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In search of prophetic theology: South African political theology in conversation with Anabaptism.
(2017)
The South African Kairos Document: A Challenge to the Church (KD) written
in 1985 continues to be critically important even 30 years after its release. Its ongoing
significance is due to three inter-related dynamics: a) ...
The role of biblical interpretation in the construction of sexual identity in christian Sunday school material for children: a re-reading of Genesis 3 and Matthew 1.18-25 from a feminist and queer perspective.
(2016)
Christian churches have played an important role in socializing its members on how to behave in society. It is in these dynamics of creating Christian identities that a process of sexual socialization takes place. However, ...
Inter-religious marriage counselling in South Africa : towards a counselling model for inter-religious couples : a Christian perspective.
(2016)
The research is on inter-religious marriage and counselling from a Christian perspective. Although religious intolerance and resistance to inter-religious and inter-faith marriages exist in society, it appears that ...
Broken hearts, broken homes, and broken relationships: an exploration into the use of storytelling approach in the pastoral counselling of people in search of healing from painful memories.
(2017)
The volatile nature of the numerous life crisis experienced in South Africa has a direct (or indirect) link to the chequered socio-political history of the country. For example, the years of repressive and violent Apartheid ...
The role of premarital counselling for marriage stability: a pastoral examination of the interface between the Christian and Alago Indigenous Epawoza concept of marriage preparation.
(2018)
This study focuses on the pastoral examination of the interface between the premarital
counselling methods of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Christ (ERCC) and the Alago
indigenous Epawoza concept of marriage preparation ...
A postcolonial critique of religion and ethnicity in Southern Kaduna with specific reference to an online forum.
(2016)
Against the background of ethnic and religious relations and conflicts in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, this study examined the emerging social and cultural spaces on which religious and ethnic identities are contested, such ...
The evangelisation of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa : community serving humanity.
(2017)
This thesis critically examines the Pastoral Plan of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa “Community Serving Humanity” and its evangelical and participatory role of evangelisation and social transformation including its ...
Religion, migration and the building of social support networks in South Africa.
(2016)
Human migration is a social reality that happens every time. With regard to the reasons why people migrate, theorization will remain inconclusive. This is because migration is influenced by both social and personal factors. ...
“A theory of human dignity” for children who are born with acute physical and mental challenges grounded on the social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2018)
Almost every day, world-wide, women, young and adults give birth to a child. The birth of a child becomes a moment of joy. It becomes a vivid reality of the maintenance and continuation of the family lineage. It is therefore ...
Social holiness as agency? : reactivating the mission imperative ; "human empowerment and economic development", in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa [MCSA]
(2016)
This research paper explores the ways by which the practice of social holiness can be reactivated in the lives of the members of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in order to enhance the church’s mission pillar on ...