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Interpreting the Book of Nature in the Protestant Tradition [PDF]

, 2012
The doctrine of creation has been underdeveloped in the Protestant dogmatic tradition, often preventing substantive dialogue between theology and science.
Heltzel, Peter G.
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The contribution of the humanities to the theory and practice of public administration in the 21st century

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro, Wolfgang Drechsler, Fabienne Maron, Albert Meijer, Hiroko Shimada‐Logie, Michele Tantardini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A ‘good’ wife? A theological challenge to gender constructs, culture and gender-based violence in the Kore-Kore Zimbabwean society

Verbum et Ecclesia
The subject matter of gender-based violence (GBV) has been a topical dialogue in a variety of contexts and has received increasing attention as it relates to social activism and women’s rights and their dignity.
Tsitsi Mwapfaa, Tanya van Wyk
doaj   +1 more source

Teaching theology at African public universities as decolonisation through education and contextualisation

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article is an attempt to provide a systematic and integrative picture of the main contributions presented at the colloquium which addressed the current state of theological education, proposals for the basic values to be laid as foundation for a new
Johan Buitendag, Corneliu C. Simut
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An analysis of Matthew Fox’s mystical immanence [PDF]

, 2010
The key objective of this research is to explore Matthew Fox’s mystical immanence, as developed in his panentheistic Creation-centred theology. Focussing on the key theme in his thought, the relationship between prayer and social justice, this thesis ...
Evans, Joan D.
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Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
wiley   +1 more source

Resurgence of African Spiritualities in the New Prophetic Churches [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
The current developments in New Prophetic Churches (NPCs) raise the necessity for theological research. There are some practices within these formations, similar to African spiritualities.
Dr Kelebogile Thomas Resane
doaj   +1 more source

The Doctrine of Justification [PDF]

, 2016
This paper seeks to define and describe the doctrine of justification, and to track the historical origin of the doctrine’s present evangelical understanding.
Pors, Valerie
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The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Personal Knowledge and Faith of a Scientist

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Theologia Reformata Transylvanica
This study intends to probe into the Christian faith of a well-known Hungarian scientist, István Hatvani (1718–1786). It does not claim to look at all of his writings by scrutinizing all of his statements about how science and Christian faith ...
Ábrahám KOVÁCS
doaj   +1 more source