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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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“We Nudists Lead a Double Life”: The Double Life of Enrico S. Molnar

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nudism, the social practice of being nude in community, has long been a site of curiosity and suspicion. Various authors have commented on the “double life” that a nudist leads, one wherein the nudist hides the nudist part of their lives from the non‐nudists around them.
Jonathan A. Allan
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The European Parliament in 2025: Party Politics and the New Cordon Sanitaire

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The 10th session of the European Parliament (EP) (2024–2029) has seen the EP enter unchartered territory with both the third and fourth largest political groups in the Hemicycle representing Eurosceptic positions. Pro‐European factions considered most reliable for sustaining coalitions such as Renew Europe (RE), Greens/European Free Alliance ...
Martin Steven
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Personality Characteristics of Students not Identifying with Their Parents’ Denominations at Entrance into a Christian College

, 1974
This study investigated (a) the degree to which students did not identify with their parents’ denominations at entrance into a Christian college and (b) the differences between the personalities of students who did identify with their parents ...
Carl B. Dodrill
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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
Kati Tervo‐Niemelä, Pietari Hannikainen   +1 more
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The Charismatic movement within denominational Christianity

, 1972
Bibliography: p. 212-221.
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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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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
wiley   +1 more source

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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The Christian Right in Europe

, 2023
Inspired by the success of the US Christian Right and the rise of the global far-right, ultraconservative Christians in Europe are joining forces and seek to reshape Europe. By assembling in anti-gender movements and sharing anti-Muslim narratives, they actively influence the political landscape and shape government policies. The contributors offer new
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