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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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Work of Oliver R. Avison and His Ecumenical Spirit. [PDF]
Yonsei Med JChung M.
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Salvation and Sociology in the Methodist Episcopal Deaconess Movement
, 2002 Excerpt: Rather than being an American innovation which was spread to missionary contexts abroad, the deaconess movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church began on the Methodist missionary frontiers of India and Germany in the late 19th century.
Hartley, Benjamin
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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Shortening Time to Arrival in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest by Implementing a Dual Dispatch Strategy of EMS and Volunteer Fire Service-A Simulation Study. [PDF]
J Clin MedMaleczek M +5 more
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
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Host Country Views of Short-Term Medical Missions: Community-Based Research in Ghana, Uganda, and Guatemala. [PDF]
Ann Glob HealthMantey EE +8 more
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