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Divinity for Advanced Secondary Schools
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................ iii
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Preface ............................................................................................................... iv
List of abbreviations and acronyms .................................................................v
Chapter One .......................................................................................................1
Introduction to divinity ........................................................................................1
The concept and subject matter of Divinity .........................................................1
Chapter Two .......................................................................................................4
Governance ..........................................................................................................4
The book of Judges ..............................................................................................4
Biblical Judges and their roles – Governance .....................................................6
The Books of Samuel .........................................................................................14
Institution of the monarchy ................................................................................16
Achievements of King Saul ...............................................................................19
Lessons that contemporary political leaders learn from the governance
of Saul ................................................................................................................21
King David, the Second King of Israel ..............................................................22
Achievements of King David (2 Sam. 6 – 11) ...................................................22
Failures of King David .......................................................................................23
Solomon’s Reign (1 Kings 1:5-11:43) ...............................................................25
Failures of King Solomon ................................................................................28
Lessons that contemporary political leaders learn from the israelites’
experience of Kingship ......................................................................................33
Good Governance in Tanzania ..........................................................................35
Chapter Three ..................................................................................................38
Courage and decision-making ............................................................................38
The concept of a prophet ...................................................................................38
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