The contribution of the Church to the reconstruction of a nation is the primary reason for the present study. The paradox image that the Democratic Republic of Congo presents deserves particular attention. With more than ...
Since independence, Burundi has lost over a million of its inhabitants to ethnic conflict. Political collaboration is divided along ethnic lines and this has destroyed the ethnic solidarity and good social relationships ...
Cosmology and sociology show that animism is the predominant worldview of Japan.
Concepts of God, the issue of controlling mana-power, implications of the Japanese
soul-concept, the orientation of the conscience and ...
Estimates suggest that seventy percent of Muslims follow
folk Islam (popular Islam), rather than the orthodox Islamic
faith. Most methods for reaching Muslims with the
Gospel have concentrated on one of two broad ...
This thesis studies the relations between Christians and Muslim in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the light of the Sermon on the Mount. Both communities, each from its own side, claim to ...
This thesis is focused upon the political philosophy of Niccolò
Machiavelli. It is a study of both the philosophical presuppositions
of this philosophy and its practical implementation. The aim is to
determine and ...
This thesis is an endeavour to participate in the call for the African Renaissance from a missiological perspective. The study observes how the debate about this African ‗dream‘ persists in the domain of intellectuals and ...
One of the concerns of the modern Christian church and dissident groups is to
ensure that the Church's fundamental doctrines, leadership, women's ministries
and religious practices conform with the early apostolic church ...
When violence towards fellow humans deteriorates to the extent of setting fire on others, it becomes a matter of grievous concern and a subject of empirical research. This study therefore inquires into xenophobic violence ...
This study examines the eschatology of issues related to African folk religion. It argues about the eschatological understanding of time with regard to the afterlife, ancestors and the afterlife, Christ the eschaton and ...
This dissertation explores the relationship between Christian spirituality and the
general wellbeing of the individual. To this end a literature review is conducted, as
well as qualitative interviews with eleven individuals ...
The subject of “unreached people” is still debated in Christian circles. Given the vast resources of the Church, it is difficult to understand that there are still people unreached by the gospel. This study views that part ...
The Brazilian Neo-Pentecostal Movement has impressively spread throughout the country in the past two decades and significantly diversified the evangelical landscape in the nation. Churches affiliated with the movement ...
Introduction: Rustenburg is a fast growing city in the world. This growth influences establishment of new faith based churches which is, in many respects at the expense of mission churches. The HIV/AIDS pandemic and diseases ...
This thesis analyses the conversion processes of 17 urban Muslims in Kenya who decided to
follow Jesus Christ. It first describes conversion from a multidisciplinary perspective by
introducing sociological, psychological, ...
This study presents an insider’s view concerning the significant influence of American fundamentalism at Prairie Bible Institute (Three Hills, Alberta, Canada) during the tenure of the school’s co-founder and primary leader, ...
Part 2 of the present paper delineates the position of the Holy Spirit (respectively of
pneumatology) in the history of the church! of theology in general as well as in the present
missiology in particular.
Some aspects ...
Similar to other countries in southern Africa, the relationship between African Spiritual Churches and New Pentecostal Churches in Botswana has been characterized by considerable tension and mutual distrust. Although both ...
Using the “four-selves” Mission Strategy of self-governance, self-support, self-propagation and self-theologizing as an analytical tool, this study assesses the theological training of church leaders (clergy and laity) in ...