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Healing as transformation and restoration: A ritual-liturgical exploration
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 Illness is a reality that affects all people, and healing is the main reason why people attend worship services in sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Ritual Studies scholar Ronald Grimes, illness is a social reality; it is socially imagined and ...
Hilton Scott, Casparus J. Wepener
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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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Some homiletical perspectives for the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 This article explores Professor T.F.J. Dreyer’s definition for preaching that he developed for preaching in the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (NRCA) three decades ago.
Hein Delport, Johann-Albrecht Meylahn
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Diversity in the ministry of chaplaincy in the South African Department of Correctional Services
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 This article gives an overview of diversity in the South African Department of Correctional Services and how it challenges the ministry of chaplains. The diversity is manifest in the religious affiliations of inmates, crime categories, various categories
Maake J. Masango, Maxwell Mkhathini
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Frailty and flourishing: Good news for humanity: Response to Alister McGrath [PDF]
, 2011 This is the author's pdf version of an article published in Practical Theology. The article can be found at http://essential.metapress.com/content/122841/This journal article is a response to Alister McGrath’s keynote lecture to the annual conference of ...
Graham, Elaine L.
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Father absence and adolescents as a challenge to youth ministry
In 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
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The african theology as practical theology
Studia Pelplińskie, 2020 The purpose of this article is to show that African theology is both a practical theology as well as a speculative theology. It is a theology which was born from the perspective of finding a proper method of evangelization on the African continent. To do this, this theology went through different stages which led it to its scientific maturity.
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Belief in God among South African youth and its relation to their religious socialization and praxis
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1997 This article investigates belief in God among 538 students from standard 9 who attend Anglican and Catholic schools in the Johannesburg/Pretoria region, and relates this belief to the students' religious socialization and praxis. The students' belief in
Jobannes A.P van der Ven +2 more
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A pastoral psychological approach to domestic violence in South Africa
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014 South Africa suffers a scourge of domestic violence. Colonial oppression upset the delicate balance between ‘discipline’ and ‘protection’ in traditional cultures.
Petronella J. Davies, Yolanda Dreyer
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 This article illustrates the practical usefulness of transdisciplinary work for practical theology by showing how input from an occupational therapist informed my understanding and interpretation of the story of Hannetjie, who had been sexually abused ...
Heidi Human, Julian C. Müller
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