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# HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 2020: all accepted papers

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1. **[Right-wing populism in New Turkey: Leading to all new grounds for troll science in gender theory ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6005)**Hande Eslen‐Ziya*31 citations*
2. **[Servant leadership as part of spiritual formation of theological students in contextualisation of 21st century theological training ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5959)**Amanda L. Du Plessis, Carol M. Nkambule*29 citations*
3. **[Cathedrals as agents of psychological health and well-being within secular societies: Assessing the impact of the Holly Bough service in Liverpool Cathedral ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6250)**Leslie J. Francis, Susan H. Jones*28 citations*
4. **[Toxicity of leadership and its impact on employees: Exploring the dynamics of leadership in an academic setting ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5949)**Gift Tlharihani Baloyi*27 citations*
5. **[Street homelessness in South Africa: A perspective from the Methodist Church of Southern Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5591)**Noah K. Tenai, Gloria N. Mbewu*26 citations*
6. **[Building blocks of consciousness: Revealing the shared, hidden depths of our biological heritage ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6055)**Juri van den Heever, Chris Jones*22 citations*
7. **[God, humanity and nature: Cosmology in Islamic spirituality ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6130)**Syafa’atun Almirzanah*22 citations*
8. **[Religious pluralism and its implications for church development ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.5955)**George C. Asadu, Nicholas Uchechukwu Asogwa, Benjamin C.D. Diara*22 citations*
9. **[African and Western approaches to the moral formation of Christian leaders: The role of spiritual disciplines in counteracting moral deficiencies ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5913)**Louise Kretzschmar*21 citations*
10. **[Ethno-religious conflict and sustainable development in Nigeria ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6090)**Peace N. Ngwoke, Ezichi A. Ituma*21 citations*
11. **[Servant leadership and shepherd leadership: The missing dynamic in pastoral integrity in South Africa today ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5608)**Kelebogile T. Resane*21 citations*
12. **[A survey on gender-based violence – The paradox of trust between women and men in South Africa: A missiological scrutiny ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5797)**Zuze J. Banda*20 citations*
13. **[Jesus: Divine relationality and suffering creation ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6128)**Annelien C. Rabie-Boshoff, Johan Buitendag*20 citations*
14. **[Poverty and the COVID-19 pandemic: A challenge to the church ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6221)**Johan M. Van der Merwe*20 citations*
15. **[Ramadan and strengthening of the social capital of Indonesian Muslim communities ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6241)**Nurus Shalihin, Firdaus Firdaus, Yulia Yulia et al.*19 citations*
16. **[The Grounded Theory methodology to conduct content analysis of sermons and interviews: Critique and response ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5851)**Hendrik J.C. Pieterse*19 citations*
17. **[The priesthood of believers: The forgotten legacy of the reformation ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6021)**Wim A. Dreyer*19 citations*
18. **[Mediating God’s relationality? A trinitarian perichoretic critique of the reliance on anointed objects in African neo-Pentecostalism ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5856)**Collium Banda*18 citations*
19. **[The church and the indispensability and fragility of morality revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6180)**D. Etienne De Villiers*18 citations*
20. **[Exploring Psalm 73:1–10 through sensing and intuition: The SIFT approach among Muslim educators ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6093)**Leslie J. Francis, Ursula McKenna, Abdullah Şahin*16 citations*
21. **[Life in its fullness: Ecology, eschatology and ecodomy in a time of climate change ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6245)**Barbara R. Rossing, Johan Buitendag*16 citations*
22. **[The Holly Bough service at Liverpool Cathedral and psychological type theory: Fresh expressions or inherited church? ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6275)**Leslie J. Francis, Susan H. Jones, Ursula McKenna*16 citations*
23. **[Being human in the time of Covid-19 ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6029)**Johann-Albrecht Meylahn*15 citations*
24. **[Christian leadership in a South African township community: A reflection on nepotism and its impact on society ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5842)**Kasebwe T.L. Kabongo*15 citations*
