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Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a new paradigm of pastoral theology in the social context of Japan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
This thesis, by investigating modem pastoral theologies in the United States and the United Kingdom, explores a new perspective of pastoral theology in Japan.
Nakamura, Andrew K.
core  

“A Person's God Should Look Like Them”: African Traditional Religions Among Black Queer Millennials and Gen Z Americans

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How are young Black Americans practicing spirituality contemporarily? Today younger generations of Black Americans are more likely than older Black Americans to identify as religiously unaffiliated or as practicing a non‐Christian faith. Drawing on 109 interviews with Black Millennial and Gen Z Americans, I examine how some of these younger ...
Terrell J. A. Winder
wiley   +1 more source

Black Theology of Liberation as Critique of Capitalist Civilization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
In this essay my basic aim is to put forward a conception of black theology of liberation which is simultaneously anchored in the propheticChristian tradition and the progessive Marxist tradition.
West, Cornel
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Religious Participation After Covid‐19: Evidence From US Catholic Dioceses and Smartphone Data

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do religious rules and regulations affect behavior? We examine this question using changes in Catholic regulations during the Covid‐19 pandemic combined with mobility data from 15 million smartphone users from 2019 to 2022. We first document overall trends: Total religious attendance declined sharply in March 2020 and thereafter recovered ...
Angela Cools   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting Racialized Religious Contexts and Perceptions of White Discrimination and Privilege

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between racial composition of religious congregations and individual‐level perceptions of white discrimination and white privilege. Current framings suggest that organizations are racialized not solely because of their composition but also the implicit (or explicit) ideologies expressed within them ...
Jerry Z. Park, Brandon C. Martinez
wiley   +1 more source

Reclaiming the virgin birth narrative in Latin America feminist liberation theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Word processed copy.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-79)In this thesis three interrelated tasks are undertaken. Firstly, it attempts to unveil the misogyny of the Catholic Church fathers' andocentric miss-reading of the Virgin Birth ...
Nogueira, Elaine Marques
core   +1 more source

Black Theology and Pan-Africanism: An interconnected journey towards liberation

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This article explores the intricate relationship between Black Theology and Pan-Africanism. The impetus behind this study is the resentment against the enduring legacy of historical oppression and the persistent sting of systemic discrimination ...
Zorodzai Dube
doaj   +1 more source

White theology in dialogue with Black Theology: Exploring the contribution of Klippies Kritzinger

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
This article explores the contribution of South African missiologist and theologian Klippies Kritzinger to a critical and anti-racist white theology. It analyses his academic work in response to Black Consciousness and Black Theology from publications ...
George J. (Cobus) van Wyngaard
doaj   +1 more source

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