School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics
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Eternity and the now: an exploration of Paul's understanding of a new creation in Gal. 6:15 and 2 Cor. 5:17.
(2018)This thesis forms the first part of a programme of research whose ultimate aim is to draw upon Saint Paul’s vision of a new creation in Galatians and Second Corinthians in order to provide a new window of access into the ... -
Recovering south Africa's lost treasures: A spirituality of interdependence and gratitude.
(2000)Abstract available in pdf. -
Cultural practices among the Sena in Nsanje District Malawi : HIV and AIDS and the African Evangelical Church.
(2009)This study focuses on the cultural practices that contribute to the increase of HIV and AIDS in Nsanje district of Malawi. The study also proves the hypothesis that the African Evangelical Church has not responded ... -
The Church's relationship to the agency of the assets of people living with HIV/AIDS in rural South Africa: a case study in Marapyane Community, Skilpadfontein.
(2007)This thesis explores the relevance of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) as a development strategy with people living with HIV/ AIDS. Contemporary development theory suggests that the assets and agency of the poor ... -
Between literal lesions and literary tropes - a proposal for examining the discourse of healing in some African indigenous churches.
(1995)Approaches to indigenous healing in South Africa need to be situated in the broader health care system within which that healing occurs. To facilitate a viable recognition of that indigenous healing, this paper argues ... -
Hebrews 9:1-28, in the light of the anthropology of sacrificial ritual, with special reference to Pedi responses to the text.
(1995)This research looks at the function and importance of ritual in the Hebrews Epistle, in particular chapter 9: 1-28. The text is dealt with in the light of the theories of the anthropology of sacrificial ritual, and with ... -
"Glorify your name ... "names and naming and the discourse of power in the Fourth Gospel in relationship to African names and naming practices.
(2005)The recurrence of the term ovoµa, the names and labels used for the Johannine characters including Jesus, necessitated this investigation. With the hypothesis that the Fourth Gospel is produced in a conflict situation at ... -
"Puberty rites as cultural responses to the prevention of HIV in Zimbabwe: the case of Varemba circumcision and initiation rites in the Mwenezi district.
(2019)The HIV and AIDS pandemic is ubiquitous and indiscriminate in its global onslaught and has caused untold suffering worldwide; the youth in particular are of great concern here. Research on HIV and AIDS has most often focused ... -
The end justifies the means: examining the Nigerian society in the light of Machiavellianism.
(2019)From the sentiments espoused by Machiavelli in The Prince, it is is clear that he believed that politics and conventional morality cannot go together. For him, acquiring power and retaining power is the objective of politics, ... -
"Seek the welfare of the city”: a reflection on the inter-relationship between the spiritual and the material in the wellbeing of a city.
(1996)Abstract available in Pdf. -
The Church's relationship to the agency and the assets of people living with HIV/AIDS in rural South Africa:a case study in Marapyane community, Skilpadfontein.
(2007)This thesis explores the relevance of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) as a development strategy with people living with HIV/AIDS. Contemporary development theory suggests that the assets and agency of the poor ... -
An investigation of the potential contribution of Aawambo (Namibia) traditional practices in bereavement to modern pastoral care and counselling.
(1995)Abstract available in the PDF -
The role of local clergy in the facilitation of the peace process in Mpumalanga leading to the signing of a peace agreement in 1990 and beyond.
(1995)Abstract available in PDF. -
Human dignity in African communitarianism.
(2018)This study examines the extent to which African communitarian thought succeeds in the promotion of human dignity without having to call upon human rights. As well as being considered as a central value within social and ... -
Food, faith and livelihoods: a case study of world vision Malawi's food security programme in Chata AD.
(2005)Abstract available in PDF. -
Towards a People’s Theology of the road in an African Township: a case study of the Edendale Road Network within the Pietermaritzburg District.
(2017)One of the legacies of the apartheid era in South Africa is the phenomenon of black townships that exist in the outskirts of urban areas. There is very little development in these townships which means that those who live ... -
The Catholic Church in the culture of Apartheid: the case of Catholic laity in Natal (1948-1965).
(1996)Abstract available in PDF. -
The application of the “Just War” ethic, as taught by the Catholic Church, to the political and economic crisis in South Africa during the period 1960-1989.
(1996)I focus on the Just War ethic.as taught by the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church teaches, among other things, that as long as there is no competent international arbitrary body to prevent the danger of war, ...
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