25. **[Politics of the body, fear and ubuntu: Proposing an African women’s theology of disability ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.5871)**Sinenhlanhla S. Chisale*15 citations*
26. **[The challenges of being a female pastor: A case of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5838)**Terence Mupangwa, Sophia Chirongoma*15 citations*
27. **[To be or not to be? A missional and practical theological perspective on being Church without walls amidst coronavirus disease 2019: A challenge or an opportunity? ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6115)**Jacques Beukes*15 citations*
28. **[Homelessness and Covid-19 in the City of Tshwane: Doing liberation theology undercover – A conversation with Ivan Petrella ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6209)**Stephan F. De Beer*13 citations*
29. **[Is God really good to the upright? Theological educators exploring Psalm 73 through the Jungian lenses of sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6171)**Leslie J. Francis, Susan H. Jones, Christopher F. J. Ross*13 citations*
30. **[Jesus: The infected healer and infectious community – Liminality and creative rituals in the Jesus community in view of COVID-19 ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6189)**Zorodzai Dube*13 citations*
31. **[The historical relationship between African indigenous healing practices and Western-orientated biomedicine in South Africa: A challenge to collaboration ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6104)**Phillip M. Guma, Sekgothe Mokgoatšana*13 citations*
32. **[Developing our Planetary Plan with an 18th United Nations Sustainable Development Goal: Space Environment ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5951)**Andreas Lösch*12 citations*
33. **[Investigating the nature of and relation between masculinity and religiosity and/or spirituality in a postcolonial and post-apartheid South Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5663)**Juanita Meyer*12 citations*
34. **[Regenerated without being recreated? A soteriological analysis of the African neo-Pentecostal teaching on generational curses ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.5941)**Collium Banda*12 citations*
35. **[Searching for shalom: Transformation in the mission of God and the Bible translation movement ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.5879)**Kirk J. Franklin*12 citations*
36. **[Age does not determine influence: A consideration for children in ministerial service ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5848)**Garth Aziz*11 citations*
37. **[An exegesis of the parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25–35) and its relevance to the challenges caused by COVID-19 ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6096)**Philemon M. Chamburuka, Ishanesu Sextus Gusha*11 citations*
38. **[Coping with religious-based segregation and discrimination: Efforts in an Indonesian context ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6071)**Rachel Iwamony*11 citations*
39. **[Fostering embracement, inclusion and integration of migrants in complex migration situations: A perspective from Matthew 25:31–46 and Hebrews 13:1–2 ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5966)**Alfred Richard Brunsdon, Christopher Magezi*11 citations*
40. **[Performing the sacred – Aspects of singing and contextualisation in South Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5477)**Elsabé Kloppers*11 citations*
41. **[Socially just pedagogies and social justice: The intersection of teaching ethics at higher education level and social justice ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5818)**John Stephanus Klaasen*11 citations*
42. **[Teaching theology in the Fourth Industrial Revolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5940)**Willem H. Oliver*11 citations*
43. **[The indigenisation of eco-theology: The case of the Lamba people of the Copperbelt in Zambia ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6067)**Lackson Chibuye, Johan Buitendag*11 citations*
44. **[Who may heal? A plea from traditional healers to participate in treating Covid-19 ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6169)**Jaco Beyers*11 citations*
45. **[Worship in a post-lockdown context: A ritual-liturgical perspective ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6112)**Hilton Robert Scott*11 citations*
46. **[A practical theology of liberation: Mimetic theory, liberation theology and practical theology ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.6165)**Joel Ramirez, Stephan F. De Beer*10 citations*
47. **[African Pentecostal spirituality as a mystical tradition: How regaining its roots could benefit Pentecostals ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.5904)**Marius Nel*10 citations*
48. **[Ecodomy as education in tertiary institutions. Teaching theology and religion in a globalised world: African perspectives ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5956)**Johan Buitendag, Corneliu C. Simuţ*10 citations*
49. **[Ethics in compulsory education – Human dignity, rights and social justice in five contexts ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5821)**Karin Sporre*10 citations*
