HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
Journal / HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies / Vol. 80 No. 1 (2024) / Articles

Published: 2025-01-30

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies is turning over a new page

Eugene Baron

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Orthodox justification of collective violence: An epistemological and systematic framework

Marian G. Simion

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Understanding challenges and prospects of partnership in Christian missions in Nigerian Baptist convention

Akinyemi O. Alawode

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General studies, information and communication technology and contemporary mission in Africa

Christopher N. Ibenwa, Ihenacho Ambrose, Favour C. Uroko

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Spreading the value of inter-faith dialogue through Gus Dur’s Haul video

Muhammad Sulthon, Osman Koroglu, Adeni Adeni3

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A critical analysis of ubuntu as the nexus of identity development in present-day Africa

Benson O. Anofuechi, John S. Klaasen

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Divine play: Religious interpretation of play philosophy

Yingyi Han

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COVID-19 and Sunday worship in the wake of the pandemic at Our Lady of Loreto, South Africa

Mathias F. Alubafi

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Meaning of life and death during COVID-19 pandemic: A cultural and religious narratives

Wonke Buqa

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Religious moderation of Islamic university students in Indonesia: Reception of religious texts

Benny Afwadzi, Umi Sumbulah, Nur Ali, Saifuddin Z. Qudsy

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Exploring the evolution of religious moderation leadership from the local to national level

Akdel Parhusip

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Maqashid Quran’s critical view on Indonesian Ulema Council’s fatwa on Halal certification of COVID-19 vaccine

Ahmad Atabik, Muhammad R. Muqtada

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Disability and digital ecclesiology: Towards an accessible online church

Seyram B. Amenyedzi

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Die bedieningbehoeftes van Afrikaanssprekende universiteitstudente in Suid-Afrika

Nienke Kemm, Malan Nel

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The scale of religious conservatism among Muslim students in Indonesia: A Rasch Analysis

Ahmad Jamin, Albertos Damni

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Modernising tradition: Reinforcing ASWAJA al-Nahdhiyah authority among millennials in Indonesia

Umdatul Hasanah, Khairil Anam, Muassomah Muassomah

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Model of a pastoral sermon for handling the problem of sexual violence against women in Maluku

Juliana A. Tuasela, Defi S. Nenkeula, Jenne J.R. Pieter

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Hearing God’s call one more time: Retrieving calling in theology of work

David Kristanto, Hengki B. Tompo, Frans H.M. Silalahi, Linda A. Ersada, Tony Salurante, Moses Wibowo, Dyulius T. Bilo

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Stories of pastoral engagement with women’s vulnerable sexuality during COVID-19

Christina Landman, Christina Landman

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The church as a trinitarian hermeneutical community

Anna Cho

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Youth key persons’ digital discipleship process during the pandemic and post-pandemic era

I Putu A. Darmawan, Jamin Tanhidy, Yabes Doma

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A decolonial analysis of religious medicalisation of same-sex practices in South African Pentecostalism

Themba Shingange, Azwihangwisi H. Mavhandu-Mudzusi

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The struggle for the construction of places of worship of minority religions in Indonesia

Warnis Warnis, Kustini Kustini, Fatimah Zuhrah, Anik Farida, Siti Atieqoh

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Embracing the Emic of Minahasa celebration culture and Christian Religious Education

Demsy Jura, Pantjar Simatupang, Christar A. Rumbay

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Inclusivism and exclusivism: Responses of prospective Islamic religious teachers towards Islamic sects

Husni Husni, Hasan Bisri

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Embodied grace: The implications of the incarnation to public practical theology in Sub-Saharan Africa

Patrick Nanthambwe

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Understanding the role of a ‘large’ family in the teaching of Pope Francis

Grzegorz J. Pyźlak

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Hagar’s spirituality prior to and after captivity: An African and gendered perspective

Xolani Maseko, Thandi Soko-de-Jong

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God of iron and iron working in parts of Ǹsúkkā cultural area in Southeast Nigeria

Joshua O. Uzuegbu, Christian O. Agbo

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Religious confusion and emptiness: Evaluating the impact of online Islamic learning among Indonesian Muslim adolescents

Shodiq Abdullah, Mufid Mufid, Ju’subaidi Ju’subaidi, Purwanto Purwanto

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The role of storytelling as a possible trauma release for war veterans: A narrative approach

Nicole Dickson, Johann A. Meylahn

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The process of spiritual transformation to attain Nafs al-muṭmaʾinnah in Islamic psychology

Nita Trimulyaningsih, M.A. Subandi, Kwartarini W. Yuniarti

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Spirituality in Pentecostalism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A missiological reflection on constitutive elements

