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  • Ahmad Ghazali’s Satan 
    Elmi, Ghorban (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-12)
    This article studies Ghazali’s viewpoint regarding Satan or Iblis. Ghazali’s interpretation of Satan is very different from that of traditional ones. Despite the Koran’s negative portrayal of Satan, Ghazali elaborates a ...
  • AIDS and COVID-19 in southern Africa 
    Van Wyngaard, Arnau; Whiteside, Alan (Routledge, 2021)
    By the end of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, in February 2021, the numbers of cases and deaths in southern Africa were low in absolute and relative numbers. The BBC ran a story (which was later retracted) headlined ...
  • Akkommodering en bestuur van diversiteit in gemeenteverband 
    Dreyer, T.F.J. (Theunis Frederik Jacobus), 1946- (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-11)
    Diversity is becomming a prominent phenomenon of our society within a postmodern context. Many clergy and church members believe it threatens the peace and stability of churches and local congregations. Seemingly, ...
  • The allegiance of white American evangelicals to Donald Trump 
    Bieber Jr, Kenneth R.; Beyers, Jaco (Brill Academic Publishers, 2020-05)
    This article discusses why American evangelical Christians, particularly white evangelicals, have granted overwhelming support to Donald Trump, first as a presidential candidate in 2016, and then as president since his ...
  • An African youth perspective on missional ecclesiology; a Methodist reflection 
    Lungana, Siyabulela Thanduxolo (University of Pretoria, 2019)
    Missional church is not a new concept that is going around, however it is only recent that it has begun to be place more in the forefront in the context of the church. In this happening also, especially in the traditional ...
  • Ancestor worship and the challenges it poses to the Christian mission and ministry 
    Bae, Choon Sup (University of Pretoria, 2008-06-04)
    Ancestor worship is conceived by some to be an outdated primitive custom with no relevance to modern society. However, this study shows that ancestor worship is still alive and well in numerous cultures and countries around ...
  • Ancestor worship – is it Biblical? 
    Bae, Choon Sup; Van der Merwe, P.J. (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008-09)
    Ancestor worship is practiced in different forms around the world today, even in societies participating in the modern global economy. Ancestral beliefs are deeply dependent on the premise that the souls of the dead may ...
  • An apocalyptic agenda for mission in our time 
    Meiring, Arnold M. (AOSIS OpenJournals, 2020-12-17)
    Addressing the interest in missional theology and responding to the recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this research developed an apocalyptic missional theology for our time. Whilst the Second World War ...
  • The apparatus theory : 'religion in the city' 
    Geel, Leon; Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-07-26)
    The apparatus theory is used to challenge the interpretation of religion and also to determine whether religion is a factor to contend with in modern society. Religion could be the element that keeps the city intact or ...
  • Application of themes from Al-Mawwaq’s work in reforming the Deoband curriculum in Islamic education in the South African Darul Ulooms 
    Ahmed, Shoayb; Sukdaven, Maniraj (OpenJournals Publishing, 2021-09-29)
    Historically, most Darul Ulooms in South Africa have been modelled along the curriculum of Darul Uloom Deoband in India, which was established in 1866, and there is a need for reforming the curriculum in a world that has ...
  • Architecture for the emerging missional paradigm amomg faith communities in Botswana - In dialogue with Bosch 
    Henry, Desmond (University of Pretoria, 2010-10-18)
    The indispensability of the Church [in Africa] is the primary motive for the writing of this dissertation. Throughout the centuries, we have seen the Church in various contexts, and in many forms. We have borne witness to ...
  • Artisanal cheeses or artisanal Jesus – loving your postal code enough to reflect it in the life and theology of the church 
    Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (University of South Africa, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, 2014-04)
    In this reflection on a creative and critical dialogue on the future of missiology as a theological discipline, the theological imperative of contextualisation was emphasised. The point of departure was that the contextual ...
  • As below, so above : a perspective on African theology 
    Meiring, Arnold Maurits (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    African theology can be understood as a theology from below – or rather, “as below, so above”. This phrase not only reflects the concept of ubuntu and the African partiality towards horizontal relationships, but may ...
  • An assessment of the theology of religions 
    Janse van Rensburg, Johannes (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017)
    It is attempted to analyse the relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam from the viewpoint of the intergroup threat theory. Although the departure point for this study is the intergroup threat theory, there ...
  • Augustine on redemption in Genesis 1-3 
    Smither, Edward L. (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-07-11)
    Many theologians, including those concerned with theology of mission, frame the drama of God’s story and mission (missio Dei) through the three major acts of creation, fall and redemption. Others add that the new creation ...
  • Baptist identity and mission in a rainbow nation : distilling imperatives from mixed-methods research within the Baptist Union of Southern Africa (1994–2012) 
    Henry, Desmond; Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-04-06)
    The Baptist Union of Southern Africa’s (hereafter BUSA) future is conspicuous unless it understands the context within which it ministers in our ‘rainbow nation’. As a union of churches, BUSA faces significant challenges ...
  • Baruch Spinoza and the naturalisation of the Bible : an epistemological investigation 
    Gronum, N.J. (Nicolaas) (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-09-28)
    This article investigates the naturalisation of the Bible. Three voices are of special importance in the narrative presented in this article; they are Aristotle (384–322 BC), Rene Descartes (1596–1650) and Baruch Spinoza ...
  • Becoming a missional church : the case of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) 
    Mathye, Mokadi Max (University of Pretoria, 2012)
    The topic of my study is: Becoming a missional church- the case of Evangelical Lutheran Church in South Africa (ELCSA). The lack of missional astuteness and intelligence emanating from Christendom mind-sets and agendas is ...
  • Becoming a missional church : the struggle of the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa or Paris Evangelical Missionary Society in Meadowlands, Soweto 
    Kganyapa, Leonard Tsdiso; Kgatla, Selaelo Thias (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-11-24)
    The existence of the Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa (LECSA) and Paris Evangelical Missionary Society (PEMS) in the western areas of Johannesburg, South Western Township (Soweto) and, more poignantly, ...
  • Belang van Prof. F.J.van Zyl vir hervormde teologie 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017-09-22)
    In this article the contribution of professor Frans J. van Zyl (1913–2008) will be scrutinised as to determine the influence his thoughts had on the theology of the Netherdutch Reformed Church. As Van Zyl was seen as a ...