Degree of Baccalaureate in Theology

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    Vincent Chileya Moba, Cssp Healing as A Means of God's Communication; Theological Analysis of Luke 5, 17-26 And Pastoral Recommendations
    (Tangaza University College, 2004-01) Moba, Vincent Chileya
    This Essay is an interdisciplinary work drawn from Social Communications, Theology and Scripture. It began with a reflection on the essence of the Blessed Trinity. It drew its inspirations from the Constitution of the Second Vatican Council, Dei Verbum, which addresses the `Divine revelation' or rather, the Selfcommunication of God. The Essay therefore speaks of the Trinity as a community of the three conscious divine persons of the Father, Son and of the Holy Spirit who dwell in perfect communion. Besides, the Self-communication of God is also extended to the human beings—created in the image and likeness of God. Hence, the essence of God is communication, which creates communion within the Blessed Trinity and with humanity. The Essay therefore regards Trinitarian communication as the basis of human and Christian communications. History of salvation is an unfolding communication process between God and humanity towards a greater communion. The whole plan of God's salvation, in various stages of history, had its climax in the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Besides the incarnation, the Church, which is under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, is the continuation of God's communication in Jesus. She exits in order to bring human beings into communion with God and with each other. Bearing in mind many and varied ways in which God communicates salvation to the human world, this Essay however, chooses the theme of 'healing' and presents it as a means of communication. It approaches 'healing' from the biblical point of view and analyses the Self-communication of God through Jesus' healing ministry—taking the healing episode of the paralytic in the Gospel of Luke as the working text. The Essay is divided into four chapters. Each chapter has a brief introduction and a conclusion
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    An Exegesis of Matthew 15, 21-28 the Role of the Gentile Woman in Matt 15, 21-28: Faith As A Paradigm for Healing
    (Tangaza University College, 2004-01) Bwalya, Blackson
    In this topic I intend to explore the text from Matt 15, 21-28 and investigate the role the Gentile woman plays in this pericope. I have been motivated by Jesus' praise of the faith of this Gentile woman. As a result my main objective in this project is to establish the meaning of this text for Matthew's community and also for contemporary Christians. In order to achieve this objective I will employ certain scientific biblical methods. For this reason I have divided my topic into three chapters. In the first chapter I will give a biblical background of the term 'Gentile'. I will show what this term means and what relationship there is in scripture between Gentiles and the people of Israel. In the Old Testament I will single out the Canaanites who will act as a representative group for all peoples known as Gentiles. Then in the New Testament I will establish the understanding of Gentiles with special emphasis on Matthew's Gospel. My aim in the first chapter will be to find out what was the relationship between the Israelites and the Gentiles in scripture. The findings then will help me to have a clearer understanding of Jesus' encounter with the Gentile woman in Matthew from where my working-text comes. In the second chapter I will do an exegetical investigation in which I will analyze Matt IS, 21-28 in order to expose its original meaning. Since this chapter holds a central position in my thesis I hope to bring to the surface the theology of Matthew with regard to the above-mentioned text and answer some of the questions it raises. My findings in this chapter will, therefore, be very important for my third and last chapter in which I will argue both theologically and pastorally that faith is necessary for healing, for effective intercessory prayer, and for incorporation into the Christian community. Finally I will, in the third chapter, harmonize the message of Matt IS, 21-28 for contemporary Christians with some reflections on the same text in the context of today's suffering masses. 1 will answer the questions: How can this text give meaning to some Christians of today who have faith and yet continue to suffer from HIV/AIDS or the ravages of war? And how can it inspire today's church to reach out to such suffering people? Each of the three chapters will have its own introduction and conclusion in which the main ideas and assumptions will be introduced and summarized respectively. Lastly, the general conclusion will expose the main ideas and assumptions of the whole topic in a carefully synthesized and summarized way.