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Prosperity gospel and the culture of greed in post-colonial Africa: Constructing an alternative African Christian Theology of Ubuntu

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2019
Christianity in post-colonial Africa is highly influenced and shaped by the prosperity message. The popular and materialistic gospel is sweeping across the continent like a gale-force wind, which is irresistible.
Thinandavha D. Mashau, Mookgo S. Kgatle
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DISPOSABLE BODIES, DISABLED MINDS, AND CHRISTIAN HOPE: RESURRECTION IN LIGHT OF TRANSHUMANISM AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY

open access: yesZygon, 2023
This piece brings into critical conversation Christian resurrection hope, virtual versions of transhumanism, and intellectual disability and demonstrates that Christian resurrection provides a more cogent hope for people with severe intellectual ...
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What is This Hope?: Insights from Christian Theology and Positive Psychology

open access: yesJournal of Moral Theology, 2020
In Christian theology hope has been described in many ways, including as a passion, a virtue, and transformative action (praxis). In recent decades hope has also received a lot of attention in the social sciences.
Barbara Sain
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A Spiritual Theology of Synodality: Towards a Thinking Heart in Catholic Education

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Spiritual theology inspires a life of faith towards wisdom and discernment as much as inviting a developing pastoral sense of God’s mysteries into a life of service, holiness and humility.
Glenn Morrison
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A theology of hope for the Dutch Reformed Church : a forgotten yearning? [PDF]

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DATABESKIKBAARHEIDSVERKLARING : Datadeling is nie van toepassing op hierdie navorsingsartikel nie omrede geen nuwe data geskep of ontleed is nie.During Prof.
Kruger, Pieter
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Ta splanchna: A theopaschitic approach to a hermeneutics of God’s praxis. From zombie categories to passion categories in theory formation for a practical theology of the intestines

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011
It is argued that both the traditional clerical paradigm of an ecclesial approach and the phenomenological paradigm of an empirical approach are not sufficient enough to describe and maintain a theological methodology in practical theology.
Daniel J. Louw
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Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
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‘It Never Ends’: Disability Advocacy and the Practice of Resilient Hope

open access: yesReligions
Political advocacy is an important religious practice. But social activism can be discouraging. This paper integrates moral theology, virtue ethics, positive psychology and spiritual formation to highlight the importance of resilient hope for social ...
James B. Gould
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The ministry of hope at grassroots level in a post-apartheid South Africa

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2013
In this article the the ministry of hope to women without hope are investigated in the South African context of hope and reconciliation. Since apartheid ended 19 years ago, a democratic policy has been followed.
Amanda L. du Plessis
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