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Palm, Selina Hazel. "Transforming hope? : a theological-ethical vision, virtue and practice for the common good." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20135.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research project is to explore whether there are convincing, contemporary theological traditions within Christianity for conceptualising a socially responsible hope for our current times that can be envisioned, embodied and enacted in our world. It uses a theological-ethical framework of hope as social vision, virtue and practice to unpack the shape of hope systematically. It draws on diverse theologians such as Jürgen Moltmann, Albert Nolan, Walter Brueggemann and Flora Keshgegian as well as the Catholic ph

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Meiring, Michael J. "Evangelical fundamentalism : an historical-theological study." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5169.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In essence this thesis attempts to answer two questions: Broadly, what is “fundamentalism,” and particularly, “evangelical fundamentalism”? Ever since the terrorist attacks on the twin towers in New York on September 11, 2001, “fundamentalism” has become a synonymous term for these and any other militant Islamist attacks. Yet fundamentalism is historically an American and Protestant phenomenon. However, because fundamentalism is not merely a Protestant phenomenon but more distinctively a “sub-species” of nineteenth century

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Alsford, Sally Elizabeth. "Sin as a problem of twentieth century systematic theology." Thesis, Durham University, 1987. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/7067/.

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The argument of my thesis concerns the understanding of the doctrine of sin in systematic theology, and, as a corollary of this, the scope of the doctrine in terms of its content. My argument is that the doctrine of sin is particularly prone to being defined with a strictness or narrowness which causes it to lose much of its meaning; that such limiting treatment tends to be accompanied by distorted relationships with, or over-determination by, other key doctrines, particularly that of salvation; and that it is helpful to see this tendency as a failure to see sin as a symbol with a complex of m

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Moodie, Norman Washington. "The Hegelian hypothetical method in Wolfhart Pannenberg's systematic theology." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406114.

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Jackson, Robert. "The liturgy and order of the mid-sixteenth century English Church in Geneva : some reflections on the life and influence of a refugee church." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19941.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: What are the predominant characteristics of the Refugee churches established in Europe in the mid‐sixteenth century? They are, undoubtedly, those of disputation and argument, dissension and fraction. But there are exceptions, the most notable of which is the English church in Geneva, which was formed in the autumn of 1555 and whose life officially ended when the last English exiles left Geneva in the spring of 1560. The origins of the church lay in the conflicts that had arisen over liturgy in the English church at Frankfurt and

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Uwineza, Marcel. "Reconciling Memories: A Theology from a Place of Wounds : No Authentic Theology with my Back Turned to Nyamata." Thesis, Boston College, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108772.

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Thesis advisor: M. Shawn Copeland<br>“Every wound leaves a scar and speaks of a hi-story; it reminds you that you are alive.” The wisdom of this Rwandan proverb is so vivid if we consider the Rwandan tragic history that led to the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsi and its aftermath, the scars it has left to the whole country and the need for a systematic theology that assesses “the labor of memory.” Since a family which does not remember vanishes, I argue that memory is a theological imperative and at the same time any discourse on God in post-genocide Rwanda must start from the wounds of

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Odejayi, Abiodun Oladipupo. "Towards an understanding of the implication and challenge of the emerging church movement for ecclesiology in post-colonial Africa : an evangelical perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20122.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis, we seek to highlight the possible implications, challenges and opportunities postmodernism has for evangelical ecclesiology. Informed by the ongoing conversation between the emerging church movement and mainstream evangelicals, we seek to determine how we account for our being and becoming the ecclesial people of God in Christ by the Spirit in the light of emerging postmodern realities. Taking postmodernism as an ally of post-colonialism and seeing negritude as its antecedent, we also seek to highlight the i

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Tenai, Noah Kiptoo. "The poor and the public : an exploration of synergies between black theology and public theologies." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5412.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The title of this study is . The Poor and the Public: An Exploration of Synergies between Black Theology and Public Theologies. In Chapter One, which is the introduction, the research question is posed namely, \What is the meaning and potential of Black Theology and Public Theologies for the calling of the church to address poverty in the world?. The chapter also outlines the structure of the study. In Chapter Two (Poverty . Some Conceptual Clarifications), an investigation of poverty was made. The investigation covered the m

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Choi, Seungnack. "Exegesis and systematic theology : issues of hermeneutics, method, and language." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313201.

