Publications
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Critical Issues in South African Education
(2020)
The main thesis of this book is that, given that South African education faces major challenges, the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) constellation of states offers — thus far overlooked — a valuable ...
Martin Luther: ’n Inleiding tot sy lewe, denke en geskrifte
(2019)
In 2017 the world celebrated the 500 years of the Reformation of the 16th century. Martin Luther was at the centre of this jubilee. He is the father of the Protestant Church. A large section of the Afrikaans-speaking ...
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Business and Finance
(2015)
Theme: ‘Creating futures: Sustainable economies?’ Purpose: To share continuous and collaborative research outputs that review existing strategies and to propose mechanisms for the likely achievement of a sustainable economy ...
Perspectives on theology of religions
(2017)
In the public theology discourse, the concept ‘public square’ has become significant. In today’s multicultural and globalised world it is inevitable that people with different religious affiliations will encounter one ...
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Business and Finance
(2015)
Theme: ‘Creating futures: Sustainable economies?’ Purpose: To share continuous and collaborative research outputs that review existing strategies and to propose mechanisms for the likely achievement of a sustainable economy ...
Perspectives on theology of religions
(2017)
In the public theology discourse, the concept ‘public square’ has become significant. In today’s multicultural and globalised world it is inevitable that people with different religious affiliations will encounter one ...
Martin Luther: ’n Inleiding tot sy lewe, denke en geskrifte
(2019)
In 2017 the world celebrated the 500 years of the Reformation of the 16th century. Martin Luther was at the centre of this jubilee. He is the father of the Protestant Church. A large section of the Afrikaans-speaking ...
Signposts to Silence. Metaphysical mysticism
(2018)
Signposts to Silence provides a theoretical map of what it terms ‘metaphysical mysticism’: the search for the furthest, most inclusive horizon, the domain of silence, which underlies the religious and metaphysical urge of ...
Signposts to Silence. Metaphysical mysticism
(2018)
Signposts to Silence provides a theoretical map of what it terms ‘metaphysical mysticism’: the search for the furthest, most inclusive horizon, the domain of silence, which underlies the religious and metaphysical urge of ...
Medicinal Effects of Agathosma (Buchu) Extracts
(2019)
The research results presented in this book span the quest of Cape Kingdom Nutraceuticals, Prof. Patrick Bouic and Prof. Barbara Huisamen to scientifically validate the health promoting properties of an aqueous extract of ...
Medicinal Effects of Agathosma (Buchu) Extracts
(2019)
The research results presented in this book span the quest of Cape Kingdom Nutraceuticals, Prof. Patrick Bouic and Prof. Barbara Huisamen to scientifically validate the health promoting properties of an aqueous extract of ...
Complexities and challenges in preventive audiology
(2022)
The success of any preventive healthcare programme is reliant on a functional healthcare system. Within this system of care, healthcare professionals, including audiologists, can only practice safely and effectively if ...
Recalibrating teacher training in African higher education institutions
(2022)
This book critically examines the role of governments in promoting parity during and in post-pandemic education. This comes from the realisation that the pandemic has deepened the crisis by depleting the meagre resources ...
Working with indigenous knowledge
(2022)
The aim of the book is to assist both local and international scholars in articulating the scholarly discourse on indigenous health attitudes, practices, and experiences. The indigenous lens that was used to generate and ...
Healer
(2020)
This book explores the established field of healing narratives in the New Testament by focusing on the remembered tradition regarding Jesus’ healings and comparing them with those of other healers, such as Asclepius. A ...
Contextualised open educational practices
(2022)
This book covers original research on the implementation of open educational practices through the use of open educational resources at the university level. The emphasis on open education in this book is on contextualising ...
Judging Q and Saving Jesus
(2015-12-18)
The monograph Judging Q and Saving Jesus is characterised by careful textual analysis, showing a piercing critical eye in its impressive engagement with the secondary literature, and sharp and insightful critique. The ...
The human dilemma of displacement
(2020)
In this book social responsive theological research converges to provide practical theological and ecclesiological perspectives on the growing human dilemma of displacement. The book presents the research of practical ...
Togetherness in South Africa
(2017)
Race and inequality have always been sensitive topics in South African society due to its colonial past, diverse social composition and apartheid legacy of legal discrimination against people on the basis of their skin ...
Faith seeking understanding
(2022)
The debate between faith and science is an ongoing and dynamic conversation marked
by the need to consistently factor in new data generated by the sciences, and new
perspectives developed in theology. In this book, a ...
