Die ontwikkeling van 'n strategiese gemeentelike ekklesiologie - op pad na 'n missionerende bedieningspraxis by G. Smit

“…A hermeneutic communicative ecclesiology of ministerial practices is used to describe the transfer from a single praxis to missionary ministry. …”
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Exploring the practical theological study of congregations by W. J. Schoeman

“…A practical theological ecclesiology and an analytical framework should interact critically with each other. …”
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Genesing en bevryding in Suid-Afrika: teologies nagedink oor die bydrae van Johan Heyns by J. H. van Wyk

“…Special attention is paid to Heyns’s anthropology, ecclesiology and eschatology. …”
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Teologie en konteks: vraag na 'n teologie vir Suid-Afrika by R. Venter

“…A suggestion is given as to what might constitute “responsible theology”; a brief profile presents the multifaceted character of the present South African horizon, and a constructive proposal stresses hermeneutical revisionings of Trinitarian theology, soteriology (Gospel), ecclesiology (identity and community), and spirituality. …”
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Preaching: Truth sharing as a prophetic voice by M. Nel

“…He explored the work of three homileticians and eventually brought them in conversation with the ecclesiology of Karl Barth – in developing a “missional homiletics of witness” (Johnson 2015:139) – which I observe to include prophetic preaching that will challenge communities of faith towards missional faithfulness and transformation. …”
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A critical assessment of John Milbank's Christology by N. Vorster

“…The first section provides a synthetic explication of his Christology by focussing on his notions of participation, paradox, poesis, incarnation, the cross, and ecclesiology. The second section provides a critical assessment. …”
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EMBODIMENT, IDENTITY FORMATION AND MISSIONAL LEADERSHIP: ROOTS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION by J. Barentsen

“… The relationship between theory and practice refracts differently in my journey in practical theology, during which I moved from deductive to inductive approaches, and from New Testament studies to practical ecclesiology and religious leadership. This article offers a conceptual analysis of the theory/practice relationship through the lens of three major concepts that have marked my academic journey. …”
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The Influence and Legacy of the Shepherding Movement on the Current Neo-Pentecostal Movement in South Africa by Kelebogile T. Resane

“…Some key concepts of the Shepherding move-ment that impacted the Neo-Pentecostals will be discussed, namely submis-sions to authority; male leadership; ecclesiology; pastoral training and forma-tion; and church polity, emphasizing the apostolic and prophetic ministries. …”
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A Santidade Enfurecida by Leandro Duarte Rust

“…Among the most frequent cases of disputes during the "Gregorian Reformation Era" were clashes between monks and bishops, whose outbreak had repercussions in numerous directions: on aristocratic domination, patrimonial control networks, foundations of ecclesiology, urban mobilizations, legal consensus. The following pages consist of a study of such a case: around 1034 a quarrel opposed the high echelon of the Florentine bishopric to a portion of local monasticism filling in decades with reports of terrifying miracles, popular clamours, open challenges to the papacy and bloody disputes by legal authority. …”
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#CHOOSETOCHALLENGE: COVID-19, COMMUNITY RESEARCH, AND THE CANAANITE WOMAN by M. Ibita, M.S. Ibita

“…The Canaanite woman challenged Jesus’ identity and mission impacting on Christology and ecclesiology. This characterisation makes her a vital example and companion for the Alliance women leaders in achieving their prioritised SDGs (1 - No Poverty; 3 - Health and Well-being [in relation with the Environment]; 4 - Quality Education, and 16 - Justice, Peace and Strong Institutions seen from the lens of UNSDG 5 - Gender Equality) during the pandemic and beyond. …”
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Navigating the ChatGPT Theological Terrain: Considerations for Graduate Theology Students by Mahlon Nyongesa Juma

“…AI technologies have theological ramifications for soteriology and ecclesiology. ChatGPT's biblical knowledge is theologically unsound and prone to errors. …”
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Kobus Schoeman: A “bridge-builder” practical theologian, bridging divides in the publics of the church, the academy, and society by D.N. Andrew

“…These endeavours show the many ways in which Schoeman can be described as a “bridge-builder” who refused to be irrelevant and impractical in his theological journey and who demonstrates how the local congregation can become a safe space for reflexive praxis, an “ecclesiology from below” in the truest sense. …”
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Odnowa życia zakonnego w świetle Soboru Watykańskiego II i w nauczaniu magisterium Kościoła by Piotr Jamioł

“…Currently it is based on the newly developed Christology, pneumatology and especially the renewed post-conciliar ecclesiology. This is reflected in many documents, most important of them were presented in this text. …”
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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

“…Since New Testament exegesis has, to a large extent, neglected the role of this book of the Torah in understanding the Primitive Church, this study investigates the reception of Deuteronomy’s social law in Acts 2:42-47, 4:32-35, and 6:1-7, in terms of its theological or ecclesiological importance. …”
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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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Od diecezji lubuskiej do Ziemi Lubuskiej. Kościół i region w re-konstrukcji by Andrzej Draguła

“…In the case of a church unit, not only historical, social and cultural factors should be taken into account, but also theological, including ecclesiological, factors. In the case of the Zielona Góra-Gorzów diocese, we can talk about layers of memory or a kind of cultural palimpsest, which consists of: reconstructed memory, inherited memory and displaced memory. …”
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"Bevrydende waarheid?" Nagedink oor die aard van gereformeerde belydenis by D. J. Smit

“…A final section underlines the intimate relationship between confession and embodiment — both ecclesiologically and ethically— according to the Reformed understanding of the nature of confession. …”
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Katechizm biblijny Kościoła kartagińskiego by Tomasz Kaczmarek

“…Christ’s work expressed in inluminator and salvator titles, the power of the sign of cross and ecclesiological titles: Christus sponsus conceived with ecclesia sponsa. …”
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“It all starts with urgency…” Engaging with the local ekklesia of Thessalonica as a window and mirror en route to sustained missionary impact by S. Joubert

“… Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thessalonians 1, which form part of the church’s normative library, are two underestimated windows regarding our ecclesiological identity and our missional presence in the world. …”
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