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Liberation or Reconstruction: a critical survey on the relevance of Black theology in light of the emergence of Reconstruction theology
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The purpose of this investigation is to discuss the relevance of Black theology in light of the emergence of reconstruction theology. It offers a critical survey of a range of contributions on this issue, questioning whether ...
Capitalism in moral perspective - an Islamic alternative
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Our time has been called the age of economics; the social philosopher Edmund Burke first used this term to characterize the eighteenth century, which was his own century and also the century of Adam Smith, but this expression ...
In search of an appropriate leadership ethos: a survey of selected publications that shaped the Black Theology movement
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The understanding and practice of leadership in Sub-Saharan Africa, in all spheres, is at the heart beat of this work. Questions and concerns over the quality of leadership in most countries in this particular region are ...
The material dimension of religion: a case study of selected Neo-Pentecostal churches in Woodstock, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
The aim of the study was to establish why the sudden emergence of numerous storefront Neo-Pentecostal churches, in the suburb of Woodstock, Cape Town, were found to be attracting large numbers of members while mainstream ...
Missionary tendencies in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, 1980 to 2000: a critical history
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The problem that will be investigated in this research project may be formulated in the following way: Which tendencies may be identified in the mission programmes of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa during the ...
The reign of King Manasseh in the Deuteronomist history and the Chronicler’s history: A study in reception
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
One of the most marked differences between the Deuteronomic History and that of the
Chronicler concerns the assessment of King Manasseh’s reign. The Deuteronomist portrays
Manasseh as the most evil of all Judah’s kings ...
Die "kritiese stem" teen apartheidsteologie in die Ned Geref Kerk (1905-1974): 'n Analise van die bydraes van Ben Marais en Beyers Naudé
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
The problem investigated in this study centres around two theological trends in the Dutch Reformed
Church (henceforth DRC) during the period 1905-1974, namely, on the one hand, the theology of
apartheid (resulting in ...
Family Planning and Progeny as a means of enacting the Maqāsid al- Sharī’ah: A Critical analysis of the positions of Gamal Eldin Attia, Abul Faḍl Moḥsin Ebrāḥīm and ‘Abdel Raḥīm Omrān
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This study will research one of the objectives of Maqāsid al-
Sharī’ah (Objectives of the Islamic Law) namely Ḥifẓ al-Nasl better
known as the protection of progeny as well as family planning.
1. Sharī’ah (Islamic Law) ...
Ecclesiology and ethics: An analysis of the history of the All Africa Conference of Churches (1963 - 2013)
(The University of the Western Cape, 2017)
This study entails an historical investigation of how the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) has addressed the ecumenical tension between ecclesiology and ethics in its history between 1963 and 2013. The study is ...
The relationship between ideology, food (In) security and socio-religious cohesion in the Old Testament with specific reference to Deuteronomy and eighth century prophets
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
In this thesis I show the relationship and interplay between Deuteronomistic ideology, land
(which sometimes leads to food security) and cohesion with God and with ‘brothers’ socioreligious
cohesion) in Deuteronomy and ...