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Skapelsen som evangeliets förståelsehorisont
Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2015 In this article, an ecclesiological idea articulated within a contemporary Swedish ecclesiological discourse on the Swedish Lutheran Church is critically examined: the idea of the church as a community of the active, as opposed to one of a more passive ...
Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg, Mats Aldén
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Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract McGrath's recent analysis of the parallels between scientific theory formation and the development of theological doctrine in The Nature of Christian Doctrine (OUP, 2024) is insightful and largely compelling, but also raises some questions and areas for further exploration. First, there is a remarkable back‐and‐forth between uses of ‘doctrine’
Gijsbert van den Brink
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Svenska kyrkan, det lutherska och ekumeniken. Svenska kyrkans identitet
Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2013 The article discusses questions related to the identity of the Lutheran Church of Sweden. The need to clarify the Lutheran identity is more and more articulated in the new Swedish society, which is more secular, more religious pluralistic and more ...
Göran Bexell
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Where there is no morphine: The challenge and hope of palliative care delivery in Tanzania
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2014 Background: In Tanzania, a country of 42 million, access to oral morphine is rare. Aim: To demonstrate the effectiveness of palliative care teams in reducing patients’ pain and in increasing other positive life qualities in the absence of morphine; and ...
Kristopher Hartwig +5 more
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
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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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Rethinking Merit in Calvin's Doctrine of the Atonement: Beyond Possessive Individualism
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Joan Lockwood O'Donovan argues that the Reformation doctrine of grace entails a rejection of the proprietary anthropology of self‐owning individuals and its attendant notion of justice – what C. B. Macpherson termed the “theory of possessive individualism.” Although O'Donovan praises Calvin's anthropology and his account of law for its non ...
John Walker
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Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to identify and synthesize the literature on parental racial socialization and racial identity development within Black–White biracial families, or those with one Black parent, one White parent, and at least one biological Black–White biracial child.
Dominique Callahan
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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 +1 more
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