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Religions, 2023 There has always been a conviction in the ecumenical movement that social service is part of the essence of what it means to be the church. The strengthening of social and political witness of churches through church-related agencies and networks in the ...
Dietrich Werner
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Fuad Nahdi, Q-News, and the Forging of British Islam: Some Personal Reflections
Religions, 2020 This obituary offers some personal memories of Fuad Nahdi (1957–2020), based on my interactions with him, as well as some reflections on the historic importance of Q-News, the British Muslim periodical Nahdi founded, which was published between 1992 and ...
Yahya Birt
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Religions, 2023 In the context of contemporary legal and political development, this work aims to analyze, through the prism of the constitutional principles of secularism and the civic state, the growing influence of religion on politics in Montenegro which has ...
Aleksandra Vukasinovic +1 more
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Kierkegaard in the Anthropocene: Hope, Philosophy, and the Climate Crisis
Religions, 2020 What is the role of hope in the climate crisis? What type of hope does this crisis demand? How can we sustain hope, in order to resist falling into fatalistic despair or paralyzing fear, whilst always guarding against hope giving way to happy complacency?
Ruby Guyatt
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Religions, 2023 This article is about the Fašinada custom. The Fašinada refers to the transporting of stones by boat from the coast to a small island named Madonna of the Reef in Perast, Montenegro.
Mario Katić
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Buddhist Modernism Underway in Bhutan: Gross National Happiness and Buddhist Political Theory
Religions, 2020 This article synthesizes and clarifies the significance of the last half-century’s developments in Bhutan’s politics within the frame of Buddhist political thought. During this time, Bhutan has held a curious position in the international community, both
Jessica Locke
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Apocalyptic Apologetics and the Witness of the Church
Religions, 2023 The discipline of apologetics has always been somewhat controversial in Christian theology. In the early church, the Greek-speaking apologists were often opposed for their attempts to express the gospel in the terms of Greek thought. In more recent times,
Graham Tomlin
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Religions, 2020 Following the introduction of Buddhism to China, various strategies of accommodation with Chinese culture were developed, all amounting to some form of syncretism with Chinese religions, mainly Confucianism. Buddhism in pre-modern Korea displayed similar
Sem Vermeersch
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Fostering the Global Common Good: The Relevance of Catholic Social Teaching to Public Health Debates
Religions, 2023 Given the scope and intensity of its impact, the COVID-19 pandemic proves instructive as an example of the shortfall in regnant legal and policy approaches to global health issues.
Andrew Lustig
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Religions, 2020 This article presents the results of a qualitative study of Anthroposophic meditation, which arose in the German-speaking world in the early 20th Century focusing on cognition, self-development, and pro-social action.
Terje Sparby
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