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oapen-20.500.12657-494092021-06-04T01:06:14Z Life in Transit Vorster, Jakobus Kotzé, Manitza Rheeder, Riaan Coetsee, Albert du Rand, Jan Eurich, Johannes Ferreira, IW (Naas) Kaemingk, Matthew Magezi, Christopher Nel, Marius Vorster, Nico Vorster, Jakobus Kotzé, Manitza Rheeder, Riaan Migration; Sojourner; Diaspora; Stranger; Identity; Human life; Reformed Christology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRL Aspects of religion (non-Christian)::HRLB Theology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRC Christianity::HRCM Christian theology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRA Religion: general::HRAM Religious issues & debates Migration is an issue that is under discussion worldwide and affects South Africa, the United States of America and Germany in a distinctive way. This book reflects academically on this significant and topical subject of migration from the often neglected perspective of the fields of theology and Christian ethics. While the majority of contributions are from the South African context, there are also chapters reflecting on the topic from the other two aforementioned contexts. While numerous publications have recently appeared on the subject, reflection from theology and Christian ethics are often lacking. As such, this scholarly publication wants to add ethical value to the local and global conversations on the theme from a theological perspective. The book reflects on migration from the perspectives originated in the disciplines of biblical studies (the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament), systematic theology, ecumenical studies, Christian ethics, practical theology, and missiology. It presents new and innovative inquiries primarily from a qualitative methodological viewpoint. The book unveils new themes for deliberation and provides novel interpretations and insights into existing research. 2021-06-03T10:08:02Z 2021-06-03T10:08:02Z 2020 book 9781928523550 9781928523567 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49409 eng Reformed Theology in Africa Series application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 9781928523574.pdf AOSIS 10.4102/aosis.2020.BK219 10.4102/aosis.2020.BK219 d7387d49-5f5c-4cd8-8640-ed0a752627b7 208c8d2f-51b9-4ce8-94fd-a03ac746f4e3 9781928523550 9781928523567 2 390 Durbanville North-West University Noordwes-Universiteit open access
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Migration is an issue that is under discussion worldwide and affects South Africa, the United States of America and Germany in a distinctive way. This book reflects academically on this significant and topical subject of migration from the often neglected perspective of the fields of theology and Christian ethics. While the majority of contributions are from the South African context, there are also chapters reflecting on the topic from the other two aforementioned contexts. While numerous publications have recently appeared on the subject, reflection from theology and Christian ethics are often lacking. As such, this scholarly publication wants to add ethical value to the local and global conversations on the theme from a theological perspective. The book reflects on migration from the perspectives originated in the disciplines of biblical studies (the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament), systematic theology, ecumenical studies, Christian ethics, practical theology, and missiology. It presents new and innovative inquiries primarily from a qualitative methodological viewpoint. The book unveils new themes for deliberation and provides novel interpretations and insights into existing research.
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