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Missional church and local constraints: A Dutch perspective

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2009
The missional church concept promises to guide local churches in the direction of a new identity and mission. It is a response to a sense of ecclesiological and congregational urgency that is felt all over the world.
Rein Brouwer
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Preaching on the revised common lectionary for the feast of Christ the King: Joy for intuitive thinking types, nightmare for sensing feeling types?

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
This qualitative study was positioned within an emerging scientific field concerned with the interaction between biblical text and the psychological profile of the preacher.
Leslie J. Francis   +2 more
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Hiring labourers for the vineyard and making sense of God’s grace at work: An empirical investigation in hermeneutical theory and ordinary theology

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
The Matthean parable of the labourers in the vineyard is open to multiple interpretations. For some, the parable may speak of God’s unlimited grace and generosity; for others the parable may speak of God’s unfairness.
Leslie J. Francis   +2 more
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Suicide Prevention Strategies in Nigeria: Exploring Religious Roles, Insights, and Challenges

open access: yesReligions
Suicide is a pressing issue in Nigeria, often linked to the stigmatisation of mental health rooted in supernatural beliefs. Revealing one’s mental health status is an invitation stigma, which discourages disclosure.
Collins Ikeokwu Nwafor
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Is God really good to the upright? Theological educators exploring Psalm 73 through the Jungian lenses of sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
Psalm 73 is a challenging Psalm in which the Psalmist draws on rich imagery to juxtapose doctrine and experience and to juxtapose the goodness of God with divine retribution.
Leslie J. Francis   +2 more
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The Bible Goes ‘Pop’: How Religion Is Deeply Mediatized Amongst Flemish Youngsters

open access: yesReligions
While the Bible’s stories are some of the most enduring in human history, they find increasing difficulty staying relevant, especially to young people in a secular context. How do contemporary youngsters relate to Bible stories? We exposed N = 32 Flemish,
Lars de Wildt   +5 more
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Detecting God in practices: Theology in an empirical–theological research project

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2010
What is the nature of reality in theological research and how can this ‘theological’ reality be known? Can we empirically research God’s performance in reality?
Rein Brouwer
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Foundations of Practical Spiritual Theology: Walter Hilton as a Case Study in Retrieval

open access: yesOpen Theology, 2021
This article explores the relationships between spirituality, spiritual theology, and practical theology. It proposes a synthesis of these disciplines – practical spiritual theology – as a method and methodology for retrieving the wisdom of historical ...
Goodrich Kevin
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On Theology and Objectivity: A Northern Point of View to Analytic Theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
: This paper has three aims. First, it provides the historical background necessary to understand the nature of academic systematic theology as it is currently being pursued in Nordic countries.
Vainio, Olli-Pekka
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Autism Theology: Discussions from an emerging field [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
This multi-authored book review explores the current state of the field of Autism Theology through a discussion of four recent publications. A concluding section reflects on several key themes in the individual reviews, drawing particular attention to ...
Lasch, Ian   +6 more
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