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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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Love at Arms’ Length: Reconciliationism and its Tentative Future
Abstract In a string of articles, over the years, Shawn Bawulski has propagated a palatable via media between full‐fledged apokatastasis and a traditionalist doctrine of hell. Though not original to Bawulski, reconciliationism, in the eyes of many, offers a more faithful and effective synthesis of varied Christian eschatological commitments.
Andrew Hronich
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Pobedonostsev's views on the people representative state body in Russia
The article is devoted to the views of Attorney - general of the Holy Synod K.P. Podedonostsev on the possibility of existence of representative state bodies equally with the monarch in Russian empire in Nineteenth century, and also his attitude to the ...
N V Pavlov
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The Vicar of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, the Archbishop of St. Petersburg and Shlisselburgsky, a member of the Holy Synod Silvester (Kulyabko), 1750–1761 [PDF]
The article studies the life and activity of the archbishop Silvester. He was a great preacher and wrote some philosophical works. His contribution to education and enlightenment as well as administrative system of the Orthodox Church are particularly ...
Alexander Filippovich Panichkin
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Louis Henry Ziemer: A Journey of Faith [PDF]
This article seeks to present the importance of studying lesser known leaders in American Evangelicalism by looking into the life, conversion, and ministry of Dr. Louis Henry Ziemer.
Gibbs, Melissa
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Abstract While no longer exactly a theological youngster, Public Theology (‘Öffentliche Theologie’) is not ready to retire. Focusing on the particular German‐speaking context, this contribution makes a case for the importance of continuing the conversation with Public Theology, seeking to alleviate misunderstandings between the different conversation ...
Christine Schliesser
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ABSTRACT Do national histories affect national identities? Most nations have complex and multiple pasts. Nationalist historians can smooth over discontinuities by either merging them into an unbroken national narrative or by skipping over pasts that do not fit the story.
Peter Gries +2 more
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. Currently the issue of Holy Communion for children is still being debated in several churches. Meanwhile, the Javanese Christian Church (GKJ) has implemented Holy Communion for children through a synod decision.
Elfrida Saragih, Danny Phillipe Bukidz
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Dear Brother: A few years ago a British theologian spoke of the contemporary members of the church, and particularly pastors, as the children of the afterglow. To a certain extent that is true.
Kretzmann, O.P.
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