Publications
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Triumphant Love
(2017)
The book is a treasure trove for scholars in the field of science of religion who focus on comparative religion, spirituality and the reception of Christianity in India and Ireland. The strength of the book is its comprehensive ...
Decolonisation of e-Government Research and Practice
(2018)
With the rapid increase in the implementation of e-Government in Africa and across the world, the need to investigate the key bottlenecks (issues) caused by the failure of a large number of e-Government projects cannot be ...
Higher education for public good
(2022)
This book focuses on the knowledge area of higher education governance, organisational dynamics, leadership and decolonisation. We have observed that governance discourse has been excluded in debates that concern the public ...
Reformed theology today
(2017)
This book contributes to an extensive number of scholarly works produced in 2017 which commemorate the scientific revolution and paradigm shift that occurred in 1517. The year 2017 marks the 500th celebration of the ...
Understanding Education for the Visually Impaired
(2020)
The contribution that this book makes to scholarship is regarded as ground-breaking, as it is based on recent research conducted with teachers on the ground-level, as well as on research and experiences of practitioners, ...
The 1840 translation of the Gospel of Luke as a technology of power
(2024)
In this book, the author aims to explore the impact of 19th-century translations of the Bible into indigenous languages, with a specific focus on the Setswana translation. The translations have had a profound effect on the ...
Understanding Education for the Visually Impaired
(2020)
The contribution that this book makes to scholarship is regarded as ground-breaking, as it is based on recent research conducted with teachers on the ground-level, as well as on research and experiences of practitioners, ...
The 4IR and the Humanities in South Africa
(2024)
The world is at a cross-roads because of industrial change, compounded by a global pandemic. Humanities and social science education is grappling with the meaning of this change, to the effect that there have been some ...
Human rights in diverse education contexts
(2019)
The focus of this publication is on answering the central research question: How can Human Rights be advanced with regard to different kinds of diversities, and in different educational settings? The publication pays special ...
Human rights in diverse education contexts
(2019)
The focus of this publication is on answering the central research question: How can Human Rights be advanced with regard to different kinds of diversities, and in different educational settings? The publication pays special ...
Youth Ministry
(2018)
This book aims at contributing to the scientific and academic discourse as regards to the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of youth ministry. Too often, youth ministry has been approached from a mainly practical point of view, almost ...
Proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Management Dynamics 2016
(2016)
Cape Town, South Africa, 7 Sept. 2016 – 8 Sept. 2016. Theme: Sustainable economies in the information economy. Purpose: To share the quality academic papers presented at the International Conference on Business and Management ...
Digital developments and employment
(2024)
There is broad consensus in the literature that job creation and productive employment are critical for building a vibrant, inclusive economy. The digital era has the potential to expand employment by creating new professional ...
Proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Management Dynamics 2016
(2016)
Cape Town, South Africa, 7 Sept. 2016 – 8 Sept. 2016. Theme: Sustainable economies in the information economy. Purpose: To share the quality academic papers presented at the International Conference on Business and Management ...
The e-Government Development Discourse
(2018)
research agenda for e-Government. When e-Government was first conceived, it was designed upon basic technologies where the emphasis was only on the simple display of government information for citizens to read. Nowadays, ...
Music, Art and Emotion
(2022)
This book explores the ways in which four visual artists make sense of referentialism and emotion in music. By listening to five art songs by Schubert, Strauss, Fauré and Berlioz they were inspired to create new artworks ...
The e-Government Development Discourse
(2018)
research agenda for e-Government. When e-Government was first conceived, it was designed upon basic technologies where the emphasis was only on the simple display of government information for citizens to read. Nowadays, ...
Music, Art and Emotion
(2022)
This book explores the ways in which four visual artists make sense of referentialism and emotion in music. By listening to five art songs by Schubert, Strauss, Fauré and Berlioz they were inspired to create new artworks ...
State-owned enterprises in Africa and the economics of public service delivery
(2022)
This book intends to provide a continuous assessment of the crisis in governance in Africa. As it is, there are huge deficits in the capacity of African states to harness vast human and material resources to promote good ...
State-owned enterprises in Africa and the economics of public service delivery
(2022)
This book intends to provide a continuous assessment of the crisis in governance in Africa. As it is, there are huge deficits in the capacity of African states to harness vast human and material resources to promote good ...
