• Women, biblical texts and COVID-19 in Zimbabwe : navigating the mental health terrain 

  Manyonganise, Molly (Africa Journals, 2024-03)

  From its onset in Zimbabwe, COVID-19 disrupted the mental health of many Zimbabweans. Its quick transmission and viciousness caused fear and panic as people tried to ensure their safety from infection. When lockdown was ...
• Unveiling the depths of trauma and the profound impact of rape and shaming on the Babylonian women in Isaiah 13:16 - a trauma and resilience reading of the violent narrative in Isaiah 13:16 

  Esterhuizen, Elizabeth; Groenewald, Alphonso, 1969- (Africa Journals, 2024-05)

  The book of Isaiah is one of the world’s oldest surviving resistance literature. Isaiah 13 describes God who collects an army for the battle against Babylon which will lead to Babylon’s utter desolation and destruction. ...
• Theological progression in Muhammad’s preachings in Mecca and Medina 

  Adeboye, Godwin Oriyomi; Sukdaven, Maniraj (Africa Journals, 2024-10)

  Using Haleem’s hypothesis on the context of revelation and Wright’s progressive revelation theory as theoretical frameworks, this paper examines the theological differences in Muhammad’s messages in Mecca and Medina and ...
• ProPent and its implied conversation partners' 

  Lombaard, Christoffel Johannes Stephanus (Africa Journals, 2024-01)

  This contribution is a slightly edited invited presentation at the Society for Biblical Literature annual international conference at the University of Pretoria, 3-7 July 2023, at a panel discussion titled “The role of ...
• Paul’s guidelines for church leadership in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 as a template for churches in Nigeria 

  Olajide, Michael D. (Africa Journals, 2024-10)

  The Apostle Paul has been an iconic theologian of the church. As a diverse society and a platform where there is expectation for excellence and orderliness, it is imperative for the church to be led by Christ-like, morally ...
• New wine into old wineskins : a theological reflection on police brutality in South Africa 

  Mokoena, Katleho Karabo (Africa Journals, 2024-01)

  South Africa is one of the most violent countries in the world with different types of violence associated with crime, gender-based violence, and sexual violence amongst others. While the South African Police Service ...
• Ecstatic prophets in Israel and its relevance to the African indigenous churches in Nigeria 

  Olajide, Grace O. (Africa Journals, 2024-10)

  Prophecy, prophet(s) and prophesying were usual religious and spiritual phenomena in ancient Israel which do pose challenges for the contemporary church. Sending of divine messages or revelation to the covenant people ...
• 'When faith is not enough' : encounters between African indigenous religious practices and prophetic Pentecostal movements in Zimbabwe 

  Manyonganise, Molly (MDPI, 2024-01-16)

  African Pentecostalism remains the fastest growing form of Christianity on the African continent. Scholarship on Zimbabwean Pentecostalism has noted how the emergence of New Pentecostal Movements (NPMs), specifically ...
• The religious leaders’ perspectives on Corona survey : methods and key results 

  Öhlmann, Philipp; Sonntag, Ekkardt A. (MDPI, 2024-12-04)

  Religious leaders are highly influential actors in many societies across the globe. In the singular global crisis brought upon by the COVID-19 pandemic, their perspective on the pandemic itself but also the post-pandemic ...
• Space and sonship : Paul’s familial metaphors in Rom 8 

  Potgieter, Annette (MDPI, 2024-03-21)

  Paul often uses metaphors as a method of persuasion. In Rom 8, Paul’s use of kinship metaphors such as “sonship” and being “heirs” is particularly ubiquitous. Paul writes to an audience situated in Rome where they would ...
• Prefigurative peace in Philippians 

  Smit, Peter-Ben A. (MDPI, 2024-08-05)

  Paul refers to peace twice in Phil. 4:7 and 4:9. This paper argues that the peace of God is a prefiguration of the eschatological peace to come in God’s world. It is be proposed that as Philippians is dealing with a social ...
• Many tongues, many economic practices : socio-economic opportunities and challenges for African Pentecostal Christianity 

  Yong, Amos; Knoetze, Johannes Jacobus (MDPI, 2024-07-10)

  This article focuses on Pentecostalism and its real and possible contributions to socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. First, we provide an overall historical and theological introduction to Pentecostalism in ...
• Influence of spirituality on bitter kola consumption among Pretoria residents in response to COVID-19 and related Illnesses 

  Orogun, Daniel; Koenig, Harold G. (MDPI, 2024-12-11)

  The agrarian continent of Africa has many fruits with nutritional, medicinal and spiritual values. Regardless, Africa leads the statistics of poor healthcare globally. Two major challenges in Africa’s healthcare system ...
• Introduction to the special issue : exploring the complexity of identities and boundaries in the New Testament and related literature 

  Williams, H. H. Drake; Kok, Jacobus (Kobus) (MDPI, 2024-07-22)

  No abstract available
• A duplication of marriages? An ethnographic account and assessment of the necessity for both traditional and Christian marriages for African Christians 

  Dube, Elijah Elijah Ngoweni (Africa Journals, 2024-03)

  This article is based on ethnographic research for a doctoral study that was conducted in 2016 among the Ndau people of Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. The article described and assessed the practice of some African Christian ...
• Miroslav Volf's theology of memory in relation to Zimbabwean social narratives 

  Useni, Joseph Chifuniro (MDPI, 2025-02)

  The issue of the theology of memory has been acknowledged in a number of Miroslav Volf’s publications, including “The End of Memory”. In light of Volf’s public theology of memory, this article addressed the issue of what ...
• An eschatological framework and social identity in 1QM 1:1-15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 

  Van Appeldoorn, Gijsbert (MDPI, 2025-02)

  In the Qumran War Scroll (1QM) 1:1–15 and 1 Thessalonians 5:1–11, almost the same eschatological interpretative framework is created with words from the semantic domains of light and darkness, kinship, war, ethics, divinity ...
• Ouers se primêre rol in geloofsvorming 

  Yates, Hannelie; Avenant, Johannes C. (AOSIS, 2025-02)

  This article, firstly seeks to explore the role parents play in shaping their children’s faith, and secondly, to examine how it influences congregations’ role. The article begins by providing a concise overview of faith ...
• Geloofsreis – nuut ontdek 

  Nel, Malan (AOSIS, 2025-02)

  No abstract available.
• Imago dei and soul : how to justify a special position of humans? 

  May, Andreas (Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Toraja, 2024-06)

  Today, it is highly controversial in Western societies, that humans are made in the image of God (“imago Dei”). This article is looking for a unique feature of man that can justify his special position. The methodological ...

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