Mayuka G. Bondo

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Saemaul Undong: Responsible leadership for just development in South Korea

I Sil Yoon, Yoh-Chang Yoon, Yoh-Chang Yoon

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The influence of Islam on Zulu Muslims in KwaZulu-Natal

Simesihle E. Ngubane, Maniraj Sukdaven

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Political theology, radical democracy, and explorations of liberation

George J. van Wyngaard

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Jesus’ identity in Matthew 16:13–20 and identity crisis among gospel preachers in Nigeria

Prince E. Peters, Kalu O. Ogbu, Nnamdi U. Ijeudo

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Interracial conflict and cultural division in Moreleta circuit: A quest for developing an inclusive missional church

Thozamile A. Fuku, Malan Nel, Stephan de Beer

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Building a community of the sighted people with the blind on the example of Dom Bożego Narodzenia in Niepołomice

Dariusz Lipiec

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Violent protests as language of agency in a post-apartheid South Africa – A theological pastoral study

Magezi E. Baloyi

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A proposal of multicultural relation: Christian religious education and religious moderation

Djoys A. Rantung

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Towards an eco-practical theology: An eschatological horizon of true hope

Gordon E. Dames

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Old Testament hospitality as reciprocity, Adam Smith and business ethics

Mark Rathbone

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Values of local wisdom in Rambu Solo’ from the perspective of Pentecostal spirituality and character education

Frans Pantan, Gernaida K.R. Pakpahan, Wiryohadi Wiryohadi

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Strategy for improving the spirituality of the GBI Church in Bandung based on 2 Timothy 2:1–13

Yanto P. Hermanto, Rivosa Santosa

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Multicultural relation between religious communities in Indonesia

Theodorus Pangalila, Christar A. Rumbay

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Socio-rhetorical re-examination of Luke 9:51–56: Mission, migration, and nationalism

Daniel N.A. Aryeh

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A dialogue of the usage of tapak dara to explain the cross in Christianity

Philip S. Chia

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Unmasking Nigeria’s leadership conundrum: The role of the church

Chioma P. Onuorah

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The performativity of ‘defining’ asides in the Fourth Gospel: A speech act perspective

Risimati S. Hobyane

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Congregation members’ response to worship and fellowship in the digital space during the COVID-19 pandemic

Binsar J. Pakpahan, Puji H. Aritonang, Agus Hendratmo

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Selective reading of 1 Corinthians 14:26–40 resulting in the marginalisation of women

Kelebogile T. Resane

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Pentecostal leadership disputes in Zimbabwe: A pastoral challenge

Zephania Mundhluri, Maake J. Masango

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Integrating pastoral care and appreciative inquiry for sex trafficking survivors: A framework for healing

Brent V. Frieslaar, Maake J. Masango

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Artificial intelligence’s challenges to the essence of humanity from the perspective of Martin Luther’s anthropology in Chinese context

Paulos Z.Z. Huang

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Kierkegaard’s reconceptualisation of divine immutability

Peiyi Yang

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The ordinary and the mystical? Exploring the intersections of Spirituality and Public Theology

Dion A. Forster, George W. Marchinkowski

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Theological examination of the name of Jesus from a hermeneutical approach

Anna Cho

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The Confession of Belhar in pastoral care and counselling

Christina Landman

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Hannah’s stigmatisation in 1 Samuel 1:6-8 in the modern Nigerian (Yoruba) context

Solomon O. Ademiluka

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Gender equality from the perspective of Minahasa ethnicity and Christian religious education

Djoys A. Rantung

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Interrogating Christian and Muslim responses to COVID-19 in Nigeria

Emmanuel J. Ibuot, Chisom Uchendu, Peter M. Kertyo

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Post-conservative: A proposal for theological polarisation in Indonesia

Jannes E. Sirait

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Analytic philosophy and scriptural interpretations

Aku S. Antombikums

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Artificial intelligence and Afrocentric Biblical Hermeneutics crossroads in Zimbabwe (Col 2:8)

Lovejoy Chabata

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Understanding Christian translation and its missiological relevance

Akinyemi O. Alawode

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Violence and apocalyptic notions in Mark 13

Mphumezi Hombana

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Ulwaluko: A critical site for black theological reflection

Ayanda Mdokwana

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Plural Elohim as anyame in Psalm 82 of The Asante Twi Bible: A colonial imposition

Roland Owusu-Ansah, Kojo Okyere, Alice M. Nsiah

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Negotiating tradition and change in pastoral training in the Church of the Nazarene in Africa

