The Black Church as a caring community for the poor: Southern Synod as investigative centre by L. Modise

“… In this article, the researcher discusses first the Black Church in relation to God, one another, and the world and, secondly, the blackness of the URCSA reflected in terms of her membership’s pigmentation and her identity of the Black church. …”
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Die genade van gehoorsaamheid. Hoe evangelies is die etiese preke wat ons in Suid-Afrika hoor? deur Johan Cilliers by M. D. Terblanche

“…Cilliers se hoofmotief met die skryf van die boek voer hy terug na Luther se uitspraak: “Die Woord van God kom om ons te verander.” …”
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Posoborowa instytucjonalna odnowa Kościoła krakowskiego według kardynała Karola Wojtyły by Jan Dyduch

“…The renewal was deeply rooted in the theology of the Second Vatican Council, especially in its teaching on the Church, presented by the Council as a community of the People of God, and the Mystical Body of Christ. To achieve accurate reception of the teaching of the Council, card. …”
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Źródła duchowości służebnicy Bożej Dorothy Day by Wojciech Zyzak

“…Dorothy Day is a Servant of God, whose Canonization Process gives hope that one day she can be presented to the entire Church as an example of lay spirituality. …”
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Los dzieci zmarłych bez chrztu – nieznana historia i współczesne pytania by Marta Ficoń

“…The aim is also to understand that God loves and wills to save everyone, especially the smallest representatives of the human race who has no chance to be baptized.…”
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Godsdiens en Samelewing. Christelike betrokkenheid op die markplein by BJ van der Walt

“…Hy stel dit ook baie duidelik dat hy die gereformeerde oortuiging van die heerskappy van God as aboslute uitgangspunt neem. …”
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Mysticism and the Reformation: a brief survey by B. McGinn

“…Today a more adequate understanding of the mystical element of Christianity as a deeper awareness of God’s presence in the life of believers suggests a new evaluation of the relation of Protestantism and  mysticism, beginning Martin Luther, and continuing with figures like Johann Arndt, and a number of the “Spiritual Reformers,” such as Andreas Karlstadt, Sebastian Franck, Valentin Weigel, as well as the theosophical Lutheran Jacob Boehme. …”
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Gebed en Ou-Testamentiese teologie by D. F. O'Kennedy

“… Prayer should be an intrinsic part of theology because the way in which people understand the nature of God determines the nature and content of their prayers. …”
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MATTHEAN ATONEMENT RITUALS by M Nel

“… This article focuses on rituals in the Gospel of Matthew that affect forgiveness between God and human beings, as well as between human agents. …”
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Od Osoby Ojca w misterium Trójjedynego Boga do człowieka jako osoby. Ontologia komunijna Joannisa Zizioulasa by Mariusz Jagielski

“…Describing man as a person in God’s image entails, therefore, showing him both as hypostasis and as ekstasis. …”
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Food for thought: interpreting the parable of the loyal and wise slave in Q 12:42-44 by L. Howes

“…It should not come as a surprise that the parable in Q 12:42-44 is all about feeding God’s people. …”
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Discernment in 1 Thessalonians by P. Sciberras

“…in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 points towards the ongoing nature of discerning God’s will and, finally, how Paul’s eschatological context in 1 Thessalonians implies that discernment also has a future dimension. …”
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Freedom in the sense of the Heidelberg Catechism - an orientation in the problems of modern liberty by E. Busch

“…We are free in relation to God and our fellow human beings. …”
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Le retour du gnosticisme by E. Kayayan

“…This article explores some of these features, in particular the way in which both forms of Gnosticism relate to Christianity: borrowing some of its teachings they forge a belief system in which an ontological continuity between God and mankind is asserted, while the relation between the one and the many becomes blurred. …”
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Ọ̀rọ̀ Lẹyẹ ń Gbọ́! A Deserving Tribute to Alàgbà Adébáyọ̀Mosọbalájé Ajíbádé Àkàndé Fálétí (Ọdẹ Àdàbà) by Félix Ayoh’Omidire

“…On the whole, Adébáyọ Fálétí was recognized as a singular man of culture ̀ whose imprints in the sand of the Yorùbá cultural terrain have forever become indelible, thanks to his intense dedication to the promotion of the Yorùbá “ọmọlúàbí” cultural ethos and the use of his God-given talents to promote Yorùbá history, poetry, orature, cinema and the Arts in general. …”
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Een van die geringste dienaars van sy Heer by S. J. P. K. Riekert

“…Hy kan maar gering wees voor God en die mense! Daarom het hy homself nooit anders gesien as ’n geringe dienaar van sy Heer nie! …”
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The reception of the Deuteronomic social law in the primitive church of Jerusalem according to the Book of Acts by A. Friedl

“…Its concept of the holy people of God, who live according to the social order given by YHWH and who stand in contrast to the pagan world, forms the social model for the Primitive Church in Jerusalem. …”
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Catherine of Siena's wisdom on discernment and her reception of scripture by Diana L. Villegas

“…First I show that she was exposed to Scripture primarily orally and that she assimilated what she heard through her life of prayer and relationship with God. I describe the central biblical themes at the heart of her teaching on discernment, namely growth in charity and capacity for truth, and I show how these are related to her wisdom on discernment. …”
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Black soteriology: the physiological and ontological process by H. M. Mdingi

“…Such a need ushers in a soteriology that is dialectical in the quest for Black ontology and physiology to allow true affirmation, which is redemption, of Black humanity as Black before God and the world. This soteriology exists through Black theology and the notion of the Black church by encouraging a Black soteriological syllogism. …”
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