Die rol van die NGK-leierskap in die aanloop tot die eerste demokratiese verkiesing in Suid-Afrika: 1990-1994 by Johan M. van der Merwe

“…By doing so, the leadership of the church, which became known for the Biblical foundation of the notorious policy of apartheid, played an important role while South Africa was on the brink of civil war. …”
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The Use of the Stoic Concept of Phronēsis by Irenaeus and Lactantius by Gábor Kendeffy

“…Both authors tried to reconcile the Stoic and the biblical concepts of wisdom, and both located this hybrid concept in the history of salvation. …”
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Hide and seek. Aspects of the dynamics of Bible translation by C. Lombaard

“…Similarly, translations of the biblical texts, which result from very complex processes, may be viewed as fetishes. …”
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„Duch Pana JHWH nade mną”. Tożsamość proroka w Iz 61,1-3 by Jolanta Judyta Pudełko

“…The exegetical analysis of the prophet’s individual tasks allows him to be identified with various heroes of the biblical story (David, the Messiah, the Servant of the Lord). …”
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Wanneer jongmense hoop verloor: 'n pastorale perspektief op die selfmoordkontemplerende adolessent by A. R. Brunsdon, J. Janse van Rensburg

“…Pastoral therapy has access to Biblical paradigms, which are highly reconcilable with hopelessness and despair. …”
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Chronicler's women - a holistic appraisal by F. Olojede

“… This article attempts to fill, in part, the gap in scholarship on the role of women in the book of Chronicles by providing data to show that the Chronicler succeeded in highlighting the roles and status of women in ancient Israel, as he copiously employed materials that are otherwise unknown in the biblical text and modified his Vorlage. A relentless focus on kinship and familial ties is discernible in the analysis of the roles and positions of the women who are presented in a way that shows their affinities to the people (or land) of Israel. …”
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The church and LGBTQ: Towards the church as an inclusive communion of disciples by Y.B. Setyawan

“…To become such an inclusive community, the church must be open to seriously consider three important points, namely the scientific findings of LGBTQ, especially in the medical and psychological fields; the latest theological views on LGBTQ and new ways of interpreting the biblical text, as well as an ecclesiological reconstruction of the essence of the church as an inclusive communion of disciples. …”
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Oryginalne ujęcie kwestii wiary w encyklice papieża Franciszka Lumen fidei by Henryk Sławiński

“…The original is not so much the matter of faith as such, but the description of faith from the biblical, patristical and existential point of view. …”
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Historical narrative and wisdom. Towards preaching Esther "for such a time as this" by Arie C. Leder

“…The article suggests that biblical wisdom literature, which discerns God’s veiled presence without respect to acts in history, can be employed to profitably preach Esther in a world where God is present, but readers experience him as veiled. …”
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Calvyn oor die leiding van die Heilige Gees in die verklaring van die Skrif by P. C. Potgieter

“…By investigating relevant sections of his published works, in particular those in his commentaries on Biblical passages referring to the guidance of the Holy Spirit, this article explores the way in which Calvin established and applied his modus operandi. …”
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Au rendez-vous allemand (1) by Agnès Bouvier

“…According to Herder, biblical exegesis must performed by shifting the critical angle to develop in the modern reader an esthetic sensibility similar to that of the original reader.…”
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More Than Hospitality: A Reflection on The Parish Ministry of Welcoming and Hospitality by Pierre-Alain Giffard

“…This article examines the biblical and traditional understanding of hospitality as well as strategies employed by mission-minded and thriving churches to effectively practice it. …”
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Ecological Theology of Creation in The Perspective of The Theology of The Trinity by Jarosław Babiński

“…This is the reason for attempting to interpret the ecological theology of creation from a Trinitarian aspect. The analysis of biblical and theological sources provides the basis for this. …”
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'n Gereformeerd-narratiewe pastorale terapie by J. P. Bezuidenhout, J. Janse van Rensburg

“…However, for some researchers and therapists post-modernity is not acceptable, since the use of such a narrative therapy could construe many contrasting points of departure in contrast to a biblical based pastoral therapy. Is it possible to deconstruct the basic elements of narrative therapy and reconstruct a pastoral narrative therapy that makes use of strategies of narrative therapy without accepting the paradigm that underlies it? …”
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JOHANNINE WOMEN AS PARADIGMS IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT by J. Thomaskutty

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The revelation of God: How and to whom does God reveals God self to? by H. Mdingi

“…The methodological aspect of this research is a literature study aimed at discussing transmission and reception of biblical discourse in Africa by viewing differently the subject of God’s revelation from a variety of sources. …”
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The covenant in Ulrich Huber's enlightened theology, jurisprudence and political theory by A. W. G. Raath, S. A. de Freitas

“…This takes place against the background of the more prominent insights  regarding the covenant in 16th and 17th century Western political thought, namely the idea of the Biblical covenant (with the emphasis on the conditional nature of God’s law), and the secular social contract theories stemming from the early Enlightenment. …”
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Tennessee Williams’s post-pastoral Southern gardens in text and on the movie screen by Taïna Tuhkunen

“…The article focuses on the disrespectful representations of the paradigmatic Southern garden which remains dynamic while maintaining some of its classic or biblical features. By relying on the conception of the pastoral garden as theorized by Leo Marx in The Machine in the Garden (1964), the author pays specific attention to the way mid-xxth century cinema kept recreating Williams’s Southern gardens as a corrupted and dehumanized space pierced through by disquieting shrieks.…”
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Droga jako synonim zbawienia w Koranie. Refleksje lingwistyczno-teologiczne by Marek Micherdziński

“…The biblical texts are for the author of Quran starting-point to moulding the own conception of salvation. …”
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Mission to people of other faiths in the Old Testament and Eldoret, Kenya: some reflections for engaging Muslims within their context by R. Omwenga

“… The election of biblical Israel in the Old Testament through Abraham and the mandate to represent God to other nations compare to Kenyan contexts of mission to people of other faiths by virtue of strengths and weaknesses. …”
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