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Examining the function of neurobiology in Christian spiritual experiences and practice

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
Before one can adequately deal with a biblical and neurobiological examination of spiritual experiences, one would need to define what they are. Here, one could offer that a spiritual experience could be an encounter with something or someone that is ...
Mark Pretorius
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Miroslav Volf’s public theology in national healing and reconciliation in Zimbabwe

Verbum et Ecclesia
Several individuals use Miroslav Volf’s theology to understand the unity of systematic theology and biblical interpretation, as well as the relationship between church theology and political theology.
Joseph C. Useni, Wim A. Dreyer
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The ethical debate about the use of autonomous weapon systems from a theological perspective

Verbum et Ecclesia
‘Pope calls on G7 leaders to ban use of autonomous weapons’ (The Guardian 2024) is the headline from statements which pope Franziskus made during the G7-summit on June 14th, 2024.
Wolfgang Engelhardt, Volker Kessler
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Theology of nature: Reflections on the dogmatic doctrine of creation

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
The doctrine of creation and the knowledge of nature have come into tension in modernity. Against this background, the article discusses the basic problems of a theology of nature starting from a systematic theology of religious communication.
Christian Danz
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A ‘good’ wife? A theological challenge to gender constructs, culture and gender-based violence in the Kore-Kore Zimbabwean society

Verbum et Ecclesia
The subject matter of gender-based violence (GBV) has been a topical dialogue in a variety of contexts and has received increasing attention as it relates to social activism and women’s rights and their dignity.
Tsitsi Mwapfaa, Tanya van Wyk
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The linguistic characteristics of the language of human rights and its use in reality as the kingdom of God in the light of Speech Act Theory

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
Human rights, a language that keeps public order, is realised in ordinary life by language characteristics according to social rules. Despite this fact, research that considers the linguistic features of human rights relating to its use and effects in ...
Anna Cho
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Practices of climate responsibility

npj Climate Action, 2023
In the context of climate protection, the notion of responsibility is regularly invoked to address individuals and collectives as liable to urgent climate action.
Thorsten Moos, Megan Arndt
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Book Review Frank G. Bosman, Gaming and the Divine A New Systematic Theology of Video Games: London: Routledge, 2019, 265 pages, ISBN: 978-1-138-57956-9

, 2021
Christian Wessely
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What hope is there for South Africa? A public theological reflection on the role of the church as a bearer of hope for the future

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
What hope is there for South Africa? What role can the church play as a bearer of hope in South Africa? This article seeks to address these important questions.
Dion A. Forster
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‘Holiness’ and faith practice today: A contribution towards interreligious dialogue

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2019
The notion of ‘holiness’ has a long history of interpretation. In many ways, it is an ambivalent term. On the one hand, it denotes moral integrity by distinction, or ‘being set apart’.
John-Charles Stay, Tanya van Wyk, Yolanda Dreyer   +2 more
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