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Loubser, G. M. H. "A public theologian: a critical study of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen’s postfoundationalist facilitation of interdisciplinarity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20169.

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Heilbron, Hirschel Lothar. "Christians and religious diversity? : a theological evaluation of the meaning of an ethic of embrace in a context of religious diversity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19920.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Due to the consciousness of religious pluralism and the need for peace amongst the religious communities of the world, the researcher considered, and herewith presents, the arguments for and against each of three traditional theological models for evaluating the relation between Christianity and other religions. Although this theological debate about the truth and salvific value of non- Christian views of life is important, and although the three approaches discussed each brings out important aspects that have to be consid

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Xapile, Spiwo Patrick. "The quest for unity between the Bantu Presbyterian Church of South Africa and the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa, 1959-1973." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/70309.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nineteenth century Presbyterian witness in South Africa provides us with a wonderful testimony of close work relationships between ministers that served independent colonial congregations and missionaries in native mission stations. However, these relationships remained good as long as these two streams of Presbyterianism were kept separate. Attempts to form one Church failed resulting to the formation of the Presbyterian Church in South Africa, a coming together of some mission and colonial congregations, in 1897. The ma

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Le, Roux Olivia. "Inclusion or exclusion? : a Christian ethical investigation into biblical perspectives on homosexuality." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19638.

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Thesis (M.Th.)--Universiteit van Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The debate on homosexuality has become increasingly painful and divisive between people of the Christian faith. A very relevant question is asked; are homosexual people included in the ecclesial community? The aim of my research paper is to propose a way forward for the inclusion of homosexual people in the ecclesial community. Inclusion, however, does not imply legitimization of wrongs. Conceptual clarifications are given in the definition of words such as; ekklesia, ethics and homosexuality. The Wesleyan Quadrilater

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Obengo, Tom Joel. "The quest for human dignity in the ethics of pregnancy termination : a theological-ethical evaluation of the church's approach in Kenya." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85670.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study describes and analyses the problem of termination of pregnancy, with special attention to its prevalence in Kenya, where more than seven hundred abortions are performed daily on girls between fifteen and seventeen years of age. Although pregnancy termination is illegal in Kenya, its practice goes on in the rural villages, in homes, in urban streets and in private clinics. The research focuses on the ethical quest for human dignity in the context of the church’s response to the challenge of termination of pregnancy. It

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Phiri, Michael John Jonifani. "Secular humanism in Malawi : a historical-theological inquiry." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86417.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The goal of this thesis is to present a historical-theological inquiry regarding secular humanism in Malawi. Some Christians have tried to respond, but there has been no detailed historical-theological response from the Church or theologians, nor has there been any critical investigation into the philosophy and underlying assumptions of secular humanism (understood as a specific movement and a broader intellectual current). (SHOULD BE REMOVED) The study is both historical and theological in perspective. It is historical, i

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Marais, Nadia. "Eccentric existence? Engaging David H. Kelsey’s theological anthropology as a basis for ecological theology." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17934.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The earth and her ecology is in crisis, which impacts upon both human and nonhuman communities. Not only due to the blame for ecological destruction that is attributed to humanity (and specifically also to the Christian religion), but also because of the destruction of species, environments and the natural habitat of living beings theology is asked of to step into its public and prophetic role in order to address the challenges in whichever way it can. David Kelsey’s enormous theological anthropology, Eccentric Existence (

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Sheehy, Jeremy Patrick. "The sinlessness of Christ as a problem in modern systematic theology." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305850.

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Deremer, Don A. "Tapping the rock developing a systematic theology for financing global evangelism /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Okamoto, Joel Philip. "Wolfhart Pannenberg on the theology of religions systematic presentation and assessment /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Bezuidenhoudt, J. "Liturgy and spirituality in the ecumenical movement : a systematic-theological evaluation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3978.

