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Ekklesia and Ecumenism in the Body of Christ: Unity from the Ground-Up

Religions, 2018
This article explores the implications for Christian unity from the perspective of the lived faith community, the ekklesia. While bilateral and multilateral dialogues have borne great fruit in bringing Christian denominations closer together, as indeed ...
Anastasia Wendlinder
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Using ecumenical experiences to respond to new public life challenges

In die Skriflig
The description of the history of the church in Zimbabwe highlights the presence of a visibly united church that has been actively involved in supporting public life since the colonial era.
John Gaga, Gift Masengwe, Bekithemba Dube   +2 more
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Costs and benefits of proliferation of Christian denominations in Nigeria

UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2016
The unbridled proliferation of Churches in Nigeria has steered up concerns among adherents of religious faiths, onlookers and academics alike. Nigerian society today is undergoing significant constant proliferation of Churches which has brought not only changing values, but also source of solutions to people’s problems.
Obiefuna, BAC, Nwadialor, KL, Umeanolue, IL   +2 more
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Compatibility of Major U.S. Christian Denominations with Evolution [PDF]

Evolution: Education and Outreach, 2010
Public school teachers sometimes encounter the sentiment that the study and acceptance of evolutionary theory is contrary to the Christian faith. This perception can pose a significant barrier to the teaching of evolution and other sciences if students assume beforehand that the topic contradicts what they are supposed to believe from a religious ...
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Kristlikud ja mittekristlikud usuühendused Eestis 1990. aastatel

Mäetagused, 2000
There was a national reawakening in Estonia at the end of the 1980s. Most denominations that had remained active in Soviet Estonia revived. Increasing interest was felt for religion.
Jaanus Plaat
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Contrasting Spaces in Plautdietsch: Language Variation and Change

The Journal of Amish and Plain Anabaptist Studies, 2021
In this article, I explore linguistic variation in Plautdietsch through the lens of social variation and the resulting redistribution of linguistic forms across the community.
Roslyn Burns
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THE EXPANSION OF POST-SECULAR INFLUENCE BY CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS SUCH AS CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS

Journal of Analytic Divinity, 2018
This research work discusses the various ideas on, and various roles of Christian belief that affect communities, national and international policies. To do this, initially the origins and characteristics of phenomena such as; secularism, post-secular era, de-secularization have been briefly examined with the help of various scholars’ perspectives ...
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The Dilemma of Polygamy in Nigerian Pentecostal's Theology of Marriage

African Theological Journal for Church and Society
This paper examines marriage and polygamy in the teachings of two Nigerian Pentecostal denominations. Prior to the advent of the nineteenth-century missionaries in Africa, Africans practised polygamous marriage for its economic and social benefits.
Adewale J Adelakun
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Christian denominations of Russia in contemporary cultural processes

Общество: философия, история, культура, 2018
The study reviews such urgent phenomena as multiculturalism, glocalisation, and interculturalism in their coexistence in the unified social and cultural space of the Cristian denominations in Russia; their cultural identity is revealed. The term ‘small religious group’ similar to the term ‘small ethnic group’ is introduced in relation to the cultural ...
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Norges Kristne Råd – et fellesskap av kristne kirker og trossamfunn i Norge

Norsk Tidsskrift for Misjonsvitenskap, 2016
The Christian Council of Norway. The Christian Council of Norway (CCN) is a fellowship of Christian churches and denominations, with the Bible as the source, who worship and confess one God – inspired by the prayer of Jesus: «That they all may be one».
Else-Britt Nilsen
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