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“He asked me to pray afterward”: Exploring Cheryl Zondi’s mediated court testimony as a narrative of clergy sexual abuse
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa has one of the highest rape statistics in the world, and there are increasing reports of women who have been violated and abused in religious institutions, specifically by clergy. Research on clergy sexual ...
Divine intervention? Understanding the role of Christian religious belief systems in intervention programmes for men who abuse their intimate partners
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South Africans live in one of the most religious yet most violent societies the world over, with gender-based violence (GBV) against women in intimate relationships flagged as a national priority. Traditionally, and ...
The two natures of Christ: A critical analysis of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christology
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
This study will contribute to the substantial corpus of secondary scholarship on the life, ministry, and theology of the German theologian, church leader, and modern-day martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945). Bonhoeffer’s ...
The healing factor in religious tourism with regard to health and wellbeing in Africa: A case study of synagogue church of all nations in Lagos, Nigeria
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
The journey of self-discovery is unique to human beings, and quests to resolve any existing problem entails taking steps leading to solutions, even if one may not have a guarantee that the steps would automatically bring ...
Pastoral care responses to clergy sexual abuse: a case study of the Anglican church of Southern Africa
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
While media attention seems to suggest that clergy sexual abuse (CSA) occurs primarily in the Roman Catholic church, specifically with children, or in the so-called ‘unregulated’ charismatic churches between charismatic ...
A critical assessment of ubuntu as a source for moral formation in contemporary Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
This study presented a critical evaluation of Ubuntu as a source of moral formation in
contemporary Africa. In African society, Ubuntu as a notion of African humanism has been
and still is subject to much criticism. ...
Legacies of transformational leadership: A critical analysis of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s social agency role in a time of new Kairos challenges
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
In 1985/6, the Kairos Documents emerged from the anti-apartheid struggle as a devastating
critique of an evil political ideology called ‘apartheid’ and the serious challenges it presented to
the church and society. ...
The common link theory in hadith: A comparison between orientalists and Muslim scholars
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Joseph Schacht’s (d. 1969) Common-link Theory, together with its generalized
conclusions, is a key theoretical framework used by most Western and some modern
Muslim scholars of Islamic history. The theory proposes that ...
Critiquing white ecclesial leadership in multiracial South African neo-Pentecostalism
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)
After twenty seven years of democracy in South Africa, many strides have been made in
addressing equity, diversity and racial unity within the landscape of religious institutions.
However, a prevailing question that ...
Diversity and cultural pluralism with regard to globalization and the universality of the message of Islam: A study on the fundamentals of discourse in a diverse and multiplex world
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Globalization refers to the process of changing the world into a monolithic system for all who live in it and integrating peoples' economic, social, and intellectual activities regardless of religion, culture, nationality, ...