States of exclusion
(2022)
The theoretical underpinnings of public international law have taken the sovereign status of the nation-state for granted since the beginning of the modern era. After centuries of evolution in legal and political thought, ...
Voices from the South
(2018)
This volume captures the status of digital humanities within the Arts in South Africa. The primary research methodology falls within the broader tradition of phenomenological hermeneutics, with a specific emphasis on visual ...
Dante se mistieke reis
(2020)
The book wishes to bridge the divide between academic literature and popular culture. This is reflected in its style of presentation. The purpose of the book is threefold: 1. Provision of an Afrikaans translation of Dante’s ...
Learning for a Better Future
(2021)
Various international scholars and associates of the PASCAL (Place, Social Capital and Learning Regions) International Observatory (Africa hub), under the auspices of the Centre for Local Economic Development (CENLED) based ...
Missional Leadership
(2019)
The purpose and aim of this book is to develop an appropriate leadership model for missional churches. This implies a positioning of this book within the broader theology of mission and a consensus on the theology of the ...
Dante se mistieke reis
(2020)
The book wishes to bridge the divide between academic literature and popular culture. This is reflected in its style of presentation. The purpose of the book is threefold: 1. Provision of an Afrikaans translation of Dante’s ...
Science and Faith in Dialogue
(2022)
Science and Faith in Dialogue presents a cogent, compelling case for concordance between science and theism. The term theism refers, in this book, to the belief in God's existence. Within theology, the term theism is often ...
Science and Faith in Dialogue
(2022)
Science and Faith in Dialogue presents a cogent, compelling case for concordance between science and theism. The term theism refers, in this book, to the belief in God's existence. Within theology, the term theism is often ...
A New Dawn
(2020)
BRICS is a significant player in the international arena. Thus, it is important for South Africa as a member of BRICS to explore the implications of the external and internal influences of BRICS. This includes comprehensive ...
Learning for a Better Future
(2021)
Various international scholars and associates of the PASCAL (Place, Social Capital and Learning Regions) International Observatory (Africa hub), under the auspices of the Centre for Local Economic Development (CENLED) based ...
Nadenke oor 500 jaar se Reformatoriese teologie
(2017)
In 2017 we celebrate for the 500th time the Reformation of the church. The authors want to ensure that there is also a contribution in Afrikaans in this important year. The central themes of Reformation theology are ...
Nadenke oor 500 jaar se Reformatoriese teologie
(2017)
In 2017 we celebrate for the 500th time the Reformation of the church. The authors want to ensure that there is also a contribution in Afrikaans in this important year. The central themes of Reformation theology are ...
A New Dawn
(2020)
BRICS is a significant player in the international arena. Thus, it is important for South Africa as a member of BRICS to explore the implications of the external and internal influences of BRICS. This includes comprehensive ...
Missional Leadership
(2019)
The purpose and aim of this book is to develop an appropriate leadership model for missional churches. This implies a positioning of this book within the broader theology of mission and a consensus on the theology of the ...
Voices from the South
(2018)
This volume captures the status of digital humanities within the Arts in South Africa. The primary research methodology falls within the broader tradition of phenomenological hermeneutics, with a specific emphasis on visual ...
Towards a holistic approach to support learners at risk of interrupted development
(2023)
The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions that came with it led to unprecedented disruptions in learner development and put them at risk of poor developmental outcomes. It is thus important that the extent of the disruption ...
Self-directed learning research and its impact on educational practice
(2020)
This scholarly book is the third volume in an NWU book series on self-directed learning and is devoted to self-directed learning research and its impact on educational practice. The importance of self-directed learning for ...
Mission moves
(2021)
This scholarly book is the final result of a team-research project, done by ten Practical Theologians from three denominations in the Reformed tradition in South Africa. The authors posed the following research problem ...
Biblical Theology of Life in the New Testament
(2021)
This publication deals with A Biblical Theology of Life based on the New Testament. It forms the second of a two volume publication on A Biblical Theology of Life. These two volumes trace the concept of life throughout ...
Scaffolding work-integrated learning excursions
(2024)
In South Africa, work-integrated learning (WIL) excursions are crucial in preparing university students for the world of work. As higher education institutions (HEIs) evolve to promote equity and inclusivity, these excursions ...
