Browsing Research Articles (Science of Religion and Missiology) by Title

Browsing Research Articles (Science of Religion and Missiology) by Title

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  • Servant leadership : the style of Frank Chikane from early life to the presidency of Thabo Mbeki 
    Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon (Church History Society of Southern Africa and Unisa Press, 2018)
    This article is a historical study of Frank Chikane from early life to the presidency of Thabo Mbeki. The article looks at the early life of Chikane; his experience of the crusade organisation “Christ for all Nations” in ...
  • Sharing in God’s surprise : the place and role of the Department of Science of Religion and Missiology at the University of Pretoria 
    Meiring, Piet (Pieter Gerhard Jacobus), 1941- (OpenJournals Publishing, 2009)
    During the centenary year of the University of Pretoria (2008), the Department of Science of Religion and Missiology took stock of its activities during the past 55 years, since the first professor in Missiology, H.D.A. ...
  • Sinkretisme as missiologiese uitdaging 
    Kritzinger, J.J. (Johan Jakob); Niemand, S.J.J. (Samuel Jacobus Johannes) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2007)
    Religious syncretism is usually seen as the intermingling of two religious systems to the extent that the uniqueness of a specific religion is compromised. It is thus understood as missiologically negative. This article ...
  • Songs of the harp from an African xylophone : cries of deliverance 
    Kgatla, Selaelo Thias (Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2014-12)
    In this article I examine aspects of the Hebrew Psalms and relate them to African musical genres focusing on lamentation, protest, and resistance against evil and injustice suffered by the poor and weak at the hands of the ...
  • Spirituele vorming om ’n missionale karakter in gemeentes in die praktyk te bewerkstellig 
    Pretorius, Philippus C.; Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-08-23)
    This study applied literature review to focus on missional ecclesiology and, more specifically, on the important role and impact of spirituality in supporting a missional church. Although the research originated in ...
  • Spreading of Islam without any violence in Central, East and West Africa as a case study 
    Sukdaven, Maniraj; Bagheri, Ensieh (AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-12-04)
    This article studies the violence in the spreading of Islam by conquest and the factors that influenced the development of Islam in Central, East, West and Southeastern Africa. Although the spreading of Islam in these ...
  • The static imagery of vocation 
    Kroesbergen, Hermen (De Gruyter, 2016-03)
    This article deals with the question whether it is a problem to use a static imagery of vocation. Four relatively recent systematic theological monographs by Volf, Badcock, Schuurman and Hahnenberg on the topic of vocation ...
  • Stormkompas in tye van aanpasbare verandering - kontoere van missionêre leierskap 
    Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    The article describes outlines of and elaborates on missional leadership in the challenging times of adaptive change. The insights of Roxburg & Romanuk (2006) and Van Gelder (2007), especially in terms of their contributions ...
  • Stryd oor die opstanding aan die Teologiese Fakulteit by UP. 'n Gesprek met Prof Julian Müller 
    Van Niekerk, A.S. (Attie) (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2009)
    In recent years some of the lecturers at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria were confronted with the question whether they believed in the historical and physical resurrection of Jesus. This article ...
  • Syncretism and inculturation in the Nso’ context of Cameroon 
    Nyuyki, Peter Siysi; Van Niekerk, Attie (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2016)
    This article gives a brief history and meaning of the terms syncretism and inculturation. The article highlights the fact that over the centuries Christianity has wrestled with syncretism. Following Lamin Sanneh (1989) ...
  • 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 ...
  • Teologie van godsdienste : 'n perspektief op die verhouding tussen Christendom en tradisionele Afrika godsdienste 
    Beyers, Jaco (Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2006-06)
    In this discussion the relationship between Christianity and the traditional African religion is critically evaluated. The relationship is viewed from the perspective of the understanding of revelation and from the ...
  • Theology and higher education : the place of a Faculty of Theology at a South African university 
    Beyers, Jaco (AOSIS Open Journals, 2016-10-28)
    In 2017, the Faculty of Theology celebrates its centenary at the University of Pretoria. Celebrating a centennial is as much as looking back as looking forward. In a changing world with changing paradigms how does one ...
  • Theology of religions : models for interreligious dialogue in South Africa 
    Freeman, Tessa (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017)
    A model for the theology of religions within the South African context is presented in this chapter. The problem which is addressed is the reluctance of Christians to engage with fellow South Africans from other traditions. ...
  • Theology of religions in Martin Luther 
    Shaw, Wilhelmina Magdalena (Elmien) (AOSIS Open Journals, 2017)
    This chapter is a perspective on the theology of religions of the Reformation, and in particular from Martin Luther. During the year of the 500th celebration of the Reformation, it is appropriate to pay special attention ...
  • The throne of God as a prototype of primacy in the church and in creation 
    Birzu, Vasile (AOSIS Open Journals, 2019-11-29)
    This study emphasises the cosmic dimensions of the Church understood as the Throne of God, analysing its understanding in this way by the great writers and thinkers of the ancient world, for example, Philo the Alexandrine, ...
  • A Timbuktu manuscript expressing the mystical thoughts of Yusuf-ibn-Said 
    Sukdaven, Maniraj; Mukhtar, Asgher; Fernana, Hamid (Association for the Study of Religion, 2016)
    This article is based on a Timbuktu manuscript listed in a digital form on the Library of Congress – Global Gateway. The authors of this article were involved in the translation and exegesis of the manuscript. Of significance, ...
  • Toekoms van die Afrikaanse gereformeerde kerke in Suid-Afrika : moontlike, waarskynlike en verkieslike opsies 
    Tolmay, Barry John (Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Theology, 2020)
    In 1994, South Africa experienced a radical paradigm shift which in some ways led Afrikaans reformed churches into a state of semi-paralysis. Over the past twenty-six years the church has had to deal with the resultant ...
  • Toekoms van die drie Afrikaanse hoofstroomkerke saam 
    Tolmay, Barry John (OpenJournals Publishing, 2014-11)
    The future of the three mainstream Afrikaans Churches. The union of the three mainstream Afrikaans Churches encompasses inter alia a mutual origin, a mutual socio-historical contextualism, a mutual language experience ...
  • Together towards life : sailing with pirates 
    Niemandt, Cornelius Johannes Petrus (Nelus) (University of South Africa, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, 2015)
    In this research, the 2013 mission affirmation of the World Council of Churches’ (WCC), Together towards life – Mission and evangelism in changing landscapes (TTL), is evaluated through a rather unique hermeneutical lens ...