The Belhar confession and Church and Society: a comparative reading in five statements by P. Naudé

“…It is argued (in the first statement) that although on the surface there are  many similarities in content between the two documents, they are in fact theologically quite distinct (statements two to five). …”
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Beauty as a Criterion of Spiritual Discernment: an Outline of a Theory and Practice by Bernard Łukasz Sawicki

“…Then, follows the presentation of some theological reasons for analogy between discernment and art. …”
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The absence of presence: homiletical reflections on Luther's notion of the masks of God (larvae dei) by J. Cilliers

“…Besides being a common cultural phenomenon, the art of masking could also be evaluated theologically and therefore homiletically. Luther’s understanding of the masks of God (larvae dei) is introduced into the discussion, and a number of homiletical implications are drawn in view of the continuous tension that exists between God’s revealing and his concealing. …”
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Man's image in creation narratives by Hannes Olivier

“…More than anything else the discussion of the meaning of these concepts demut (an abstract noun from dmb - likeness) and, selem (image, statue) have dominated the theological reflection regarding man in te creation narratives. …”
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Genesing en bevryding in Suid-Afrika: teologies nagedink oor die bydrae van Johan Heyns by J. H. van Wyk

“…In this article the author investigates the (immense) contribution which Heyns made to the South African society with regard to healing and liberation, not only through his versatile activities but also through his comprehensive theological investigations. Special attention is paid to Heyns’s anthropology, ecclesiology and eschatology. …”
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Social equality and Christian life in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians by M. Tilly

“…This study is aimed at understanding the theological construction connected with these questions by interpreting the paradigmatic relation of the status-designating pairs ???????? …”
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Penser la fraternité by Călin Săplăcan

“… How can we think of a polysemous reality like that of brotherhood? We propose the theological paradigm of the frontier as a method. This paradigm will allow us: first, to read the forms of fraternity (in an articulation of the singular, the particular and the universal); second, to question fraternity anthropologically (which articulates the questions of origin, becoming and end); finally, to consider fraternity ethically (by questioning it from the face of the other, from the socio-cultural values, norms and principles that condition it). …”
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Die persoon van vrede in die sending by P. Verster

“…This person can then expose the community to mission. From a theological perspective it is possible to acknowledge the importance of such a “person of peace”. …”
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Marriage, sexuality, and holiness: aspects of marital ethics in the Corpus Paulinum by R. Zimmermann

“…Here, the relationship of marriage, including the physical union of the marital partners, is theologically substantiated, and the frequently occurring semantics of “holiness” clearly plays a central role in the context of the marital texts. …”
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Is Communism Incompatible with Religion?: Islam and Communism in Haji Misbach's Thoughts (1914-1926) by Syaidina Sapta Wilandra

“…Therefore, in the normative and theological realms, Misbach still believed in the truth and relevance of Islamic teachings for people's lives. …”
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As «Leis Jacobinas». Estudo e transcrição by Margarida Garcez Ventura

“…As in another realms of Christianity, also the portuguese king, using both the theological reasons as the roman law, considered his right and duty to exercise jurisdiction over many cases that the clergy had as exclusively theirs. …”
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'n Voorgestelde raamwerk vir die skryf van 'n akademiese publikasie: voorbeelde uit die teologiese etiek by L. O. K. Lategan

“…References are made to theological-ethical examples. The framework outlines 12 steps for article writing. …”
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If Jeremiah wrote it, it must be OK: on the attribution of lamentations to Jeremiah in early rabbinic texts by J. Kalman

“…The rabbis were troubled by a number of theologically challenging verses and the claim of authorship opened the door to their use of the book of Jeremiah to explain away these difficulties. …”
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„Nowe znamiona” Kościoła według papieża Franciszka by Przemysław Artemiuk

“…They are poverty, solidarity, peripherality and charity. Each of them is theologically justified by Francis and embedded in the papal ministry. …”
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Maria Kultaieva und die Kritische Theorie by Крістоф Асмут

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Translation as (Mis)interpretation: The Case of the Philosophy of the Late Fichte by Іван Іващенко

“…Additionally, it refutes the claim regarding the theological context of Fichte’s philosophy, which consistently developed Kant’s program of transcendental philosophy. …”
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Die rol van die see in die Patmos-visioene by J du Preez

“…The author of this article examines all the relevant sections in Revelation and concludes that, although in John's final vision of the new world there seems to be no place for the sea (21:1), the sea nevertheless virtually throughout Revelation plays a more positive than negative role and is, therefore, unjustly viewed in such a negative light. The theological-ecological implication of this is indicated. …”
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Początek Ewangelii św. Mateusza (Mt 1-4) ‒ parafraza alternatywna by Krzysztof Bardski

“…The purpose of the alternative paraphrase is to revive the biblical message by abandoning some common formulations in favor of idiomatic constructions referring either to the context of Judaism in the time of Jesus, or to the etymology and original meaning of expressions that over the centuries have grown theological patina, or to modern formulations that may even be considered colloquialisms.     …”
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The story of Jesus and the blind man: a speech act reading of John 9 by Hisayasu Ito

“…Methodologically, however, modern critical  research on this Gospel can be roughly divided into two categories, namely historical approaches and literary approaches, which some scholars further divide into ideological (theological) approaches. …”
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Towards struggle as lived experience: Contemplation on homiletic research for a (post-)pandemic world by W. Wessels

“…The propensity to privilege grounded theory without thorough theological critique becomes prominent in the interpretation of digital sermons during the national COVID-19 lockdown. …”
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