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Conversion

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022
Conversion – the turning from one religion, belief, or way of life to another informed by the saving activity of Christ – is a central theme of Christianity.
David W. Kling
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Challenges facing the ministerial formation in Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa: A critical reflection

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
Following the union of the Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa (PCSA) and Reformed Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (RPCSA) to form the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA) in 1999, it was necessary to consolidate theological
Moroka Mogashoa, Karabo Makofane
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The metaphor of light embedded in the Johannine prologue, Part 2: The Light at and after the incarnation

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2013
This is the second of two articles on how the fourth evangelist has embedded the light metaphor in the prologue of the Fourth Gospel. The prologue is replete with this metaphor. A thorough discourse analysis explores the text’s inner texture to determine
Dirk G. van der Merwe, Pierre Y. Albalaa
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Houston and Zimmermanns\u27 Sources of the Christian self: A cultural history of Christian identity (book review)

open access: yes, 2018
Reviewed Title: Sources of the Christian Self: A Cultural History of Christian Identity by James M. Houston and Jens Zimmermann. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2018. 964 pp.
Lancaster, Robert
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Medieval Christian Dualist Perceptions and Conceptions of Biblical Paradise [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The article intends to draw attention to some of the most significant and telling appropriations of traditional themes of Biblical paradise in medieval Christian dualism (namely, Paulicianism, Bogomilism and related groups in Eastern Christendom and ...
Stoyanov, Yuri
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The formation of Christian theology in Alexandria

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2014
Jesus was born in Palestine. He was the main determinant for the foundation of a religious movement or sect later called Christianity. This movement, founded in Palestine after the ascension of Jesus, with Jerusalem as its main centre of worship, was ...
Willem H. Oliver, Mokhele J.S. Madise
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A History of Christian Publishing

open access: yes, 2018
This essay will address the histories of four major publishing companies in Grand Rapids: Zondervan, Baker, Eerdmans, and Kregel. These publishing companies, through their individual and interwoven histories have shaped and sustained the publishing ...
Huebner, Erinn
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Faith communities, social exclusion, homelessness and disability: Transforming the margins in the City of Tshwane

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
Social exclusion is a reality in South Africa today. Its faces are diverse and varied; social exclusion can be defined in terms of social, economic, political and religious dimensions.
Thinandavha D. Mashau, Leomile Mangoedi
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Trophic specialisation reflected by radular tooth material properties in an “ancient” Lake Tanganyikan gastropod species flock

open access: yesBMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Background Lake Tanganyika belongs to the East African Great Lakes and is well known for harbouring a high proportion of endemic and morphologically distinct genera, in cichlids but also in paludomid gastropods.
Wencke Krings   +4 more
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A vision for peace in the City of Tshwane: Insights from the homeless community

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
Communities living on the margins of society, such as the homeless, are overlooked in the process of building a vision for peace in the City of Tshwane. This article, therefore, seeks to explore the issue of a vision for peace from the perspective of the
Lukwikilu Mangayi, Themba Ngcobo
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