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The Sacramental Foundations of Ecclesial Identity: Barrier or Passageway to Ecumenical Unity? [PDF]
, 2013 Two important events this year make it clear that ecclesiology still deserves a prominent place on the theological agenda. Pope Francis announced the creation of a council of cardinals to assist him in governing the world-wide Catholic Church. During the
Wood, Susan
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An exploration of different understandings of 'sacrifice' by Christian theologians, and how these affect our understanding of the eucharist, especially in the light of the mimetic of Rene ...
Kirwan, Michael
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The Work of the People as Public Work: The Social Significance of the Liturgy [PDF]
, 2008 (excerpt) I was once asked to address the topic of the \u27social meaning of the liturgy.\u27 The first thing I told my audience was \u27If I tell you what the social meaning of the liturgy is, you have to promise me you won‟t stop going to church.\u27 ...
Cavanaugh, William T.
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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
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Made, Not Born: The Church As Baptismal [PDF]
, 1981 (excerpt) An editorial in a recent issue of Time magazine notes that the real failures of the past decade have been future planners. Changing scripture slightly, the editorial states: The decade just ended left behind a great many fresh reminders of why ...
Quinn, Frank
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on 3 years of qualitative fieldwork at a United Methodist church and a Catholic parish in Minneapolis‐St. Paul, I analyze how White, liberal congregations translated race‐conscious ideals into organizational practice in the wake of the 2020 police murder of George Floyd.
Daniel Cueto‐Villalobos
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'Fides quaerens intellectum practico-socialem' in the Writings of Adalbert-G. Hamman (1910-2000): Some Footnotes to the Pro-existential Attitude of the Fathers [PDF]
, 2004 The author of the article -- a qualified Hamman scholar and researcher -- delves into one of the most characteristic features of this French patristic scholar who was an expert on Christian antiquity and on early Christian prayer.
Scerri, Hector
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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
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Recent Eucharistic renewal in the Roman, Anglican and Methodist churches [PDF]
, 1978 The thesis is in three parts. The first part deals with the historical background. The first chapter traces the beginnings of the Liturgical movement from its origins in nineteenth century French Catholicism, its continuation in Germany and Austria and ...
Jennings, Robert H.
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