Browsing AT 2012 Supplementum 16 by Issue Date
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A church with the poor – lessons from scripture and from congregations in informal settlements
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)The church has an essential role to play in communities riddled with poverty, disease, and despair. Communities in informal-settlement areas suffer a great deal. Churches in these communities are often small and have few ... -
The unified body of Christ as biblical metaphor for being church
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)The church, as faith community, is described with the metaphor of one body, with all members interlinked to each other, helping each other, praying for each other, serving each other. The reality is that this church, like ... -
Mission as action in hope in the context of white poverty in Pretoria: a case for Betlehem mission centre
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)The gap between the rich and the poor is widening daily and the proportion of people living in poverty in South Africa is steadily on the rise. The phenomenon of white poverty has existed since the 1890s and is becoming a ... -
The church's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in India
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)I gratefully remember working with Reverend Charles in a rehabilitation centre in the US and later with my HIV-positive friends in India. Their laughter, courage and resilience reminded me that it is not they who are ... -
Pauline challenge to African masculinities: reading Pauline texts in the context of HIV/AIDS
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)This article discusses Pauline masculinity in the context of HIV/AIDS. If any success against HIV/AIDS is to be achieved, men need to be constructively involved in this struggle rather than merely being vilified. It is ... -
Poverty relief or poverty eradiction?
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)The author challenges the reader to make two mindshifts: from a focus on poverty relief to an emphasis on poverty eradication; and from viewing the poor as the objects of poverty alleviation to accepting them as the subjects ... -
The (possible) function of the beatitude of the poor in the context of the struggle against poverty: Biblical implications and the alleviation/eradication of poverty
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)The article focuses on the beatitude of the poor in the social and religious context of historical Jesus. The original version of this makarism has to be seen as a religious statement which is not meant as a program of ... -
God's missional people: reflecting God's love in the midst of suffering and affliction
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)The title of this article reflects a deep and personal conviction founded on the belief that a major solution to lessen the suffering of people living in poverty and in the midst of pandemics such as AIDS, lies within the ... -
Siyazama entrepreneurial development project: challenges of a community - university partnership within a faculty of theology
(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2012)Calls for global relevance and accountability are prevalent in private-public partnerships. Current community engagement projects in higher educational institutions reflect this focus. The academic partner can play a ...