Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Biblical & Historical Studies, Theological Studies & Ethics) by Title
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Ubuntombi – a Zulu religio-cultural heritage and identity: a path to adulthood and sex education practices.
(2018)In view of diminishing indigenous knowledge of most cultural practices this study sought to investigate the ways in which ubuntombi as an indigenous practice can be emancipated and retrieved as a Zulu religio-cultural ... -
Understanding the concept of God's pathos in Hosea : one of the keys for the religious and socio-political transformation of the Sub-Saharan part of Africa since 1960.
(2002)This thesis has been written at a time when sub-Saharan African people are facing great religious and socio--political challenges in their history. These challenges have been such since 1960. Many questions regarding ... -
The use of 'abundant life' in John 10:10 and its interpretation among some Yoruba prosperity gospel preachers.
(2010)This is a case study that focuses on how John 10:10, with its mention of abundant life, has been interpreted by some Yoruba preachers of the ‘prosperity gospel’ in the course of preaching and teaching. The quotation below ... -
The use of Ezra-Nehemiah in a quest for a theology of renewal, transformation and reconstruction in the (South) African context.
(2002)The purpose of this study is to reflect on how Ezra-Nehemiah can be used as a new paradigm in a quest for an African theology of renewal, transformation and reconstruction. The particular context of crisis of this study ... -
Vulnerability and capability in Kenya : towards an African women's public theology.
(2008)This thesis concerns African women’s experience of comprehensive vulnerability, and a proposal to develop an African Women’s’ Public Theology to enable the church in Africa to adequately respond to that vulnerability. The ... -
War, memory and salvation : the Bulhoek massacre and the construction of a contextual soteriology.
(1997)South Africa is in many ways a traumatised society and the Bulhoek Massacre of 24 May 1921 in which about two hundred people were killed in a matter of minutes was one such traumatising experience. What makes this massacre ... -
Weaving webs with Paul : conceptual blending in a reading of Romans 1:1- 5 in the context of the struggle in South Africa in the 1970s and 1980s.
(2016)With most Biblical scholarship coming from the western world, an African viewpoint can challenge the dominance of the western discourse and create new possibilities of meaning. Using Conceptual Blending this study engages ... -
"When the people move, the church moves" : a critical exploration of the interface between migration and theology through a missiological study of selected congregations within the Uniting Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa in Johannesburg.
Is the Church a Host, Home or Hostile to migrants in the face of a global migration crisis which has fuelled mixed reactions? What are the mission-ecclesial implications of human migration and what does it mean for a ... -
Women and peace building : a contextual approach to the Fourth Gospel and its challenge to women in Post Genocide Rwanda.
(2012)This work is a contextual study of five selected biblical texts from the Fourth Gospel: John 2:1-12 and John 19:25-29; John 4:1-42; John 11:1-12:1-11 and John 18:15-17. Its aim is to read the selected texts with a Rwandan ... -
Women in the church in Africa, continuity in change : the case of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon from its inception to present day, (1923-1999)
(2002)The thesis aims at bringing to light the immense, yet ignored, contribution of women to the establishment of Christianity in Northern Cameroon. Northern Cameroon has a quite different historical development from the south ... -
Zulu song, oral art performing the psalms to stir the heart : applying indigenous form to the translation and performance of some praise psalms.
(2017)Bible translation needs to communicate the original message in a form that is accessible and acceptable to the local community. This requires utilizing the communication media and forms the people use in everyday life. In ...