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Pope Francis’ Vision for a Synodal Church
Abstract ‘Synod’ and ‘synodality’ have become synonymous with Pope Francis. Since Pope Paul VI instituted the Synod of Bishops as a permanent office in 1965, there hasn't been any pontificate that has given these matters as much profile and attention as his has. Why is this the case, and what is Pope Francis’ vision for a synodal Church?
Eamonn Conway
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Qualifying Mediterranean connectivity: Byzantium and the Franks during the seventh century
In the last two decades, historians researching the seventh century ce have increasingly emphasized mobility, communications and connectivity across the Mediterranean world that supposedly included close contacts between the Franks and Byzantium. These studies, however, rely often on optimistic, maximum interpretations of the comparatively sparse ...
Mischa Meier, Steffen Patzold
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Conceiving Mary's Agency: Towards a Barthian Mariology
Abstract This essay argues for the possibility of a ‘Barthian’ Mariology particularly through an analysis of human agency. I first show that Karl Barth's articulation of Mary in I/2 of the Church Dogmatics marginalizes Mary's agency in part due to his anti‐Roman Catholic polemic and his gender binary.
Christopher PAUL de Stigter
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Christ, Image of the Father. On the Lasting Importance of the Christology of Thomas Aquinas
Abstract This contribution discusses the expression ‘Image of the Father’ as a case in point to Aquinas's approach of naming Christ: Christology and Trinitarian theology, as well as the discussion of analogical naming in divinis, need to be taken together. ‘Image’ and ‘Father’ are predicated differently of Christ and God the Father than of human beings.
Henk J.M. Schoot
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Empowerment of women in entrepreneurship and innovation
Currently the dynamic behavior of the local economy in the country is being largely motivated by female empowerment through entrepreneurship and innovation as a growth strategy.
Daniel Yiwady Ordoñez Abril +2 more
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Catholicity and Conciliarity as Challenges for Christian Churches Today
Abstract Teaching ecumenism in the context of global Christianity raises the question of how to approach the themes of “catholicity” and “conciliarity.” This article addresses some of the challenges and possible paths in relation to this topic. At a time when universalism is often (and rightly) denounced, can or should there be room for a sense of the ...
Christophe Chalamet
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Administración con sabor a Chontaduro: trabajo social y el proceso administrativo desde la organización comunitaria/popular [PDF]
Objetivo. Presentar la importancia de la perspectiva crítica en la administración social como eje fundamental para el quehacer del trabajo social comunitario. Metodología.
Ángela Patricia Mañunga-Arroyo
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Being Roman Catholic Today in a Worldwide Context
Abstract Taking the example of the Roman Catholic Church, this article focuses on the role in the formation of ecumenical consciousness of acquiring knowledge about the current reform processes in confessional communities other than one’s own. It begins with an account of current reform efforts in the Roman Catholic Church, keeping in mind the ...
Dorothea Sattler
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Proyectos de emprendimiento indígena en contextos volátiles, inciertos, complejos y ambiguos
El entorno, que hoy en día se hace cada vez más volátil, incierto, complejo y ambiguo en comunidades indígenas, incide en el desarrollo de proyectos que abordan la investigación, cooperación, innovación y desarrollo para consolidar futuras empresas que ...
Andrea Mosquera-Guerrero +3 more
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The Seven Marks of the Unity of the Church
Abstract The Letter to the Ephesians is the first biblical text to reflect on systematically, and even to undertake programmatically, the development of a hermeneutically reflected theology of unity for the worldwide church. Its relevance for current ecumenical discussions lies in the fact that it sets out seven characteristics for the unity of the ...
Ulrich Heckel
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