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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Encounters of a Third Kind: Mark Twain, William C. Prime and Protestant American Holy Land Narratives

Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, 2013
William C. Prime’s Tent Life in the Holy Land (1857) is mostly remembered now as the target of parody in The Innocents Abroad (1869), where, eager to promote his own “honest” and “impartial” account of Palestine, Mark Twain mocked the maudlin style of ...
Milette Shamir
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The Armenian Convent of Holy Archangels in Jerusalem and its Epigraphic Heritage [PDF]

Cercetări Arheologice
The Armenian monasteries and churches in Jerusalem are rich in pilgrims’ inscriptions and graffiti, and the collection and publication of these inscriptions form the primary focus of my research, which began in 2019 as part of the project ‘The Armenian ...
Khachik Harutyunyan
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions: A review and research agenda on rebound effects and win–win strategies

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Rebound effects describe how efficiency improvements in energy or resource use can increase demand, thereby partially or fully offsetting expected environmental savings. This dynamic complicates win–win strategies that aim to improve environmental and financial performance.
Jozef Cossey, Aurélien Acquier
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Trading religious and daily goods : Franciscans in semi-rural Palestine [PDF]

, 2019
This chapter discusses how patterns of interaction were influenced by the beginning of the missionary activity in the 1620s and influenced it in turn.
Tramontana, Felicita
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The Song of the Sea and Isaiah: Exodus 15 in Post-monarchic Prophetic Discourse [PDF]

, 2014
An examination of the Song of the Sea (Exodus 15) and allusions to it in the book of ...
Ian Wilson
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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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House of the Setting Sun: New Orleans, Katrina, and The Role of Historic Preservation Laws in Emergency Circumstances [PDF]

, 2006
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, while various government bodies scrambled to address the myriad tragedies and emergencies that arose from the disaster, one critical question went largely unanswered and ignored: What was to become of the historic ...
Christoff, Annie
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Images, Views and Landscapes of the Holy Land. Catholic and Protestant Travels to Ottoman Palestine during the 19th Century

Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History, 2013
Rich in historical details and artistic illustrations of the Near East and the Holy Land, the selected accounts of journeys and pilgrimages written by European and American Christians (Catholic and Protestant) provide numerous and broad sets of views ...
Paolo Maggiolini
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Newly discovered inscriptions from the Armenian cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem

Cercetări Arheologice
The article focuses on the epigraphic legacy of the Armenian Cathedral of St. James in Jerusalem and its recently discovered inscriptions. Since the late 19th century, scholars have been gathering and publishing epigraphs from the Armenian Quarter of ...
Khachik Harutyunyan
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