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Contemporary Christian spirituality: an "encompassing field"
Acta Theologica, 2008 Contemporary Christian spirituality, understood as both an experiential, lived-life phenomenon and an academic discipline gives a new-found universal perspective to the reflective Christian. It constitutes an encompassing, incorporative “field” through occupying a “give-and-take” inter-disciplinary place in a general academy of Spirituality and through
Kourie, C., Ruthenberg, T.
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Kršćanska duhovnost kao žrtvovanje?
Nova prisutnost : časopis za intelektualna i duhovna pitanja, 2018 Žrtvovanje je u svim religijama prisutno s različitim naglascima i u različitim oblicima, pa i u kršćanstvu. Također postoji u svim duhovnostima, koje su zapravo živa religija u svim dimenzijama čovjekova života i djelovanja. Međutim, Isus Krist je svojom jedinstvenom žrtvom na križu eliminirao sve oblike žrtvovanja Staroga zavjeta i drugih religija ...
Ivan Platovnjak, Platovnjak, Ivan
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The Spirituality of Christian Suffering
Periskop, 2023 The essay offers a contribution to understand the paradox of Christian suffering in seventeenth-century Transalpine devotional texts and their illustrations. Outlining the basic components of a transdenominational ‘Spirituality of Christian sufferance’, expressed in both Catholic and Lutheran ascetic literature, it provides a hermeneutic approach to ...
Henrik von Achen
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Modelling Christian Spirituality as Transversal Urban Space [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2015 From the late twentieth to the early twenty first Century, mass urbanisation has challenged humans to assume fully the label urbis incola. Despite humanity’s urban inculcation, City Spirituality and Urban Theology stills seem peripheral theological
Calvyn C du Toit
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Changing perspectives on the Crusades
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 The notion and consequences of the Crusades are still influencing the modern Christian (and Muslim) pattern of thinking. These ‘holy wars’, fought by members of the Roman Catholic Church, mostly against infidels (‘unbelievers’), including the Muslims of ...
Jacques Theron, Erna Oliver
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The commercialisation of anointed water in two ministries: An African theological perspective
In die Skriflig, 2023 The use of water in healing has significance in African religious life. African people believe that water is not an ordinary substance but is medicinal and a life-giving commodity.
Mookgo S. Kgatle, Vuyisile Qiki
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 Two notions are discussed in this article, namely, the (unity of the) Trinity and God’s omnipresence. These two notions are deeply embedded in the Christian faith system and religion – they actually form both the basis and point of departure for the ...
Willem H. Oliver, Erna Oliver
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 The year 2017 is the year in which the Reformation, started by Martin Luther, is celebrating its 500th birthday. This depicts a milestone in the life of the Church of the Reformation and also in the life of Christians worldwide.
Erna Oliver, Willem H. Oliver
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The Colonisation of South Africa: A unique case
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 From the 15th century onwards, most of the countries in Africa have been colonised by theEuropean world powers, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium.South Africa was officially colonised in 1652.
Erna Oliver, Willem H. Oliver
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Regina Mundi: Serving the liberation movement in South Africa
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 The struggle for ‘non-white’ South Africans to eventually become liberated in this country was a very tough and bloody one. In the struggle the South African Native National Congress – later renamed to African National Congress – as a liberation movement
Willem Oliver, Erna Oliver
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