African Theology & Philosophy

72 Titles

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White main title and subtitle lettering on a plain bright orange background, with a line drawing in deep red of a staff

Julius Caesar: Die Galliese Oorlog

J T Benade
December 31, 1984
Arch of a temple with band across middle of book with book title and subtitle, bottom has author's name on.

(De) Monopolising Paradise

Lubna Navdi (ed), Sultan Kahn (ed)
June 15, 2017

50 years of The Freedom Charter

Raymond Suttner
March 2, 2023

Africa and her animals: Philosophical and practical perspectives

Anteneh Roba, Rainer Ebert
December 12, 2018
Duotone sepia photo in high-contrast style of kneeling African man in white robe, planting a wooden cross, with book title in brown lettering at the bottm left, and subtitle in black lettering. The author's name , ML Daneel, is in black lettering at the top left of the book cover.

African Earthkeepers Volume 2: Environmental mission and liberation in Christian perspective

Marthinus L Daneel
January 30, 1999
Greyscale photo of thorn tree at top, fading to grey at bottom, with white and deep red lettering of book title on front cover

African Proverbs Series : Volume 2: AKAN PROVERBS: hearing and Keeping

Kofi Asare Opuku; John S Mbiti
December 31, 1997
Sepia-toned photo of African priest in white cloak bending over a person with outstretched neck, and at the bottom of the cover is a black band with white lettering of the main title, subtitle and author name

All things hold together: Holistic Theologies at the African Grassroots: Selected essays by ML Daneel

ML Daneel
December 30, 2007
Black lettering of author name at top with book title in middle on white block. Background photographic image of torso of male African figure, from 2 different angles (2 side views, one frontal), combined with horizontal white band and black line mediveal drawing of one-eyed cyclops figure

The Anatomy of Power: European Constructions of the African Body

Alexander Butchart
June 30, 1997

And we forgave them: Stories from Struggle Against Apartheid in Venda, South Africa

Lilian T Moufhe, Ndangeni P Phaswana; Michael O'Loughlin
June 14, 2018
Plain black lettering of the book main title at the top, followed by the author's name, a Unisa logo in black linework, and at the bottom of the page, the university of South Africa indicated in both Afrikaans and in English, followed by the word 'Pretoria' and the publication date on a plain cream

Aristoteles en die Macedoniese Politiek

H J De Vleeschauwer
December 30, 1956

Autism: Perspectives from Africa. Volume 1

December 12, 2020
Pale green background with subtitle in green at top, and vertical main title in decorative lettering on the right-hand side of the book. at the bottom, a list of languages used in the book is placed.

Beyond the He-man Approach: Guidelines for gender-inclusive language

Wendy Martyna
June 30, 1996

Bishop Sigqibo Dwane: Bold prophet of the Ethiopian Episcopal Church

P T Mtuze
December 12, 2018

BOTSWANA’S parliamentary democracy revisited

David Sebudubudu (ed), Bertha Z Osei Hwedie (ed), Balefe Tsie (ed)
October 18, 2017
Mauve 2-tone design on white background with central rectangle, design based on a medieval print of a congragation, book title at top in maroon and authorname at bottom, both in mauve shades of scripted lettering

Catholic thought since the alignment: A survey

Aidan Nichols
December 31, 1998
Golden script lettering of main title at the top, with subtitle in white lettering in the middle and the author's name at the bottom of the page, in a decorative gold frame with a border inside and outside, all on a deep indigo blue background.

The Cave of Adullam or anchor, a door of hope?

Chris Botha
June 30, 1990
Naive-styled colour painting of the Christ figure on the cross, in bright colours, and with white lettering of the book title and author name at the bottom of the front cover

Christ Divided: Liberalism, Ecumenism and Race in South Africa

David Thomas
December 30, 2002
Red lettering of main title in top left-hand corner on high-contrast black-and-white photocollage of a church building montaged against a South African coastline shape, filled with photographic landscape imagery, including a tall palm tree, right. Author's name is in red lettering at bottom right of cover.

Christian Mission in South Africa: Political and Ecumenical

Willem Saayman
January 1, 1991

Critical Reasoning and the Art of Argumentation

M E Van den Bergh
June 17, 2010
cover with dotted yellow background, with abstract figurine in foreground, and circular uneven blob shapes in many colours surrounding the figure.

