Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Biblical & Historical Studies, Theological Studies & Ethics) by Title
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“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 ... -
To know and not to know YHWH : Jeremiah's understanding and its relevance for the church in DR Congo.
(2003)This thesis consists of a detailed exegetical and contextual study of passages that contain the term "to know YHWH" in the book of Jeremiah. The goal of the thesis was to define the meaning of the term "to know YHWH" as ... -
Towards a functional deaconate unity: a critique of the development approach of Kongo central protestant church in poverty alleviation.
(2019)This research concerns the approach of the social commitment of the Church of Christ in the Democratic Republic of Congo (ECC) regarding the struggle against poverty and external dependency in development matter. The ... -
Towards a gendered theology of works : a case study of the paid and unpaid work experiences of Indian Christian women in Pietermaritzburg.
(2012)This study investigates the paid and unpaid work experiences of Indian Christian women in Pietermaritzburg as they would inform a framework for a gendered theology of work. Intersecting gender and development theory with ... -
Towards a holistic soteriology for a Lutheran church in an African religious context : utilising Luther's theology and the Owambo traditions to overcome a spiritualised and privatised concept of salvation in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN)
(1997)This thesis contends that the individualisation, privatisation and spiritualisation of the concept of salvation in the church in general and in The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia [ELCIN] in particular, where ... -
Towards a theology of peace-building in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) : the contribution of Christian women.
(2015)This study is an attempt to define a theology of peace that can be a driving force behind the motivation of Christian women to be involved in the process of peace-building in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In fact ... -
Towards an African Pentecostal feminist biblical hermeneutic of liberation : interpreting Acts 2:1-47 in the context of Botswana.
(2012)This study is motivated by my own experience as a Motswana Pentecostal woman who inhabits patriarchal spaces of both the Setswana cultures and the Pentecostal church. It highlights the status of women in Botswana society ... -
Towards gender-sensitive theological responses to HIV and AIDS : a critical study of the HIV and AIDS policy and programmes of the Northern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.
(2011)Beginning with the assumption that HIV and AIDS is a “gendered pandemic,” and that the church is central to the lives of many people in Africa, particularly Tanzania, this study sought to assess the HIV and AIDS intervention ... -
Tradition and the other : the authority of tradition within the context of a contested ecclesia : a Catholic foundational theology.
(1997)This thesis addresses the fundamental problem of whether and how the church's tradition can be understood as revelatory given its patriarchal nature and its implication in relations of power. It is therefore concerned ... -
The transformation in the management and traditions of Hajj at the Cape.
(2007)This study examines the unique pre-and post hajj traditions of the Cape Muslims in the 19th and 20th centuries. It explores the origin and historical development of these traditions and describes the changes in the mode ... -
The transformation of authoritarian leadership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia.
(2001)The contents of this dissertation is about the authoritarianism presently found in Lutheran churches in general and in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN) in particular. In contradiction to the Roman Catholic ... -
Translation as invasion in post-colonial northern Ghana.
(2020)This thesis explores agency in African translation practices across time and space. The foregrounded space of this study is the northern Ghanaian context, especially the area south of the Gambaga escarpment. In that space, ... -
Truth as anticipation : Moltmann and Popper on the concept of openness.
(1992)Theology and Science need dialogue since they are interdependent areas of human experience and enquiry. Each discipline needs to be open to the discoveries and insights of the other. Mutual agreement on fundamental issues ... -
Truth as correspondence reconsidered.
(2018)Contemporary philosophical investigations of truth (especially in the analytical philosophical tradition) treat the concept as a “thin concept”, and so reduce truth discourses to conceptual analysis of intentional signs ... -
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 ...