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The interrelatedness between the Nama Khoikhoi supreme being and celestial objects
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesThe assumption among Europeans that the Khoikhoi indigenous people of southern Africa had little to no religious beliefs is evident throughout historical documents.
Iwana Hartmann, Maniraj Sukdaven
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Who may heal? A plea from traditional healers to participate in treating Covid-19
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 During 2020, communities all over the world suffered from infections and disruptions because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Health assistance in different forms was provided to assist patients.
Jaco Beyers
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Theologia Viatorum, 2020 This article is an auto-ethnographic reflection on the phenomenon of migration. The latter is on the increase throughout the world. This article focusses on the context of South Africa where there seems to be a negative perception of refugees in ...
Kasebwe T.L. Kabongo
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023 No abstract available.
Jaco Beyers
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Relations of society concepts and religions from Wikipedia networks [PDF]
Information 2025, 16, 33We analyze the Google matrix of directed networks of Wikipedia articles related to 8 recent Wikipedia language editions representing different cultures (English, Arabic, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese). Using the reduced Google matrix algorithm we determine relations and interactions of 23 society concepts and 17 religions ...
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Sacred Ecology: The Environmental Impact of African Traditional Religions [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Do religions codify ecological principles? This paper explores theoretically and empirically the role religious beliefs play in shaping environmental interactions. We study African Traditional Religions (ATR) which place forests within a sacred sphere.
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Statistical dynamics of religion evolutions [PDF]
Physica A 388 (2009) 4438-4444, 2008 A religion affiliation can be considered as a "degree of freedom" of an agent on the human genre network. A brief review is given on the state of the art in data analysis and modelization of religious "questions" in order to suggest and if possible initiate further research, ... after using a "statistical physics filter". We present a discussion of the
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Revisiting the concept of inculturation in a modern Africa: A reflection on salient issues
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016 This article revisited the concept of ‘Inculturation’ in modern Africa. Through the use of a historical phenomenological method, the article averred that Inculturation of Christianity in modern Africa is a herculean task that demands absolute caution ...
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A Note on UK Covid19 death rates by religion: which groups are most at risk? [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 There has been great concern in the UK that people from the BAME (Black And Minority Ethnic) community have a far higher risk of dying from Covid19 than those of other ethnicities. However, the overall fatalities data from the Government's ONS (Office of National Statistics) most recent report on deaths by religion shows that Jews (very few of whom are
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