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State Governance of the Church

2019
This chapter looks at how the modern state of Oman relates to the Christian Church today and looks at the particular mechanisms in play, especially the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs. It also looks at the influence of the Sultan and the personal interplay between the monarch and the church.
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Governing Body of the Church in Wales

Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 2019
The April meeting was held while the Anglican Consultative Council was meeting in Hong Kong, and the Governing Body received a video message from Dr Heather Payne and the Ven Mary Stallard, its two representatives. In his presidential address to the September meeting, the Archbishop of Wales spoke of the challenges facing the Church and said that those
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Governing Body of the Church in Wales

Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 2012
As always, the 2012 meetings of the Governing Body addressed issues of relevance both to wider society in Wales and to the domestic life of the Church. The Archbishop's Presidential Address to the April meeting focused on the likelihood of the extension of civil marriage to same-sex partners and the issues raised by Equal Civil Marriage: a consultation.
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Church government and religious participation

Rationality and Society, 2013
In this article religion is viewed as a collectively produced good. Religious groups must, therefore, overcome collective action problems, namely, coordination. This problem is usually alleviated by entering into an agency relationship with an organizer whose job is to ensure efficient production of religious goods.
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Governing Body of the Church in Wales

Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 2013
In his April Presidential Address the Archbishop focused on two issues: the Report of the Review Group chaired by Lord Harries and same-sex marriage. His concern with the Review is that ‘it is possible to get so bogged down or hung up on some of the details of the Provincial Review that there is a danger in dismissing all of it because one disagrees ...
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Between Securitization and Counter-Securitization: Church of Sweden Opposing the Turn of Swedish Government Migration Policy

Politics, Religion and Ideology, 2021
Ingemar Elander
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Suspecting the Figures: What Church Leaders Think About Government’s Commitment to Combating COVID-19 in Nigeria

Journal of Asian and African Studies, 2023
George C Nche
exaly  

Reserving Church Governance for Men

This chapter discusses the government of dioceses in later medieval Europe, considering the role of letters as the medium of church government. While bishops wished to give orders, and often did, the pervading tenor of their letters to subordinates was to befriend, cajole, and appeal to fellow feeling; they pretended to be the equals and friends of men
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Governance in the Church

New Blackfriars, 2000
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Government, Defence and the Church

2003
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