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Facebook en die bediening van die kerkjeug in die Apostoliese Geloof Sending van Suid-Afrika: ʼn Pastorale studie
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)The internet and social media have in all likelihood changed the way people communicate around the world. One of the many social media platforms that has appeared on the social media landscape is Facebook. Facebook is ... -
Failure : a pastoral study
(North-West University, 2005)This study deals with the role that 'failure' plays in the lives of people, as seen from a pastoral-theological perspective. In this respect, a number of questions presented themselves, including; How the phenomenon ... -
Faith and phronesis in the healing process of persons who self-injure - a pastoral study
(North-West University, 2018)This study focussed on exploring how faith and phronesis (practical wisdom) influenced persons who self-injure in their process of healing. Richard Osmer’s (2008) model was utilised together with a qualitative research ... -
Faith and the sacramental dignity of marriage: Canonical considerations of the effects of radical error and simulation
(North-West University, 2019)The CIC/83 contains 110 canons on marriage in cc. 1055 – 1165. The canons are a compilation of theological statements that are presented in juridical terms. The first canon, c. 1055, states that (§1) the marriage covenant, ... -
The faith dynamic in creationism and evolutionary theory
(North-West University, 2012)This study attempts to examine evolutionary theory and creationism objectively without engaging in an apology for or a criticism of either. It compares the presuppositions and assumptions of both systems, and examines the ... -
The fear of the Lord as key pastoral guidance, for a healing ministry to survivors of generational ritual abuse
(North-West University, 2010)Generational ritual abuse within satanic or fertility (abusive witchcraft) cults is a controversial subject. This study shows that, while not all reported memories may be true, False Memory Syndrome is not an intrinsic ... -
Female leadership in the New Testament : a socio-historical study
(North-West University, 2007)This study explores the meaning of female leadership in the New Testament by examining a random selection of women in the New Testament. In Chapter 2 a sociohistorical approach is utilised to examine women leaders in the ... -
The fifth commandment : a biblical and philosophical interpretation and its application in the USA
(North-West University, 2009)The Fifth Commandment: A Biblical and Philosophical Interpretation and Its Application in the USA addresses today's controversial moral issues relating to life and death, viewing them from a Christian worldview. The thesis ... -
Financial stewardship and accountability within the African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Africa : a missiological perspective
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)The African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Africa (AMEC) is selected as a model to study and analyse financial stewardship and accountability in the missio Oei. The study focuses on the AMEC and its use of financial ... -
Financing, credit, moneylending and charging of interest. a Christian-ethical and pastoral perspective
(North-West University, 2018)Financing of human activity through borrowing from third parties is widespread in the Western world, and such financing may give rise to several questions of moral and ethical character. The type of financing activity, or ... -
The form of the sermon and effective communication : a homiletical study
(North-West University, 2004)The aims underlying- this study are basically an attempt to provide possible answers to the following two questions: *Why should the form of sermons contribute to communicate the embedded message effectively? * In which ... -
Formation activities and Catholic seminarians: A practical theological study of their impact on subsequent perseverance in ministry
(North-West University, 2019)This thesis looks for evidence of a relationship between participation in several formation activities by Catholic diocesan seminarians in the United States and their perseverance in ministry after ordination. A review of ... -
Formation within the Franciscan tradition : its concepts and consequences
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2022)Today formation is a much-debated subject in Religious circles. Its defining principles vary within different Religious Orders, though the general meaning is similar. Formation is usually thought of from the perspective ... -
Fostering koinonia : a critical evaluation of the value of digital social networks in urban congregations
(2015)The opening decade of the 21st century has seen a marked expansion in the influence of digital technology on virtually all fields of human endeavour. Nowhere else is the vitality of this new digital world more apparent ... -
Francois Bloemhof se Slinger-slinger : 'n leserkundige evaluering met verwysing na Afrikaanslesende tieners
(Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2001)In 1996 Francois Bloemhof's teenage fiction, Slinger-slinger, was a prize-winner in the beginners' category of the Sanlam competition for fiction for youth. The book was acclaimed because of the open manner in which the ... -
Frazer se teorie oor magie en religie : 'n kritiese ontleding, met besondere aandag aan die inhoud van die begrippe, die verhouding tussen magie en religie en die toepassing daarvan in die volkekunde
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Freedom in Galatians: A socio-historical study of the adoption and slavery imagery
(North-West University, 2019)This study aims to interpret freedom in Galatians by constructing the socio-historical context of slavery and adoption imagery in the first century AD. The central theoretical argument is that a valid understanding of the ... -
From Judgment to Jubilee : a redemptive–historical approach to Daniel's seventy sevens
(North-West University, 2014)The infamous prophecy of the seventy sevens in Daniel 9:24-27 has attracted an impressive amount of scholarly and popular attention over the last two thousand years. The volume of secondary literature is massive, and the ... -
From paternalism and dependency to partnership and interdependency : transformation of mission within the Reformed Churches in South Africa in the KOSH Region in post-apartheid South Africa
(2015)This study investigates the underlying factors of paternalism and dependency in the mission work of the Reformed Churches in South Africa by focusing on the KOSH region. The study will examine, as a case study, the missionary ... -
From stagnation to revitalization : A study of select turnaround churches in the urban context of Nairobi, Kenya
(North-West University, 2010)The city of Nairobi, Kenya, is plagued by the aching problem of multitudes of stagnant churches cramping the metropolis amidst a few mega churches. This research aims to identify the factors of revitalization in selected ...