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Thesis (DTh (Systematical Theology and Missiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A growing number of scholars with an interest in liturgy and spirituality have contributed to discussions surrounding the relationship between liturgy and spirituality. This dissertation examines the relationship between liturgy and spirituality in the ecumenical movement, and in particular how four factors, namely the Charismatic Renewal, inculturation, secularization, and reflections on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (BEM), have had an impact on its development. Chapter One intro

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Björkman-Sjögren, Ursula. "Kan tro och vetande förenas i en NutidsTeologi? : Diskussion utifrån Nathan Söderblom, Paul Tillich, Raimundo Panikkar och Ian G. Barbour m.fl." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Humanities, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-663.

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<p>4. Sammanfattning</p><p>Mitt syfte med den här uppsatsen har varit att undersöka förutsättningarna för en nutidsteologi utifrån frågeställningen: Vad utmärker en teologi som har ett öppet förhållningssätt dels mot andra religioner dels mot naturvetenskapens beskrivning av verkligheten? Jag har utgått från att en sådan ska kunna ge tillfredsställande förklaringar på förhållandet mellan tro och vetande, naturvetenskap och religion, och också på det faktum att det finns många religioner med delvis motsägande sanningsanspråk.</p><p>Jag valde att utgå från Nathan Söderbloms beskrivning av ”Relig

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Sutanto, Nathaniel Gray. "Organic knowing : the theological epistemology of Herman Bavinck." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/31241.

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Recent scholarship has increasingly recognized the unity of Herman Bavinck's (1854-1921) thought, shedding the once-predominant reading that Bavinck was a conflicted thinker caught between modernity and orthodoxy. There were 'two Bavincks', the secondary literature claimed. The catalyst of unity for Bavinck's thinking is located in his deployment of organic language to characterize particular theological loci. The organic motif stems from Bavinck's Trinitarian doctrine of God, according to which God exists as the archetypal and self-existent Three-in-One. Creation, then, is an ectypal reflecti

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Zeze, Willie Samuel Dalitso. "‘Christ, the Head of the Church?’ : authority, leadership and organisational structure within the Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20339.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation has as its title: ‘Christ, the Head of the Church’: Authority, Leadership and Organisational Structure within the Nkhoma Synod of the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian. This study affirms the statement that Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church, noting that this statement of faith entails various assumptions: First, the church has only one Head, that is, Jesus Christ. Secondly, only Jesus Christ must be exalted and have the pre-eminence in the church. Thirdly, this prohibits anyone or any governing a

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Delport, Khegan Marcel. "The white line : Rowan Williams on time and tragedy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96120.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this study, I will be concerned with the viability of a tragic theology that is at the same time able to cohere with the standards of a classically orthodox Christian theology. My study will focus on a particular figure, namely Rowan Williams who, I will argue, exemplifies a blending together of these two concerns. However, as we shall see in this study, ‘tragic theology’ is by no means an uncontroversial affair since some argue that it implies heterodox conclusions in relation to God, creation, sin, etc. My aim is to counter

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Van, Tonder Helené. "Engaging Paul Ricoeur’s work on memory, history, and forgetting : in search of an adequate methodology for church and theological historiography." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5442.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2010.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Life in the present is never only about the present, but notably also about the past and the future. In this study the problematic of the representation of the past is addressed in search of a responsible historical hermeneutic. It is argued that historical hermeneutics is about the past, the present and the future, and, above all, the relation that exists between them. Historical hermeneutics facilitates our understanding of the past from our position in the present and creates meaningful ways in which we may anticipate the fut

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Compaan, Auke 1968. "Kreatiewe pluralismes? : 'n kritiese analise van wet en evangelie in die denke van Michael Welker." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52910.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2002<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: How can believers live meaningful in our postmodern, disordered world? The thesis of this study is that the German theologian, Michael Weiker's exciting understanding of pluralism can assist people to get along in a new way in our complex world. This study is in essence a project that aims to assist people to orientate themselves within a world in which they are confronted on a daily basis with a variety of ethical choices, a plurality of lifestyles and values, as well as conflicting claims of the truth in a variety of cult

