Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Biblical & Historical Studies, Theological Studies & Ethics) by Title
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“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 ... -
A critical examination of patterns of research in the academic study of Shona traditional religion, with special reference to methodological considerations.
(1997)This thesis is a critical examination of patterns of research in the academic study of Shona traditional religion, with special reference to methodological considerations. I analyse the methods and approaches used so ... -
A critical study of Christology in Latin American liberation theology and Black theology with a view to formulating a relevant Christology for South Africa today.
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A critique of discrimination on the basis of poverty in the Epistle of James : a case study of the Church of the Brethren Gavva Area.
(2011)This thesis argues that the Epistle of James provides the resources that will address the problem of discrimination and exploitation in the Church of the Brethren in Gavva area. In order to argue this, I establish that ... -
A critique of Jay E. Adams' theology from a pneumatological viewpoint within Calvinistic theology.
(1995)Jay E Adams, who is Dean of the institute of Pastoral Studies and Director of Advanced Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, has developed what he regards to be a distinctly biblical model of ... -
Culture and democray in Africa: a philosophical inquiry.
(2018)That there is an incessant struggle for the establishment of a viable and meaningful democracy in post-independence Africa is not in doubt. Contemporary Africa is characterized by political instability and abysmally poor ... -
Culture, gender, and HIV and AIDS : United Church of Zambia's response to traditional marriage practices.
(2011)In the wake of HIV and AIDS in Africa, culture has been identified as central to HIV prevention, care, and support. Therefore, scholars have argued that HIV intervention in communities should focus on cultural practices ... -
Deaf as Other: a Levinasian reading of the history of Deaf Ministry in the Catholic Church in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.
(2019)This study is an attempt to write an interruptive and a heterological history of how the Catholic Church’s approach to deaf ministry both served and failed the Deaf Other. For centuries, Catholic ministry sought to enable ... -
Developing a holistic educational programme through contextual Bible Study with people with disabilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo : IMAN'ENDA as case study.
(2013)This research uses Contextual Bible Studies as the main approach in searching for ways in which the Bible may be used as a resource to contribute to a holistic education for people with disabilities (PWDs). It explores ... -
The doctrine of the church in relation to the phenomenon of revival in the thought of David Martyn Lloyd-Jones.
(1995)The fact that Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for her, as St. Paul maintains in his fifth chapter of the letter to the Ephesians, is sufficient reason to be concerned about its unique nature and character, as a ...