Critically diverse perspectives on Covid-19: Interviews with a varied range of South Africans

Sayan Dey (ed), Shankhadeep Chattopadhyay (ed)
June 21, 2023
Blue main title lettering at top right, beneath a blue photorealistic feather quill/imitating a pen/writing action on a blue triangular page-like watery surface, against a green background forming a horison line, on which white lettering of subtitle is placed.

Culture in retrospect: Essays in honour of ED Prinsloo

A.P.J. Roux, P.H. Coetzee; J Margolis , D.F.M. Strauss, A.M.T. Meyer , P Duvenage , P.H. Coetzee, P Higgs, W Kistner , W.J. Jordaan , J Heidema , W Labuschagne , A.J. Antonites , M Faure , F.C. de Beer , J Wilkinson, M Schoeman , J Hund, M Macnamara, Z Postma-de Beer, J Broodryk
June 30, 2001
white main title lettering in capital letters at the top of the cover, against a bright green background. At the bottom of the cover is a silhouettepen sketch of a pastoral scene, with 2 flute-playing men herding cattle, with the one carrying a load on his back. At the bottom corner of the drawing is a small buck and the outline of a plant.

Eclogae en Georgica

JT Benade
December 31, 1983
Greyscale photo of tree branches at top of cover, facing into grey mist towards the bottom of the cover. In the middle of the cover, the African Proverbs Series wording is inserted (vol 5) and at the bottom of the cover, the book title in blue, with a light blue banner holding the black subtitle wording. The author's name is at the bottom of the cover in light blue.s the

Embracing the Baobab Tree: The African Proverb in the 21st Century

Willem Saayman; EJ Alagoa, E Amoah, PA Bennett, M Chindongo, G Cotter, A Dalfovo, H Kimmerle, JN Kudadjie, J Mbiti, W Mieder, J Mkuchu, M Mokitimi, TN Ntshinga, BO Olayinka, KA Opoku, J Penfield, G Sawadogo, W van Heerden, G Wanjohi
December 30, 1997
Sepia photo in the veld of kneeling Albert Luthuli in a white shirt, hand on chin, with yellow capital letters for main book title, and white lettering above and below. The 2 editors' names are below in small yellow & outlined lettering.

The Faces and Phases of Inkosi Albert Luthuli: Reflections

Puleng Segalo, Tinyiko Chauke; Mfaniseni Wiseman Mbatha, Sibangilizwe Maphosa, Vitus Nanbigne, Rivonia Naidu, Akhona Ndzuta, Raymond Suttner, Keaobaka Tsholo, Siphamandla Zondi
June 14, 2024
Main words in title, Rags and Riches, are in large capital letters, with 'RAGS' filled with a patchwork design, while the rest of the main title wording and the author's name is in plain dark brown lettering on a plain beige background.

From rags to riches: An analysis of the Faith movement and its relation to the classical Pentecostal movement

December 31, 1989
The top part of book cover is in plain dark turquoise with white decorative lettering used for the title. The subtitle is at the bottom of a sepia-tone photo of a group of African church members in white robes.

Frontiers of African Christianity: Essays in honour of Inus Daneel

December 31, 2003
The main title is placed i bold yellow capital letters at top of the cover, with the subtitle in yellow lowercase at the bottom of the design, as well as the author's name. The. main design is an adapted photo of the silhoutee of a medieval cross, superimposed on a sunset. The photo's are both rendered to print in shades of deep purple.

God's wisdom and human reason: The development of theology as a discipline in medieval times

Brian Gaybba
December 31, 1998
Dark brown capital letters (with decorative first letter) at the top of the cover on a textured biege band, followed by a plain dark brown band on which the subtitle is placed in lowercase caramelbeig lettering. At the bottom of the cover is another textured beige background, and the author's name is printed in brown lowercase lettering at the bottom of the cover.

Goeie nuus vir armes en rykes: Perspektiewe uit die Lukasevangelie

David J Bosch
December 31, 1990
three-coloured line drawing in wine red, deep blue and gold, of a formal lithurgical hierarchy inside a church, from 2 angels at the top, to 5 top officials directly below, to centrally placed priest, to 5 congregation members at the bottom tier. The main title lettergin is in gold on the central pane, with the author's name also in gold at the bottom. The drawing is framed within a medieval decorative vine leaves frame.

Die Klementynse Liturgie

J A A A Stoop
December 31, 1992

Listen to Africa: A Call from LS Senghor. Translated by Pierre de Fontnouvelle

Josiane Nespoules-Neuville; Pierre De Fontnouvelle
June 17, 1999
Background is a white and black collage of newspaper clippings reporting on AIDS deaths, with a large solid red splash outline shpae at the top of the book cover, in which white lettering is place of the main book title. The Editor's title is placed at the bottom of the cover in black lettering on the newspaper collage background.

