2.136 hasil
Menampilkan 1–20 · 0,09 detik · RSS
Verbum et Ecclesia
Scopus
ISSN 1609-9982 · AOSIS · 2.136 artikel di indeks
-
Artikel Jurnal
From Imago Dei to Imago Digitalis: How AI and theology cohere in dialogue
Critical traditionalists often consider artificial intelligence (AI) and theology rival paradigms, arguing that AI poses a threat to the conventional theological theory of intelligence, which reduces our cognition to that of machines. This article explores the possibility of a coherent dialogue…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Understanding the ecclesial model of conflict transformation from a study of the Nigerian Baptist Convention in Northern Nigeria
Ethno-religious conflict remains a persistent challenge in Northern Nigeria, where religious communities navigate tensions between complicity and agency in peacebuilding. This article examines the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC)’s engagement in conflict transformation and develops a theologically…
-
Artikel Jurnal
An emerging ethnographic grounded theory of moral-soul injury: Perspectives of former activists of the liberation struggle in South Africa
This article presents the second cycle coding of the research on the ethnographic grounded theory of moral and soul injury. The research problem pertains to the question: What is the consequence of the trauma or moral injury being inflicted upon ordinary South African citizens as a result of…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Biblical stewardship and environmental sustainability: A scriptural study
Religious communities are faced with significant ethical issues as a result of to the accelerating environmental crisis. This paper reveals biblical principles of environmental stewardship and shows their applicability in modern ecological ethics. Investigating the scriptural corpus of Genesis 1–2…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Of angels and giants: Thomas Merton’s warnings to a technologically fixated humanity
Thomas Merton foresaw the potential for technology to displace spirituality and dehumanise society. His warnings about the danger of replacing angels with machines and the geopolitical power struggles between Gog and Magog are explored in the light of Merton’s concerns about the spiritual…
-
Artikel Jurnal
The unchanging gospel in a changing world: A theological framework for divine healing today
Divine healing remains a vital yet contested theme in Christian theology, particularly amid rapid technological advances and increasing secularisation. This study employs a qualitative literature review, using hermeneutical and comparative approaches, to explore divine healing from a Gospel…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Dialogus cum Filio soli: Tracing and examining Takatso Mofokeng’s footprints in Black Theology
Takatso Mofokeng is a son of the soil and one of the fathers of Black Theology in South Africa. He is one of the towering figures who rub shoulders with the earliest generation of black theologians who had a lived experience of this theology soon after it arrived in South Africa from the USA in the…
-
Artikel Jurnal
A pastoral theological critique of “stokvel” ecclesiology through John Calvin’s doctrine of the true and false church
This article offers a pastoral-theological critique of the emerging phenomenon of ‘stokvel ecclesiology’ – a model in which financial contribution increasingly determines ecclesial belonging, access to pastoral care and participation in church life. This article argues that providing pastoral care…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Table of Contents Vol 46, No 1 (2025)
This Table of Contents reflects the print compilation of peer-reviewed articles published in the journal. Each article listed was originally published online under the journal’s open access model and remains individually accessible and citable. This compilation has been created solely for print…
-
Artikel Jurnal
The sublimity of the ABSURD as a paradox in physics and metaphysics
We, as Homo sapiens, are inconsistent creatures. One minute, we might be overflowing with energetic feelings of vitality, meaning, and purpose; the next, we might suddenly feel sapped by a nagging sense that nothing we do really signifies anything grand or important. Ultimately, nothing we do…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Distinguishing the true Christ: Semantic and theological implications of allos and heteros in the New Testament
This article presents a semantic and theological study of the Greek terms allos and heteros in the New Testament, with particular attention to their Christological implications. Drawing on textual analysis of key passages – such as John 14:16, Galatians 1:6–7, Hebrews 7:13, John 5:43 and 2…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Echoes of eco-discourses: Conversations on sustainable living and development
No abstract available.
-
Artikel Jurnal
Rethinking ecotheology as a practice of relationality
This article explores an ecotheological vision that reframes humanity’s relationship with the natural world, rooted in both biblical tradition and modern ecological insights. Human existence is deeply enmeshed in a cycle that sustains the entire biosphere. This is conceptualised as metabolising – a…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Mimicry in the Beelzebul controversy (Mk 3:22–30) as nonviolent resistance
This article investigates Mark 3:22–30. Through both words and deeds of casting out demons with the power of the Holy Spirit, Jesus explains the cosmological, spiritual meaning of the essence of casting out demons. However, the parables and exorcism in this controversial story of Beelzebul can also…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Reflections of ethical church leadership through the Beatitudes in the Matthean vision: In conversation with Prof. Francois P. Viljoen
This article examines the role of the Beatitudes (Mt 5:3–12) in constructing a framework for ethical church leadership, situating this inquiry within the broader trajectory of New Testament ethics and the scholarship of Professor Francois P. Viljoen. Through Viljoen’s contribution of the Matthean…
-
Artikel Jurnal
The ecological–theological implications of the narrative of creation in the Pauline tradition
This study investigates the theological significance of creation across the Pauline corpus, examining key passages in which creation, life, and created beings are explicitly addressed (e.g. Rm 1:20; 8:19–22; 11:36; 14; 1 Cor 8:6; 10:26; 15:20–28, 35–49; Col 1:15–20; Eph 1:20–23; 3:9; 4:6). It…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Theological response to insurgency in Nigeria
Nigeria’s ongoing struggle with insurgency has led to one of the most serious crises in its contemporary history, resulting in shattered communities, deep scars and a lingering atmosphere of insecurity. This research utilised a theological analysis grounded in Scripture, African theology and global…
-
Artikel Jurnal
The blunt and frank: A critique of Nelson Mandela and José Rizal for the liberative motif today
This article provides a missional and comparative critique of Nelson Mandela and José Rizal, examining their liberative motifs in the context of Christ’s liberative mission. Thirty years into democracy in South Africa and a century after the liberation of the Philippines, the ideals of equality…
-
Artikel Jurnal
Comparing Pauline christology in the disputed and undisputed letters
One of the main issues in debates about the authenticity of the letters to the Colossians and Ephesians is their high christology in comparison with the undisputed Pauline letters, especially as portrayed in Colossians 1:15–20 and Ephesians 1:20–23. In this contribution, the main question that is…
-
Artikel Jurnal
The intersection of traditional healing practices and the Western health care system
This article discusses the challenges traditional healing practitioners face in contemporary society due to the conflict with Western healthcare systems. In African countries, traditional healing does not get the same recognition as Western healthcare and biomedicine, while a large number of…
Menampilkan maksimal 50 halaman. Persempit pencarian dengan filter untuk hasil yang lebih spesifik.