50. **[Exegesis of Romans 13:1–7 and its appropriation to the new dispensation of the Second Republic of Zimbabwe ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6041)**Ishanesu Sextus Gusha*10 citations*
51. **[Navigating paradox: Towards a conceptual framework for activism at the intersection of religion and sexuality ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.5997)**Melanie Judge*10 citations*
52. **[Leadership, corruption and the dignity of humans: Some reflections from the Nigerian context ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5873)**Kefas U. Kure*9 citations*
53. **[Social justice, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development in South Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6095)**Emem Anwana*9 citations*
54. **[Spirit baptism and the doctrine of initial evidence in African Pentecostal Christianity: A critical analysis ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5796)**Mookgo Solomon Kgatle*9 citations*
55. **[The Trinitarian and Christological Minnemystik of the Flemish beguine Hadewijch of Antwerp (fl. 1240) ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5865)**Johann C. Beukes*9 citations*
56. **[The challenge of pastoral succession in African independent Pentecostal churches ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.6265)**Mangaliso M. Matshobane, Maake J.S. Masango*9 citations*
57. **[Boleo: A postcolonial feminist reading ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6174)**Musa W. Dube*8 citations*
58. **[Dealing with the cultural and financial challenges during death of a loved one and repatriation of the remains: A mission to the wounded ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.5970)**Mookgo Solomon Kgatle*8 citations*
59. **[Ebuhlanti Amandla ngawethu: Womanism and black theology of liberation, in memory of Vuyani Shadrack Vellem ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6211)**Fundiswa A. Kobo*8 citations*
60. **[Interactional leadership: Jesus’ model of leadership – A case of Mark 7:25–29 ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.5554)**Addo jnr, Zorodzai Dube*8 citations*
61. **[Leading in the certainty of uncertain times ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.6114)**Susan E. van Wynen, Nelus Niemandt*8 citations*
62. **[New religions as the postsecular epiphenomenon of globalisation in the contemporary Ukrainian society ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5711)**Iryna Grabovska, Тetiana Тalko, Тетяна Власова*8 citations*
63. **[Powerful knowledge? A multidimensional ethical competence through a multitude of narratives ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5830)**Christina Osbeck*8 citations*
64. **[Re-examining a theology of reconciliation: What we learn from the Kairos Document and its pedagogical implications ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5843)**Demaine J. Solomons*8 citations*
65. **[Reclaiming Jesus as source of peace in Luke 12:49–53 through the perspective of religious pluralism in an Indonesian context ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6088)**Yohanes Parihala, Busro Busro*8 citations*
66. **[The religious vision of nature in the light of Laudato Si’: An interreligious reading between Islam and Christianity ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6063)**Antonino Puglisi, Johan Buitendag*8 citations*
67. **[The role of Christianity in gender issues and development in Nigeria ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6007)**Anuli B. Okoli, Lawrence Nwachukwu Okwuosa*8 citations*
68. **[Karubiu wa Munyi and the making of modern Kirinyaga, Kenya ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6198)**Julius Mutugi Gathogo*7 citations*
69. **[Reclaiming our humanity: Believers as sages and performers of the Gospel in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5973)**Stephan J. Joubert*7 citations*
70. **[The black church as the timeless witness to change and paradigm shifts posed by the Fourth Industrial Revolution ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5985)**Hlulani M. Mdingi*7 citations*
71. **[The challenges of full participation of laity in the mission of the church ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6000)**Mary Jerome Obiorah*7 citations*
72. **[Transformational diaconia as educative praxis in care within the present poverty-stricken South African context ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5666)**Smith Francis Korbla Tettey, Malan Nel*7 citations*
73. **[African leadership and the kind of reality of the spirit world ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5846)**Hermen Kroesbergen*6 citations*
74. **[Paul’s biblical patterns of church planting: An effective method to achieve the Great Commission ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5579)**Akinyemi Oluwafemi Alawode*6 citations*
75. **[Rising against all odds: An analysis of the leadership experiences of three female clergy in the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.5864)**Martin Mujinga*6 citations*
