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Approaches to Inclusive and Equitable Societies: Diaconal Perspectives
Diaconia, 2015 There are two dominant approaches in social science to inclusive and equitable societies. The social cohesion approach emphasizes the dominant norms that bind societies together.
Hans Morten Haugen
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The significance of social justice and diakonia in the Reformed tradition
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 The Reformed tradition, emerging in the 16th-century Reformation, consists of a variety of sources that often lead to complex and differing views about beliefs, doctrines and ethics.
Jerry Pillay
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014 A practical-theological reflection on coaching and equipping children for service as a way to emulating the attitude of Christ. The hypothesis for this research is that the youth is an inherent part of the church. The church, which includes the children,
Gert Breed, Ferdi P. Kruger
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Expressive therapy in contextual pastoral care and counselling
In die Skriflig, 2020 From the early 1970s, and especially since South Africa became a democratic state under the governance of the African National Congress in 1994, many voices have called for decolonising the programs presented at universities. With this article, we as the
Amanda L. du Plessis, Gert Breed
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Come and Eat: Table Fellowship as a Fundamental Form of Diakonia
Diaconia, 2019 One of the ways Jesus lived his message of the coming Kingdom was through table fellowship. In modern society, where religious and cultural diversity is growing, our daily bread can be a source of both separation and solidarity.
Erica Meijers
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Diaconal Church Initiatives and Social/Public Welfare in Postwar Japan: A Descriptive Overview
Religions, 2023 This article reflects on post-WWII developments and the current state of church-related diaconal initiatives in Japan. Pioneering Christians have made significant contributions to the development of social welfare since the Meiji Era (1868–1912). Despite
Stéphan Van der Watt
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The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 23, Issue 3-4, Page 288-309, July 2020., 2020 Abstract The UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP) was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2018. One provision that caused opposition by certain states was Article 19 on the right to seeds.
Hans Morten Haugen
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Koinonia en diakonia as ’n missionale koninkryksdans
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2013 Koinonia and diaconia as a missional kingdom dance. How does faith-based social involvement within a cultural diverse society express itself? Is the focus pure social outreach, that is, the rendering of services, or should the focus include meaningful ...
Johannes Ries, H. Jurgens Hendriks
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Norwegian Christian Leaders: The Term ‘Christian Values’ is Divisive and Useless
Religions, 2020 Church leaders and politicians in several countries make frequent references to Christian values as part of a rhetoric of dividing between wanted and unwanted view and practices.
Hans Morten Haugen
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Diaconia, 2017 Immigration has been the single most important socio-religious phenomenon that brought the question of identity within the center of the religious and social debate within post-Apartheid South Africa.While race remains an important factor for identity ...
John Klaasen
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