Browsing by Subject "Identity"
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African traditional religion: a new struggle for African identity
(Association For Theological Education In South East Asia, 2015)This article investigates the social status attributed to African Traditional Religion (ATR) in determining culture and identity. Since ATR is seen to be the sum total of the peculiarities shared by African people, African ... -
Against all odds : the status of Fanagalo in South Africa today
(North-West University, 2013)Sub-cultural languages in South Africa – languages which do not enjoy official status amongst other qualities – have not received much attention academically. Existing theories of maintenance and shift accommodate mainstream ... -
Ancestor christology and Jesus' identity : a study based on the Epistle to the Hebrews
(2013)The aim in this thesis is to determine whether African ancestor Christology, a contextual attempt to explicate the identity of Jesus within African theology, adequately correlates with and captures the identity of Jesus ... -
An appreciative inquiry to strengthen intellectually challenged adolescents' sense of self within familial relationships : a mixed methods study
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)The self can be regarded as a complex psychological structure that is constantly evolving and becoming; it is constructed and re-constructed in family relations and through shared social experience. Within a family, people ... -
The articulation of context and identity in U–Carmen eKhayelitsha
(North-West University, 2012)The primary focus of this qualitative research project is on the articulation of contexts and identity in operatic texts. In literature, postmodern appropriations and re-writings of classic nineteenth-century texts have ... -
Aspects of moral education in Bhaca mamtiseni and nkciyo initiation rituals
(North-West University, 2010)The main objective of this mini–dissertation is to investigate the basic form and content of moral education as it manifests itself in the mamtiseni and nkciyo female initiation rituals of the Mount Frere region of the ... -
Attachment and psychological well-being among adolescents with and without disabilities in Kenya: the mediating role of identity formation
(Elsevier, 2013)The current study is aimed at evaluating the relationship between attachment and identity development, and their influence on psychological well-being in adolescents with and without disabilities in Kenya. The sample was ... -
Bakgomong: The Babirwa’s transboundary pastoralist identity and social change in late 19th century Botswana
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)To follow is a critical narrative on the intersection between identity production and transformations in the indigenous herding systems of the Babirwa of pre-colonial Botswana. The production of the Babirwa’s ... -
Die betekenis van die Vaderskap van God in die pastorale begeleiding van aangenome kinders
(North-West University, 2009)This study focuses on the meaning of the Fatherhood of God in the counselling of the adoptee. A study of relevant literature has shown that the metaphor "God the Father" is seldom incorporated in pastoral counselling. This ... -
Black identity and experience in black theology : a critical assessment
(North-West University (South Africa), Vaal Triangle Campus, 2016)This study attempts to be a socio-citical analysis of black identity and experience as advanced in Black Theology. It assesses the influential role of ideology inadvertently exerted on the theology in leading perhaps to ...