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TOWARDS A CONTEXTUALISED CONCEPTUALISATION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR POST-APARTHEID NAMIBIA WITH REFERENCE TO ALLAN BOESAK’S FRAMING OF JUSTICE Kasera, Basilius MNamibia, 2021-12 This dissertation explores the question of universalised justice conceptions, applied to address post-apartheid contexts without adequate contextual analysis. Its central argument is that without intentional contextualisation of social justice for the post-apartheid Namibian […]

CHURCH, STATE AND THE ETHICAL IMAGINATION : A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHRISTIAN, CULTURAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL VALUE CLASHES IN SOUTH SUDAN Manyok, ZechariahSouth Sudan, 2021-10-06 The implementation of Article 8 in South Sudan’s Constitution is inconsistent. It stipulates the separation of religion and state and the equal treatment of all religions. Yet, the state provides special

READING DEUTERONOMY 16-18 WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF NEPOTISM AND CORRUPTION IN ECWA, NIGERIA : A THEOLOGICAL-ETHICAL STUDY Amao, SolomonNigeria, 2021-08-25 Nepotism is described as an unjust, unethical, divisive and oppressive disparagement of the “other”, who is marginalized for kinship (family, tribal, ethnic, regional, or cultural), political (granting favours in a patron-client relationship to relatives, friends,

ABBOT ʿĔNBĀQOM AND ISLAM : THE HISTORICAL-THEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANQÄS’Ä AMIN’S CONTRIBUTION TO CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY ETHIOPIA Bekele, YohannesEthiopia/UK 2022-08 Abbot ʿĔnbāqom (1470-1565) was a Yemeni convert to Christianity. He witnessed Ethiopia’s Islamic conquest by Ahmad Ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi (Ahmad Grāñ) in the sixteenth century. Many churches and monasteries were destroyed during the

RESPONSES OF AFRICAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES TO AFRICAN REFUGEES IN DÜSSELDORF BETWEEN 2015 AND 2020 : A CASE STUDY OF MISSION AND MIGRATION Gyasi, CharlesGhana, 2022-12 The regularity and complexity of the contemporary refugee crisis makes religious response crucial. This dissertation investigated African Pentecostal Churches’ (APCs) response to the plight of African refugees in Düsseldorf between

COMMUNICATING THE GOSPEL IN A DIGITAL AGE : A CASE STUDY OF THE DIOCESES OF KAMPALA AND NAMIREMBE IN THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF UGANDA Kitayimbwa, Lydia Nabunya NsaaleUganda, 2022-12 In response to the increasing use of digital media in daily life and church work, this study examines how the Anglican Church of Uganda communicates the

REVISITING PENTECOSTAL SPIRITUALITIES WITH REFERENCE TO AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGIES OF PRAYER IN GHANA Buertey, Joseph Ignatius TeyeGhana, 2023 This study examines prayer as practiced by Pentecostal churches in Ghana and the fact that new Ghanaian prayer practices are developing as variations of Classical Pentecostal Spirituality.The study focuses on Pentecostal Spirituality and

AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF DISCIPLE-MAKING ON WORK ETHIC OF GHANAIAN CHRISTIANS: A CASE STUDY OF THE CHURCH OF PENTECOST GHANA Gakpetor, SamGhana, 2023 This study aimed to evaluate the extent disciplemaking processes of Ghanaian churches has led to the transformation of the lives of their church members, reflecting on their positive work ethic

TRANSFORMING MUTUALITY IN A THEOLOGY OF MISSION: A MISSIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF A COLOMBIAN CONGREGATION CASE STUDY Rheinbolt-Uribe, ReneeColombia, 2023 In this missiological, creative, and contextual case study, the use of the slogan or watchword, ‘the evangelization of the world in this generation’ is problematic and a new slogan is sought. The main concern is the

CHRISTIANITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE: AN INVESTIGATION OF THE PUBLIC WITNESS OF THE NEPALI CHURCH DURGA PRASAD KHANALSouth Africa, 2024 This research investigates the status of the public witness of the Nepali Church in relation to the work of the Western Christian Missions (WCMs) in social development. The Nepali Church is only 70 years old and