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Review Essay: Locating the Church in the World: Ethnography, Christian Ethics, and the Global Church

open access: yesJournal of Moral Theology, 2013
Two important church-and-the-world Catholic theological emphases have recently arisen: firstly, how ethnographic research affects moral theology and ecclesiology, and secondly, moral theology being done consciously within the “world church” context. Both
Christopher P. Vogt
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Lights and Landscapes: More‐Than‐Human Nature in Near‐Death Experiences as Reconciliation in a Time of Ecological Crisis

open access: yesDialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores lights and landscapes as depicted in near‐death experiences (NDEs). NDEs are specific experiences, which human beings with a (perceived) close brush with death may have and later recall, often including seeing a brilliant light and sometimes traveling to unearthly dimensions, which may or may not include landscapes.
Tobias Anker Stripp
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Playing God With Animals? The Meaning of Animals in a More Than Human World

open access: yesDialog, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Unprecedented human power over the lives and welfare of trillions of animals calls for existential, ethical, and theological reflection. This article examines and discusses how the relationship between humans and non‐human animals can be understood in a Christian context.
Emil Børty Nielsen
wiley   +1 more source

Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
wiley   +1 more source

Kant’s religious argument for the existence of God: The ultimate dependence of human destiny on divine assistance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
After reviewing Kant’s well-known criticisms of the traditional proofs of God’s existence and his preferred moral argument, this paper presents a detailedanalysis of a densely-packed theistic argument in Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason ...
Palmquist, Stephen R.
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Marx's Concept of Life

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay aims to reveal the conceptual unity of an ensemble of concepts of organic, animal, and anthropological life articulated by the young Karl Marx between 1842 and 1844. To lay the groundwork for my analysis, I begin with Marx's general account of “life as activity.” I argue that Marx articulates a hylomorphic theory of organic form in ...
Christopher Shambaugh
wiley   +1 more source

Review Essay: Love and Recent Developments in Moral Theology

open access: yesJournal of Moral Theology, 2012
Brady endeavors to survey how love has been treated in the landscape of Catholic moral theology in three moves: 1) reviewing the problems that arise in critical theological discussion of love, 2) examining the controversial question in moral theology of ...
Bernard V. Brady
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
wiley   +1 more source

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