Browsing by Subject "Contextualisation"
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Can evangelical Christians claim to be followers of Isa? : investigating the purpose, death and return of Isa and Jesus?
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)This research project deals with a simple question which drives the whole project. Can an Evangelical Christian claim to be a follower of Isa? The reason for asking this question is that there are two different groups of ... -
Conversion from Islam to Christianity in Senegal : missiological implications for church planting
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2022)Senegal's evangelical churches have attempted to reach out to Muslims; however, few have converted to the Christian faith. Theologians, missionaries, and pastors have debated understanding the causes of the fruitless ... -
Decolonising an introductory course in practical theology and missiology : some tentative reflections on shifting identities
(AOSIS, 2021)Background: The shifting identity of a first-year class over a decade in terms of demography and representation, inevitably led me to reflect deeply on what I teach them and how I facilitate the learning process. I had ... -
Experiences of diversity in the SAPS
(North-West University, 2007)Within a society characterised by globalisation, diversity is an indicative factor of organisational performance. The understanding and experience of diversity are influenced by contexts and perspectives. Therefore ... -
The implications of Missio Dei for transforming the ideal of well-being of the Sangha Baka Pygmies (Republic of Congo)
(2014)It is a common myth that "natural man" seeks God or lives in harmony with the Creator. Contrasting the "praetercolonial"1 Baka Pygmies'2 conception of wellbeing with the true ideal of wellbeing, depicted in the New Testament ... -
A Missiological evaluation of the Wheels for God's Word and Word on Wheels Model from a missio Dei perspective in Africa
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2023-10)In this thesis, it will be argued that evangelism and church planting in Africa would be more effective if theological training is done from a missio Dei perspective and that this point of departure must influence all ... -
A missiological study into the need and importance for Reformed Baptists to engage in deliberate Biblical contextualisation in urban, post-modern South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Postmodernism and urbanisation pose significant challenges and opportunities to Christian witness in the West. In South Africa, Reformed Baptists are battling to engage with and reach new generations with the Gospel. While ... -
Mission as dialogue in the context of religious pluralism in South Africa : a Pentecostal-Evangelical perspective
(North-West University (South Africa), 2014)The main aim of this study, as indicated in Chapter 1, was to study and evaluate the recent attitude of Pentecostal-Evangelicals towards mission as dialogue within the context of religious pluralism in South Africa. The ... -
The role of History textbooks in promoting historical thinking in South African classrooms
(The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2015)This article focuses on the analysis of three textbooks that are based on the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS), a revised curriculum from the National Curriculum Statement which was implemented in 2008. ... -
Secularism as opportunity to expose Turkish Muslims in Ris-Orangis to the Biblical gospel
(North-West University, 2019)The Gospel is for all peoples and this includes the Turks. Turkey prides itself on having been modelled on the secular democracies of Western Europe but it nonetheless re-mains a profoundly Islamic country with diversified ...