Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Biblical & Historical Studies, Theological Studies & Ethics) by Title
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Ecumenical theology in South Africa with particular reference to the development of Christian resistance to racism (1960-1985)
(1988)Abstract not available. -
The effect of semitic primal religion on Israelite religion: a pattern for a contextual biblical interpretation in Nigerian Christianity.
(2016)This research adds to the many voices from African Biblical scholarship, contributing towards an analysis of how Africans relate to the Bible in the way they do. While social, political, and even cultural factors ... -
The effects of protestant Christianity on the Chinese cult of ancestors as practised in the Johannesburg area.
(1989)Traditional Chinese religion involves the belief in a large number of good and evil spirit beings who are arranged in a strict hierarchical order. The spirit world is a mi r r or ed existence of the world of the living and ... -
An emerging form of the church? : community-based volunteers in HIV and AIDS work as a religious health asset.
(2009)In South Africa faith plays an important role in community-based volunteering related to HIV and AIDS work. Many community-based volunteers make use of their faith to provide healthcare and social services related to HIV ... -
Engaging the fertile silence: towards a culturally sensitive model for dealing with HIV and AIDS silence.
(2009)This thesis critically examines one of the major hindrances to dealing adequately with the HIV and AIDS problem facing Africa – the issue of silence. The study has examined the hypothesis that there are cultural factors ... -
The ethical dilemma of the imposition of economic sanctions as a deterrent tool against a sovereign state: a critical analysis with reference to Cuba, Iraq and Zimbabwe.
(2018)The issue of economic sanctions has become a popular foreign policy tool that is usually resorted to in dealing with states whose policies are deemed to be repugnant to acceptable foreign international norms. The dominant ... -
Ethics and leadership: A critical analysis of cultural resources for ethical leadership in Southern Africa.
(2019)There is no doubt that there is a leadership problem of crisis proportions in Southern Africa and in Africa in general. This leadership crisis is not exclusively in the realm of politics, it can be found in business and ... -
An exploration of sex and sexualities in the context of HIV and AIDS in the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN): a phenomenological study of Christian love and stigmatization in Nigeria –Adamawa state : a case study of the LCCN Todi Diocese
(2016)This study seeks to unpack the inextricable relationship between sex and sexuality and HIV and AIDS. It presents how sex ranks highest among the factors contributing to the spread of HIV in Adamawa state, particularly in ... -
For God or Caesar: an historical study of Christian resistance to apartheid by the Church of the Province of South Africa, 1946-1957.
(1983)Preface available in PDF. -
"For healing and transformation" : a feminist ecclesiological study on the gap between gender policy and practice in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA)
(2011)The main premise of this study is that while gender justice is enshrined in the Constitution of South Africa and in the declared statements of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA), in practice gender justice ... -
The Free Methodist Church of Southern Africa and it's response to HIV and AIDS in Southern KwaZulu-Natal : postulating a reclamation of Wesleyan Healthcare Response from a gender perspective.
(2013)This study will explore and investigate the response of the Free Methodist Church of Southern Africa (FMCSA) to HIV and AIDS in the Southern KwaZulu-Natal region. It will also reflect on how the Wesleyan Healthcare Response ... -
Friendship and betrayal : a narrative reading of Matthew 26: 47-56 in the light of the concept of Oreodale of the Yoruba people in Nigeria.
(2015)The theme of friendship and betrayal cuts across many disciplines and cultures. This research focuses on the theme of friendship which is fundamentally related to the theme of the church (Matt.16, 18) and love as contained ... -
From anesthetic to advocacy through Mission as Accompaniment : towards a more effective response from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Global Mission to Mechanistic Dehumanization.
Mechanistic dehumanization is “the objectifying denial of essentially human attributes to people toward whom the person feels psychologically distant and socially unrelated” (Haslam, 2006). This condition is a source and ... -
From Anglicanism to African socialism : the Anglican Church and Ujamaa in Tanzania 1955-2005.
(2012)My intention in this study was to assess the response of the ‗Anglican Church‘¹ of Tanzania to Ujamaa².Using archives and interviews as sources, I explored the reactions of Anglicans to the struggle for independence, the ... -
Gender-based violence: a pastoral quest for masculinity transformation and gender-balanced power relations among the Ovawambo of Namibia.
(2019)In Ovawambo culture, a man is perceived as the head of the family, family property owner, breadwinner and family protector. He is mandated by culture to have control over the woman and over all the valuable family assets. ... -
God's image or man's glory? : a Kenyan postcolonial feminist reading of 1 Corinthians 11:1-16.
(2011)This study uses a postcolonial feminist analysis to show how a biblical text (1 Cor 11:1-16), because of its patriarchal and imperial background, excludes women from the image of God. It demonstrates how this text has ... -
"Godly manhhood" : evangelical constructions of masculinities in a South African context - a case study of the Mighty Men's Conference (MMC).
(2014)Men and masculinity studies is a significantly developed field of research in Western scholarship and has gained increased interest in Africa, particularly in South(ern) Africa. This study: “Godly Manhood”: Evangelical ... -
Governance, leadership and the rise of African nationalism in sub-Saharan Africa: an ethical critical study.
(2018)The African continent is the global region to have experienced the worst oppression under the Europeans imperialists. Colonialism was a system based on the imposition and acceptance of superiority of the coloniser over the ... -
Guilt and the conscience in Nietzsche, Freud and Kafka.
(2013)This thesis attempts to examine and clarify the ideas of conscience and guilt through an examination of the texts of Nietzsche, Freud and Kafka, and to arrive at some conclusions about the truth of the views of Freud and ...