Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
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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Investigating and Analyzing the Performance of Safavid Era Women in Promoting Science and Scientific Centers [PDF]
Introduction: Women as half of the effective population of the society, they always have an active presence in various aspects of social life. If one of the fields in which women are influential is paying attention to learning and promoting it.
Hadi Bayati +1 more
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Enduring After God: An Anatheistic Reframing of Augustine on Suicide
Abstract This paper proposes a retrieval of Augustine's argument on suicide in De Civitate Dei I.17–27, rearticulating its ethical core for a post‐theistic age through the hermeneutic lens of Richard Kearney's anatheism. Confronting the dual reality of persistent suicide and declining religiosity, I argue that Augustine's pastoral case against ending ...
Kornelius Lumbanbatu
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International approaches to Islamic studies
This report presents the results of a desk-based study of international approaches to Islamic Studies in higher education, commissioned by HEFCE in December 2007.
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Fides ex auditu: dogmatic theology and the ecclesial practice of music [PDF]
Any consideration of the aural reception of Christian faith must take the ecclesial practice of music and its relation to the divine logos into account.
Edwards, J. Andrew
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Christian responses to Islamic Christology: a critique of surahs three. four, and nineteen of the qur'an [PDF]
The aims of this study are to present and to evaluate the Quranic portrayal of Jesus as found in surahs three, four, and nineteen. Chapter one incorporates a brief introduction leading to the presentation of what the Qur'an says about Jesus within the ...
Long, William Thomas
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The Legal Status of Conjoined Twins in Islamic Law: A Socio‐Legal Analysis
ABSTRACT Conjoined twins are a rare congenital anomaly. Conjoined twins can occur in various morphological types. Conjoined twins are perceived not only as a physical difference but also as a subject of interest and curiosity in many areas of society.
Merve Yiğitoğlu
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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men
ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
Kati Tervo‐Niemelä +1 more
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Pemikiran Al-Maturidiyah Dalam Pemikiran Islam
Matudiridyah was known as a moderat school that aims to elaborate between the Mu’tazilah and Asyariyah School. It was established by its founder Abu Manshur al-Maturidi.
Abu Zar
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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South
ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
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