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Universities and the Contested Creation of the Elite
The Manchester School, Volume 93, Issue 5, Page 427-433, September 2025.ABSTRACT For centuries universities have been a locus of elite creation. In the Middle Ages, university‐trained elites were leaders of the Church, served in secular lords' administrations and staffed the judiciary. Over time, their scope has expanded to include leadership in governments, corporations, and civil society more broadly.
Noam Yuchtman
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Laity and participation: a theology of being the church [PDF]
, 2002 The basic assumption of this thesis is that there should be a theology of the laity that is truly positive, ecumenical and catholic. The prime concern, therefore, is less with specific contents and more an exploration of the dimensions such a new ...
Höbel, Thomas
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The Past Requires Reconciliation
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 77, Issue 3-4, Page 205-221, July–October 2025.Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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Lionel Munby, Marxism, and Local History
History, Volume 110, Issue 389, Page 88-111, January 2025.Abstract A member of the Communist Party for thirty‐four years, and a key participant in the post‐War Communist Party Historians’ Group, Lionel Munby (1918–2009) is not among that Group's best‐known historians. Yet arguably he was more typical of its membership and outlook.
MARK GOLDIE
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 63, Issue 4, Page 773-790, December 2024.Abstract How people perceive morality plays a crucial role in their behavior and moral decision making. However, we have little understanding of the factors that drive the perception of morality as objectively existing. This study examines the impact of religion, specifically religious rituals, in promoting the perception of morality as objective.
Radim Chvaja
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, 2023 This book of proceedings is a result of a successful two-year collaboration between the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Zagreb and the Catholic Theological Faculty of the Ruhr University in Bochum.
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DISORIENTING EASTERN EUROPE: JUDITH HERMANN'S AFFECTIVE GEOGRAPHY
German Life and Letters, Volume 77, Issue 4, Page 538-558, October 2024.ABSTRACT This article presents a geocritical interpretation (based on the methodological approach developed by Robert Tally) of two of Judith Hermann's short stories – ‘Diesseits der Oder’ and ‘Osten’. Written almost twenty years apart, the first of these takes place amidst the Oderbruch, whilst the second comprises Hermann's only literary text about a
Natasha Gordinsky
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The dramatising of theology : humanity’s participation in God’s drama with particular reference to the theologies of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Karl Barth [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this project is to investigate the proper response of theology to the Christian God who, as revealed through revelation, is Being-in-act. This project takes seriously the idea posited by Shakespeare, that totus mundus agit histrionem, and ...
Farlow, Matthew S.
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The resurrection : aspects of its changing role in 20th century theology [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis deals with theologies of the Resurrection in the twentieth century. We have chosen for study seven major theologians whose work reflects significant achievement in this area. We begin with a look at 'dialectical' theologians Karl Barth and
Price, Christopher A.
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Organizational control & the Catholic Church: a case study [PDF]
, 2007 This paper presents an analysis of the problem of child-abusing priests in the Catholic Church using data from the USA, UK and Ireland. The apparent scale of this issue raises crucial theoretical as well as policy issues.
Littler, Craig R., Randall, Julian
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