Thesiss

This dissertation is focused on developing a contextual-hybrid ministry approach in the context of the Melanesian understanding of spiritual power. In order to do so, I have explored two perspectives; namely the Melanesian approach to spiritual power (or pawa as known in Papua N…

ʻŌLELO HŌʻULUʻULU

The mediaeval Islamicate world was dominated by a language-obsessed culture that placed great value on words and their meanings. These words and meanings could, for those who used them, make the difference between both earthly success or failure, and salvation or damnation in th…

The term ma'na ("meaning"; "image" or "literary conceit") has occupied a unique position as a category in both Arabic-Islamic literary criticism and rhetoric from their very inception. From the third century AH (Hijra)/ninth century CE (Common Era) up until the fifth century/ele…