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Reception of Paul’s eschatological teaching in Ghana: A contextual study of 1 Thess. 4:13-18

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Paul’s teaching on the Parousia and resurrection of the dead has been a subject of contention with the culture of some Ghanaian contexts. The belief in life after death in Ghanaian culture requires the performance of certain rituals for the dead which ...
Godfred Nsiah
doaj   +1 more source

Secrecy: An Epistemological Account

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although the ethical and political implications of secrecy are significant, I argue here that its fundamental nature is epistemological and that any account of its nature must be based on its epistemological profile. In particular, I propose examining secrecy within the framework of social and political epistemology, considering secrets as ...
Jesús Navarro
wiley   +1 more source

Interpreting Hōn Mehebel Yimmat in Proverbs 13:11 as a wisdom critique for corrupt leaders in Nigeria

Nsukka Journal of Religion and Cultural Studies
Corruption remains one of Nigeria’s most pressing national crises, affecting governance, infrastructure, education, and the economy. While much has been written on Proverbs, ethical hermeneutics, and African biblical interpretation, few works draw these
Adewale D. Ajewole, Olusegun E. Olarewaju   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Noah's Raven, Noah's Son: The Metamorphoses of Blackness in Early Modern Readings of Genesis 8‐9

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past half‐century, scholars have offered various theories to explain when and how an aetiology for black skin became part of the reception history of the so‐called Curse of Ham in Genesis 9—a text that does not include any reference to skin colour.
Ashleigh Elser
wiley   +1 more source

Gukurahundism, Constitutionality and Ethnonationalist Language Policy Contestations: An Ideological Critique of Mediated Discourses About Mother Tongue Instruction in Zimbabwe

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines mediated discourses on the state of implementation of language in education policy using a critical incident as a reference. Employing Thompson's modes of ideology, we perform an ideological critique of purposively sampled cross‐media discourses spawned by the failed attempt of a Zimbabwean government deputy minister to ...
Khulekani Ndlovu, Busani Maseko, Liqhwa Siziba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

African position on youth development

, 2010
BookletThe African Union envisions and is striving for an integrated African economic social, cultural and political development agenda: A prosperous Africa at peace with itself and its partners.
African union
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Sacred contradictions: Religion, conflict and peacebuilding in Northern Nigeria

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article explored the ambivalent role of religion in Northern Nigeria’s ethno-religious conflicts in ways that move beyond reductionist interpretations.
Teddy C. Sakupapa, Oladele P. Adehanloye
doaj   +1 more source

‘In Curaçao They Celebrate King's Day Abundantly!’ – Diachronic Representation of (Post)colonial Communities in Dutch Geography Textbook Discourse (1946–2018)

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Postcolonial textbook research leads us to reflect on the representation of (post)colonial communities in educational media for adolescents in geography education. This paper contributes to this scholarship through Critical Discourse Analysis tracing how nine Dutch geography textbooks (1946–2018) have represented such communities from ...
Marthe Wierenga, Dietha Koster
wiley   +1 more source

Application for Observation Status by the Eastern African Centre for Oral Tradition and African National Languages

, 1979
Council of Ministers Thirty-Third Ordinary Session Monrovia, Liberia July 1979This report discusses the application request from the Eastern African Centre for Oral Tradition and African National Languages for Observer Status from the OAU, with ...
Organization of African Unity
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Is God enthroned upon the floods? (Ps 29:10) Religion and the climate change crisis in contemporary Ghana

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Climate change has been identified as one of the most imminent threats to the survival of the human species. In Ghana, the conversation about climate change has been accentuated by the perennial flooding of major urban centres, often leading to the loss ...
Godfred Nsiah
doaj   +1 more source