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Unique development of narratological approaches to the apocryphal or deuterocanonical books of the Septuagint with special emphasis on the North-West University scholarship
This article aims to present a brief historical overview of interpretative theories and methods relevant to those books that are …
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Building blocks of sexuality
This article broadly discusses the building blocks of sexuality by referring to differences in brain development in the womb, specific …
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Syntactic patterns of πᾶς as a quantifier in New Testament Greek
In linguistic terms, a quantifier is an item that appears with a noun to specify the number or amount of …
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Liturgy and non-colonial thinking: Speaking to and about God beyond ideology, religion and identity politics – Towards non-religion and a unbearable freedom in Christ
It has been argued that most countries that had been exposed to European colonialism have inherited a Western Christianity thanks …
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Protecting our environment: The need for South African youth with a mission and black consciousness
Christianity has contributed to environmental degradation. In terms of their role, the church youth are ipso facto part of such …
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The building blocks of the universe
I review the state of knowledge of the composition of the universe for a non-specialist audience. The universe is built …
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A reading of the leper’s healing in Matthew 8:1–4 through ethnomedical anthropology
Scholars offer several options for Matthew’s value of the leper’s story in his narrative that range from revealing Jesus’ attributes …
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The building blocks of matter
The question of what everything around us is made from has fascinated humanity since ancient times. The development of ideas …
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Modern theological research: The authorship of the Byzantine anaphora of Saint Basil under investigation with the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae database
Saint Basil the Great wrote one of the most important and widely acknowledged Eucharistic texts in the Eastern Orthodox Church, …
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Aspects of political theology in Thomas Merton’s spiritual autobiography
An important personality of the Catholic space of the 20th century and, at the same time, of the ecumenical and …
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Astrotheology’s contribution to public theology: From the extraterrestrial intelligence myth to astroethics
Public theology is conceived in the church, reflected on critically in the academy and addressed to the world for the …
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Religion as ‘universal obsessional neurosis of humanity’? Re-reading Freud on religion
In his writings on culture, Freud stipulates a close relation between religion and psychopathology, and obsessional neurosis in particular. In …
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Environmental awareness of Protestant youth in Germany: Perspectives from an empirical exploration
Climate change and environmental degradation are pressing issues in the 21st century, which have also been addressed by Christian churches. …
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Respect for every living being – Theological perspectives on the bioethical imperative
Without ethical embedding, scientific and technological progress is unleashing more and more destructive consequences. In contrast to the ‘forgetfulness of …
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Rethinking the Eucharist in the aftermath of COVID-19 disruptions: A comparative study of Reformed and Pentecostal theology of sacraments
This contribution recommends a re-thinking of Christian traditions with regards to sacraments and use of technology in the context of …
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Beyond nostalgia in the search for identity: Black liberation theology and the politics of reconciliation
Practitioners of Black liberation theology often reflect on the emergence of this theological expression by means of a nostalgic launch …
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How coloniality generated religious illiteracy in Africa, and how to compensate the situation: Perspectives on Lesotho
This article debated how coloniality created religious illiteracy in Lesotho. Three parameters were suggested in this regard. Firstly, it is …
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‘I fish because I am a fisher’: Exploring livelihood and fishing practices to justify claims for access to small-scale fisheries resources in South Africa
In South Africa, claims for and access to natural resources are deeply embedded in people’s histories, identities and livelihood experiences. …
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Reading the wedding at Cana in Galilee (Jn 2:1–11) through the lenses of introverted sensing and introverted intuition: Perceiving text differently
Working within the reader perspective approach to biblical hermeneutics, a series of empirical studies have tested the theory that the …
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The relationship between religious beliefs and coping with the stress of COVID-19
Recently, we have faced the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the world, which has attracted the attention …