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“Deafening silence of theologians” vs. creative local parishes during the Corona pandemic?
21 million Germans belong to the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). This report will highlight initial official theological reactions of the EKD to the Corona pandemic.
Katharina Nötzold
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The Formation of the Evangelical Confession in Germany: Melanchthon and religious polemics in the middle of the 16th century [PDF]
The present article examines the formation of the evangelical denomination in Germany for fifteen years after the death of Martin Luther. The author analyses the relationship and dogmatic disagreements between Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, Melanchthon’
Natal’ya Aleksandrovna Berezhnaya
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Post-secular rapprochement in peripheralized regions – politics of withdrawal and parish community responses [PDF]
In many parts of Germany, processes of secularization overlap with ongoing sociodemographic changes such as outmigration and population decline. As a result, Christian churches face significant financial pressure due to plummeting numbers of parish ...
F. Meyer, J. Miggelbrink
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Innovator of Reformation Studies: Subject Matter and Style in the Works of Yu. Golubkin
The article outlines the range of problems in the history of the Reformation explored in the oeuvre of the outstanding medievalist Yuri Golubkin. Golubkin authored more than 90 academic and popular works on medieval and early modern history.
Serhiy Karikov, Inna Pidhorodetska
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Evangelicals are frequently perceived as conservative, for instance in their perspective on women. There is indeed a widespread evangelical hierarchical or complementarian theological view which objects to women in church leadership. There is, however, a
F.A.S. Hornstra-Fuchs, W.L. Hornstra
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Life unworthy of life – eugenics of “deteriorated” people in the Third Reich
The Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring was enacted as early as in 1933. Based on that law, people with mental or physical disabilities got deprived of their lives. The ones in question were frequently the patients of social welfare
Kasper Sipowicz, Tadeusz Pietras
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The following report evaluates a seminar provided by Walsh through the Bethesda Lutheran Church Tanzanian ministry organization on teaching strategies and conversational English provided at Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT) secondary schools
Thomas Walsh
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Religion and violence in a globalised world
Violent religious extremism is seen as one of the mega-problems of the 21st century. This article based on a key lecture at the conference on Violence in a democratic South Africa at the University of Pretoria and the David de Villiers memorial ...
Wolfgang Huber
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The Mission of Christians for Reconciliation in Europe
The old historical wounds of Europe are century-old wounds like the “Northern Ireland conflict”, the Russia–Finland conflict, the Poland–Germany–Russia conflict, the long-lasting conflict between Ottomans, Hungary, and later, the Habsburg and the ...
Dieter BRANDES
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The Enlightenment ideology and the French Revolution had a very negative impact on the activities of religious congregations in respect of nursing care of the sick in hospitals in the 18th century.
Jerzy Supady
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