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Reading Ruth for the sake of poor rural women : a bosadi womanhood approach. [PDF]

, 2012
Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2012.This study posits that a deconstructive socio-historical reading of Ruth will elicit aspects of ancient Israelite women’s agency which can then be used to inspire greater socio-economic
Ramaribana, Felicia.
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Mother of Black Old Testament Scholarship in South Africa—Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan'a Mphahlele)

Old Testament Essays
This article asserts that Professor Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele) deserves to be recognised as the “Mother of black Old Testament scholarship in South Africa.” She ought to be celebrated for pioneering the bosadi approach, an African and black ...
Hulisani Ramantswana
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Pastoral Therapy: Problematizing the Imbokodo Image through the Bosadi Theorization

Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change
“I am a rock” followed by the isiZulu expression “Wathinta abafazi, wathinta imbokodo” (“you strike a woman, you strike a rock”) has historically functioned as a cultural metaphor affirming women’s strength and resilience in African societies. However, within contemporary African contexts characterised by pervasive Gender-Based Violence (GBV), this ...
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A hermeneutical critique of women in ecclesiastical office within the Reformed Churches in South Africa: A reformed missional lens in decoloniality

In die Skriflig
The ordination of women to ecclesiastical office remains a contested issue within the Reformed Churches in South Africa (GKSA). The most recent decision of the GKSA General Synod in 2026 to bar women from ordination as ministers and elders seems to have ...
Thinandavha D. Mashau
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Exploring the meaning and interpretations of the proverb "lebitla la mosadi ke bogadi" and its implications on indigenous African women's health : a phenomenological study [PDF]

, 2015
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2015.Introduction: The proverb “lebitla la mosadi ke bogadi” (‘a woman’s grave is at the place/home of her husband’) is used as a language tool during premarital counselling to instruct African women on the value of ...

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Decolonial Bosadi Ecosystem Critique of Male IPV and Human Capital Erasure in SADC

This paper addresses the critical intersection of gender-based violence, institutional erasure, and forensic psychological practice by examining male intimate partner violence (IPV) victimisation within the Southern African Development Community (SADC ...
Jacob Tseko Mofokeng
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Catholicisme et viols de guerre en République démocratique du Congo : vers une théologie afroféministe des relations vitales [PDF]

, 2020
Cette thèse problématise la position paradoxale du catholicisme congolais face aux viols de guerre en contexte socio-culturel de la RD Congo déchirée par les conflits armés depuis plus de deux décennies.
Kibungu, Dieudonné Bwanamuloko
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Worlds coming together : what a white male Germane evangelical learned from a black female South-African Bosadi scholar

This article explores the works of Prof. Madipoane Masenya, a Black South African theologian, and her theological approach known as the “Bosadi Reading.” It analyses how Masenya developed and under-stands her theological position, highlighting the ways ...
Wünch, Hans-Georg
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A Bosadi (Womanhood) reading of Genesis 16

, 2012
The received interpretations of the Bible in African context in South Africa have always been foreign. The colonisers not only colonised the land, even the interpretation of the Bible was colonised. The received interpretations of Genesis16 serves as a
Masenya, Madipoane
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The Bible, HIV/AIDS and African-South African women: a bosadi (womanhood) perspective [PDF]

, 2005
Peer reviewedThe observation that the Christian Bible has historically played an important role, either for good or for evil, in differing African contexts, be it on the continent or in the Diaspora, cannot be disputed.
Masenya, Madipoane
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