Reconceiving Reproductive Health
(2019)
While reproduction is fairly often touched upon in theological and Christian ethical discussions, reproductive health is not. However, reproductive health is a matter of theological and ethical concern. Discussion pertaining ...
Six Bricks®
(2023)
The Six Bricks® initiative is a teaching and learning method that encourages focused engagement in the classroom by all learners, from the foundation phase to adulthood. By using six simple, colourful DUPLO® bricks, an ...
Biblical Theology of prayer in the New Testament
(2023)
This publication deals with a biblical theology of prayer based on the New Testament. It forms the second of a two-volume publication on a biblical theology of prayer, dealing with the concept of prayer in the Old and New ...
Students’ participation in university governance in South Africa
(2022)
The purpose of this book is to examine the academic experiences of students who participated in university governance at South African universities. Scrutiny is placed on the alignment of student representative council ...
Students’ participation in university governance in South Africa
(2022)
The purpose of this book is to examine the academic experiences of students who participated in university governance at South African universities. Scrutiny is placed on the alignment of student representative council ...
Hondered Jaar Kerk en Teologiese Opleiding: ‘n Kroniek van die Hervormde Kerk
(2010)
The Faculty of Theology at the University of Pretoria is the oldest university faculty in theology in South Africa. It was founded in 1917 as a multi-ecclesial academic institution, with the Netherdutch Reformed Church of ...
A scholarly contribution to educational praxis
(2016)
This publication contains original research targeting scientific specialists in the field of education. Not only is the disposition of its research endeavours grounded on a philosophical basis, it is also embedded in the ...
The legacies of Albert Schweitzer reconsidered
(2016)
This book on the legacy of Albert Schweitzer contextualises this remarkable intellectualist, humanist, medicine-man, theologian and Nobel Prize winner. This collected work is aimed at specialists in the humanities, social ...
Environmental ergonomics
(2022)
This book focuses on the environmental ergonomics of restaurant kitchens and the challenges related hereto in a semitropical city from a chef’s perspective. It establishes the urgent need for commercial kitchens to be ...
A scholarly contribution to educational praxis
(2016)
This publication contains original research targeting scientific specialists in the field of education. Not only is the disposition of its research endeavours grounded on a philosophical basis, it is also embedded in the ...
Justice-based ethics
(2018)
The book reflects academically on important and relevant ethical fields from a multidimensional South African context. The book challenges conventional borders from different ethical, theological, philosophical, economic ...
Justice-based ethics
(2018)
The book reflects academically on important and relevant ethical fields from a multidimensional South African context. The book challenges conventional borders from different ethical, theological, philosophical, economic ...
Raising the Impact of Education Research in Africa
(2018)
The low demonstrable effect of education research done in South Africa in particular – and Africa in general – continues to be a problem in scientific records in the educational sciences. This scholarly collected work ...
Welcoming Africa's children
(2016)
The purpose of this book is to combine perspectives of scholars from Africa on Child Theology from a variety of theological sub-disciplines to provide some theological and ministerial perspectives on this topic. The book ...
Life in Transit
(2020)
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 ...
Life in Transit
(2020)
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 ...
Raising the Impact of Education Research in Africa
(2018)
The low demonstrable effect of education research done in South Africa in particular – and Africa in general – continues to be a problem in scientific records in the educational sciences. This scholarly collected work ...
Perspectives on comprehensive internationalisation of higher education
(2022)
This book argues that international higher education has to be competitive, sustainable and contribute to educational development both locally and internationally. It shows that higher education institutions (HEIs) are ...
Perspectives on comprehensive internationalisation of higher education
(2022)
This book argues that international higher education has to be competitive, sustainable and contribute to educational development both locally and internationally. It shows that higher education institutions (HEIs) are ...
Welcoming Africa's children
(2016)
The purpose of this book is to combine perspectives of scholars from Africa on Child Theology from a variety of theological sub-disciplines to provide some theological and ministerial perspectives on this topic. The book ...
Mother Earth, Mother Africa and Theology
(2021)
The theological role of African women and men in sustainable development and environmental justice strongly emerges in this book. Picking up the theme and metaphor of the fifth pan-African conference of the Circle of ...
