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European churches and the European parliament elections. The case of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland [PDF]
European Societies, 2017 ABSTRACTThe article examines the advocacy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, how it positioned itself in relation to the 2014 EU Parliament elections, the aims for which it strove and the strategies it employed to achieve these aims. The article’s theoretical framework relies on exchange and resource dependency theories.
Eila Helander
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Yoga in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark
TemenosYoga has become increasingly popular in Denmark, much as in other European countries. However, its integration into Danish society often involves secularization or recontextualization to fit local cultural and religious frameworks. This article examines
Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger
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The presence of Pentecostalism in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa
African Journal of Pentecostal StudiesBackground: Pentecostalism in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA) is profoundly believed, strong and alive. In ELCSA, the Holy Spirit is affirmed and gives power to believers as the gracious gift that sustains and enables the very ...
James K. Mashabela
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Reincarnation: revisiting the transmigration of souls as systematic and pastoral issue. [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 The issue of reincarnation has factually been laid to rest in Christian theology at the end of Greco-Roman Antiquity. Not so in the cultural histories of European countries, where is revived continuously, most forcefully from the 18th century in onwards,
Ullrich Kleinhempel
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Breathing Divine Breath: on the Greco-Egyptian Sources of Hesychasm [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 The genesis of Hesychasm is still quite unresolved. In this article, the assumption that its origins lie in late Greco-Egyptian Antiquity, in the eastern Mediterranean, and that Yoga contributed to it, remain in the background.
Ullrich Kleinhempel
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appropriation of mindfulness in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
Approaching Religion, 2023 Mindfulness has gained increasing popularity across Western societies over the past couple of decades, although mainly in forms that have been stripped of all religious content. During this period, the practice has also attracted the interest of mainstream Christian churches, which has precipitated the development of distinctively ‘Christian’ forms of ...
Marcus Moberg, Tommy Ramstedt
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Khazanah Theologia, 2023 This study discusses the current state of ecumenical discussions on the mutual recognition of baptism and the possibilities for progress. Baptism is considered the basic sacrament of unity in Christianity, yet mutual baptismal confession is still not a ...
Tomi Karttunen
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Baptism, Lutheran Confession and Ecumenical Relations. Three Contexts [PDF]
Религия, церковь, общество, 2014 The article examines attitude of the Lutheran Church towards baptisms as reflextion of the ecumenical relations. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is a historical majority church with official theological dialogues with Roman Catholic, Orthodox,
Jaakko Mäkelä
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