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Decolonising intercultural theology and research: What role for cultural outsiders? 跨文化神学和研究的非殖民化：文化外来者的角色是什么？

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-07-22 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.3149

Marcus Grohmann

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The ethical debate about the use of autonomous weapon systems from a theological perspective 从神学角度看关于使用自主武器系统的伦理辩论

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.3176

Wolfgang Engelhardt, Volker Kessler

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A theology rhizome 神学根茎

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.3170

Willem H. Oliver

{"title":"A theology rhizome","authors":"Willem H. Oliver","doi":"10.4102/ve.v45i1.3170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v45i1.3170","url":null,"abstract":"This article contains suggestions to the Faculties of Theology in South Africa about an alternative way and direction to educate their students in this metamodern era. Because any learning in a specific profession implies lifelong and lifewide learning, the suggestion also includes the alumni of the faculties. This is all about rhizomatic learning, which involves both the educators and their students in an interactive and student-centred relationship where both parties act on an equal basis when deciding on the content and direction of the learning process for a specific year. It also involves the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and large language models such as ChatGPT. This is therefore an appeal to the educators of the Faculties of Theology in South Africa to become highly empowered resourceful online educators (HEROEs), also called recently minded educators (with no age restriction), taking a fresh look at the way in which they are currently teaching their 21st-century students and to maybe reconsider it in light of this article.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Good contemporary theological education would mostly result in good Theology students and good pastors. This article suggests an alternative way to teach our students in the current metamodern era. Rhizomatic learning fits into the technological era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as well as Education 4.0, Learning 3.0 and the posthuman era.","PeriodicalId":38411,"journal":{"name":"Verbum et Ecclesia","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141832314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The 19th-century missionary encounters with the Batswana people in South Africa: An intersectional-decolonial approach 19 世纪传教士与南非巴特瓦纳人的相遇：交叉-去殖民主义方法

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-07-12 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.3160

Themba Shingange

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2 Samuel 13:1–22 and the psychological effects of rape in Enugu State, Nigeria 撒母耳记下》13：1-22 和尼日利亚埃努古州强奸案的心理影响

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-07-09 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.3066

Virginus U. Eze, Collins I. Ugwu

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Hostility towards removal: A frame-semantic analysis of שׁמד in the Hebrew Bible 对移除的敌意：希伯来圣经中שׁמד的框架语义分析

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.3167

Izaak J. L. Connoway

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Calling and conscience: Paul as an example 召唤与良知以保罗为例

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-07-08 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.3150

Gert J. Malan