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The Sexual Economies of Clericalism: Women Religious and Gendered Violence in the Catholic Church

open access: yesReligions, 2022
As the sexual abuse crisis continues to plague the Catholic Church across the world, the focus on men as both perpetrators of sexual violence, and victims of child sexual abuse has been at the forefront of media and academic analysis.
Kathleen McPhillips, Tracy McEwan
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Clericalism Contributes to Religious, Spiritual, and Behavioral Struggles among Catholic Priests

open access: yesReligions, 2020
The Roman Catholic Church has received a remarkable amount of press attention regarding clerical perpetrated sexual abuse with child victims as well as other clerical behavioral scandals in recent years.
Thomas G. Plante
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Marriage in the theology of Martin Luther – worldly yet sacred: An option between secularism and clericalism

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2007
Marriage, according to Martin Luther, is an institution both secular and sacred. It is secular because it is an order of this earthly life. But its institution goes back to the beginning of the human race and that makes marriage sacred, a divine and holy
Johan Buitendag
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An exploration into Historical and Political factors for the deviation of the Early Church from Scriptural Principles of Government in Reformed Church perspective [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2021
The question of church government deals with order and authority of the church. The basic principles for sound church polity base on the Scriptural conviction of the Sovereignty of God and Christ as Head and Ruler of the church.
Rev. Dr. Humphreys Frackson Zgambo
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For neither king nor swastika? Malan’s Afrikaner nationalism and De Valera’s Irish nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s

open access: yesContree, 2022
The debate on supposed fascist influences on Afrikaner nationalists, particularly the mainstream National Party (NP), as opposed to more extremist groups, has mostly centred around alleged links or parallels with Nazi Germany, or whether anti-British ...
Patrick Furlong
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Ideology, Clericalism, and Socialization: Some Reflections on the Sociology of the Afghan Taliban

open access: yesThe Review of Faith & International Affairs, 2023
Before the occupation of Kabul by the Taliban movement in 2021, there had been some hopes that in power, it would behave very differently from how it acted when it earlier occupied Kabul from 1996 to 2001. This proved not to be the case.
W. Maley
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Insincerity, Secrecy, Neutralisation, Harm: Reporting Clergy Sexual Misconduct against Adults—A Survivor-Based Analysis

open access: yesReligions, 2022
The foundational study for this article asked: how do survivors of clergy sexual misconduct against adults (CSMAA) in the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) describe and understand their experiences of reporting that misconduct to Roman Catholic Church ...
Stephen Edward de Weger
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THE INSURRECTION BY WOMEN IN POLAND: CLERICALISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR THE HEART OF DEMOCRACY [PDF]

open access: yesBezbednosni Dijalozi, 2022
Since the election of the right-wing government in Poland in 2015, the polarization between secularism and clericalism has sharpened, with an access to abortion figuring as the pivotal issue for both sides.
Sabrina P. Ramet   +1 more
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Redefining a relevant Church Government Model for the Contemporary Church: An Analysis of Church Polity Principles in the New Testament Church [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2021
The church government in the New Testament deals with how ecclesiastical authority, operations and order were exercised in the church. The historical and Scriptural principles for church government suggest flexibility in orientation.
Rev. Dr. Humphreys Frackson Zgambo (Research Fellow NWU)
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Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council and the New Model of the Catholic Church [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви, 2016
While the Earth’s population grows exponentially and with it grows the number of baptized Catholics, there is no corresponding growth among the Catholic clergy. On the other hand the number of “believers outside of the Church” and nonbelievers grows each
Filippov Boris
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