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SPIRIT AND HEALING IN AFRICA: A REF
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It feels like this
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I would like to believe that my chi
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 11 1
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PART II. EXPLORING A REFORMED PNEUM
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INTRODUCTION 1. Research background
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and her status? Does the Bible not
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traditional healing, the HIV/AIDS c
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This thesis centralizes the proper,
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subject of health within the variou
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7. Research outline This research c
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and materiality. The answers to thi
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physical affliction, and it points
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1.2 MEANING OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIS
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trust) that can influence health an
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1.3.2 Discourse When one follows th
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still resists a clear definition an
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the study of African healing starte
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industrialized world” (Helman 200
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produced, that a certain gesture re
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influence in Southern Africa. The a
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collective experiences, codes of th
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However, despite many attempts to a
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impact on African indigenous cultur
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Suffering as a relational matter
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situation in which one is actively
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particular rituals are subject to c
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Ngoma’s ability to recreate socie
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2.4 BORDERS OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL
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carefully balance their practices a
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connection with the human beings wh
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ancestors and other spirits is impo
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a network of vessels through which
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healing, because relationships are
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whether the Christological focus in
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the power that man receives from Go
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any room for dualism between heaven
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Van Ruler deliberately distinguishe
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The significance of Van Ruler’s a
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historical condition of this world,
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disabilities that they suffer, they
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the verb. The implication is that h
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The focus in Welker’s pneumatolog
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the power of sin by the forgiveness
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(becoming whole) and integrated thr
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eorientation of Christian theology.
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pattern of the confession — is cl
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salvation). Questions/answers 65-82
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(Shults 2008:271-287). The understa
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heart. Calvin in particular was ver
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the transformation of the believer
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and as such dependent on God who ha
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that healing is located outside the
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Hollingsworth 2008). The broad conc
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not be disappointed: God’s love w
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justice, liberation and the affirma
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elationships among the Trinitarian
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constitute an important element of
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lost. She was caught in a vicious c
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CHAPTER 8. THE SPIRIT AND TRANSFORM
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system of the Christian church (…
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8.2.3 Spirit of adoption James Dunn
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8.2.4 Physicality and transformatio
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Metaphorical language about transfo
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Reformed thought on the theme of tr
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that God’s plan of salvation tran
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gift into a gift that is beneficial
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considered a tentative condition in
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CHAPTER 9. THE SPIRIT AND QUALITY O
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physical abilities, social circumst
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The clear distinction between the C
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Conradie 54 shows, based on Van Rul
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could say that people’s bodies ma
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9.3.1 Vulnerability, creation and S
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in the cosmos, Polkinghorne (2006:1
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ody, and thus his or her vulnerabil
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the Holy Spirit. Moreover, this foc
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The acceptance of her vulnerability
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CHAPTER 10. THE SPIRIT AND POWER Th
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oom for creation and for the embodi
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Migliore (2008) has the same opinio
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10.2 POWER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT Chri
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which the Spirit of God brings new
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life through this discontinuity:
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interpersonal relations. Everyone s
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God’s power is revealed through h
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The journey consists of two main st
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are a constructive part of it. In a
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transformation can be defined as he
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provided the basis for a re-visioni
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iomedical constructions of health,
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Attanasi, K 2008. Getting in Step w
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— 1997. Theology of the Old Testa
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— 2001. ‘Naming the Spirit: Tow
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Paper for use in HIV and AIDS Progr
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Hamilton, NQ 1957. The Holy Spirit
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— 2007. The Next Christendom. The
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Kraan, KJ 3 1974. ‘Opdat U genezi
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— Luther’s Works. 1957-1986. 55
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Müller-Fahrenholz, G 2000. The Kin
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Pilch, JJ 2000. Healing in the New
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Rohleder, P & Gibson, K 2006. ‘We
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— 2011. Trends and Directions in
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Twesigye, EK 1987. Common Ground: C
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— 1961b. ‘Structuurverschillen
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Warfield, BB 1946, ‘Introductory
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Wisse, M 2004. Towards a Truly Rela
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SUMMARY This study is an exploratio
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OPSOMMING Hierdie studie is ‘n ve