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How to make sino-reformed theology possible?:Retrieving Abraham Kuyper’s proto-reformed contextual theology [PDF]

, 2022
This article aims to retrieve Abraham Kuyper’s theology to develop Reformed theology in mainland China. It shall argue that Kuyper’s concern about the varying contexts where theology is practiced shows an underdeveloped proto-Reformed contextual theology.
Xu, Ximian
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Faith-based agency and theological education: A failed opportunity?

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
After attending to shifts in the landscape of theological education at a public university in South Africa, this article explores the re-imagination of theological education as fostering faith-based agency.
Stephan F. de Beer
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The contextualization of theology

Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1980
The answer to the question concerning the possibility, necessity and legitimation of a contextualization o f theology, depends on the answer to the question regarding theology itself.
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Discerning a theological agenda for spatial justice in South Africa: An imperative for sustained reconciliation

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
A spatial turn has occurred in various disciplines over the past decades. This article holds that it has not occurred in a similar decisive manner in theological discourse and not in South Africa in particular.
Stephan de Beer
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A reflection on Vuyani Vellem’s longing for liberation: A spirituality of life and freedom

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
Vuyani Vellem was insistent on fostering a spirituality that could ground and sustain resistance of death as expressed in multiple unfreedoms, and the quest for life and freedom in abundance. After naming a number of themes evident in the life of Vuyani –
Stephan F. de Beer
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In the light of the Spirit: the dual nature of the Third Person

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2000
Analogy with physical things and phenomena can be a useful tool in theology. In particular, the vestigia Trinitatis can be used to illustrate the doctrine of the Trinity, even if it is illegitimate to derive it from them.
David T. Williams
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A kenotic response to secularity

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2008
The church must be concerned to make the correct response to its increasing impotence and marginalisation in Western society due to secularisation. Past reaction has been to accommodate to the changed worldview, even to identify with it.
D.T. Williams
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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
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Roetemerker begeleiding as deel van missionale gemeentes

Verbum et Ecclesia
Milestones guidance as part of missional congregations. This article highlights the importance of establishing and celebrating milestones in the challenges of integrating and retaining children and adolescents within the church.
Johannes C. Avenant
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Social Cohesion in Australia: Comparing Church and Community

Religions, 2019
In a context of increasing ethnic and religious diversity, Australia’s future prosperity may depend, in part, on the ability to maintain social cohesion. Drawing on the framework developed by the Scanlon Foundation Social Cohesion Research Program,
Miriam Pepper, Ruth Powell, Gary D. Bouma   +2 more
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