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

“…Thirdly, the author illustrates why a Black theology of liberation is needed in the post-apartheid era in terms of the poverty level in South Africa. …”
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Die missionêre uitdaging van die arbeidslewe by J.J. Kritzinger

“… This article takes as its point of departure the observation that the church and its theology is largely geared (only) to the residential world. …”
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Hierarchy of truths revisited by E. J. Echeverria

“…With some assistance from the great Reformed master of dogmatic and ecumenical theology, G.C. Berkouwer, I show how there exists an order of priority or hierarchy among truths resulting from their different relation to the foundation of the Christian faith; how this hierarchy helps us to understand better what unites and divides Christians in matters of doctrine; why this notion is wrongly interpreted as a justification of doctrinal indifference, and the substantive role it may play in ecumenical dialogue when the distinction between truth and its formulations is properly drawn. …”
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METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH ORTHODOX ANTHROPOLOGY МЕТОДОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЙ АНТРОПОЛОГИИ МЕТОДОЛОГІЧНІ АСПЕКТИ ДОСЛІДЖЕННЯ ПРАВОСЛАВНОЇ АНТРОПОЛОГІЇ... by R. V. Stetzuk

“…The article analyzes the approaches to the Orthodox anthropology that existed and exist both in philosophical and theological studies and in theology. Three areas in the study of Orthodox anthropology.…”
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Faith in the year of faith. Ratzinger’s proposal by Pablo Blanco Sarto

“…The striking element of Ratzinger’s theology is a personal approach to faith. Faith as an encounter triggering conversion is a fully positive and existencial experience of God, who engages the whole person and personality (unitotality of faith), the reason and love. …”
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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. …”
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"Bond of love": the action of the Spirit by D. T. Williams

“… The emergence of the various forms of Pentecostal and Charismatic theology has led to a welcome interest in the third Person of the Trinity, who has been largely neglected for centuries. …”
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Tomorrow’s Ethics in a Globalizing World

“…They are as follows: firstly, from the ethics of obedience to an ethic of creative commitment; secondly, from a primary concern with micro-ethics to an equal and even greater concern with macro-ethics; thirdly, from a cluster of regional value systems to a cooperatively created global ethic; in the fourth place, from a conceptual base in western philosophy and theology to an academic base in the social and natural sciences; and in the fifth place, from dependence on religion in important parts of the world, including ours, to what I want to call a relationship with religion characterized by cooperative, critical and creative independence for ethics. …”
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Human genetic engineering and social justice in South Africa: Moltmann and human dignity by M. Kotzé

“…In this contribution, I argue that the notion of justice as fairness, put forward by Rawls, and the focus on human dignity in Moltmann’s theology can help address the bioethical challenges of genetic engineering in the context of inequality, specifically in South Africa. …”
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Gebed en Ou-Testamentiese teologie by D. F. O'Kennedy

“…It is significant that the systematic discussion of prayer is ignored or neglected in many theologies, especially theologies of English scholars. …”
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Memory, Jesus, and Mary Magdalene: Whose memory matters? by N.E. Müller van Velden

“…This rings true for past and present contexts and is not limited to more conservative or traditional views on gender, sexuality, and theology. As such, the article attempts to highlight the role of subjectivity and ideology in the acts of remembering in the Christian tradition based on New Testament and Early Christian writings and argues for critical interpretations of both the characterisations in the writings themselves, and the subsequent “lives” of these characterisations in the Christian tradition. …”
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"Habitus" in soul care. Towards "spiritual fortigenetics" (parrhesia) in a pastoral anthropology by D. J. Louw

“…In this regard, the theological notion of parrhesia can play a decisive role. …”
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DIFFERENTIATION IN MUSICAL EDUCATION by Éva PÉTER

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Islam and the Pan-Abrahamic Problem by Joshua R. Sijuwade

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Calvyn oor twyfel by P. C. Potgieter

“… Little regarding doubt and uncertainty in matters of faith is found in publications on Calvin’s life and theology. This paper pursues his views on this topic in his Institutes, commentaries, tracts, and letters. …”
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An investigation into Calvin's use of Augustine by S. J. Han

“…The article does not try to compare the theologies of Augustine and Calvin, nor to establish a theory that would reveal Augustine’s influence on Calvin’s theology. …”
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Johannes Calvyn oor gebedsverhoring by P. C. Potgieter

“…On the other hand he has said much that may currently be of significant importance for theology, and particularly for the pastoral care of the faithful in their search for understanding the ways of God. …”
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The beginning of African biblical interpretation: the Bible among the Batlhaping by G. West

“…The second section of the article then analyses the theology that lies behind Bible translation, for rendering the Bible into local vernaculars is not a self-evident impulse. …”
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“PASSACAGLIA” IN THE OPERA OF THE 20ᵗʰ CENTURY. THE INTERLUDE NO.4 FROM THE OPERA “PETER GRIMES” BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN by Gabriela COCA

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"I'm Not Like Most of You Here, I'm Just an Alcoholic": A Russian Baptist Theory of Addiction by Igor Mikeshin

“…However, during the program, rehabilitants learn Russian Baptist dogma and theology, and soon afterwards the distinction becomes obsolete for them. …”
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