Forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa by George A Lotter

“… In this article the issue of forgiveness is addressed as it should be dealt with on a macro, meso and micro in South African society. Biblical guidelines and the necessity for forgiveness in the situation in post-apartheid South Africa are looked into. …”
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Ovidiu Papadima – de la „o viziune românească a lumii” la „creatorii şi lumea lor” by Iordan Datcu

“…In the Romanian people beliefs, God is always present, his image being the Biblical one, but much more human. A special touch of the old peasants mentality was given by “the sentiment of love and intimity for the nature”, about he was believing that she is blessed to by God. …”
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Aktiewe gemeente-betrokkenheid by die missionêre diakonaat - 'n ondersoek in 'n gemeente van die NGKA in Mangaung by P. Verster

“…In this way the poor were able to reach out to people in need and seek solutions from within. This has a sound Biblical base. …”
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La Bible et l’inspiration littéraire dans les Suspiria de Profundis de T. De Quincey by Frédéric Slaby

“…This article will thus examine another mediation in De Quincey’s Suspiria, namely the mediation of “power” which recurs in the biblical and literary references and on which De Quincey drew extensively.…”
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Virtuoses ambivalents by Graham Jones

“…Emphatically denying supernatural powers and scrupulously avoiding any effects that resemble biblical miracles, they take care to present their performances as clever tricks clearly designed to entertain, educate and galvanize. …”
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Początek Ewangelii św. Mateusza (Mt 1-4) ‒ parafraza alternatywna by Krzysztof Bardski

“…The purpose of the alternative paraphrase is to revive the biblical message by abandoning some common formulations in favor of idiomatic constructions referring either to the context of Judaism in the time of Jesus, or to the etymology and original meaning of expressions that over the centuries have grown theological patina, or to modern formulations that may even be considered colloquialisms.     …”
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Preface by Pieter Verster

“…From different perspectives solutions were sought and possible biblical, theological and developmental suggestions to get involved and to bring hope were discussed. …”
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Prologue by Pieter G. R. de Villiers, Lloyd K. Pietersen

“…The meeting was the result of personal contact between the two of them over a number of years to discuss their common interest in Biblical Spirituality and to promote the discipline at their academic institutions. …”
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Die etiek van regstellende aksie by J. M. Vorster

“…It firstly evaluates the Biblical teachings of redistributive justice and the implications of these teachings for a modern ethical view of affirmative action. …”
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Abraham in Galatians and in Genesis by S. D. Snyman

“…What are the similarities and differences in the portrayal of Abraham in the Biblical books of Galatians and Genesis respectively? …”
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Grondtrekke van Adrio König se teologie by S. A. Strauss

“…The article concludes that König’s theology can be described, from a reformed perspective, as ambiguous: biblical as well as contextual, confessional as well as ecumenical. …”
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The significance of Jesus' utterance in relation to the Johannine Son of Man: a speech act analysis of John 9:35 by H. Ito

“… The purpose of my previous article was to continue to show the validity of a speech act approach and to develop it further in the reading of biblical texts. As a successive study, this article aims to present yet another speech act analysis, which will put more focus on a demonstration that this approach is able to deal even with more difficult exegetical and interpretational issues in the text adequately on its own terms. …”
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Parler de générosité dans la mission contemporaine by Marie-Hélène Robert

“…This reflexion crosses the anthropological, spiritual and biblical dimensions of the notion to answer these questions, beginning by avoiding the pitfalls of generosity. …”
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Editorial by Sarojini Nadar

“… What can we learn about the intersections of gender and religion from plays, films, medieval epics, poetry, and ancient biblical texts? A great deal, if the five articles in this issue of the journal are anything to go by. …”
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Leading "Around Scripture" by H. Welzen

“…Because reflection in “Around Scripture” also relates to spirituality and the spiritual way (both in the Biblical text and in the participants) and because it also concerns processes of appropriating spirituality, the article considers the leader’s knowledge of spirituality and analyses his/her mystagogical capabilities. …”
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M. Nel, Identity-driven churches: Who are we and where are we going? by A. R. Tucker

“…It is not always an easy read, but neither is it obscure, being clearly written, calling for a thoughtful and systematic study that produces a wealth of contextual biblical ideas concerning building up the local congregation in the present world. …”
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PAULINE “ETHICS OF RELINQUISHING”: by R. Zimmermann

“…In the second section, I take up insights from biblical ethics and develop foundational aspects of, and criteria for how such an ethics of relinquishing can be described on both a theoretical and a terminological level. …”
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Implikasies van 'n postmodernistiese lees van die Ou Testament vir die terreine van die teologie, die bybelwetenskap, die publiek en die kerk by JPH Wessels

“…Besides the implications for textual meaning, this approach also has implications for biblical science, the public and the church. …”
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Textes savants et pratiques numériques : le projet Poésie biblique latine antique et médiévale (PoBLAM) by Bruno Bureau, Inès Burri

“…Although all the projects deal with a common subject, Latin and medieval biblical poetry, we had to adopt very different approaches because of the differences in their nature: they are in fact a hypertext, a scholarly edition and a database. …”
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