The bride as a ‘locked garden’: An eco-sustainability retrieval of nature metaphor in Song of Songs 4:12–15 by Kivatsi J. Kavusa

“…The geo-metaphor of the bride fits perfectly with the ancient belief of Mother Earth and resists the dominion drive of the Anthropocene. Dominance is alien to Canticles. …”
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Hay se agt Bybelse beginsels vir die ekonomiese lewe by J.S. van Zyl

“…The eight Biblical principles cover three main issues, namely creation and man's dominion, man and his work, and the distribution of goods. …”
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Skriftuurlike grondslae vir die gereformeerde teologiese etiek by P. J. de Bruyn

“…These underlying principles are the following: the creation of all things by God and his dominion over everything; sin, the covenant of grace, redemption from sin by Christ, the ascension and reign of Christ, the descent and work of the Holy Spirit, the second coming of Christ; the Word (and especially the law) of God as norm for the life of man. …”
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Een verkennend onderzoek naar de receptie van een anti-hiërarchisch beginsel in Nederlandse kerkorden van het gereformeerde type by Klaas-Willem de Jong

“…The Confessio Gallicana (1559) states: ‘We believe that all true pastors, wherever they may be, have the same authority and equal power under one head, one only sovereign and universal bishop, Jesus Christ; and that consequently no Church shall claim any authority or dominion over any other’ (Cochrane 2003:155). In this study I explore the reception of this article in the successive reformed church orders in the Netherlands, especially in those of the period up to and including the Synod of Dordrecht (1618–19) and in the recent one of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (2004). …”
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Implications of the imago Dei (Gn 1:26) on gender equality and agrarian land reform in Zimbabwe by Canisius Mwandayi

“…These distinctive characteristics earn humanity not only dominion over creation (Gn 1:28), but also the care towards the created order. …”
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Shattering the idols: Confronting the obstinate hold of dehumanising powers on post-apartheid South Africans with the living presence of the crucified and resurrected Lord by Ferdinand P. Kruger, Friedrich W. de Wet

“…Rather than serving the ends of human life, the powers exercise dominion over human beings, restricting and dehumanising them and destroying the fabric of integrated social life by means of the blinding and hardening hold of idolatry. …”
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