https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/2953 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:26:20 GMT 2026-06-19T18:26:20Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32571 Entering the silence : meditation and the hidden path of Theo Sophia, a treatise on the soundless sound extracted from the teachings of the Order of Christian Mystics and the Voice of the silence Schreuder, Dirk Jan This dissertation aims to show that the eternal spiritual verities to be found within Asian philosophy such as karma, reincarnation and engaging an inner path of meditation to attain Unity with ‘God’ – freedom from repeated reincarnation – is comparable with, and to be found within broad-based Judeo-Christian1 mystical tradition as espoused by The Order of Christian Mystics (1908 - 1949). Its spiritual teachings aimed to show its pupils and disciples how to come into touch with an Inner Divine Power – the Mystic Christ or the Soundless Sound2 – and how this ‘Sound Current’ redeems and transforms the aspirant, leading to God-realisation. It draws on Theosophical teachings to show the universality with Asian philosophy, revealing a system of personal regeneration or spiritual alchemy, by transmuting the base creative energy – understood as kundalini shakti in Asian philosophy – through Divine aspiration and inner contemplative and meditative practices. Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32571 2025-09-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32124 The sources of IBN ʿAbidin’s Radd al-Muhtar: a descriptive and numerical study Haspatel, Zaid Text in English with summaries in Arabic Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32124 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31734 Safeguarding human rights against discriminatory religious profiling with the context of religious terrorism Serb, Dan-Gheorghe The main question of this theoretical and phenomenological qualitative research study conducted in Ireland was: What can be done to strengthen the safeguarding of religious liberties while still allowing effective measures against terrorism? The line of reasoning employed in answering this question began with the assertion that religious terrorism has raised major concerns regarding the role of religion in today’s society and therefore reinforced the idea that violence is innate to religion. It was shown, however, that the premise that violence is inherent to religion has been scholastically challenged and a new alternative has been developed, namely, that religion is often used as a front for political, economic and territorial disputes. It was further revealed that ideological religious fundamentalism (or religionism), whereby ‘truth’ is conceptualised in absolutist ways, often leads to extremism and radicalism, which can manifest through violent acts (often referred to as religious terrorism). Consequently, national and international security are high on the political agendas of most world nations and, as a response to the threat terrorism poses, counterterrorism measures have been developed and implemented. Many of these measures make use of profiling practices in order to identify and monitor prospective perpetrators. There are various forms of profiling with racial and ethnic profiling being best known; religious profiling is also prevalent, especially in regard to people from Muslim backgrounds, and it is often practiced under the guise of ethnic and/or racial profiling. The study has further shown that profiling, including religious profiling, is a practice which often infringes on the human rights of individuals and groups of individuals. A strategy therefore needs to be implemented to safeguard the protection of human rights and liberties (including religious liberty). This is even more imperative as the danger exists for religious discrimination to become covertly systemic. The strategy developed for the safeguarding of religious liberties rests on three pillars: (1) awareness and advocacy, (2) lobbying, and (3) networking, and its foundational premise is that there is an imperative need to create space for religious profiling awareness and to promote the inclusion of the term and concept ‘religious profiling’ in legal documentation and treaties. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31734 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31693 The book of Micah and the land question: an application of Delbert R. Hillers’ relative deprivation theory to the land question in Zimbabwe Jeje, Sydney The project focused on appraising the centrality of the land issue in both the first and Second Chimurenga liberation wars in Zimbabwe. A general ideological claim associates land with both the first and Second Chimurenga liberation narratives. This study employed the use of Delbert R. Hillers’ social scientific model of relative deprivation as a theoretical framework and two concepts, namely, relative deprivation and Latifundialization to find meaning to the social political and-economic phenomena of land in the Book of Micah and the Zimbabwean context. Hillers is of the conviction that the peasants in eighth-century Judah lost land to the rich people, most likely the merchants of the time. This study hypothesised that the poor peasants must have lost their land to the ruling class and the military that supported the rulers, which must have been a major cause of deprivation and discontent. A similar situation occurred in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia), when the white ruling minority used military forces to evict t Text in English Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/31693 2024-08-01T00:00:00Z