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Pentecostal spirituality in the context of faith and hope gospel (prosperity preaching): African Pentecostal response to the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Abstract Covid‐19 has challenged humanity in several ways and has created the opportunity for reflection on our spirituality and the hope for divine healing of the world, while scientific communities do their best to find solutions to the pandemic from their perspective.
White P.
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Wanneer ons wil besin oor die plek en taak van die diaken moet ons dit doen vanuit die gesigspunte van die kerk en Koninkryk van God, Ons siening van die Koninkryk bepaal ons siening van die kerk en ons kerkbegrip bepaal ons kyk op die diakonaat ...
J. H. van Wyk
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The Kingdom of God and the Transformation of the World
AbstractThe article explores how pivotal the kingdom of God has been and still is to the identity of the ecumenical movement. The discussion of the biblical vision of the kingdom, which is coming and yet is also present, offers a motif which not only forms the life of the church and gives it hope but also forms the life of the oikoumene, giving hope to
Jerry Pillay
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Thomas Aquinas, Saint for Our Times?
Abstract Why celebrate Thomas Aquinas? Three eras that celebrated Aquinas in unique ways—the Fourteenth century that canonized him, the Sixteenth century that declared him a doctor of the Church, and the nineteenth century that made him patron of the schools—all struggled with the corrosive effects of nominalism and voluntarism on Western culture. With
Michael S. Sherwin
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Celebrating Synodality: Synodality as a Fundamental Aspect of Christian Liturgy
Abstract A synodal church makes assumptions about our basic ecclesial experience which takes place when we assemble liturgically, especially when we act eucharistically. The basic assumption is that we are a genuine human community knowing and relating to one another as brothers and sisters in baptism.
Thomas O' Loughlin
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Despite years of research, many existing e-voting systems do not adequately protect voting privacy. In most cases, such systems only achieve "immediate privacy", that is, they only protect voting privacy against today's adversaries, but not against a future adversary, who may possess better attack technologies like new cryptanalysis algorithms and/or ...
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An Ecumenical Theology of Justice for and within Creation
Abstract In 2020, the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches (WCC) published Cultivate and Care: An Ecumenical Theology of Justice for and within Creation. This article offers an introduction to Cultivate and Care, highlighting its central themes and aspects, placing it in the context of two related Faith and Order documents ...
Kristine A. Culp
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Abstract Ancient ideas about human transformation and divinization have resurfaced in our cultural moment. Artificial intelligence and biotechnology are raising afresh questions about what it means to be human and divine. The Oxford Handbook of Deification has arrived on the scene as its subject matter has splashed out of theological discourse into the
Andrew J. Byers
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Reading the Creed in the Light of Pentecost: An Eastern European Pneumatic Reflection
Abstract Reading the Creed through pneumatic lenses is essential for understanding both humanity's eschatological destiny in the likeness of the Trinity and the consistently triune economy of salvation. In light of this assertion, the essay highlights aspects of the Creed's explicit and implicit pneumatology, offering a reflection from an Eastern ...
Daniela C. Augustine
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Derailing Truth: Tripartite Discourse and Public Outrage Over Greece's Tempe Valley Disaster
ABSTRACT On 28 February 2023, a catastrophic rail accident near Tempe Valley in Greece claimed 57 lives and left one passenger missing, triggering widespread protests and public scepticism regarding government accountability. This study examines the Greek government's crisis response through an integrated analysis of official discourse, revealing that ...
Georgios Samaras
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