Results 31 to 40 of about 18,963,038 (199)

Prophet and politician dining around the same table: God’s message in conflict?

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023
The research problem in this article is the modern prophets who rub shoulders with politicians. The focus is on the prophets found in New Prophetic Churches (NPCs).
Kelebogile T. Resane
doaj   +1 more source

Die kerk en openbare beleidsvorming – ’n praktiese voorstel vir gereformeerde getuienis

In die Skriflig, 2004
Church and public policy – a practical model for reformed witness The transition to a new constitutional dispensation in South Africa during 1994 has fundamentally changed the relation between church and state.
N. Vorster
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges to the Churches in Asia Today [PDF]

, 2019
Georg Evers, in “Challenges to the Churches in Asia Today,” begins with a brief overview of the situation of the Asian churches before Vatican II. He then discusses the significance of the Council for the Asian churches with special attention to the ...
Evers, Georg
core   +1 more source

The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

Pentecostal discourses on regulatory oversight by the Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Rights Commission in South Africa

African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: The Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL Rights Commission) have made many attempts to promote accountability and protect followers from exploitation by religious ...
Thalukanyo C.M. Sadiki, Mashudu E. Muthivhi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Legitimacy and Persuasion in the Anglo‐Scottish Wars of the 1540s

History, EarlyView.
Abstract The considerable efforts of the invading English to justify their activities and garner support during the Anglo‐Scottish wars of the 1540s are well known. Recent welcome attention to Scottish texts produced during the conflict has begun to correct a previous historiographical imbalance towards English materials.
Amy Blakeway
wiley   +1 more source

Beeldspraak over oorlog en schepping, geweld en geweldloosheid in de Openbaring van Johannes

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008
Images of war and creation, violence and non-violence in the Revelation of John Much of the violent imagery of Revelation can be seen as inspired by the image of God as the Divine Warrior who will overcome the chaotic forces threatening creation and ...
Paul Decock
doaj   +1 more source

Castles in the Air: Sectarian Puritanism, the Revolutionary Caribbean and the Forgotten Colony of New Warwick, Trinidad

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines an overlooked attempt to colonize the island of Trinidad during the English Revolution of the 1640s. This project was engineered by a consortium of radical puritans, seeking to create a protected enclave in the New World for separatists, anabaptists and other sectaries.
DAVID R. COMO
wiley   +1 more source

God's Harvest in New Jersey

, 1950
Pamphlet prepared and distributed by the New Jersey Council of Churches dealing with efforts to aid migrant farm workers in the ...

core   +1 more source

Deliverance Practice In Contemporary Ghanaian Neo-Prophetic Churches [PDF]

, 2018
Exorcism in particular and deliverance in general are known phenomena in many cultures especially in Africa. Exorcism is the attempt to control and cast out or expel evil spirits or demons from a habitat, person, place or item.
Ablorh, Sowah
core   +1 more source