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appropriation of mindfulness in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

open access: yesApproaching Religion, 2023
Mindfulness has gained increasing popularity across Western societies over the past couple of decades, although mainly in forms that have been stripped of all religious content. During this period, the practice has also attracted the interest of mainstream Christian churches, which has precipitated the development of distinctively ‘Christian’ forms of ...
Marcus Moberg, Tommy Ramstedt
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The value of traditional African religious music into liturgy: Lobethal Congregation

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015
The purpose of this study was to discover whether the integration of traditional African religious music into Evangelical Lutheran liturgical church services, could effect a change in member attendance and/or participation.
Morakeng E.K. Lebaka
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Music next to Theology: The Impact and Influence of Martin Luther's Reformation on Johann Sebastian Bach

open access: yesMusical Offerings, 2019
The artistic figure and music of Johann Sebastian Bach looms large in the history of Western arts and culture. His influences were many, but one strong influence in his life's work was that of the Protestant Reformation and the theology of the Lutheran ...
James H. Ryan
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Christianity and Its Impact on the Lives of Kallars in Tamil Nadu Who Embraced the Faith, in Comparison to Those Who Did Not: Special Reference to Kallar Tamil Lutheran Christians in Tamil Nadu

open access: yesReligions, 2023
The German and Swedish Lutheran Mission was a major and pioneering Protestant mission society that started its mission work in Tamil Nadu. The Halle Danish, Leipzig mission, and Church of Sweden mission societies had a larger mission field in Tamil Nadu.
Jayabalan Murthy
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The Long History of Lutheranism in Scandinavia. From State Religion to the People’s Church

open access: yesPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2015
As the main religion of Finland, but also of entire Scandinavia, Lutheranism has a centuries-long history. Until 1809 Finland formed the eastern part of the Swedish Kingdom, from 1809 to 1917 it was a Grand Duchy within the Russian Empire, and in 1917 ...
Markkola Pirjo
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Fake pearl: Chants of Paul Gerhardt in Russian translation [PDF]

open access: yesРелигия, церковь, общество, 2016
The article is a cut Russian translation of the report, read 05. 27. 2016 in Lübeck at the conference «Paul Gerhard in the Baltic area». The text examines the translations of the Gerhardt’s hymns exclusively within the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Anton Vladimirovich Tihomirov
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Українське лютеранство як схiдноєвропейський вимiр Реформацiї

open access: yesБогословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2016
В статті розглядається українське лютеранство, як унікальний прояв Лютеранської Реформації на сході Європи. Як Мартін Лютер реформував літургію Західної Церкви, так само Теодор Ярчук і його співпрацівники реформували літургію Східної Церкви. Лютеранська
V'yacheslav HORPYNCHUK
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The lost treasure? Notes on history of Evangelical Lutheran Church hymnography [PDF]

open access: yesРелигия, церковь, общество, 2013
The article gives an overview over the history of hymn-books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (of Russia) from the 16–17 centuries to our time. It is referring both to hymn-books in German and to the attempts to establish a tradition of Lutheran hymns ...
Anton Vladimirovich Tihomirov
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The gnosiological aspect of religion [PDF]

open access: yesРелигия, церковь, общество, 2020
The article is devoted to epistemological aspects of religion. Following Hegel, the author maintains that religion in one of spiritual form as well as art and science. This method allows to keep distance between clericalism and atheism. Extreme positions
Alexey Igorevich Ivanenko
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An emerging trend of charismatic religiosity in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland

open access: yesApproaching Religion, 2015
The membership rates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church are declining; thus its position in society is becoming more and more precarious. This article focuses on a description of how charismatic religiosity, as one possible answer to the challenges faced,
Anna Haapalainen
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