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A critique of ministers’ welfare policy in the uniting Presbyterian church in Southern Africa.
(2022)Abstract available in PDF. -
Christians’ attitudes towards traditional medicine.
This study involves a close examination of the real factors behind the persistent negative attitude toward the use of traditional medicine by the majority of Charismatic/Pentecostal churches in Africa; with a view to ... -
Mission and colonialism: a critical examination of Hermann Dieterlen’s ministry (1874-1919)
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Between remembering and forgetting: a theological and contextual investigation of nation-building in Deuteronomy and how it intersects with nation-building in Zimbabwe.
This work seeks to highlight a biblically inspired notion of nation-building which advocates the unity of all the people as an imagined political community, with a sovereign role in the land. The definition of nation-building ... -
Exploring the intersections of gender, religion, and, culture when engaging the Pokot-Turkana conflict in Kenya between 1963 and 2015.
(2023)The Sahel region and East Africa has shown sustained levels of inter-pastoral violent conflicts with associated potential impacts on their livelihoods. One such conflict is the Turkana-Pokot cross-border conflict that ... -
The forms of colonial Christianity and Zambian cultures in contemporary Zambia.
(2022)This study examined the influence of PEMS and LMS on the Bemba and Lozi cultures in contemporary Zambia using the theories of relative ontology alongside coloniality. The theories above underpinned the desktop and archival ... -
From clericalism and passivity to conscious stewardship: towards responsible discipleship of the laity of the Catholic Church of Southern Africa.
(2023)Jesus instructed His followers to love one another as He loved them. He said they should not lord it over each other like the pagans do (cf. Matt.20:25) but to serve each other as He served. The church of the Acts of ... -
Prophecy, signs, and wonders in the Acts of the Apostles and in the Apostolic Fathers: a socio-rhetorical reading.
(2023)The key research question of this work is: How the early Christian thinkers conceived of the role of the Spirit in the church, and especially the role with respect to operation of the gifts of the Spirit in prophecy, signs, ... -
A critical examination of the contribution of African Enterprise's evangelism and social action toward religious and social transformation in Pietermaritzburg, from 1962 to 2015.
(2022)The thesis critically evaluates African Enterprise’s work of evangelism and social action towards religious and social transformation in Pietermaritzburg from its inception in 1962 to 2015. AE’s founder, Michael Cassidy’s ... -
Trauma, memory, and spirituality in the experiences of women who survived the Gukurahundi atrocities.
In conflict zones, women and girls are frequently the most vulnerable and suffer the most harm. Their precarious position makes them easy target for heinous human rights violations such as rape and torture. Women survivors ... -
Being impalume: a religio-cultural perspective of Bemba married men’s construction of masculinity in northern Zambia.
(2022)According to Bemba traditional culture, there appears to be some religio-cultural contrast in place concerning the requirements and expectations of what an ‘ideal man’ is, and how this is perceived and measured by many ... -
Water theology and religious engagement in interfaith dialogue to mitigate water scarcity in Botshabelo.
(2023)This research project focuses on a quest for an interfaith dialogue on water theology in the context of water scarcity in Botshabelo, a region in the Free State Province of South Africa. Water theology in this study ... -
A critical examination of the relevance of John Wesley’s economic ethics in contemporary South Africa with specific reference to unemployment, poverty and inequality.
(2023)John Wesley did not specifically seek to propose structured “economic ethics”, but rather was the chief tutor to the people called Methodists on the economic ordering of their lives during 18th century England. While ... -
Confronting coloniality: the potential for a South African decolonial theology of whiteness.
(2022)This dissertation seeks to offer a potential theoretical framework within the discipline of African theology for engaging, subverting and transforming the phenomenon of Whiteness in the post-colonial, post-Apartheid South ... -
An African theological assessment of the pastoral response of the Roman Catholic Church to the socio-economic impact of the emerging Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa.
(2022)The Covid-19 pandemic has created unprecedented socio-economic hardships globally. The austerities brought about by Covid-19 has affected all sectors of society. Religious, economic, and political sectors have felt the ... -
A feminist critique of ecumenical bodies’ silence to the sexual abuse of the women with mental disability in Zambia.
(2019)The study analyses how the three ecumenical bodies (the church mother bodies) – the Council of Churches in Zambia, the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia and the Zambia Council of Catholic Bishops – respond to the sexual ... -
The movement from face-to-face healthcare to e-health services: an ethical exploration of the telemedicine experiences of healthcare seekers in Harare, Zimbabwe.
(2022)This dissertation provides an overview of the experiences of healthcare seekers in the shift from the tradition face-to-face way of seeking healthcare to a virtual alternative, known as telemedicine. The COVID-19 pandemic ... -
The sociological impact of curses among the parishioners of St. Peter's parish, Durban: a comparative analysis of the Judeo-Christian and African traditional religious perspectives.
(2022)Part of indigenous spirituality has always been to curse the enemy to succeed in one’s own efforts towards achieving wellness, advancement, employment opportunities and a suitable marriage partner. The belief held, is ...
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