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“History” as a Category in Contemporary Spiritual Theology

Verbum Vitae, 2020
This article aims to explore and justify the usefulness of the category “history” as used in spiritual theology. Following an introduction to the main subject, the initial section shows the importance and usefulness of this category in contemporary ...
Stanisław Zarzycki
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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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Eros as the Meeting of Ecstasies in Christ: The Eucharistic Link between Divine and Human Love in Dionysius the Areopagite

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Dionysius's vision of eros as a meeting of reciprocal ecstasies – where lover and beloved each pass out of themselves and into the other – has often been read as unifying dimensions of love otherwise thought to stand in tension, such as giving and receiving.
Noah Karger
wiley   +1 more source

Ecclesiology of Ioannis Zizioulas Through the Prism of “Liturgical” and “Therapeutic” Ecclesiology

Crkva u Svijetu, 2022
Contemporary Eastern Orthodox theologian, Ioannis Zizioulas, is certainly one of the most prominent theologians of the modern times considering his great work as well as the depth of his thought. Although his work explores a spectrum of theological ideas,
Antun Japundžić
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Bishop’s ordination prayer (liturgical-theology study)

Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny, 2010
The bishop’s ordination prayer derives from Traditio Apostolica (3th century). This prayer had been re-instated to the latin liturgy of the Church after the Second Vatican Council. Its structure contains the anamnesis, the call, the part of the intercede
Jan Szczych
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Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
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Understanding Eternal–Temporal Simultaneity in John’s Prologue and the Sacred Liturgy: A Hermeneutical Theology of Liturgy

Religions
This article explores the intersection of time and eternity as it is expressed in the liturgical theology and the theology of John’s Prologue. Drawing on a “thesis–thesis” methodology that juxtaposes scriptural and liturgical theologies, the study offers
Jacob K. Zepp
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On Not Being Stuck: Changing Humanities in 20th‐ and 21st‐Century Britain: The Lorna Sage Lecture, 2025

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Helen Small
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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
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, Pietari Hannikainen   +1 more
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Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest: new feast for Poland

Ruch Biblijny i Liturgiczny, 2014
In 2013, the feast of Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest was introduced into the liturgical calendar of the Church in Poland. In studying the history and liturgical texts for the new feast, the authors undertook the first attempt of a comprehensive ...
Dominik Ostrowski, Iwona Kopacz, Tomasz Zięba   +2 more
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