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From Mission Drift to Missional Renewal: A Contextual Hermeneutical Reading of Leadership Succession in FOCUS Zimbabwe [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology
Leadership succession is a persistent vulnerability for African parachurch organisations whose ministry continuity depends on fragile structures, donor confidence, and relational trust.
Vhumani Magezi , Nelson Vhukani
doaj   +1 more source

Missional Psychotherapy:A Hermeneutic of Mental Health Care in Christian Counseling

open access: yes
In response to the call for integrative scriptural competence (Hathaway, 2021), missional psychotherapy offers a nuanced counseling approach that incorporates the spiritual dimensions of missio Dei (the mission of God) with human experiences to promote ...
Garzon, F   +5 more
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Renewal and reconstruction: Holy Writ in Ezra-Nehemiah – A missional reading

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2013
In this article we investigate the missional potential of the two-volume book of Ezra-Nehemiah. We contend that the written word of God is a transforming power in society through the mediation of the church.
Bob Wielenga
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Lessons from the Synod of Dordrecht (1618–1619): A missional hermeneutic for the decolonisation and Africanisation of the curriculum

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2019
About 400 years ago, the status quo of the church in the Netherlands was threatened by the Remonstrant uprising, which was met with vehement reaction from Calvinists.
Pieter H.J. Labuschagne
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A hermeneutical critique of women in ecclesiastical office within the Reformed Churches in South Africa: A reformed missional lens in decoloniality

open access: yesIn die Skriflig
The ordination of women to ecclesiastical office remains a contested issue within the Reformed Churches in South Africa (GKSA). The most recent decision of the GKSA General Synod in 2026 to bar women from ordination as ministers and elders seems to have ...
Thinandavha D. Mashau
doaj   +1 more source

The dilemma of traditional and 21st century pastoral ministry: Ministering to families and communities faced with socio-economic pathologies

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2010
A holistic pastoral methodology is sought in transforming the socio-economic and systemic pathologies of poor families and local communities. Missional pastoral ministry is proposed from a critical hermeneutical and contextual perspective for the ...
Gordon E. Dames
doaj   +1 more source

‘…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

open access: yesBritish 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
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Certification Adoption in Small and Medium Enterprises' Food Supply Chains: Using a Complexity Approach to Build up Foundations

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adopting certifications in food supply chains (FSCs) is a common practice for sustainable management, including among small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study investigates how SMEs in FSCs navigate the complexities of certification adoption for sustainable supply chain management (SSCM).
Belinda Borrello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hermeneutic Realism and Veritative Hermeneutics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Hermeneutics has a long tradition in the history of philosophy. It carries the task of Hermes to bring God’s message to humans and translate it without betraying it. This special issue of the journal Critical Hermeneutics proposes a double research track:
Freni, Cristiana   +4 more
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The Hermeneutic Mission of Philosophy in the Age of New Humanism

open access: yesCritical Hermeneutics, 2021
It is the aim of this text to understand how the concepts of formation, common sense, judgment and taste, rehabilitated by H.-G. Gadamer, are essential beacons of the human sciences and of Humanism, today so much demanded by some sectors of the harsh sciences, such as medicine.
openaire   +3 more sources

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