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Father absence as a risk factor for child neglect and abuse: A biblical and multidisciplinary approach to transform broken families in the South African landscape [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2023
This paper aims to address father absence as a key contributory factor to child neglect and abuse and a cause of disrupted and unstable families by means of an explorative literature review. The study follows a biblical and multidisciplinary approach and
Prof Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks   +1 more
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A fatherless South Africa: The importance of missional parenting and the role of the church

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
This article employs descriptive and explorative methods concerning father absence and missional parenting. It identifies numerous ramifications caused by father absence and the failing role of men. Father absence has been a serious social issue in South
Fazel E. Freeks
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Transforming Fatherless Children through Faith as a Strength Perspective: Challenging Father-Absence as a Social ill in South African Society [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2022
The Children’s Act, 38 of 2005, (South Africa) states that children in need of care and protection face social ills such as father absence and in addition some children abuse alcohol and drugs, among other things. The Act defines the essence of parental
Professor Fazel Ebrihiam Freeks
doaj   +1 more source

Punishment of the Adulterer for the Murder of His Illegitimate Child in Imami and Sunni Fiqh (A Comparative Study) [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش تطبیقی حقوق اسلام و غرب, 2023
One of the conditions for Qisās, according to the majority of Imami and Sunni jurists, is the absence of a father-child relationship between the killer and the killed. This means that if a father commits the murder of his child, he will not be subject to
MohammadHadi Tavakolpour   +1 more
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The impact of a Biblical Fatherhood Programme for faith communities in the Christiana district: A reflective and community engagement strategy

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2021
The farming communities in the Christiana district with a population of close to 21 000 residents struggled with issues including poverty, unemployment, financial problems, alcoholism, occultism and Satanism and family issues such as father absence ...
Fazel E. Freeks
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Father absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministry

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2020
Youth ministry is to help youth – children, adolescents and young adults – to become what they were created and called to be. However, many local churches fail to notice that adolescents growing up without a father figure are an integral part of the ...
Hyunok Yi, Malan Nel
doaj   +1 more source

Facing Father Absences and Troubling Memories of Our Fathers [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Review of Qualitative Research, 2020
This paper explores masculinity in light of the relationship three men had with their fathers. Three stories are offered as individual poetic inquiries, initiating discussion among the authors. By understanding the relationship with our fathers through collaborative writing, we are comprehending our own embedded masculinity in society and at the same ...
Gabriel Soler   +2 more
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