Divine aseity and the paradox of divine self-limitation by Aku S. Antombikums

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Divine exultation and agony in the face of evil, a creation theodicy of divine restraint by R. Potgieter

“… Horrendous evil describes the anthropological view of excessive evils which devastate and dehumanise both victim and perpetrator, casting doubt as to whether life is worth living. Divine exultation and divine agony are viewed from the perspective of divinity, whose initial creation brought God pleasure and its fall an offence so deep that, though he considered its total destruction, God instead opted for divine restraint. …”
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Learning Theories: From Divine to Mortals by Ahmed Badar

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Divine darkness in the human discourses of Job by N. F. Schmidt, P. J. Nel

“…The poetic dialogues and discourses between Job and his friends emphasise their experiences of “darkness” (? (??? as Divine interventions in relation to Job’s situation. …”
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Luke’s Divine Call of Jesus. Part Two by Robert Lee Williams

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Towards an Abrahamic ecumenism? The search for the universality of the divine mystery by C. van der Kooi

“…The elaboration of the universality of the divine mystery in history does not have to be won by going back to Abraham, but by going forward to Jesus Christ and by thinking of and living out of Him. …”
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Divine hiddenness, the melancholic self, and a pandemic spirituality by R. Venter

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The vision of divine light in Saint Gregory Palamas's theology by F. T. Tomoioagă

“…The present study represents a synthesis of Saint Gregory Palamas’s teaching on the vision of Divine Light as it was articulated in the debate with his adversaries. …”
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Monotheistic understanding of the divine in African religion, Christianity and Islam by EW Namukoa, P Verster, PJ Nel

“… The article traces the varied expressions of the conception of the Divine in traditional African religion, Islam and Christianity. …”
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Divine and human violence and destruction in Jeremiah 20:7-13 by SD Snyman

“…It is argued that due to the ambiguity and structural features of the text the prophet experienced violence and destruction from the divine side as well as from a human side. …”
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The Relevance of the Practice of Ifá Divination in Ola Rotimi’s The Gods are not to Blame by Olusegun Olu-Osayomi, Babatunde Adebua

Subjects: “…Yoruba Culture, Ifá Oracle, Divination, Metaphysics, Ola Rotimi…”
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A Literary Interpretation of Blood Symbolism in Ifá Divination Poetry by Oluwabunmi Tope Bernard

“… Tis study undertakes a literary analysis of blood as a symbol as contained in the Ifá divination poetry among the Yorùbá of Southwestern Nigeria, which the researcher has collected through personal observations, consultations, and interviews with Ifá priests. …”
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Under the Skies of Olympus: Three Types of Divine Landscapes in the Homeric Hymns by Vaiva Vasiliauskaitė

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Imitatio Christi and the holy folly of divine violence: the church as ultimate criminal by J. A. Meylahn

“…In this article, Christ will be interpreted as one who did not counter this violence of the law (state-maintaining violence) with a counter violence of state-forming violence, but completely undermined the justification of both forms of violence (state-forming and state-maintaining) with a divine violence. If the Christ event is read as an exemplary narrative of the post-metaphysics in the linguistic turn in the work of Derrida, this opens up new possibilities for both theology as well as the role of the church within the context of a postmodern world, and these possibilities will be explored. …”
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Ethical perspectives on the Manguni bird: Integrating nature, humanity, and divine connection by Rencan C. Marbun

“…In Minahasa tradition, the Manguni is not only regarded as a natural sign that provides clues about the good or bad nature of an event but also as a divine intermediary that brings messages from God (Opo Empung). …”
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The 'Consensus Genvensis' revisited: the Genesis of the Genevan consensus of divine election in 1551 by E. A. de Boer

“…On one occasion the doctrine of divine election was presented over against the intervention of Jerome Bolsec. …”
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Redefined prophecy as Deuteronomic alternative to divination in Deut 18:9-22 by H L Bosman

“… Anthropological research has shown that no rigid distinction can be maintained between prophets, priests, diviners and necromancers. All of them function as religious intermediaries and act as repositories and interpreters of religious tradition and as sources of divine knowledge. …”
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A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN THE PAST AND THE 21ST CENTURY AFRICAN SOCIETY IN THE CONTEXT OFÌWÒRÌTÚRÚPỌ̀NIN IFÁ DIVINATION by SAMUEL KÁYỌ̀DÉ OLÁLẸ́YẸ, OLÚWÁTÓYÌN ADÉBÓ̩LÁ GBÀDÀMÓ̩S̩Í

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Marriage by Proxy: A Remedy to Divorce and Single Parenting as Presented in Ifá Ogbèdí Divination Poetry by Samuel Kayode Olaleye

“…In the past, marriage by proxy, which means marriage that follows due process with the help of intermediary and Ifá divination, was, considerably helpful in sustaining marital union. …”
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GOD’S INTERVENTION REVISITED: AN ILLUMINATION OF HIS CONTINUOUS PRESENCE by A.C. Pieterse

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