Bible translation in Africa. What implications does the new UBS perspective have for Africa? An overview in the light of the emerging new UBS translation initiative by A. O. Mojola

“…Special focus is given to the shifts that have occurred with respect to its vision and mission and its ever widening outreach in pursuit of the Christian great commission. Shifts in the nature and types of Bible translators at different periods are looked at as well as the question of the source and receptor texts involved in the translation. …”
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Trinitariese verbeelding en post-apartheid Suider-Afrika: fragmente oor dogmatisering en dosering by R. Venter

“…The notion of a “trinitarian imagination” is espoused to articulate the entire Christian vision from the reality of God’s trinitarian identity. …”
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Postmodernism and the need for story and promise: how Robert Jenson's theology addresses some postmodern challenges to faith by A. H. Verhoef

“…If this is true, it poses great challenges for the Christian faith to be communicated and accepted within this context. …”
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TO SEE, WHILE UNABLE TO SEE: AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES OF AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by C. Gouws

“…The author concludes with thoughts on Christian faith, challenging believers to hold on and persevere, despite not seeing the final outcome of this disruption. …”
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BLUE THEOLOGY AND WATERSHED DISCIPLESHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA

“… In an era increasingly shaped by escalating water crises, Ched Myers calls the church to watershed discipleship, arguing that watershed discipleship is a faithful response to Christian mission amidst a looming environmental catastrophe. …”
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The promise of attending to literary context for contextual biblical hermeneutics in Africa by D.W. Ellington

“…Repercussions can include a limited role of Jesus Christ and a heightened role of material prosperity in some African expressions of Christian faith. The article argues that contextual hermeneutics needs to make room for the inductive analysis of biblical texts, especially their literary contexts. …”
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TOWARDS AN “ENGAGED” SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY?

“…These theologians, it is shown, aimed at moving beyond the dualisms of Neo-Scholasticism, by turning anew to the theological style and method of the earliest Christian thinkers. The second related suggestion comes from the contemporary systematic theologian, Graham Ward, a scholar who draws on the thought of the ressourcement theologians in his development of what he calls a “culturally engaged” or simply “engaged” systematic theology. …”
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The Use of the Stoic Concept of Phronēsis by Irenaeus and Lactantius by Gábor Kendeffy

“… The Stoic concept of practical wisdom and the stoic Idea of the necessary conjunction of good and evil implicitly combined by Stoics themselves can be found in the works of early Christian thinkers like Irenaeus, the bishop of Lyons and Lactantius, the African apologist. …”
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El aljibe del conde de Tendilla by Daniel Jesús Quesada Morales

“…From 1492 to 1495, constructions were carried out in the Alhambra to enable the Christian population to withstand a long siege. The adaptation works were developed in two lines, on one hand, the installation of artillery throughout the walls, towers and gates, and on the other, the adoption of measures against a hypothetical siege, highlighting the refortification of the Alcazaba and the construction of the aforementioned cistern. …”
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The Concept of Akrasia in D. Husak’s Theory of Criminal Responsibility and the Advantages of Its Alternative by Gediminas Šataitis

“…By using influential texts of ancient and Christian ethics, as well as contemporary research on akratic behavior, this article outlines a different conception of akrasia, one that is based on intrapersonal conflict. …”
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Liturgical reform in the "breaking of the bread" in the Lord's Supper in the Palatinate and its resonance in the Heidelberg Catechism by E. de Boer

“…While the exegetical basis of a chosen form may be inconclusive, motives behind the choice may be such that exclusion of people from the Christian community is effected or individuality underlined. …”
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Dispute Over Relief Package: Tax Cuts or Direct Transfers? by ZG Überblick

“…Various other measures have been announced. Finance Minister Christian Lindner has now made a proposal for tax relief that could be as high as 10 billion. …”
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Allured by Satan, the World and the Flesh: Representations of Temptation in Medieval English Drama by Pınar Taşdelen

“…According to medieval Christian understanding, human beings have three obstacles or adversaries that mankind must overcome to achieve salvation: Satan, the world and the flesh. …”
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« Au-delà d’un simple divertissement » : les effets symboliques de la pratique des jeux de ficelle chez les Inuit by Céline Petit

“…Building both on the study of classical ethnography relating to different groups of the “Inuit area,” and on fieldwork carried out in Inuit communities of the eastern Canadian Arctic in the 2000s-2010s, this paper examines the forms of the ritual or symbolic efficacy ascribed to string figure-making in pre-Christian Inuit societies. Several modes of action involved in this practice are thus considered here in view of the idea of impacts on the cosmic order or meteorological system, and on the human relationships with game animals and with ancestors. …”
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Franc Jeza v Trstu by Ivo Jevnikar

“…Based on literature and testimonies, the article analyzes the life of Franc Jeza (1916–1984), a writer, journalist, and fighter for an independent and democratic Slovenia. A Christian socialist, member of the Liberation Front, and former camp prisoner, Jeza left Yugoslavia after the Second World War, permanently settling in Trieste. …”
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Pentacostalism & schisms in the Reformed Church in Zambia 1996-2001: contextual and identity changes by H. J. Hendriks, L. Soko

“…In the RCZ, this led to the formation of the Christian Reformed Church (CRC) in 1999 and the Bible Gospel Church in Africa (BIGOCA) in 2001. …”
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Living wounds (anfechtungen) or blacksmithing of the human soul? The pastoral art of marvellous exchange (mirifica commutatio) in spiritual well-being by D.J. Louw

“…Within the framework of Christian theology, the healing dimension of a theologia crucis is researched. …”
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Kristus ukřižovaný na palmě, „locus tristis“ a emblematika 17. století by Pavel Panoch

“…John’s hand by his side, was a traditional sign of Christian Martyrs and its origin is rising from the mystical tradition of a Cartusian order. …”
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Editorial by I.D. Mothoagae

“…For this reason, African biblical scholars, particularly those applying their hermeneutical lenses as theoretical tools, and scholars within the social sciences have argued that the Christian corpus of literature that was translated and composed during “Christianisation”, “colonisation”, and “civilisation”, using the strategies of conversion and assimilation of the “wretched”, are by their very nature colonial products. …”
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A DISTINCTIVE PENTECOSTAL HERMENEUTIC by Marius Nel

“…Although there are specific identifiable emphases in a Pentecostal hermeneutics, it does not qualify to be called distinctive, and an ecumenical approach demands that the movement should function within the context of the wider Christian church and its history of reading and interpreting the Bible. …”
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