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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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39 - What impact did democritization have on Lutheranism?
, 2009 Dr. Rast explains how democracy affects Lutheranism in America.https://scholar.csl.edu/ccchurchhist3/1038/thumbnail ...
Rast, Lawrence
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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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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
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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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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.
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Lutheranism in Maine 1741-1986 [PDF]
, 1988 My purpose in this writing is very simple. First, to tell the story for the first time. Second, to establish and comment upon basic demographic data for Lutheranism in Maine and to provide brief overviews of every Lutheran congregation in Maine to date ...
Dutzmann, Ingo
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HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2013 The contribution of confessional Lutheran churches, especially those affiliated to the International Lutheran Council of the ecumenical movement was regarded more or less as marginal, compared to the mainstream Protestant churches. Rooted in the 16th century Reformation, relating to the confessional writings of the Lutheran Church as comprised in the ...
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