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Crisis in Black Theology: Reasserting a future based on spiritual liberative praxis
This study explores the contemporary crisis in Black Theology and its present moribund complexion. The author, a well-known black theologian, …
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Forgiveness as a spiritual construct experienced by men serving long-term sentences in Zonderwater, South Africa
This article presents the findings of research conducted on ‘forgiveness’ as a spiritual construct, religious survival strategy and meaning-giving tool …
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Pastoral care with young people suffering from depression in the context of Soweto
The situation and challenges of young people with depression in the urban African context of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, are …
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Building blocks of ‘free will’: In conversation with Dick Swaab
The issue of free will is a complex one that has occupied the minds of many theologians and philosophers through …
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Why our ancestors never invented telescopes
The Afrikaner civil rights organisation AfriForum argued, following a parliamentary adoption of land expropriation without compensation, that there is no …
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Examining the function of neurobiology in Christian spiritual experiences and practice
Before one can adequately deal with a biblical and neurobiological examination of spiritual experiences, one would need to define what …
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Poison in the bone marrow: Complexities of liberating and healing the nation
South Africa, like many other countries that have suffered through the brutality of colonisation and later apartheid, continues to grapple …
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Karubiu wa Munyi and the making of modern Kirinyaga, Kenya
The article sets out to explore the lessons that can be drawn from the selfless and integrity-driven leadership offered by …
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The role of Christianity in gender issues and development in Nigeria
Gender issues permeate all socio-cultural institutions. They condition how people of different genders see themselves, act and relate with each …
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Social justice, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in South Africa
South Africa is a country that is still in the transitioning process of providing an equal, equitable and just society …
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Homelessness and Covid-19 in the City of Tshwane: Doing liberation theology undercover – A conversation with Ivan Petrella
Ivan Petrella argues that the goals of liberation theology can sometimes be better served by doing it undercover. This article …
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Who may heal? A plea from traditional healers to participate in treating Covid-19
During 2020, communities all over the world suffered from infections and disruptions because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Health assistance in …
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Is God really good to the upright? Theological educators exploring Psalm 73 through the Jungian lenses of sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking
Psalm 73 is a challenging Psalm in which the Psalmist draws on rich imagery to juxtapose doctrine and experience and …
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Life in its fullness: Ecology, eschatology and ecodomy in a time of climate change
Given the close relationship of ecodomy with other words that also derive from oikos – especially economy and ecology – …
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Jesus: The infected healer and infectious community – Liminality and creative rituals in the Jesus community in view of COVID-19
Using theories in medical anthropology, especially the ideas inspired by Hector Avalos and George Foster, the study explains three activities …
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To be or not to be? A missional and practical theological perspective on being Church without walls amidst coronavirus disease 2019: A challenge or an opportunity?
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread globally. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak to be …
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The church and the indispensability and fragility of morality revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic
In this article the view that the Covid-19 pandemic – especially the lockdown that went hand in hand with it …
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Cathedrals as agents of psychological health and well-being within secular societies: Assessing the impact of the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedral
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that events like the Holly Bough service held in Liverpool Cathedral on …
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Building blocks of consciousness: Revealing the shared, hidden depths of our biological heritage
Human consciousness has been a hard problem for thousands of years and, in the course of time, variously interpreted and …
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Investigating the role of religious beliefs of people interacting with the environment: A case of Iranian students at Muslim universities
Undoubtedly, environmental damage is one of the most important challenges facing contemporary human beings. This is important because the signs …