Browsing Theology by Subject "Metaphor"
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Conceptual metaphor as exegetical tool in the Psalter: a case study of Psalm 74
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)In their seminal work, Metaphors We Live By (1980), Lakoff and Johnson make a strong case that metaphors are much more than poetic embellishment. Human beings’ very cognition and conceptualisation depend on the metaphor ... -
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 ... -
Irreducible complexity as a nexus for an interdisciplinary dialogue between machine logic, molecular biology and theology
(North-West University, 2007)The claim that a principle known as Irreducible Complexity (IC) is empirically discoverable is investigated successively from the perspective of engineering, then molecular biology and finally theology, with the aim of ... -
Jeremiah 31:33 and the New Covenant Law
(North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom, 2019)The theological debate surrounding the identity of the New Covenant law in Jeremiah 31:33 is persistent and without resolution. Among others, two main views identify Jeremiah’s supposed law as either the Old Testament ... -
Metaforiese funksies in die rolmodelskap van die Christenonderwyser: 'n pastorale studie
(North-West University, 2010)The objective of this practical theological study was to explore to what extent a pastoral accentuation of Christian teachers as role models can result in a new perspective on the teacher-learner relationship in the South ... -
The Triune God as similarity in difference: an engagement with Paul Ricoeur’s hermeneutical detour
(North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)The aim of this study is to apply Ricoeur’s (1913-2005) philosophical hermeneutics to the doctrine of the Trinity and to move and expand the doctrine from the notional sphere to the pragmatic field through trinitarian ...