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‘Sinawe’ [we are with you]: Local churches as change agents in the lives of traumatised youth

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023
The church has a key role to play in addressing the chronic levels of grief and trauma experienced by the youth in South Africa. It has a biblical mandate to bring hope and healing and has a unique station within South African society that positions it ...
Johannes J. Knoetze, Timothy J. Black
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Humor en prediking

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
Humor is an integral part of society. The idea that humor and laughter are good for one’s health and psyche is well known, and many researchers praise the role that humor plays in society.
Gerbrand Bodenstein, Cas Wepener
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Faith communities, youth and development in Mozambique

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
In Mozambique, poverty is pervasive because of factors such as the civil war (1976–1992) and its aftermath, political instability, food scarcity and natural disasters.
Victoria Chifeche, Yolanda Dreyer
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Rethinking theological training as ministerial empowerment for contextual mission: A case of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022
This research engaged a realist paradigm to triangulate existing literature with data that emerged from a PhD study on ministerial formation within the context of being a missional church in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA). The
Sibusiso Zungu, Buhle Mpofu
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Understanding power struggles in the Pentecostal church government

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018
This article highlights the power struggles that the Pentecostal church experiences in its church governance. These power struggles become very contentious to a point where members take each other to legal courts, which ends in multiple schisms that ...
Mangaliso Matshobane, Maake J. Masango
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Tsonga widow's mourning rituals practices in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa. A ritual-liturgical exploration

Theologia Viatorum, 2020
This article studies the rituals and ceremonies that are practised by Tsonga widows at a village in Giyani in Limpopo. The research is based on the observation of the exclusion of widows from church attendance and activities in the Evangelical ...
Hundzukani P. Khosa-Nkatini, Cas J. Wepener, Esias E. Meyer   +2 more
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Mission as ‘being with’ in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
This research investigated the impact measures (such as lockdowns) used to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) have on the church’s mission.
Johannes J. Knoetze, Thabani Mkhize
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Someday our gods will be friends

, 2020
This article reflects on the recent tv-series ‘Vikings’ from a practical-theological perspective. We deal with the series as a serious expression of the relationship between film and religion.
René Erwich
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Ubuntu in the worship service as heterotopia: A liturgical-ecclesiological exploration

In die Skriflig, 2020
Through taking an interdisciplinary approach to studying liturgy, a connection has been made in this article between three theological concepts: koinonia, liturgical inculturation and the utopian ideal of inclusivity in the form of ‘heterotopias’.
Hilton R. Scott, Cas Wepener
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Reimagining pedagogy for theological education at a South African University: An ethnographic exploration

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2021
Curriculum transformation within Higher Education has been an ongoing process within South Africa Universities. For a long time, apartheid and the conception of race have shaped the education framework.
Lindie Denny, Cas Wepener
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