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Mahokoto, Sipho Sidwell. "Church unity and social contexts : the ecumenical debate on ecclesiology and ethics." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95943.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is motivated by challenges arising from decades’ long debates, conversations and tensions regarding church unity within the ecumenical movement and also amongst the Reformed churches locally and globally. This study seeks to investigate the role that church unity can play in relation to social contexts. This study argues that there is no adequate ecclesiology without ethics, and – theologically speaking – no adequate ethics without ecclesiology. Church unity can play a significant role in society, especially with

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Ampong, Ebenezer Adu. "Deliverance in Ghanaian neo-pentecostal ministries : a critical assessment from an evangelical perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/49903.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2004<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The worldwide phenomenal growth of Pentecostalism is a well-acknowledged fact, which no one can deny. Research shows that much of the growth is in the neo- Pentecostal or charismatic wing of the movement. Ghana is not left out of this. One phenomenon that has become so pronounced in the charismatic movement in Ghana is the practice of the so-called "deliverance". This phenomenon purports to let Christians attain to the abundance of life that Christ offers as part of God's salvation package to humankind. Most of the delive

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Bester, Gottlieb Christiaan. "Leierskap, spiritualiteit en teologiese opleiding : histories-teologiese perspektiewe in gesprek met die lewe en werk van Dietrich Bonhoeffer." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3357.

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Thesis (MDiv (Systematic Theology and Ecclesiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>The statement of the thesis focus on the relationship decrease of the authority of the leader, the expectation of the leadership and the theological training offered in student preparation. The researcher will attempt to answer the problems posed by the thesis statement through discourse with the 20th century theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I used Bonhoeffer as an example for the problems he encountered in Germany strokes with the problem in my problem statement. This is a problem regarding the authorit

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Okey, Stephen. "The Plural and Ambiguous Self: The Theological Anthropology of David Tracy." Thesis, Boston College, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:104392.

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Thesis advisor: Mary Ann Hinsdale<br>This dissertation explicates and evaluates the theological anthropology of David Tracy. Through a reading of the whole of Tracy's published theological corpus, it argues that Tracy's work on theological method, hermeneutics, public theology, and otherness rests on an implicit and evolving understanding of the human person. This anthropology is rooted in four key characteristics or "anthropological constants": finitude, relationality, sin, and grace. The methodological approach of the dissertation is genealogical and hermeneutical. Each of these four constan

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Van, Der Westhuizen Henco. "Selfloos en sosiaal? : 'n ontleding van Michael Welker se teologie van die gees." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85805.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is undertaken in the wake of an increase in publications on the work of the Holy Spirit, on the one hand, and Analphabetisierung, an inability to think and talk about the Spirit on the other. The study endeavours to find a theologically-responsible way of reflecting on the Spirit by specifically focussing on the German systematic theologian Michael Welker’s theology of the Spirit and by offering an in-depth analysis of this theology. Chapter I shows that the relationship between the Spirit and the Word functions as t

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Mupangilayi, Makanda Joshua. "The intermediatorial work of Christ through His threefold office : a theological appropriation from an African perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17960.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the midst of suffering, poverty and moral crisis, many Africans have never been able to rely on Christ as the only Lord and Saviour of their lives. In spite of their regular church attendance to the Church, many of the Africans so called believers have never stopped worshipping Ancestors, consulting Sangomas, and using witchcrafts whenever things go wrong in their lives. Thus for many Africans Christ has been perceived incapable to respond to the crises of their lives, and the Church has been regarded irrelevant to addre

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Cheong, In Taek. "A Christian ethic in the modern and postmodern world." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51593.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2000<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In seeking to evaluate a Christian ethic in the modern and postmodern world, we should first search for the ethical principles of modernism and of postmodernism. Thereafter, we should attempt to find a common ethical principle in both modernism and postmodernisrn. In this way we can establish whether or not modern and postmodern ethics approximate to Christian ethics. Modern ethics originated from and were established on the concept of 'the self or selfcentrism as defined in this thesis. More exactly, modern ethics were gr

