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  • ‘A tale of two cities’ : the evolution of the International Academy of Practical Theology 
    Miller-McLemore, B.J. (Bonnie) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-10-25)
    This essay appraises the history of the International Academy of Practical Theology (IAPT), arguing that competing aims have pulled it in different directions. The essay arose initially out of a roundtable on IAPT at an ...
  • Talk or time 
    Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-06-17)
    Maybe, before we speak of time, or maybe whilst we are speaking of time, or maybe after we have spoken of time, in the various modes of time’s insistence to exist, one should give time to the talk of time. There are ...
  • Talking back to power' : deviance in Luke 18:1-8 and women in Zimbabwe 
    Matarirano, Clement (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    This study is a contextual reading of the parable of the persistent widow found in Luke 18:1-8 from the perspective of the concerns of widows in Zimbabwe. Given the everyday usage and mirror reading of the Bible in Zimbabwe, ...
  • The Talmud, the Hippocratic Corpus and Mark’s healing Jesus on infectious diseases 
    Dube, Zorodzai (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-07-30)
    Through interacting with the sick, did Jesus contract infectious diseases or did he take preventive herbs to avoid them? During biblical times, infectious diseases were fatal. Diarrhoea, cough, pneumonia and skin diseases ...
  • Tambach remixed : "Christians in South African society" 
    Senokoane, B.B. (Tumi); Kritzinger, J.N.J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    This article flows from the previous one, which analysed Karl Barth’s Tambach lecture in its original German context. It uses the musical metaphor of “remixing” to describe the recontextualising of Barth’s Tambach approach ...
  • The target group of the Ultimate Commission (Matthew 28:19) 
    Lee, Kukzin; Viljoen, Francois P. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-02)
    The inclusion of ‘all nations’ as the mission target in the Ultimate Commission of Matthew 28:19 somehow comes as a surprise. The Gentiles seem to have been excluded from Jesus’ and his disciples’ mission in two passages ...
  • The task of urban black public theology 
    Vellem, Vuyani Shadrack (AOSIS OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11)
    Twenty years after the demise of apartheid, a typical South African city remains bifurcated. The mushrooming of squatter camps, mekhukhu, in our big cities, symptomises a history that defined the majority of South Africans ...
  • Taybeh, Baal-Hazor, and a failed hunt for Baal : archaeological survey of Tell Asur 
    Miller, Robert D. (Center of Studies of Ancient Near Eastern History, 2018)
    In the winter of 2017, a site survey was undertaken of Tell Asur, ancient Baal Hazor in the West Bank, for which this article is the full publication. Although it failed to discover a cultic site of Baal, its Byzantine ...
  • Teaching Historical Theology at the University of Pretoria – some introductory remarks 
    Dreyer, Willem Akkerhuys (Wim) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-11-10)
    The Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria went through a process of restructuring, resulting in the amalgamation of Dogmatics, Christian Ethics, Church History and Church Polity into one department under the ...
  • Teaching religion as change for social transformation in contemporary African and non-African universities : a South African manifesto 
    Simut, Corneliu Cristian (AOSIS, 2023-06)
    This article is a research report on the international colloquium entitled ‘Re-Imagining Curricula for a Just University in a Vibrant Democracy’, hosted by the University of Pretoria in 2017 to address a series of prospective ...
  • Teaching the Bible at public universities in South Africa : a proposal for multidisciplinary approach 
    Dube, Zorodzai (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-05-02)
    How should the academy teach the Bible? I noted two challenges to this endeavour. Firstly, the Bible has been used as superstructure to justify and to solidify colonialism and apartheid in South Africa which resulted in ...
  • Teaching theology at African public universities as decolonisation through education and contextualisation 
    Buitendag, Johan; Simut, Corneliu Cristian (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-10-24)
    This article is an attempt to provide a systematic and integrative picture of the main contributions presented at the colloquium which addressed the current state of theological education, proposals for the basic values ...
  • Teenswoordige geskiedenis : Michel Foucault in gesprek met die teologie 
    Beukes, C.J. (Cornelius Johannes); Beukes, Johann (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    Philosopher Michel Foucault’s work has become a major strand of what is often referred to as “postmodern theology”. The wider relevance of his work for theology nevertheless still remains unexamined. This contribution ...
  • Tegnologie en sinvolle bestaan in Afrika 
    Van Niekerk, A.S. (Attie) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)
    In dealing with the human capability to improve reality, there are both pessimistic and optimistic views. Pessimistic views include the ancient Greek tragedies and the second law of thermodynamics according to which the ...
  • Teksfunksie en boodskap van Jesaja 49:1-6 
    Da Silva, A.A. (Andrew Anthony); Breytenbach, A.P.B. (Andries Petrus Bernardus), 1944- (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)
    The purpose of this article is to arrive at legitimate deductions about the textual function and the theological message of Isaiah 49:1-6. This goal is pursued by means of a method consisting of a synchronic analysis, a ...
  • Tekste, ko-tekste en kon-tekste van die leë graf in die Jesus-tradisie 
    Van Aarde, A.G. (Andries G.) (Bureau for Scholarly Journals, 2011-06)
    Die artikel is vanuit 'n pragmaties-linguïstieke perspektief geskryf wat 'n onderskeid tref tussen die begrippe "tekste", "ko-tekste" en "kon-tekste". Hierdie onderskeid verskaf die raamwerk van 'n ondersoek na die tradisie ...
  • Tekstualiteit van kinematografie : filmhermeneutiek as publieke teologie 
    Dreyer-Kruger, Anet (Anna) Elizabeth (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)
    Hollywood is synonymous with the tradition of images that are used to create emotion, to strengthen attachment, and to encourage imitation. In a certain sense these values are also encouraged by the church as institution. ...
  • Telematiese onderrig en teologiese opleiding : blikpunte op moontlike probleme 
    De Villiers, Gerda; Lombaard, Christoffel Johannes Stephanus (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    The new medium of the internet offers possibilities for teaching Theology unforeseen by previous generations of theological scholars. In this paper, the authors explore some difficulties inherent in such theological ...
  • Televangelism : a study of the ‘Pentecost hour’ of the Church of Pentecost 
    White, Peter; Assimeng, Abraham Anim (OpenJournals Publishing, 2016-08-31)
    The liberalisation of the Ghanaian media since the 1990s has drastically changed the media landscape of Ghana and given rise to the use of the mass media for evangelism purposes. The advent of the mass media offered ...
  • The temptation of Realpolitik and vox populi in the ecclesiology of the Emerging Apostolic Churches with special reference to the fivefold ministry 
    Resane, Kelebogile Thomas; Buitendag, Johan (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    The Emerging Apostolic Churches do not have a uniform church polity since the power of governance is claimed to be with the fivefold ministers, while at the same time embracing either the Episcopal, Presbyterial, or ...