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Lutheran Theological Education to Christian Education in (South) Africa: A Decolonial Conversion in the African Church

Religions
It can be debated whether a Lutheran identity is still relevant in the midst of ecumenical development in (South) Africa, with special reference to theological education and Christian education.
James Kenokeno Mashabela
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Baptism, Lutheran Confession and Ecumenical Relations. Three Contexts [PDF]

Религия, церковь, общество, 2014
The article examines attitude of the Lutheran Church towards baptisms as reflextion of the ecumenical relations. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland is a historical majority church with official theological dialogues with Roman Catholic, Orthodox,
Jaakko Mäkelä
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An ongoing search of constant and sustainable Lutheran Theological Education in South Africa in the 21st century.

Acta Theologica, 2023
This article explores the recent history of Lutheran theological education in South Africa, which is still confronted by the legacy of colonial and apartheid education systems.
K. Mashabela, M. Madise
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Reincarnation: revisiting the transmigration of souls as systematic and pastoral issue. [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022
The issue of reincarnation has factually been laid to rest in Christian theology at the end of Greco-Roman Antiquity. Not so in the cultural histories of European countries, where is revived continuously, most forcefully from the 18th century in onwards,
Ullrich Kleinhempel
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Towards Unity in Baptism: Exploring the Current State and Future Possibilities of Ecumenical Recognition

Khazanah Theologia, 2023
This study discusses the current state of ecumenical discussions on the mutual recognition of baptism and the possibilities for progress. Baptism is considered the basic sacrament of unity in Christianity, yet mutual baptismal confession is still not a ...
Tomi Karttunen
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Breathing Divine Breath: on the Greco-Egyptian Sources of Hesychasm [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022
The genesis of Hesychasm is still quite unresolved. In this article, the assumption that its origins lie in late Greco-Egyptian Antiquity, in the eastern Mediterranean, and that Yoga contributed to it, remain in the background.
Ullrich Kleinhempel
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“I will open my mouth in a parable”: “History” and “metaphor” in the Psalms

Acta Theologica, 2021
Metaphorical expression is profoundly transformative, both cognitively and theologically. However, not all metaphors are created equal, nor simplistically metaphorical in the strictest sense.
K. Jacobson
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About the conference held at the Theological Institute of the Church of Ingria [PDF]

Религия, церковь, общество, 2018
Analyse of the conference held at the Theological Institute of the Church of ...
Anton Vladimirovich Rudoi
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Luther on infant Baptism: «On Rebaptism» (1528) and «Large Catechism» (1529) [PDF]

Религия, церковь, общество, 2018
Martin Luther’s two primary writings concerning the baptism of infants — «On Rebaptism» (1528) and the Excursus on Infant Baptism contained in «Large Catechism» (1529) — are presented and reviewed in this article. In the 1528 tractate written in response
Charles Lloyd Cortright
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Holden Village Vespers ’23: (Re)Sounding a Transforming Community

Religions, 2023
Nestled in the remote Cascade mountains of Washington State, Holden Village operates as a year-round Lutheran retreat center with a robust musical and liturgical culture.
Maren Haynes Marchesini
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