Contested body
(2020)
Within the plenitude of Pauline studies, Contested body: Metaphors of dominion in Romans 5–8 provides a cohesive scholarly investigation into metaphors of dominion employed by Paul. This book advances the understanding ...
A critical engagement with theological education in Africa
(2021)
The higher education landscape has arguably become one of the most arduous to traverse. More so in the African context, where a host of variables continiously challenge educators to reflect critically on their philosophies ...
Leadership Approaches to Negotiate Challenges in a Changing Education Landscape
(2020)
The argumentative point of departure of this scholarly book is the common conviction of specialists in the field of education in South Africa that the national education system is not at a satisfactory level – in both the ...
Oral history in South Africa
(2025)
Colonial and apartheid-era historical narratives in South Africa often disregard oral testimonies, leaving significant gaps in understanding the country’s rich and complex past. This scholarly book explores the methodologies ...
Self-directed multimodal learning in higher education
(2020)
This book aims to provide an overview of theoretical and practical considerations in terms of self-directed multimodal learning within the university context. Multimodal learning is approached in terms of the levels of ...
Social work in the 21st century
(2024)
This scholarly book, Social work in the 21st century: Scholarship and praxis reimagined towards vulnerability,is the third volume in the ‘Knowledge Pathing: Multi-, Inter- and Trans-Disciplining in Social Sciences’ book ...
Biblical Theology of Life in the Old Testament
(2021)
Life is a primary theme in Scripture, expressed in the rich diversity of the various books, corpora and genres of Scripture. Much has been published on what Scripture teaches about life and death. To date, however, no ...
The walk without limbs
(2019)
In a country as diverse as South Africa, sickness and health often mean different things to different people – so much so that the different health definitions and health belief models in the country seem to have a profound ...
Trading Justice for Peace? Reframing reconciliation in TRC processes in South Africa, Canada and Nordic countries
(2021)
Conflict in its various manifestations continues to be a defining feature in many places throughout the world. In an attempt to address such conflict, various forms of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have been ...
Internal migration and development planning in South Africa
(2024)
This scholarly book aims to illustrate the importance of incorporating internal migration data into development planning initiatives and processes to gain insight into both short- and long-term social changes. This publication ...
A scholarly inquiry into disciplinary practices in educational institutions
(2019)
This book is a collection of chapters based on original research dealing with issues of discipline and disciplinary practices in educational institutions. The aim of the book is to provide a scholarly and scientific ...
The Development of the Characters of Lady Wisdom and Dame Folly in Judaic Literature
(2025)
This book contributes to the knowledge in the studies of Judaic wisdom literature by covering a vast body of literature and analyzing and comparing several applicable texts within their contexts. It gives a comprehensive ...
Soshanguve paremiology+
(2025)
This scholarly book explores the transformative role of proverbs in cultural education, preservation and scholarly discourse in South Africa. It emphasises the importance of integrating indigenous African knowledge into ...
Contemporary issues in South African education
(2025)
South African education is widely regarded as being in crisis, facing deep and persistent challenges. This reality is starkly reflected in international assessments such as the 2021 Progress in International Reading Literacy ...
Evaluation as a mechanism to foster an equitable society in the Global South
(2024)
This scholarly book is Volume 2 of a duology that seeks to stimulate conversations among development evaluators, commissioners of evaluations and development programme decision-makers about the role of evaluation in ...
Space, people and technology
(2023)
In this book, there is a call on built environment professionals to reflect on the role of narrative in shaping space, influencing people and making decisions about technology. It is argued that by changing the narrative ...
Self-Directed Learning for the 21st Century
(2019)
This book is devoted to scholarship in the field of self-directed learning in the 21st century, with specific reference to higher education. The target audience of the book includes scholars in the field of self-directed ...
The biblical concept of the ‘Davidic Covenant’ in 2 Samuel and Ezekiel and its implications for African leadership
(2023)
Scholars have offered insight into the Davidic Covenant and the future hope for Israel. However, their works up to this point have overlooked a detailed influence of 2 Samuel 7 on Ezekiel 34 and 37. Therefore, reading the ...
Powers, inequalities and vulnerabilities
(2020)
This research addresses the gap that is present in both missiology and family and youth ministry. Missiology does not focus on children and youth specifically, while this is the largest population in the developing world. ...
