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Moral Responsibility and Environmental Conservation in Karamoja Mining Area: Towards a Religious Engagement [PDF]
Journal for the Study of Religion, 2017 The consequences of the mining industry in Karamoja region have resulted into a serious environmental hazard to all forms of life in the area. For some reasons, efforts by the Ugandan government to respond to the environmental crisis seem inadequate ...
Margaret Ssebunya, Beatrice Okyere-Manu
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2021 This is a case study reflecting on the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disruptions on InnerCHANGE South Africa (ICSA hereafter), an incarnational ministry.
Kasebwe T. Kabongo
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Pragmatism in the lenses of African Christianity: An emic approach to lived religions [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 African Christianity, as the synthesis of Christianity and African Traditional Religion, is often perceived as an ideal form of belief and practice that informs religious worship and ethics for nominal Christians.
Joel Mokhoathi
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Statistical Dynamics of Religions and Adherents [PDF]
Europhys. Lett. 77 (2007) 38002, 2006 Religiosity is one of the most important sociological aspects of populations. All religions may evolve in their beliefs and adapt to the society developments. A religion is a social variable, like a language or wealth, to be studied like any other organizational parameter. Several questions can be raised, as considered in this study: e.g. (i) from a `
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The apparatus theory: ‘Religion in the city’
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 The apparatus theory is used to challenge the interpretation of religion and also to determine whether religion is a factor to contend with in modern society.
Leon Geel, Jaco Beyers
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Political and socio-economic convergence of religions in Nigeria: Positive views and interests
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 Extensive review of academic writings on the convergence of religions (COR) in Nigeria shows that many online academic papers and related conversations gave more attention to its negative implications. Agreeably, Nigeria is the hotbed of religious crises
Daniel Orogun
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A Critical Study of Karl Barth's Opposition to Natural Theology [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2020 Critical analysis of Karl Barth's opposition to natural theology shows that it is demonstrably based on a narrow understanding of natural theology and is mostly shaped through his reaction to the misuse of theological concepts during the heydays of ...
Michel Aghamalian +2 more
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Nurturing agency in emerging adults of local churches: a case study from Soshanguve
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 Emerging adults (age 35 and below) are the majority of the African population. In South Africa, for example, emerging adults make 63.9% of its population.
Kasebwe T. L. Kabongo
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Narratives and counter-narratives as ways of creating religious tolerance
Verbum et EcclesiaThis article explored the utilisation of counter-narratives in tertiary education settings with regard to pseudo-events connected to big world events.
Maryke Strydom, Jaco Beyers
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The disappearing Mammy Water myth and the crisis of values in Oguta, South Eastern Nigeria
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 Igbo value system is in crisis with an increase in crime rate, kidnapping, stealing, sexual immorality and divorce. Though several reasons have been given for this malaise, the influence of myths on value system has not been explored.
Lawrence N. Okwuosa +3 more
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