Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Biblical & Historical Studies, Theological Studies & Ethics) by Title
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The changing face of South Africa : the challenge of multiculturalism in the local churches and the early church.
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Christian identity, Hindu nationalism and religious communal violence in India with special reference to Kandhamal, Odisha (1985–2010).
(2018)This thesis seeks to understand why Indian Christian identity became a problem in the secular Republic of India. Western Christianity arrived in India in the very beginning of the sixteenth century. The Hindu fundamentalists ... -
Christianity as vernacular religion : a study in the theological significance of mother tongue apprehension of the Christian faith in West Africa with reference to the works of Ephraim Amu (1899-1995)
(2006)Ephraim Amu is a distinguished musician. He is well known for his advocacy on African tradition and culture. Amu's pride in the African personality has earned him a place in Ghana's hall of fame. It was in recognition of ... -
Clinical pastoral education for Igbo society : a cross cultural model for a family/community-based educational process in pastoral care.
(2005)CPE is Western in origin, it can be transplanted and adapted to the Igbo soil and be fedb with the local nutrients. In the view of the researcher, this can bring about a new CPE model which is called the "Family/Community-Based ... -
Community and the economy : a reformed theological reflection on a social-embedded economy.
(2016)This study focuses on the contribution that Reformed theology can make toward the restructuring of the relationship between the economy and community in order to achieve a more equal and just distribution of livelihoods, ... -
A comparison between Christian and African traditional paradigms of reconciliation and how they could dialogue for the benefit of South African society.
(2006)This dissertation seeks to compare paradigms of reconciliation in African tradition (including African indigenous religion and culture) and Christianity, in order to enhance the reconciliation process in South Africa. The ... -
The concept of Mang-Djala with reference to church unity in a context of ethnic diversity : the case of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon (ELCC).
(2013)This study examines the issue of ethnocentrism that has become so detrimental to Christian unity within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon, as it is pulling apart Christians of different ethnic groups. The study ... -
Conflict resolution and peace-building Initiatives: ethical quandaries in post-colonial southern Africa.
(2018)While there is a wide range of literature on the causes of war, an area that has not received adequate attention is in determining the extent to which post-colonial Southern Africa has used military interventions as an ... -
Constructing an oikotheology : the environment, poverty and the church in South Africa.
(2005)South Africa is a country of great natural resources yet suffers from high levels of poverty. This study looks at the relationship between the environment and poverty in South Africa and the role of the church in this ... -
“Construction sites”: exploring queer identity and sexuality at the intersections of religion and culture in Zambia.
(2016)The purpose of this study was to examine how Queer Christians construct their identities and sexualities within the social contexts of religion and culture. Framed within a qualitative and critical research paradigm, ... -
A contemporary evangelical account of conversion.
(1990)In the midst of the renewed interest in conversion within ecclesiastical circles as well as in the field of the psychology of religion, this dissertation proposes that a fresh examination of the biblical materials ... -
Conversion and revival : a critical analysis of the revival movement among Lutheran Christians in the North Western Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.
(2005)The topic of this dissertation is to show the meaning and the importance of conversion to the Lutheran Christians including Abalokole in the North Western Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. It critically ... -
A convocation house (Prrngawan) biblical interpretation and TYCM tribal postcolonial concerns reading Genesis 2:4b~25 with TYCM ordinary tribal readers.
(2012)The thesis is concerned about the postcolonial context of the minority tribal people, the Taiwan Yuen-Chu-Min (台灣原住民, TYCM), in Taiwan. The argument of this thesis includes two parts: Part one provides the background ... -
Creator God most beautiful : a contextual, feminist theological and aesthetic look at women's creativity, spirituality and theology in South Africa.
(2010)Asking the question ‘What does beauty have to do with justice?’, I am concerned with women’s encounter, experience and expression of the Divine through their creativity, as well as the theological significance of women’s ... -
Critical analysis of a large parochial structure model for black parishes in the Anglican church of Southern Africa, with reference to the diocese of Natal.
(2014)This thesis reports on qualitative and a phenomenological study exploring contesting spaces in the understandings regarding the alienation of black outstation congregations for a policy (Canon, Acts of the Diocese) change ... -
A critical analysis of the interpretation of the doctrine of justification by faith alone by the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, Gongola Diocese.
(2012)This study examined the issues of the interpretation, transmission and appropriation of the doctrine of justification by faith alone within the context of the Lutheran Church in Nigeria, Gongola Diocese. Using contextualization ... -
A critical comparison of the concepts of Modimo (God) in Sotho traditional religion and the concepts of the Christian God as a missiological problem.
(2002)This thesis states that the concepts of MODIMO [GOD] (Setiloane 1976) in Sotho Traditional Religion are different to the concepts of the Christian God. The notions of MODIMO are panentheistic (all pervading), whilst the ...