Lloyd Solomons, Gift Mtukwa, Marilyn Naidoo

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The spirituality of endurance: Job in the epistle of James

Dirk G. van der Merwe

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Stripping the mangongkal holi and confirming the Holy Spirit

Rogate A.T. Gultom, Rencan C. Marbun

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Religion, gender-based violence and silence: A radical feminist reading of women’s agency in Chika Unigwe’s novel

Esther Mavengano

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Beyond dualism: The sacred value of biological totems in Christian Platonic thought

Zhilong Yan, Aixin Zhang

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Exegesis of the Qurʾān with the biblical and post-biblical literature

Hüseyin Halil

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Church and poverty in South Africa: Historical analysis and missional ecclesiology

Christoffel B. Prinsloo, Willem A. Dreyer

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Church partnerships: A holistic approach to addressing social issues in South Africa

Patrick Nanthambwe

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Remembered space as hermeneutical method in Psalms studies with reference to Psalm 90

Marina R.C. Kok-Pretorius

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Understanding ministerial accountability in the New Pentecostal Prophetic churches

Sello E. Letswalo, Marilyn Naidoo

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Diversity, complementarity and synergy: The reception of ecological theology in China

Haoran Zhang

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Religious-social leadership values and principals’ morality in Christian school

Paul Arjanto, Andi Wahed, Hasma N. Jaya, Apriani Safitri, Lutfi Ariefianto, Rody P. Sartika

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Mission schools as seedbed for social transformation: Lessons drawn from the Methodist Church

Peter Masvotore

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A Bonaventurian rousing of the metaphysics of primary causality to counter New Materialism

Callum D. Scott

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Dispassionate hospitality as a Christian value: A pastoral narrative

Mwansa Claude Kimpinde

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Is embracing metaphysical determinism or free will a better response to suffering?

Aku S. Antombikums

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Contemporary theological approaches in Zimbabwe: Navigating the challenges of the 21st century

Ezekiel Baloyi

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‘Standing up’ Maḥallu al-Qiyām as cultural expression in Indonesia: A historical approach

Moh. Ashif Fuadi, Andi Arif Rifa’i, Supriyanto Supriyanto, Yunika Triana, Rustam Ibrahim, Moh. Mahbub

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Minangkabaunese matrilineal: The correlation between the Qur’an and gender

Halimatussa’diyah Halimatussa’diyah, Kusnadi Kusnadi, Ai Y. Yuliyanti, Deddy Ilyas, Eko Zulfikar

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The reception of Polygamy by Afrikaans readers

Christina Landman

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The Authenticity of Guanjing from the perspective of Cultural Exchange

Xiao Lin

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The 19th-century missionary literature: Biculturality and bi-religiosity, a reflection from the perspective of the wretched

Itumeleng D. Mothoagae, Themba Shingange

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Psalm 29 as a poetological example of Peshitta Psalms translation

Amir Vasheghanifarahani

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Rethinking identity theory in light of the in-Christ identity in the African context

Philip La G. Du Toit

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Reading the resurrection appearance at the lakeside through lenses of sensing and intuition

Leslie J. Francis, Adam Stevenson

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Discrimination and differentiation in the development of worship in the Presbyterian Church of South(ern) Africa

Graham A. Duncan

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Review of the method of Talmud instruction at Yeshivat Maʿalot

Menachem Klein, Uri Zur

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Jesus, the personified temple in Lukan ‘L’

Armand Barus, Dany Christopher

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The Church of Nazarene in Khayelitsha: Developing a missional spatial consciousness with special reference to COVID-19

Ntandoyenkosi N.N. Mlambo, Henry Mbaya

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Anti-Semitic thought and defense: Ptolemaic Egyptian writers’ rewriting of Exodus narrative

Shuai Zhang

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Classical Pentecostals’ literalist reading of the Bible: Challenges and solutions

Marius Nel

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Catherine of Siena on persons created in God’s image: Basis for a spiritual path

Diana L. Villegas

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Enhancing religious education teaching and learning for sustainable development in Lesotho

Rasebate I. Mokotso

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Leah’s ‘soft’ eyes: Unveiling envy and the evil eye in Genesis 29:17

Zacharias Kotzé

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Al-Qur’an-Based Paradigm in Science Integration at The Al-Qur’an Science University, Indonesia

Mohammad Muslih, Yuangga K. Yahya, Sri Haryanto, Aufa A. Musthofa

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Spiritual being in Parmalim theology of the Batak people in North Sumatra

Sangkot Sirait

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Prosperity theology versus theology of sharing approach

