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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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German Churches in Times of Demographic Change and Declining Affiliation: A Projection to 2060

Comparative Population Studies, 2020
The problem of declining membership in Germany’s churches has been apparent for almost half a century. However, few scientific studies have investigated the respective influences of demographic and church-specific phenomena, as well as the potential ...
David Gutmann, Fabian Peters
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The Judeo‐Islamic God

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
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Geschichte und Leben eines Textes: Über die Erklärung Zur Problematik der Aussiedlung der Sudetendeutschen aus 1995

Communio Viatorum
The article recalls the publication and historical context of the Declaration on the Question of the Expulsion of the Sudeten Germans, which was adopted as an official statement by the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB) in 1995.
Ladislav Beneš
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Memory, Presidential Meaning‐Making, and the Role of the US Bicentennial in Gerald Ford's 1976 Presidential Campaign

Presidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article provides the first extensive investigation of President Gerald Ford's commemoration of the 1976 United States Bicentennial. Drawing on internal correspondence and Ford's public addresses, it highlights how his administration leveraged Bicentennial commemorations to situate Ford's Presidency as a reconciling and stabilizing force ...
Thomas Cryer
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Moral Assumptions in Causal Thought: Poverty and Perversity

Sociological Forum, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 445-459, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Causal attributions, framings, and ideas shape moral judgments. Sociologists have long highlighted these causality‐to‐morality processes, showing how causality underpins blame and moral responsibility. The reverse process of morality‐to‐causality, where moral assumptions influence causal attributions, has been studied less.
Lukas Posselt
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Cultural Churches as Third Places and Relational Transitional Spaces Between Tradition and Innovation in Urban and Rural Areas

Social Science Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective Across Europe, declining religious participation has left many church buildings underused, while both rural and urban communities face shortages of accessible social infrastructure. In response, local actors are increasingly experimenting with the cultural repurposing of church spaces, transforming them into multifunctional places of
Maria Rammelmeier
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God's Presence in the Aisle: How God Salience Encourages Preference for Ultra‐Processed Foods

Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 8, Page 1859-1877, August 2026.
ABSTRACT God‐related cues are pervasive in consumers' daily lives, yet little research has examined how God salience shapes consumer food choices. Drawing on compensatory control theory and the literature on symbolic healing, we present findings from six studies, including a field experiment, demonstrating that high (vs.
Ali Gohary, Hean Tat Keh
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Single Parents in Evangelical Churches A Study of how Evangelical Congregations Deal with Single Parenthood [PDF]

, 2012
This thesis focuses on representations and experiences of single parents in Evangelical congregations and the wider literature. There has been significant growth in the numbers of single parents in the UK over the last forty years, but they have usually ...
RUSH, SALLY,JASMINA
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The growth of evangelicalism in the Church of Scotland, 1793-1843 [PDF]

, 2012
This thesis examines Evangelicalism as a broadly-based intellectual and social movement which sought to shape the overall thought and life of the Church of Scotland during the first half of the nineteenth century.
Currie, David Alan
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