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African Motherhood and Bosadi (Womanhood) Among Pentecostals and Evangelicals: A Mohlakeng Perspective Since the 1980s [PDF]

open access: yesStudia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, 2022
This article looks at some lived experiences of five African women in Mohlakeng township, situated in the West Rand District Municipality of Gauteng, South Africa, between 1980 and 2018. Four are Pentecostal pastors and one is an Evangelical pastor. Their biggest challenge was to demonstrate that they were equally capable as their male counterparts in ...
Víctor M S Molobi
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In Search of Biblical Role Models for Mongo Women: A Bosadi Reading of Vashti and Esther [PDF]

open access: yesOld Testament Essays, 2021
The Old Testament world clearly subjected the woman to the will and protection of her husband, but she was also celebrated for performing important roles as wife and mother. Although some of its texts may be considered oppressive in certain ways, the Bible also contains positive examples of liberation stories for women to emulate.
Maleke Kondemo
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A Bosadi-Pentecostal Approach to Earth Care in Gauteng Township Contexts [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Human Social Sciences
This article contends that addressing environmental concerns in the South African context requires acknowledgment of the intertwined issues of land grabbing, littering, illegal dumping, and inadequate service delivery. It suggests that Pentecostals, as members of diverse communities, should shift their focus from spiritual
Modisa Mzondi
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Pastoral Therapy: Problematizing the Imbokodo Image Through the Bosadi Theorization

open access: yesJournal 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 ...
Mmamajoro Phalatsi-Shilubana
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Kyriarchy and the Ever-Consuming Proverbial “Kraal of the Heart”? Casting a Bosadi Gaze on South Africa, Post-Independence

Black Women and Religious Cultures, 2022
The Northern Sotho proverb, lešaka la pelo, ga le tlale—literally, “the kraal of a (human) heart does not get full”—has the tenor that foregrounds the human tendency to be greedy and self-serving. In a nutshell, the more material goods one acquires, the more one would like to have. Taking my cue from the honoree, Dr.
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Bosadi Theology of Masenya Madipoane (Ngwana ‘Mphahlele)

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The 1980s and 1990s are the formative years of gender specific frame works in biblical feminist interpretation. Scholars used this opportunity to formulate the unintelligible and the muted through interesting dialectics to fashion an archive without ...
Mokoena, Lerato
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