Local economies and pandemics
(2023)
The outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to both developed and less developed local economies. The aim of the book is to uncover the best practises in responding to a pandemic ...
Education and climate change
(2025)
This scholarly book explores education’s vital yet underemphasised role in addressing climate change, positioning it as both a powerful tool for climate action and a sector directly impacted by environmental challenges.Challenging ...
Integrated Transboundary Water-Climate Management Tools
(2020)
The scholarly theme of the book lends itself to the discipline of earth and atmospheric sciences, with a specific focus on water-climate studies. The book is a scholarly discourse by researchers in the natural sciences, ...
Finding a moral compass for South Africa
(2023)
The research question of this book reads: Can South Africans, amidst all the contemporary distrust in political leadership and moral decay, find a moral compass that could lead them to a humane society of mutual trust, ...
A youth empowerment model designed to tackle school violence in South Africa
(2024)
School-based violence is of major concern in the South African schooling system, particularly in secondary schools. School-based violence has a negative impact on the physical, social, cognitive and emotional well-being ...
Problem-based learning and pedagogies of play
(2023)
The focus of this book is original research regarding the implementation of problem-based learning and pedagogies of play as active approaches to foster self-directed learning. With the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) ...
The Belgic Confession
(2023)
This book investigates the contemporary relevance of the Belgic Confession. The book groups the 37 articles of the Belgic Confession together in order to cover the whole confession in 12 chapters (alongside an introductory ...
Facing homelessness
(2021)
In facing homelessness we face the other, and in facing the other, we face ourselves. This book contributes to an emerging body of knowledge on street homelessness in the South African context. It is meant for researchers ...
Factors impacting African women’s doctoral success
(2023)
With the knowledge economy playing such a critical role in global economic development, increasing the number of Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) graduates in higher education institutions worldwide has been imperative. ...
Corporate governance practices promoting the sustainability of small, medium and microenterprises in South Africa
(2024)
Corporate governance practices promoting the sustainability of small, medium and microenterprises in South Africa critically examines the intersection of corporate governance and the sustainability of small enterprises. ...
Collaborative capacity development to complement stroke rehabilitation in Africa
(2020)
This scholarly book focuses on stroke in Africa. Stroke is a leading cause of disability among adults of all ages, contributing significantly to health care costs related to long term implications, particularly if ...
Financial inclusion
(2021)
Financial inclusion has been noted as a key driver of poverty alleviation and growth. Yet, most of the scholarly work that exists lacks a comprehensive discussion of how the poor interact with financial services and the ...
Living Water
(2023)
Water will undoubtedly become an ever more crucial locus of academic reflection, as Christiana Peppard’s concern that “wars of the future will be fought over water, not oil” (2014) stresses. Increasing water shortages ...
Cities, Space and Power
(2020)
The scholarly purpose of this manuscript is to provide a resource for academics and researchers looking into cities, space and power in emerging economies. It also takes into consideration the relationship between emerging ...
Re-Authoring Life Narratives After Trauma
(2019)
Re-authoring Life Narratives after Trauma is an interdisciplinary, specialist resource for traumatic stress researchers, practitioners and frontline workers who focus their research and work on communities from diverse ...
Philipp Melanchthon
(2022)
Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) was, with Martin Luther, the most influential reformer of the church during the 16th century. He was also a reformer of university education, especially theological studies, as well as the ...
A God Who Cares?
(2024)
This monograph may be read as a constructive supplement to Volume 4 of the series entitled An Earthed Faith: Telling the Story amid the “Anthropocene.” Volume 4 of this series is on the Christian doctrine of providence and ...
Accounting theories, practices, education and human capital formation trends
(2025)
This book aims to provide empirical and conceptual insights into contemporary accounting theories, practices, education and approaches adopted to advance human capital formation in the discipline. Although new accounting ...
The 4IR and teacher education in South Africa:
(2022)
The 4IR has become an overarching framework within which education systems, including teacher education, are operating. Contingent upon the ideology of neo-liberalism, the 4IR seeks to transform societies in ways which ...
Christian ethics and political economy
(2020)
The value-free and relativistic human and scientific discourses have led to an era of ideology. From fascism at the dawn of the century, through liberalism and the associated phenomenon of unfettered statism, to the current ...