2015-07-29)
    This article addresses the current levels of anger within South African society from a practical theological perspective. Following a description of the current context with regard to the on-going processes of reconciliation ...
  • Blogging David Bosch and transforming mission 
    Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (Unisa Press, 2012-04)
    An innovative and participatory teaching method using interactive digital media and "blogging" was used to teach and discuss David Bosch's Transforming mission. The teaching method is described, as along with a brief summary ...
  • The body in poverty – Psalm 22 
    Van der Zwan, Pieter (Unisa Press, 2017-11)
    The bodily suffering in this psalm can be related to a socio-economic situation of poverty. In addition, it is also closely linked to an experience of distance from God and the community of belonging with its terrible ...
  • Boek Josua gelees teen ’n na-eksiliese agtergrond 
    Lindeque, G.C. (Gert Cornelis); Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    This article argues that the book of Joshua portrays the idealistic views held by the post-exilic community on the history of Israel. The book displays remarkable similarities with Third Isaiah and with narratives from ...
  • Boleo : a postcolonial feminist reading 
    Dube, Musa W. (AOSIS, 2020-12)
    The relationship between postcolonialism and feminism is often complicated and conflict-laden in its struggles against empire and patriarchy and its related social categories of oppression. The question is, How have ...
  • Bonhoeffer and costly reconciliation in South Africa – through the lens of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission 
    Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941- (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2017)
    It was a day to remember, the 25th of April 1999. In the French Cathedral, in Berlin, former Archbishop Desmond Tutu, chairman of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Dr Alex Boraine, deputy ...