Understanding and mitigating cyberfraud in Africa
(2024)
The book covers the overview of cyberfraud and the associated global statistics. It demonstrates practicable techniques that financial institutions can employ to make effective decisions geared towards cyberfraud mitigation. ...
Information technology governance practices and inhibitors in South African private and public health care
(2023)
As organisations continue to invest capital heavily in Information Technology (IT), effective corporate governance of IT, normally termed 'IT governance' is critical to ensuring that IT spending leads to the fulfilment of ...
Scholarship of education and human rights in diversity
(2022)
The objective of this book is to highlight the need and value of imbuing the dynamic intersections between education, human rights and diversity with perspectives from the Global South. The chapters approach key intellectual ...
Verskyning en verdwyning van ‘n verligte mens
(2022)
The book offers an Afrikaans translation (in six chapters) of selected parts of a number of Pali suttas dealing with the birth of a previous Buddha (Vipassi); a previous life of the 'present' Buddha (Siddhattha Gotama), ...
South Africa’s water governance hydraulic mission (1912–2008) in a WEF-Nexus context
(2018)
Geologists, physicists and ecologists currently promote the idea of a post-Holocene epoch – the Anthropocene. As a result of constant innovation and modernisation in the fields of engineering, natural science, management ...
Culture, Philosophies and Reforms in Public Administration for the Globalising World
(2018)
The aim of this scholarly collected work is to contribute to the scientific discourse on public administration in a globalised environment. The book reflects on governance challenges in South Africa and in Africa, with its ...
The gift of life
(2021)
The concept ‘human life’ and what it entails have become a prominent idea in current theological-ethical discourses, especially in the growing Christian reflection on bioethics, eco-ethics, and social justice. Contemporary ...
International trade and recovery strategies in Kenya in the context of COVID-19
(2022)
COVID-19 led to an economic downturn not only in Kenya but also in the rest of the world. It put these countries into a recession as a result of the measures taken by trading partners to prevent the spread of the virus. ...
Digital Humanities in precarious times
(2024)
In a modern and fast-evolving technological world, precarity has become more notable. Digital transformation has ushered in an era of ‘datafication’, profoundly impacting societies and individuals in such a way that there ...
Debating Otherness with Richard Kearney
(2018)
Richard Kearney is one of the leading global thinkers in both Continental philosophy and post-metaphysical philosophy of religion, as well as an esteemed Irish professor in philosophy, currently teaching at Boston College, ...
Die waarheidsweg Dhammapada
(2017)
This book aims to contribute to the understanding of Early Buddhism, specifically the Dhammapada (one of the great classical religious scriptures of the world) in its historical setting, namely India in the third to fifth ...
Nicholas Bhekinkosi Hepworth Bhengu’s Lasting Legacy
(2018)
This is a scholarly book that commemorates the legacy of Rev. Nicholas Bhekinkosi Hepworth Bhengu who was born on 05 September 1909 at eNtumeni, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. He was the founder of the Back to God Crusade ...
Critical Management Studies in the South African context
(2016)
The purpose of the book is to establish the first formalised scholarly work on critical management studies (CMS) in the South African context. The book is a collection of seven chapters, six of which employ a conceptual ...
Speaking of Satan in Zambia
(2022)
In this book, it is argued that narratives about Satanism, which have become popular in the Christian context of Zambia from the 1990s onwards, make cultural sense because of their links to traditional African notions as ...
Theological perspectives on re-imagining leadership in post-COVID-19 Africa
(2023)
Post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) realities are challenging leaders in all spheres of society in many ways. From the onset of the pandemic, leaders on every level were challenged to provide appropriate guidance in ...
Self-Directed Learning in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic
(2022)
The COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted teaching and learning at higher
education institutions (HEIs), and this book disseminates research findings on
a series of cross-campus online initiatives of the North-West University ...
Innovations in online teaching and learning
(2022)
This book’s research is on online pedagogical approaches devised by teacher educators and researchers to circumvent a face-to-face curriculum delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenge faced by educators was that ...
Reformed theology today
(2017)
This book is unique and of great importance for theologians from diverse traditions but who all share the relevance of the academic Reformed discourse. The book focuses on, and forms part of celebrating 500 years since the ...
Issues Around Aligning Theory, Research and Practice in Social Work Education
(2018)
Issues Around Aligning Theory, Research and Practice in Social Work Education provides a reflection on social work education with a slant towards an Afrocentric approach, aiming to facilitate strong reflective thinking and ...
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 ...