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When are identity‐based groups harmful to democracy? Victimized majority narratives and Muslim groups in Indonesia

Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract When are identity‐based groups harmful to democracy? We argue that identity‐based groups become harmful to democracy when they engage in and promote victimized majority narratives—portraying the majority as being removed from power and sidelined by minority groups.
Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo, Jessica Soedirgo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ecclesiology of Morgan Edwards (1722–1795), with particular reference to his understanding of Baptist Church polity

, 2020
Morgan Edwards was an important Calvinistic Baptist pastor, theologian, and historian of the eighteenth century. This thesis presents Edwards's ecclesiology, with special reference to his understanding of Baptist church polity.
Colford, Evan
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The importance of church history and church polity in the training and forming of theological students [PDF]

, 2002
The Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk has always been adamant that its ministers should be trained and formed in a theological faculty at a recognized university, where all the disciplines of theology are lectured.
Botha, S.J. (Schalk Jacobus), 1936-
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South Africa: The early quest for liberty and democracy

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
The early quest for liberty and political freedom in South Africa had been influenced by various factors, inter alia political sentiments which originated in Reformed, Huguenot and Patriotten political theory.
Wim A. Dreyer
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The regulation of Christian churches: Ecclesiology, law and polity

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2016
This article examines the internal regulation of religious organisations in terms of their law, order or polity. It offers a systematic comparative analysis of how different Christian traditions structure and regulate themselves. The resultant legal frameworks are expressive of the institutional self-understanding of particular churches and, as such ...
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Friendship in the New Political Theologies

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 686-707, July 2026.
Abstract As a distinct academic discipline, political theology rose and fell with Carl Schmitt. If there was any hope of redeeming it, the discipline would have to be entirely renewed. A deep‐seated and understudied feature of that renewal lies in the reconceptualisation of the political relation.
Andreas E. Masvie
wiley   +1 more source

Wanneer een twee word: ’n Perspektief op resente gebeure in die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
When one becomes two: A perspective on recent events in the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa. On 28 July 2013 13 congregations of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika) declared themselves independent and ...
Wim A. Dreyer
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Presbyterian Indians in South Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
In this article the author traces the origins and development of Indians in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa. He acknowledges the work of the founder of the Indian Presbyterian work, the Rev.
Jerry Pillay
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Manual of Southern Methodism, including church history, doctrine, polity, and missions.

, 1912
Based on W.F. Tillett's Doctrines and polity of the M.E.
Hamill, H. M. (Howard Melancthon), 1847-1915.
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A hermeneutical reflection on the resurrection of Jesus Christ in question and answer 45 of the Heidelberg Catechism

In die Skriflig, 2013
This article is an attempt to elaborate hermeneutically on the different historical contexts, related the one to the other and to the centre point of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, in question and answer 45 of the Heidelberg Catechism.
Kobus Labuschagne
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