Browsing Research Articles (Practical Theology) by Title

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  • From affect to mood : homophobia as case in point 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (Springer, 2014-12)
    This article reflects on emotion as an internal state caused by external forces that can result in mood disturbance. It traces the shift from affect to feeling to emotion to mood, following Johann Gottfried von Herder ...
  • From paternalism to partnership : the sensitive handover 
    Mbewe, Conrad Chanda; Rinquest, Linzay (Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2012)
    This article seeks to address the handover process of missions work from pioneer missionaries to indigenous leaders. It posits that this can only be done in a biblical way if paternalism yields to partnership. The article ...
  • From ‘catechetical theology’ to ‘religious educational theology’ 
    Rothgangel, Martin (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-08-07)
    The article aims at a reflection on the concept ‘religious educational theology’. Three aspects are addressed, namely, (1) the relationship between ‘catechetical theology’ and ‘religious educational theology’; (2) the ...
  • Gebed in die liturgie : 'n prakties-teologiese verkenning 
    Wepener, Cas (Faculty of Theology of the University of the Orange Free State, 2012-06)
    For many worshippers, prayer in the worship service is not always appropriated positively. In this article, a practical theological exploration regarding prayer in the liturgy is undertaken. By means of a spiral movement ...
  • Gebedspraktyke en geloofsoortuigings van kerklos millennier-Christene : ’n ritueel-liturgiese verkenning 
    Steyn, Marileen; Wepener, Cas (LitNet, 2020)
    Die uitvloei van millenniër-Christene uit baie kerke op internasionale en plaaslike vlak veroorsaak in heelwat kringe bekommernis en onsekerheid. Dié kommer en onsekerheid word in Suid-Afrika versterk deur ’n gebrek aan ...
  • Gebruik van 'n handpop as medeterapeut en 'n vyfjarige kankerpasient : 'n narratief-terapeutiese benadering 
    Du Plessis, Yolandi; Muller, Julian C. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007-09)
    This article reflects on the use of a hand puppet (Billy Bear) in narrative therapeutic conversations with a five year old girl (pseudonym Lisa) who has been diagnosed with leukaemia (blood cancer). The first part of this ...
  • Geestelike veerkragtigheid as reaksie op kerkskeuring 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)
    The article investigates theories of resilience as applied to individuals and groups. From a group perspective, the potential of and obstacles to resilience are examined against the backgound of post-apartheid South ...
  • Gemeentes as begeleiers van kollektiewe rouprosesse 
    Boshoff, Willem Sterrenberg (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-11-07)
    Since 1990 South Africa has been characterised by far-reaching change in all spheres of society. A recent PhD dissertation completed at the University of Pretoria described the loss members of the Dutch Reformed Church ...
  • Gender critique on the narrator’s androcentric point of view of women in Matthew’s gospel 
    Dreyer, Yolanda (OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-06)
    The article, from a gender-sensitive perspective, is critical of patriarchal values that are harmful to women and other non-dominant groups. When the focus on women and women’s roles is usurped by male control, the ...
  • Gender role changes in African households : a challenge to theology and psychology 
    Khosa-Nkatini, Hundzukani P.; Buqa, Wonke; Machimana, Petronella Nondumiso Nompilo (AOSIS, 2023-06)
    Women empowerment is growing in South African communities and workplaces. More women are in executive positions which often require time away from home with the implication that their conversations with family and relatives ...
  • Gender-based violence in South Africa : a narrative reflection 
    Buqa, Wonke (AOSIS, 2022-12-22)
    The pervasiveness of gender-based violence (GBV) against women and children constitutes the most severe expression of discrimination and dehumanisation of women and children in South Africa. Even before the coronavirus ...
  • Generating hope in pastoral care through relationships 
    Steyn, Tobias Hertzog van Reenen; Masango, Maake J.S. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2012-05-07)
    This article concerned itself with the notion of Christian hope, in the midst of suffering, where this hope will find its energy from within a relationship with God and his people. Hope in God finds its substance from ...
  • Generation X, intergenerational justice and the renewal of the traditioning process 
    Seibel, Cory Lane; Nel, Malan (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)
    The church has the task of transmitting its faith tradition from one generation to the next. In the transition to postmodernity, many established congregations have proven to be ineffective at this traditioning process ...
  • Gesinsbediening in ’n postmoderne kerk : modelle en metodes 
    Van Staden, J.M. (Jacobus Marthinus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11-20)
    The aim of the article is to reflect on the necessity for family ministry in the church today, and to explore different models and methods for doing it. This article must be understood against the backdrop of the challenges ...
  • Gesinsbediening in ’n postmoderne kerk vanuit bybelsteologiese perspektiewe 
    Van Staden, J.M. (Jacobus Marthinus); Dreyer, Yolanda (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11-01)
    The aim of the article is to reflect on biblical-theological perspectives on family in order to enrich postmodern faith communities. In the post-biblical period the biological family was central to the process of ...
  • Getting to why? Contemplative practice as reflection on intentionality 
    Wessels, Francois (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-08-31)
    In my experience, conflict and other forms of being stuck or (as it is commonly referred to in narrative texts) ‘stuckness’ are related to actions, behaviour or events. If we consider a narrative paradigm, they happen ...
  • Gewonde God : ’n teologies-etiese besinning, veral vanuit Khoisan-perspektief 
    Boezak, Willa (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-29)
    This article presupposes the right of the faithful to pose critical questions about God. God concepts cannot be distanced or freed from ideology. In the Hebrew Scriptures, the reflection on Jahwe and Elohim are mostly ...
  • Giving and stewardship in Border Black Baptist Churches 
    Zanekile, Nkolelo (Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2011)
    There seem to be two possible extremes in relation to financial giving and stewardship in many Christian Churches; on the one hand, some may teach an unbalanced “prosperity gospel” which many suspect is motivated by the ...
  • The goal of servant leadership in African churches : a SWOT analysis 
    Moyo, Sheila T.H.; Rinquest, Linzay (Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2012)
    Gehman (2008:x) quotes John Stott as saying, "Our model of leadership is often shaped more by culture than by Christ. Yet many cultural models of leadership are incompatible with the servant imagery taught and exhibited ...
  • God and His tithe : a Biblical overview 
    De Gray Birch, Ron (Baptist Union of Southern Africa, 2007)
    No abstract available