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The Decentralization of Liquor Policies in Texas During the Post‐Prohibition Era

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the decentralization of liquor policies in Texas during the Post‐Prohibition era using newly collected historical legislative roll call data. By combining these data with local referendum vote shares, we analyze both legislators' and constituents' preferences on liquor policy.
Andrew Arnold, Holger Sieg
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
wiley   +1 more source

Early Interaction Between Scripture, Rule of Faith, and Evolving Christian Doctrine and Tradition: A Response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine

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
wiley   +1 more source

The Long History of Lutheranism in Scandinavia. From State Religion to the People’s Church

Perichoresis: 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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Unity or Distinction? Herman Bavinck’s Use of John Calvin and Later Reformed Orthodoxy in His Doctrine of the Two States

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the doctrine of Christ’s two states of humiliation and exaltation in Herman Bavinck’s and John Calvin’s thought, with the aim of illuminating Bavinck’s use of Calvin. The article begins by exploring Calvin’s use of the two states and argues that his treatment of Christ’s descent into hell is an important though ...
Sarah Killam Crosby
wiley   +1 more source

Unitas and concordia in the confessions: significance for fellowship among Lutheran churches [PDF]

, 1981
There is a sufficient basis in the Augsburg Confession for doctrinal and confessional unity among Lutherans. The paper suggests that while sufficient debate has taken place on the theological substance of the Confessions, not enough attention has been ...
Nostbakken, Roger W.
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems

Journal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg, Monika Lindbekk, Anna Sonander, Rustamjon Urinboyev   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Lutheran Answer to Challenges from Alasdair MacIntyre and Stanley Hauerwas

Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2015
The new traditionalist wave in ecumenical theology (for example Hauerwas, MacIntyre and Milbank) gives little and often even negative attention to Early Reformation thoughts. Lutheran theology is often depicted as a platonic ecclesiology where the ethics
Tomas Appelqvist
doaj  

The Mediating Roles of Political Ideology, Dominion Belief, and Stewardship Belief in the Relationship Between Christianity and Environmentalism: Evaluating Lynn White's Thesis in the Netherlands

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous studies provide mixed empirical support for White's thesis that Christianity has contributed to the ecological crisis. This study aims to add nuance to White's thesis by examining different aspects of Christianity within the secularized context of the Netherlands.
Nienke P. M. Fortuin, Carl Sterkens
wiley   +1 more source