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Constructing a Religious Worldview: Why Religious Antirealism is Still interesting [PDF]
After a short overview of anti-realist positions within the philosophy of religion, the following paper argues in favour of a moderate version of religious anti-realism.
Schärtl, Thomas
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A History of ‘Religious History’
As a category denoting the analysis of religious actors across history disinterestedly and on their own terms, “religious history” is a relatively recent coinage. This article offers a brief contextualisation of the emergence of the field in the twentieth century. It distinguishes “religious history” from an older, “confessional” mode of ecclesiastical
Joshua Bennett
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
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Selected works in analytic theology
Table of Contents: 1. The Hiddenness of God (2018, book published by Oxford University Press) 2. “Polytheism and Christian Belief” (2006, published in Journal of Theological Studies) 3. “The Metaphysics of Original Sin” (2007, published in Persons: Human and Divine, edited by Dean Zimmerman and Peter van Inwagen) 4.
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On Theology and Objectivity: A Northern Point of View to Analytic Theology
Abstract: This paper has three aims. First, it provides the historical background necessary to understand the nature of academic systematic theology as it is currently being pursued in Nordic countries. Second, it questions whether the current methods of analytic theology are able to fulfill the desiderata of Nordic academic systematic theology.
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Does Emergence Help in Defending Religious Belief? [PDF]
The concept of emergence has gained some popularity\ud in the philosophy of mind and in metaphysico-epistemological\ud explorations of our current scientific worldview. This\ud concept is used to indicate that the �higher� levels of reality\ud (e.g.,
Pihlström, Sami
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ABSTRACT The disinheritance of a firstborn son accustomed to the privileges of exclusion has for centuries been a dramatic event for families, especially if the decision was taken by a woman, the son's own mother. Very few dared to do so, because it symbolised a break with the notion of virtuous, compassionate motherhood; it represented a failure to be
Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha
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Trajectories, Traditions, and Tools in Analytic Theology [PDF]
Analytic theology as currently practiced has an ambiguous character. It may be understood either formally, as any instance of theology that draws on analytic philosophy, or substantively, as a cohesive theological school that draws on analytic philosophy in defense of traditional Christian orthodoxy.
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Are clergy serving yoked congregations more vulnerable to burnout? : a study among clergy serving in the Presbyterian church (USA) [PDF]
Pressures generated by increasing secularization and decreasing vocations to ordained ministry are resulting across denominations in a growing number of clergy serving more than one congregation.
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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