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Another proposal to the unknown female identity of אמרת in Psalm 16:2 关于《诗篇》16:2 中אמרת 的未知女性身份的另一项建议

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-01-12 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.2886

P. Chia

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African Pentecostalism and politics: Reading Luke-Acts in its political, sociological and religious contexts 非洲五旬节主义与政治：在政治、社会学和宗教背景下解读《路加福音-使徒行传

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-01-12 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.2907

Godwin A. Etukumana

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Translating missio Dei: Indispensable Bible translation in God’s mission 翻译上帝的使命：上帝使命中不可或缺的圣经翻译

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.2841

J. Thinane

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Exegetical perspectives of Deuteronomy 19:15–21 on jungle justice in Nigeria 申命记》19:15-21 关于尼日利亚丛林司法的训诂学视角

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v44i1.2948

Virginus U. Eze

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What is morality? A historical exploration 什么是道德？历史探索

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v44i1.2935

D. E. De Villiers

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The Reformed conceptualisation of morality 改革宗的道德概念

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v44i1.2980

R. Vosloo

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Religion, morality, science – And the (?) story of Homo sapiens 宗教、道德、科学--以及智人的故事（？

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2023-12-18 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v44i1.2875

Danie Veldsman

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To be wounded and yet heal. How two wounded healers helped Henri Nouwen find solitude 受伤却又能痊愈两位受伤的治疗者如何帮助亨利-努文找到孤独

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v44i1.2839

G. Marchinkowski

{"title":"To be wounded and yet heal. How two wounded healers helped Henri Nouwen find solitude","authors":"G. Marchinkowski","doi":"10.4102/ve.v44i1.2839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v44i1.2839","url":null,"abstract":"This article explored Henri Nouwen’s well-known concept, the wounded healer. After investigating its origins, Henri Nouwen’s use of the term was examined. The article proposed that Henri Nouwen was mainly influenced by Anton Boisen and Vincent van Gogh in his use of the concept of the wounded healer. Nouwen’s interest in these persons was considered to glean how they shaped his thoughts before focusing on he used a model of pastoral analysis, the living document model to autobiographically explore his own wounds, to access them, and to offer what he learned as a means of healing for his audiences. Nouwen recognised himself as wounded and became for his readers a wounded healer. Nolte and Dreyer’s view that the wounded healer concept was a welcome corrective to prevailing models of pastoral care, and De Jong’s view that the wounded healer is a pathway to self-actualisation were used as a bridge to Nouwen’s views on personal spiritual transformation. Finally, Nouwen’s thoughts on transformation involving a movement from loneliness to solitude were investigated, showing that the outcome was a move towards a considered and deeper interaction with the world.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article contributed to scholarship in Christian spirituality by considering the work of Henri J. M. Nouwen and the sources of his concept, the wounded healer. It also considered connections with and implications for pastoral psychology and practical theology.","PeriodicalId":38411,"journal":{"name":"Verbum et Ecclesia","volume":"53 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139006629","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 ‘righteousness of the children of God’ according to the First Epistle of John 约翰一书中的 "神儿女的义

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v44i1.2904

Dirk G. Van der Merwe

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The true vine and the branches: Exploring the community ideation in John 15:1–16:3 真葡萄树和枝子：探索约翰福音 15:1-16:3 中的群体思想

Verbum et Ecclesia Pub Date : 2023-11-29 DOI: 10.4102/ve.v44i1.2802

G. K. Gharbin, Ernest van Eck

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