Vol 77, No 4 (2021)

Includes special collections:

From timely exegesis to contemporary ecclesiology: Relevant hermeneutics and provocative embodiment of faith in a Corona-defined world – Festschrift for Stephan Joubert, sub-edited by Willem Oliver (UNISA)
Theology, Economy and Environment: Social, Cultural and Biotic Influences on Religious Communities, sub-edited by Jerry Pillay (UP)
Lucian Blaga University, Sibiu, Romania, sub-edited by Daniel Buda (LBU) and Jerry Pillay (UP)

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Religious statecraft: Narratives of persecution and diplomacy in the case of Byzantine, Aksum and Himyar Rugare Rukuni	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a5908 \| 22 January 2021

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The sources of knowledge of two medieval Jewish commentators in nature issues: The case of gathering the musk (Song of Songs 5:1) Abraham O. Shemesh	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6287 \| 26 January 2021

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Revealing gender discourses in the Qurʾān: An integrative, dynamic and complex approach Ghasem Darzi, Abbas Ahmadvand, Musa Nushi	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6228 \| 27 January 2021

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The ‘coming-out’ of a hero: The character of Esther in LXX-Esther revisited Sanrie M. De Beer	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6279 \| 27 January 2021

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Interpreting the David–Bathsheba narrative (2 Sm 11:2–4) as a response by the church in Nigeria to masculine abuse of power for sexual assault Solomon O. Ademiluka	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a5802 \| 27 January 2021

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The African Church’s application of anointing oil: An expression of Christian spirituality or a display of fetish ancestral religion? Joel K. Biwul	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6266 \| 28 January 2021

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Bible translations for the minorities’ languages today: A biblical theological exploration Tshitangoni C. Rabali	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6195 \| 28 January 2021

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Spiritual autobiographies as sources of the ecumenism: Dag Hammarskjöld’s case Iuliu-Marius Morariu	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6272 \| 29 January 2021

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A hybrid Christian identity in Philippians 1:15–18 Woo Min Lee	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6216 \| 29 January 2021

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Reformed theology in dialogue with a spirituality of creation within the context of religious pluralism in Africa Johannes J. Knoetze	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6336 \| 05 February 2021

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Qohelet as liminal intellectualism Ananda Geyser-Fouche, Lerato L.D. Mokoena	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a5954 \| 05 February 2021

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Decolonising the concept of the Trinity to decolonise the religious education curriculum Anné H. Verhoef	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6313 \| 09 February 2021

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Pentecostalism and migration: A contextual study of the migrant Ghanaian Classical Pentecostal churches in South Africa Peter White	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6318 \| 10 February 2021

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Comparison between the respective views of John Calvin and classical Pentecostals on the role of the Holy Spirit in reading the Bible Marius Nel	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6327 \| 10 February 2021

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Hasan Hanafi, New Theology, and Cultural Revolution: An Analysis of Cultural Intensification Fadlil M. Manshur	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6190 \| 12 February 2021

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Revelation as a discourse of language through speech act theory Anna Cho	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6271 \| 16 February 2021

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Hindrance as a motivation in divine guidance: The example of Paul Mark Wilson	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6097 \| 16 February 2021

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A new perspective on sin in the age of globalisation: Analyses and reflections of sin in the case of nation-state building of the United States Ho Chul Kwak	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6335 \| 23 February 2021

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Hindu-Muslim relations in Kashmir: A critical evaluation Amos Y. Luka	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6227 \| 23 February 2021

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Spiritualised political theology in a polarised political environment: A Pentecostal movement’s response to party politics in Zimbabwe Phillip Musoni	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6312 \| 24 February 2021

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Transversal modes of being a missional church in the digital context of COVID-19 Buhle Mpofu	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6341 \| 25 February 2021

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Redemption and restoration: The anti-slavery/trafficking call of Christian missions in South Africa today Siphiwe I. Dube	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6358 \| 25 February 2021

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Practical ministry and finances: A case study from InnerCHANGE South Africa Kgotso K.T.L. Kabongo	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6230 \| 25 February 2021

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‘He said that the manna is that called taranjebin’: Ibn Ezra against Hiwi al-Balkhi’s interpretation of the biblical story of the manna Abraham O. Shemesh	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6342 \| 26 February 2021

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African spirituality in the Johane Masowe Chishanu religious movement in Zimbabwe: A Christian church-sect dichotomy Phillip Musoni	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6317 \| 09 March 2021

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Theological reflection, divorced from the incarnational nature of the Christian faith, invalidates the Bible Jennifer Slater	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6070 \| 12 March 2021

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Supporting Polish-Ukraine: A case study on the Afrikaans churches’ reaction to communism Herman H. van Alten	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6331 \| 16 March 2021

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Blessings or curses? The contribution of the blesser phenomenon to gender-based violence and intimate partner violence Brent V. Frieslaar, Maake Masango	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6242 \| 16 March 2021

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God, the beautiful and mathematics: A response Peter-Ben Smit, Rianne de Heide	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6208 \| 17 March 2021

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The case for post-scholasticism as an internal period indicator in Medieval philosophy Johann Beukes	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6270 \| 19 March 2021

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Neoplatonism in the Cologne tradition of the later Middle Ages: Berthold of Moosburg (ca. 1300–1361) as case study Johann Beukes	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6281 \| 19 March 2021

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Patriarchy and marital disharmony amongst Nigerian Christians: Ephesians 5:22–33 as a response Solomon O. Ademiluka	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a5991 \| 23 March 2021

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Reading the Fourth Gospel in the COVID-19 pandemic context Johnson Thomaskutty	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6355 \| 23 March 2021

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Turning religion from cause to reducer of panic during the COVID-19 pandemic Muhammad Y. Wibisono, Dody S. Truna, Mohammad T. Rahman	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6366 \| 30 March 2021

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Taking a holistic view of the biblical perspectives on childlessness: Implications for Nigerian Christians and the church in Nigeria Solomon O. Ademiluka	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6083 \| 01 April 2021

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From a pit to a palace: Deconstructing the economics and politics of labour migration in the City of Tshwane through the lenses of Genesis 41:41–57 Thinandavha D. Mashau, Leomile Mangoedi	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6289 \| 12 April 2021

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Karl Barth’s doctrine of creation: Convergence and divergence with African Christology Patricia Ngwena	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6322 \| 20 April 2021

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Lowalangi: From the name of an ethnic religious figure to the name of God Sonny E. Zaluchu	\| HTML \| EPUB \| XML \| PDF
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies \| Vol 77, No 4 \| a6390 \| 20 April 2021

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