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Christian faith with a life of socio-political justice. His contribution in the Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, particularly to the issue of pastors' working conditions and salaries, is also described in ... political activist is of great symbolic importance for the historic liberation of South Africa. His theology of liberation contributes to South African education today. It is regrettable that even in
Christian faith with a life of socio-political justice. His contribution in the Lutheran Church in Southern Africa, particularly to the issue of pastors' working conditions and salaries, is also described in ... political activist is of great symbolic importance for the historic liberation of South Africa. His theology of liberation contributes to South African education today. It is regrettable that even in
be one of the reasons for prevailing poverty, beggary, and increased unemployment in Africa. Using the Maimonides highest principle of Tzedakah as the underlying philosophy, this article examines the ... of this article regarding the wise philosophy of Tzedakah, observed that the world has lulled itself into believing that there is only one kind of leadership-political leadership. While this article
backdrop of this crisis? The SDA's withdrawal stance as a Christian denomination has not had much influence on the development and political processes compared to other Christian institutions in Zimbabwe ... the apartheid regime. In addition, the SDA was not involved in the formulation of the Kairos Document (1985). This theological statement criticised the cruel political philosophy of apartheid. The SDA
cultures' (p.17). The author emphasises the compatibility of political cultural and biblical-theological perspectives or remembrance along with secular ideas of theories of memory. This is developing into a ... relation to these tragic national events which have had global repercussions and continue to have political implications. As the author points out the British concentration camps of the South African War
living according to what one espouses in his or her public utterances. This said, the book challenges everyone: reader, leader, Minister of the Word, political operatives and people of all walks of life to ... others unfairly and with prejudice. It builds the culture of "our time to eat philosophy" as we hold others under suspicion. Such mistrust that is engineered by ethnic stereotypes and prejudices graduates
sets out to retrace Kalume's pedigree, theology, and philosophy, as he navigated through troubled waters in the young republic of Kenya. What led to his early death on 15 March 1975 after having served ... later elective politics that drove him to Kenya's second parliament? How did he view the service to God and humanity? How did he juxtapose ecclesiastical and political leaderships without losing his
author, although requested to share ideas on Covid-19 and vaccines, felt that there was some political nexus between public violence, the feeling of being left out systematically, the unintended ... not vaccinated. Those who are not vaccinated or who are anti-vaccines have developed a political high-ground of being "people who do not succumb" to the system. It must be stated emphatically that the
South Africa's reluctance to deploy religion in the public sphere can be understood in terms of the country's political and socioeconomic trajectories from the apartheid era. Theology has always ... theology. The main aim of this article, therefore, is to elaborate on the significance of the theology of hope in the context of a democratic South Africa amid unprecedented political and socioeconomic
, "Theo-Political Dominance of Afro-Pentecostalism in the 21st Century" US-China Law Review, 11(11), 2014, pages 1499 - 1515; and "Afro-Pentecostalism and the Kenyan political landscape," Swedish ... Kenyan political landscape," Swedish Missiological Themes (SMT), 2(2013), pp. 203 - 230. Elle Hardy, an Australian-born journalist and writer based in New Orleans, USA, has echoed the same position. In her
-leadership formula; restoration theology; Victorian culture; contextualisation; Ubuntu/Unhu/Botho philosophy; autonomy. ... and development before political, financial, and economic factors (Ncube 2010, 81). African philosophy can be understood on the basis of Mbigi and Maree's (1995) "African Tree" concept, where
1910. Due to the political landscape of South Africa, theological education was adversely affected. The LCSA looked at ways to sustain theological education and as a result of the church's passion ... institution, had to partner with its theological institutions to provide relevant, meaningful, spiritual, political and socio-economic well-being programmes in Southern Africa and Africa. The theological
as a national house of worship, a heritage site and a political shrine. By this, it was a national worship space that played a role in hosting functions of varied nature, and a symbol of religious ... political shrine, the Cathedral was a space for guiding the nation and fostering reconciliation in the critical political moments of the country. These representations not only revealed the dynamics of the
hope and confidence within Christianity, and particularly an African Pentecostal state-like formation that makes its leadership a multinational and cross-regional political leadership of a sort. While ... . Rochester: Rochester University Press. [ Links ] Wariboko, N. 2018. "African Pentecostal Political Philosophy: New Directions in the Study of Pentecostalism and Politics." In Pentecostalism and
influence of the philosophy of Deism, its latitudinarianism, its fear of emotionalism, and its unwillingness to reach the unchurched masses. The problems of the Anglican Church of Whitefield's day dated to ... historical, political and economic landscapes in Southern Africa. These major strides were the Obedience 81 statement (MCSA 1981); the Journey to The New Land (MCSA 1995); and the two Mission Congresses
both in the party and the community. The study is a contribution to the struggle of maintaining peace in the political sphere in South Africa which is marked by inter and intra party violence. The aim is ... on a Homiletic Resource of Political Significance. Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 130, 76-89. [ Links ] De Gruchy, John & Villa-Vicencio, Charles (eds.) 1983. Apartheid is a heresy
the history of any form of broadcasting during the colonial era without referring to the roles of religion and politics. Religion was pivotal in supporting the political project and subsequent public ... intention of the colonial project and apartheid. Through radio, listeners accessed information about their faith and political surroundings and subsequently constructed their daily realities through listening
-political and economic development of Zimbabwe. It is a historical analysis illustrating how Reformed theological perspectives influenced the socio-political and economic development of Zimbabwe through the ... that Presbyterianism is linked to the socio-political and economic progress of Zimbabwe. It is an undertaking from a Reformed theological perspective with special emphasis on the PCSA in Zimbabwe's
African philosophy, namely community, Ubuntu, and Ujamaa as the lenses with which to read the URCSA Church Order. The utilisation of these concepts as lenses will enable us to understand and interpret the ... understanding of African philosophy on community, Ubuntu, and Ujamaa as the underpinning notions within African philosophy. The reflections focus on how to read the URCSA Church Order with African lenses. The
America's racism? How critical is it to grapple seriously with Liberation theology's insistence to read history, philosophy, theology, and see our present historical, political, socioeconomic situations "from ... realities of the United States of America, but also where these come from, and how they have been solidified by practical political engineering, intellectual, scientific and philosophical endeavour, and
