Acknowledgements

I would like to thank everybody who made it possible that I may submit this work for the PhD in Communication Studies, in the sub-discipline of religious communication, on the grounds of research publications: • First, Dr Rhena Delport, researcher in chemical pathology attached to the University of Pretoria's Telematic Learning and Education Innovation Department, who first suggested I pursue this PhD, and who continually encouraged me along the way; • Prof. Johannes Froneman, Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, School of Communication Studies, for agreeing to supervise the process, and for guiding it through all the proper stages and possible pitfalls; • Prof. Hans van Deventer, Vaal Triangle Campus of the North-West University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, School of Biblical Studies, for agreeing to partake in this interdisciplinary project as co-promoter; • All the other colleagues in the School of Communication Studies and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University, without whose critical input this process would not have come to fruition