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, 2016 I s communion ecclesiology an ideology or a path to dialogue? In the year 2000 I wrote a book that addressed this topic. I concluded that although communion ecclesiology can be co·opted and put to the use of narrow ends, when it is understood as a broad,
Doyle, Dennis M.
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2014 There is ample ground and good motives for interdisciplinary engagement between theology and the new anthropology of Christianity. Theologians can learn much about the character of the church in all its plurality from the often insightful descriptions ...
Retief M�ller
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“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 708-729, July 2026.Abstract Recent interest in the idea of analogy and the analogy of being, along with the apparent invocation of Augustine’s De Trinitate in the definition of Lateran IV, calls for a renewed investigation into the idea of analogy in the aforementioned text. Methodologically, “analogy” in De Trin. names a form of discourse which attempts to see the truth
Samuel J. Korb
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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
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
Journal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 20-37, March 2026.The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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Romano Guardini and Cornelio Fabro on Kierkegaard's Christian Humanism
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 67, Issue 2, Page 122-139, March 2026.Abstract This article examines how Søren Kierkegaard's theological anthropology furnished resources for reconstructing Christian humanism among mid‐twentieth‐century Catholic thinkers. Focusing on Romano Guardini (1885‐1968) in Germany and Cornelio Fabro (1911‐1995) in Italy, I demonstrate how each thinker creatively appropriated Kierkegaard's ...
Joshua Furnal
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Child killings in the Western Cape
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 In the light of requests from certain civil organisations in the Western Cape (WC) (South Africa) to the provincial government to establish a judicial commission of inquiry into child killings in this province because of the high incidence of killings, a
Chris Jones
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 94-114, January 2026.Abstract The article explores Christianity's role in society through public theology, particularly in relation to the public calling of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN). It advocates for reflecting on the dichotomy of church/world through the lens of divine mediation, challenging traditional dualisms and emphasizing a ‘soft difference ...
Rachèl Blokhuis‐Koopman
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Electing grace? Friedrich Schleiermacher on the doctrine of election
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019 Friedrich Schleiermacher’s (1768–1834) theological essay on the doctrine of election – in which he claims to stand squarely within the Reformed tradition – was an attempt to aid church unification in the 19th century Prussian church of which he was a ...
Nadia Marais
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The Public Character of Church in the Digital Age☆
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 75-93, January 2026.Abstract The rise of digital technology in recent decades has led to a rapid change of communication and interaction within society and its public dimensions. As this shift in the technological landscape raises theological questions about the appropriate ecclesial use of digital technology, it also touches upon fundamental questions about the church's ...
Benedikt Levin Heymann
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