76. **[The quest for hermeneutics of appropriation as a thematic approach for critical biblical interpretation ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5392)**Temba T. Rugwiji*6 citations*
77. **[The revenge of the words: On language’s historical and autonomous being and its effects on ‘secularisation’ ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.6076)**Kristof K. P. Vanhoutte*6 citations*
78. **[The status of traditional healing in the Limpopo province of South Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6103)**Jan Resenga Maluleka*6 citations*
79. **[The therapeutic and integrative significance of faith in the African quest for healing and wholeness ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.6014)**Nathan Hussaini Chiroma*6 citations*
80. **[‘It is now in your hands’: South Africa’s dilemma for religion and governance in the changing COVID-19 context ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6183)**Buhle Mpofu*6 citations*
81. **[A brave one-legged general: The story of Mau Mau General, Kassam Gichimu Njogu ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6155)**Julius Mutugi Gathogo*5 citations*
82. **[Capitalism, the Book of Amos and Adam Smith: An analysis of corruption ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6194)**Mark Rathbone*5 citations*
83. **[Conflict resolution between husband and wife in the light of the hermeneutics of biblical proverbs ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.5969)**Onyekachi Gift Chukwuma, Omaka Kalu Ngele, Virginus Uchenna Eze et al.*5 citations*
84. **[Cosmogonic or creation myths A mythical, philosophical and theological interpretation of the diverse cosmogonic myths: In conversation with Charles Long ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5853)**Johan A. Van Rooyen*5 citations*
85. **[Crisis in Black Theology: Reasserting a future based on spiritual liberative praxis ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6152)**Anthony G. Reddie*5 citations*
86. **[Die triomf van ‘n post-skolastieke mistiek oor skolastieke lojalisme: Gersonius versus Ruusbroec (postuum), 1399 ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5672)**Johann C. Beukes*5 citations*
87. **[Examining the function of neurobiology in Christian spiritual experiences and practice ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6182)**Mark Pretorius*5 citations*
88. **[God’s spirit (of wisdom) has been sent into the world, not Covid-19: A contextual systematic-theological perspective ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6222)**Daniël P. Veldsman*5 citations*
89. **[Paul and identity construction in early Christianity and the Roman Empire ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.5652)**Fednand Manjewa M’bwangi*5 citations*
90. **[Poison in the bone marrow: Complexities of liberating and healing the nation ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.6047)**Puleng Segalo*5 citations*
91. **[Praising the poor and blaming the rich: A panegyric reading of Luke 6:20–49 in Malawian context ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6065)**Louis W. Ndekha*5 citations*
92. **[Resistance to Lutheran missionary activities through antagonism, traditional beliefs, customs and practices: The case of the Bapedi tribe in Limpopo province, South Africa ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5619)**Morakeng Edward Kenneth Lebaka*5 citations*
93. **[Rethinking the reciprocity between lex credendi, lex orandi and lex vivendi: As we believe, so we worship. As we believe, so we live ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5878)**Mary-Anne Plaatjies-Van Huffel*5 citations*
94. **[Textual interrelationships involving the Septuagint translations of the precious stones in the breastpiece of the high priest ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.6141)**Cynthia L. Miller-Naudé, Jacobus A. Naudé*5 citations*
95. **[The Holy Communion and African rituals: An encounter between African religion and Christianity ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i3.5614)**Themba E. Ngcobo*5 citations*
96. **[The church and diaconia as local partners in the social space: Challenges and opportunities ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i2.6085)**Johannes Eurich*5 citations*
97. **[The dynamics of economic action and the problems of its social embedding – Ethical challenges in view of the nascent commercial use of outer space ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.5996)**Traugott Jaehnichen*5 citations*
98. **[The trauma of Nineveh’s demise and downfall: Nahum 2:2–11 ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.5794)**Wilhelm J. Wessels, Elizabeth Esterhuizen*5 citations*
99. **[Understanding persecution in Matthew 10:16–23 and its implication in the Nigerian church ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i4.5845)**Prince Emma Peters*5 citations*
100. **[Unravelling some of the theological problems underlying discourse on nature ↗](https://doi.org/10.4102/hts.v76i1.6068)**Ernst Marais Conradie*5 citations*

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