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Gunde, Samuel. "A church historical enquiry regarding growth of membership in the church of Central Africa, Presbyterian - Harare Synod (1912 – 2012)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80002.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis has its title: ‘A Church Historical Enquiry Regarding Growth of Membership in the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian-Harare Synod (1912-2012). As the denomination celebrated hundred years of existence in Zimbabwe in June 2012, this thesis focuses on the aspect of the growth of membership in the church in question. In order to study this growth of membership in the named denomination, one should take note of the fact that the Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian-Harare Synod is in many ways the resultant of mig

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Chung, Youjin. "Looking anew at the new prophecy : Tertullian's montanism and Pentecostalism as neo-montanism." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85614.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Through the eyes of the Catholic Church, one usually looks at Montanism as a second-century heretical sect. This prevailed orthodox view has devalued the Catholic Tertullian as a schismatic when he had accepted Montanism as his theological verification. The recent scholarship, however, has challenged that Tertullian’s transition to Montanism had not necessarily resulted from his theological conclusion. Rather this suggests that Tertullian, from the very beginning, was much more sympathetic to the new prophets than to the Ca

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Myburgh, Daniella. "Christian faith and justice? : a theological investigation into Nicholas Wolterstorff's perspectives on justice." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80035.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As backdrop and context for this study, injustices present in South Africa are briefly discussed, as well as the impact of such injustices on the people of the country. The focus then turns to the work of Nicholas Wolterstorff in order to see what type of light Wolterstorff’s perspectives on justice can shed on the quest for justice in contemporary societies, and what type of role the Christian faith can play within such justice discourses. An attempt is made to address this question by describing Wolterstorff's central ide

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Thai, Le Pham. "The tough-love proposal : a novel theodicy." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75028.

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In this study, we reviewed the literature concerning the problem(s) of evil and found that, while there is a consensus that the logical problem of evil as raised by J. L. Mackie has been successfully addressed by Alvin Plantinga’s “Free Will Defense,” the evidential problem of evil as argued by William Rowe has yet to be resolved. The various solutions suggested by recognized scholars (e.g., John Hick and Richard Swinburne) have not met with broad acceptance. Most of the efforts to resolve the problem have been focused on Rowes’ factual premise (i.e., there are gratuitous evils). This approach

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Van, der Riet Ryno Louis. "Beyers Naudé : advocate of hope? : a historical theological reading of his public addresses." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80225.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Beyers Naudé has long been revered as one of South Africa‘s most influential church and civil leaders. He has been acclaimed both nationally and internationally as a symbol of hope. Recent developments at Stellenbosch University, with regards to the HOPE Project and the Beyers Naudé Centre for Public Theology, have given rise to renewed academic interest into the life and witness of Beyers Naudé, and specifically the concept of hope. The focus of this study is the contribution of Beyers Naudé to Christians‘ advocacy of hope in p

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Havenga, Marnus. "The infinitude of beauty as expression of the beauty of the infinite? : a critical evaluation of the use of the analogia entis in the theological aesthetics of David Bentley Hart." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86700.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to investigate if American Orthodox theologian David Bentley Hart's use of the classical Thomistic principle of the analogia entis (in his monograph The Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth), can be deemed to be a valid, responsible and beneficial manner of affirming a continuity between the beauty of God and the beauty of creation, and opposing the seemingly problematic worldview of dualism. After reviewing a selection of works in the field of theological aesthetics, this

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Christoffersen, Mikkel Gabriel [Verfasser]. "Living with Risk and Danger : Studies in Interdisciplinary Systematic Theology / Mikkel Gabriel Christoffersen." Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2019. http://www.v-r.de/.

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Casewell, Deborah Louise. "Wisdom or foolishness? : a critical examination of Eberhard Jüngel’s theology of the cross." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/19533.