Living in an AIDS culture

Jan de Jongh van Arkel ; Margie Beukes , Robert Mckay, Gawie van der Walt , Alta van Dyk , Christa van Wyk
December 30, 1991
Hazy greyscale image of thorn tree branch at top fading into grey at bottom, with book title lettering in white and orange

Lugbara Wisdom: African Proverbs Series Volume 3

Albert T Dalfovo (ed), John S Mbiti (ed)
December 31, 1997

Making an African university in the service of humanity: Professor Mandla Makhanya’s speeches

Abbey Makoe (ed), Muxe Nkondo (ed)
March 19, 2021
Background photo of Venda ankle bangles worn by the owner of the bangles, with in the foreground lettering: at the top, main title in yellow, subtitle below in white capital latters, and at bottom of the page, author's name and surname in white lettering

A Matriarchal Ecology: Indigenous Women’s Environmental Activism in Venda, South Africa

Kimberly B Ross
November 3, 2025

Mothering African Women's Theologies: Pioneers of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians

September 10, 2025
Brown capital lettering at the top for the main titpe, with subtitle in lowercase below, against a lime green background. IN the middle is a sepia brown historic replica of an original confesional document's front page. The name of the author is at the bottom of the page, also in brown.

Die Nederlandse Geloofsbelydenis: Onstaan, Skrifgebruik en Gebruik

H L Bosman (ed), J W Hofmeyr (ed), E Van Niekerk (ed), E H Scheffler (ed), I J Van Eeden (ed)
December 31, 1987

The new African Librarian: Perspectives from the continent

Buhle Mbambo-Thatha (ed), Jenny Raubenheimer (ed), Gerhard van der Linde (ed)
June 15, 2012
Beige background, with brown outline drawing of a classical style building (with overlay in centre of oval cameo head-and-shoulders sepia-tone photo of central figure of the book, Cross) with brown lettering at top (title) and bottom (author name)

Ours is the frontier: A life of GW Cross, Baptist pioneer

K E Cross
January 1, 1986

Philip Quaque’s Letters to London, 1763-1811

Adélékè Adeeko (ed)
October 15, 2017
Main book title in mustard brown script lettering on a blue-toned photo of a woman gazing downwards. The author's name is smaller and on the bottom left-hand side.

The Piety of Afrikaans Women

Christina Landman
June 30, 1994

Pimp the Pain: Purpose-inspired dialogues

Solomon Makola
November 16, 2017

Reflective Public Administration: Context, knowledge and methods

Kobus Wessels (ed), J C Pauw (ed), X C Thani (ed)
June 15, 2013

Reflective Public Administration: Ethics

Kobus Wessels, J C Pauw, X C Thani
June 15, 2014

Reincarnation: A Question in the African Philosophy of Mind

Hasskei M Majeed
June 15, 2017
Collage with black and wine red tonal photos with black lettering of main title at the top, andat the bottom right, the name of the author in white lettering. The photos depict 2 photos of congregation members in devotional practice (reading the bible and singin with closed eyes and raised hands) and the background photo shows the low-cost housing landscape.

Religion at the limits: Pentecostalism among Indian South Africans

Gerard Pillay
July 30, 1994
Brown lettering on yellow background, with book title at top, and graph line horizontally across, with a brown line drawing of the scales of justice and a line drawing of a scientist holding in one hand a test tube while peering directly into its contents. The author's name is placed at the bottom right.

The Right to Life: Issues in Bioethics

W S Vorster
June 30, 1988

Sauti: Moral and Spiritual Challenges Facing 21st Century Africa

Matoiane Mamabolo
June 30, 2012

The Secret thread: Personal journeys beyond Apartheid

Deborah Ewing
August 2, 2018

Social Memory as a force for Social and Economic Transformation

Muxe Nkondo (ed)
March 26, 2021
White lettering for the English and Afrikaans titles of the book, with the number 1 in mustard yellow, all placed on a solid oliver green background, with a mustard yellow horizontal band at the top of the cover, and the names of the 2 editors in mustard yellow, printed at the bottom of the book cover. at the top

South African Theological Bibliography Vol 1: Suid-Afrikaanse Teologiese Bibliografie 1

CFA Borchardt; WS Vorster
December 31, 1980
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