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Christian philosophy of education in South Africa: the cultural-historical activity theory to the rescue?

Van der Walt, J.L. (AOSIS, 2016)

Parents' choice of schools for their children has become particularly problematic in the current circumstances because of the fact that most schools have become secular and hence cannot support Christian parents in their ...

Christian scholarship within reformed circles

11659149 - Coletto, Renato (University of the Free State & Sun Media, 2009)

Christian theology and racist ideology: a case study of Nazi theology and apartheid theology

Vorster, Nico (University of Cluj-Napoca, 2008)

Christianisering van die Hellenisme impliseer die hellenisering van die christelike geloof: die verlammende effek van tweeduisend jaar se sintesedenke en skolastiek

Van der Walt, B.J. (Vereniging vir Christelike Hoër Onderwys, 2013)

One may approach the encounter between Christian belief and the Greek-Hellenistic culture in two different ways: Either from the perspective of Christianisation of Hellenism or the hellenization of Christianity. This essay ...

Christianity and secularisation in South Africa: probing the possible link between modernisation and secularisation

Vorster, Nico (Edinburgh University Press, 2013)

The secularisation theory of Max Weber states that modernisation inevitably leads to the decline of religion. This theory has in recent years been challenged by the desecularisation theories of various sociologists and ...

Christology and Christianity: the theological power of the threefold office in Lord's Day 12

De Boer, Erik A. (OASIS, 2013)

The concept of the threefold office of Jesus was developed in the explanation of the name Christ. The three distinct offices of king, priest and prophet in Israel are thought to be united in the one Messiah. Since the ...

Christusprediking uit die Ou Testament. ’n nuwe benadering tot ’n ou probleem?

Van Rooy, H.F. (AOSIS, 2001)

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament. A new approach to an old problem? This review article deals with Sidney Greidanus’ book on the problem of preaching Christ from the Old Testament (cf. footnote 1). It discusses his ...

Chronic depression symptoms and salivary NOx are associated with retinal vascular dysregulation: the SABPA study

Malan, Leoné; Hamer, Mark; Von Känel, Roland; Harvey, Brian H.; Steyn, Faans; Malan, Nico T. (Elsevier, 2016)

Background Depression has been associated with impaired nitric oxide (NO)-mediated vasodilation and vascular dysregulation (VD). Whether depression and NO levels will disturb retinal haemodynamics is not clear. Objectives ...

Chronic distress and acute vascular stress responses associated with ambulatory blood pressure in low-testosterone African men: the SABPA Study

Malan, N.T.; Hamer, M.; Schutte, A.E.; Huisman, H.W.; Schutte, R.; Smith, W.; Mels, C.M.C.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Malan, L. (Nature Publishing Group, 2014)

It is known that low testosterone (T) and high cortisol levels are associated with hypertension as well as with chronic stress, linking stress with elevated blood pressure (BP). However, the association between acute ...

Chronic restraint stress increases the protein expression of VEGF and its receptor VEGFR-2 in the prefrontal cortex

Elfving, Betina; Wegener, Gregers; Jakobsen, Jakob Lerche; Madsen, Jens Christian Bredahl; Müller, Heidi Kaastrup (Wiley, 2015)

In the present study the central and peripheral regulation of VEGF, its cognate receptors, and regulators were examined after acute and chronic restraint stress in rats. After chronic restraint stress (6 h per day for 21 ...

Chronic treatment with the phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors sildenafil and tadalafil display anxiolytic effects in Flinders Sensitive Line rats

Liebenberg, Nico; Harvey, Brian H.; Brand, Linda; Wegener, Gregers; Brink, Christiaan B. (Springer, 2012)

There are conflicting results from behavioural studies regarding whether the activation or inhibition of the cGMP-nitric oxide (NO) pathway induces anxiolytic-like behaviour. Sildenafil, an inhibitor of cGMP-selective ...

The church as the body of Christ: the significance of the metaphor in 1 Cor 12:27 for the assessment of the New Testament teaching on the unity of the church

J. van Rensburg, J.J. (AOSIS, 2015-02-24)

Different metaphors depicting one or more facets of the church are used in the New Testament. An interpretation of the different metaphors will contribute to the assessment o f the New Testament teaching on the unity of ...