Troubling the Waters: Black African Christian Presence and the Reshaping of Christianity in Canada
Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT This article explores the histories of Christians of African descent in Canada, challenging Eurocentric narratives that have rendered their religious contributions invisible. Using polycentric framework, it examines how historic Black Christian communities—from Black Loyalists and Refugees in Nova Scotia to congregations across Ontario and ...
James Kwateng‐Yeboah
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Two Lower-land (Vojvodina) Catechisms [PDF]
Slovenska Literatura, 2016 The goal of the paper is to show that Lower-land Vojvodina (Northern Serbia), which was inhabited in the second half of the 18th century by Slovak evangelicals of the Augsburg confession for economic and religious reasons, was an enviroment where ...
Erika Brtáňová
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Baptism, Catechism, and the Eclipse of Jesus' Teaching in Early Christianity
Tyndale Bulletin, 1996 Which should come first: baptism or teaching? Evidence from the first six centuries indicates that Christians began by giving priority to baptism and then, after the period from the Didache through Augustine in which catechism preceded baptism, they ...
Alan Kreider
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Loanwords in the catechism of M. Petkevičius (1598): slavisms of unknown origin
Lietuvių Kalba, 2017 There are only few studies on lexis of catechism of M. Petkevičius (PK) (1598), even if this is the second book in Lithuanian language in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the first hymnal in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. J.
Anželika Smetonienė
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The Mission of the Church and its Unity [PDF]
, 1975 Process and Progress: A Case Study in India. The mission of the church and its unity are integrally related: the Lord has given the mission to His one church, just as He has given unity to the people of God in mission.
Zorn, Herbert M.
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Pocohontas's baptism : Reformed theology and the paradox of desire [PDF]
, 1999 Seeking to elucidate certain elements of Reformed theology, the writer explores the conversion narrative concerning the baptism, in the early 17th century, of the Native American woman Pocahontas.
Fudge, Erica
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Prier en suivant les sillons : lecture d’un catéchisme pictographique mexicain conservé à Berlin
Cahiers des Amériques Latines, 2011 Among some twenty notebooks currently available, the catechism preserved in the Berlin Staatsbibliothek is a particularly interesting example. Both its material form (a single big sheet made of sisal fibers) and the history of its deciphering deserve ...
Bérénice Gaillemin
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Foreword to A Catechism and Confession of Faith
, 2001 Excerpt: Robert Barclay is most widely known for writing the Apology for the True Christian Divinity (1676 in Latin; 1678 in English). But this was not his first important Quaker work.
Anderson, Paul N.
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On Taking One\u27s Daily Dip in the Font: Baptismal Piety [PDF]
, 1981 (Excerpt) The wife of a faculty colleague of mine has a serious problem with hip deterioration. Daily she goes to the local Y for a swim. For her a pool plunge is a matter of life and health. Most baptismal fonts are much too small for such a daily dip.
Tietjen, John H
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Teaching the Law of God and the use of catechetical literature in gymnasiums and other secondary secular institutions of the Russian Empire in the 19 th — early 20 th century [PDF]
Вестник Свято-Филаретовского институтаThe article deals with the issue of teaching the Law of God in gymnasiums and other secondary educational institutions of the Russian Empire during the 19th — early 20th century and attempts to regulate it on the part of the state and church authorities.
Mozgov, K. A. , Nichiporova, O. V.
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