Daniel S. Lephoko

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Deconstructing gendered glorification of charitable work: A case of women in Nomiya Church

Telesia K. Musili

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The suffering womanhood in Luke 13:10–17 in the context of the post-COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Godwin A. Etukumana, Bosede G. Ogedegbe

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Mazamisa’s dialectica-reconciliae and Mosala’s materialistic reading of the Text: An Experimental Exploration of Luke 12:13-21

Mphumezi Hombana

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The translation of ittaḥaẓa awliya and the rights of non-Muslims as leaders in Indonesia

Nur Faizin, Muhammad L. Arifianto, Moh. F. Fauzi, Hanik Mahliatussikah

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Implicit religion, Anglican cathedrals, and spiritual wellbeing: The impact of carol services

Leslie J. Francis, Ursula McKenna, Francis Stewart

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Deuteronomy and contextual teaching and learning in Christian-Jewish religious education

Jeane M. Tulung, Olivia C. Wuwung, Sonny E. Zaluchu, Frederik R.B. Zaluchu

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Prospects of addressing the challenges of gender inequalities in Christian missions

Akinyemi O. Alawode

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Children’s narrative identity formation: Towards a childist narrative theology of praxis

Jozine G. Botha, Hannelie Yates, Manitza Kotzé

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Focalisation and its performative nature in John 3:1–21

Risimati S. Hobyane

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Islamic education, depression, religiosity, and the effects of religion moderation of Muslim students

Watni Marpaung, Noor Azizah, Putra Apriadi Siregar

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Theology, philosophy and technology: Perspectives from the Hervormde Kerk

Wim A. Dreyer

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The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9–13: Reconstructing based on Byzantine text

Yonathan Purnomo, Muner Daliman, Timotius Sukarna, Hana Suparti, David Ming

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Exploring the responses of non-churchgoers to a cathedral pre-Christmas son et lumiere

Ursula McKenna, Leslie J. Francis, Andrew Village, Francis Stewart

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From Canaan to Egypt (Gn 12:10–20): Abraham’s sojourn and its ethical dilemma for migrants in socio-economic circumstances

Blessing O. Boloje

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The concept of an integral mission as the Evangelical proposal of a systematic social teaching

Piotr Kopiec

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The dynamics of empowering women in the post-missionary Church of Christ in Zimbabwe

Gift Masengwe, Bekithemba Dube

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Acknowledgement to reviewers

Andries G. van Aarde

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The ecclesiastical crisis of human sexuality: ‘Critical solidarity’, ‘critical distance’ or ‘critical engagement’

Graham A. Duncan

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Corrigendum: Challenges of Islamic Education in the New Era of Information and Communication Technologies

Maulana Andinata Dalimunthe, Harikumar Pallathadka, Iskandar Muda, Dolpriya Devi Manoharmayum, Akhter Habib Shah, Natalia Alekseevna Prodanova, Mirsalim Elmirzayevich Mamarajabov, Nermeen Singer

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Retraction notice to: ‘The influence of cultural identity education on students’ positive psychology’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8886

Meili He

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Retraction notice to: ‘The influence of Internet economy on consumer psychology in the post-epidemic era’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8839

Junjing Zhao, Qi Li

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Retraction notice to: ‘The influence of Chinese ancient poetry and literature on college students’ mental anxiety’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8837

Jie Chen

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Retraction notice to: ‘Research on music education: Integrating synaesthesia theory and colour psychology’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 79(4), a8848

Jingzhou Yang

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Retraction notice to: ‘The aesthetics of Gannan Hakka architecture in modern housing: A design psychology perspective’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8850

Xiang Lei, Hao Cao, Limin Guo

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Retraction notice to: ‘The integration path of mental health education and college students’ ideological and political education’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 79(4), a8873

Li Xu, Li Xu

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Retraction notice to: ‘Research on psychological satisfaction of education work and learning of literary works’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8844

Yuanyuan Wang

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Retraction notice to: ‘Innovation in ideological and political education in higher education institutions for student development’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8868

Xiaohui Lin, Caiying Zhong

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Retraction notice to: ‘The influence of ideological and political culture construction on students’ psychological quality’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 79(4), a8883

Ming Zhang, Buzhou Guo

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Erratum: Exploring 19th-century medical mission in China: Forging modern roots of Chinese medicine

Youheng Zhang

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Corrigendum: Observing systemic conflict: The emotional affect on pastors in the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa

Frederick J. Labuschagne, Petrus L. Steenkamp

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Honouring Andries van Aarde: A journey of faith, justice, and inclusivity

Johan Buitendag

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