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The theology of Eberhard Jüngel endeavours to rethink the being of God and how humanity comes by knowledge of God from the crucifixion of Christ. By focusing on the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, Jüngel proposes that a theology of the cross should be the basis of human knowledge of God as all can be said about the Trinity and christology must be said from the cross. As Jüngel holds that the humanity of Christ is the example and basis for humanity, the cross is also the source of information for Jüngel’s theological anthropology. This thesis seeks to determine whether Jüngel’s focus on

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Muyebe, Stanslaus C. "The canon law framework for arbitration of delictual disputes in the Roman Catholic Church of South Africa : a critical and comparative study." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50469.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2005<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In his analysis of conflict resolution in the church sector, Professor Coertzsen (1998:69) points out that disputes occur also within the churches. While some of the disputes are purely doctrinal, others fall into the category of civil disputes. Professor Rik Torfs in an article (1998:27) observes that the Catholic Church is increasingly becoming a site of civil dispute. These include delict claims. Examples of these are: financial loss as a result of unfair suspension or dismissal from a clerical position; financial loss o

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Leene, Alida Maria Jantina. "Triniteit, antropologie en ecclesiologie : een kritisch onderzoek naar implicaties van de godsleer voor de positie van mannen en vrouwen in de kerk." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80176.

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Thesis (DTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation concerns the implications of the doctrine of the Trinity and the debate about women in ministry. The first chapter serves as introduction to the debate regarding men and women in the church as well as introduction to the doctrine of the Trinity. In the former, anthropology and ecclesiology very rarely get awarded equal discussion. More important, they are both influenced by the doctrine of God but little attention is given to these influences. The recent renaissance in trinitarian theology gives new opportuniti

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Van, Zyl Marthinus Stephanus. "Prayer : the chief exercise of faith : the centrality of prayer in faith and obedience according to Karl Barth." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85778.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is an attempt to show the centrality of prayer in the Christian life, in faith and obedience, according to Karl Barth. It is argued that the Christian life was not the focus of Barth’s theology. The focus of his theology was the divine reality upon which the Christian life is grounded and in which it continually finds its own reality. In its correspondence to and dependence upon God’s reality, God’s Word and work, the Christian life is for Barth both faith and obedience, and at the core of faith and obedi

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Kotze, Manitza. "A Christian bioethical perspective on pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and Genetic Manipulation (GM)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/85785.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With the development and continued developing of medical technology, treatments become available without the time to reflect ethically on them. Given how fast things change in medical technology, it is important to constantly reflect anew. Ethical reflection, however, seems to be lagging far behind bio-technological developments. Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) and Human Genetic Manipulation (GM) is fast becoming an everyday reality and must therefore be reflected upon. Few Christian bioethical studies have been done on

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MacDonald, Scott Douglas. "Personal or impersonal? : an analysis of Karl Barth and Merrill Unger's perspectives on the personhood of the demonic." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/79859.

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Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Is the demonic personal or impersonal? The question is rarely treated in depth. This thesis initially delves into the demonological offerings of a pair of twentieth century theologians, Karl Barth and Merrill Unger, in order to discern their particular positions upon the subject. Personhood itself is a divisive issue between the two theologians. Barth’s perspective on personhood is not intrinsically linked to the physical nature. Persons are who they are because of their relationship with the divine. In reference to the demonic

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Gatewood, Thomas S. "The triune conversation : trinitarian description and theological ontology in Robert W. Jenson's 'Systematic theology'." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4531.

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This thesis proposes that Robert W. Jenson's identification of the triune God faithfully describes the persons and being of God. To support this I examine the most basic argument of Jenson's 'Systematic Theology',: that God is freely but truly identified by and with Jesus Christ. This includes discussion of Jenson's starting point, his formal description of the three persons of God, and the theological ontology that this entails. Throughout I argue that Jenson's trinitarian description and theological ontology is rightly controlled by an a posteriori logic of response to the triune God's actua

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Scott, Hilton Robert. "Praying, believing and being church : a ritual-liturgical exploration." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/63965.

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This thesis is the result of a concern over ‘being church’ in a multicultural setting, in accordance with the aphorism ‘Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex (con)vivendi’ (cf. Smit 2004). The urban setting of the City of Centurion, in Gauteng Province, The Republic of South Africa, displays a diversity of cultures, languages and individuals in relation with one another. South Africans, as a nation, are still learning to live together (lex (con)vivendi), in unity and inclusivity, some two decades after the birth of democracy in a post-Apartheid context. This context cannot be overlooked, neither can

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Anderson, D. Stanley. "Basics Biblical and Systematic Instruction for Christian Servants /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Grebe, Matthias. "Election and atonement in Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics : a systematic and exegetical study." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610824.

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