- UPSpace Home
- →
- Theology
- →
- Browsing Theology by Subject
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
Browsing Theology by Subject "Wealth"
Now showing items 1-7 of 7
-
(University of Pretoria, 2011-09-27)In post-Apartheid South Africa the issues relating to poverty and specifically missional engagement with the poor remains a priority. In order to foster creative imaginations for this missional task, this research focuses ...
-
(University of South Africa, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, 2015)The issues of generosity, funding, raising funds and managing funds in God’s mission are investigated. First of all, we conduct a literature survey of the themes of poverty, wealth, generosity, giving and stewardship. ...
-
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2014-08-29)The article attempts to establish that prosperity gospel is rooted in the faulty interpretation of several biblical passages. The prosperity gospel portrays wealth and riches as a covenant and the fulfilment of the divine ...
-
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-08-26)The way in which a nation’s economy is structured is of great importance for the material welfare of its people as well as the people’s relationship with the state and the operation of the state itself. It is also important ...
-
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2002)In this article, the story of the conversion of Zacchaeus in Luke 19:1-10 is studied against the background of Nigerian society. The importance of Zacchaeus' story lies in the fact that it remains a paradigm of how wealthy ...
-
(Old Testament Society of South Africa, 2018-07)Trading Yahweh's word for a price is an attempt to articulate the implications of the mercenary attitude of prophets and priests in Micah 3:5-7, 11, in discharging their duties as religious functionaries. The article ...
-
(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2003)The rich are apostrophised by the author of the Letter of James for their disregard for and exploitation of the poor who, ironically, are the "elect" of God. A social scientific study of the apostrophe is undertaken with ...
Now showing items 1-7 of 7