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American Conversions to Eastern Orthodox Christianity

Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
This paper explores conversions to Eastern Orthodox Christianity in the United States. It discusses the analytic value of different categories used to describe American Orthodox Christians; examines theoretic models that best explain American ...
Ksenia Medvedeva
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General Perceptions of Career Decision‐Making Autonomy Among Youth in Rural Philippines: An Experimental Study Examining Cultural and Gender Dynamics

The Developing Economies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender inequalities persist across various domains where traditional social norms are deeply ingrained. This study examines gendered perceptions of career decision‐making autonomy in the Philippines through self‐determination, social role, and gender congruity theories.
Melisa Fabella, Mai Seki, Makoto Kakinaka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

God the Logos. Exegetical Sketches on the Johannine Prologue (1:1–18)

Forum Theologicum Sardicense
N. N. Glubokovsky, God the Logos. Exegetical sketches on the Johannine prologue (1:1–18). The study explores the Orthodox Christian perspective on the Prologue of the Gospel of John.
N. N. Glubokovsky
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Sacral geography of Orthodox Christianity and religious tourism [PDF]

Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva, 2010
Introductory part of the paper briefly presents the case study of sacred geography. This scientific discipline, as a branch of cultural geography, deserves more attention due to the development of cultural tourism and the protection of cultural ...
Grčić Mirko
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Aristocratic identification in Felix’s Life of Guthlac

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Recent scholarship often sees high‐born monastics and clerics in early Christian England as part of the aristocratic class. Modern identity theories, however, suggest that social identity could be dynamic, situational, processual and discursive. In light of this concept, the present article reads Felix’s Life of Guthlac as a text that constructs an ...
Lek Hang Chan
wiley   +1 more source

World-Affirming Theologies in Modern Orthodox Christianity

Religions
The notion that God is present in creation has long featured in Eastern Christian thought, appearing as early as Origen (3rd century) and Evagrius of Pontus (4th century).
Paul Ladouceur
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
wiley   +1 more source

Stem Cell Science and Orthodox Christianity

Zygon
This article examines selected developments in stem cell-based interventions and stem cell-based research from an Orthodox Christian perspective. It addresses important points of connection between these advances and research involving human embryos ...
Ana S. Iltis
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Orthodox Christianity and gender through a religion-as-lived perspective

Approaching Religion, 2020
Book review of Kupari, Helena, and Elina Vuola (eds.), 2020. Orthodox Christianity and Gender. Dynamics of Tradition, Culture and Lived Practice.Routledge Studies in Religion (London & New York: Routledge).
Ruth Illman
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The Protestant Menace: Catholic Missionary Anti‐Protestantism during and after the First World War (1918–1922)*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Sante Lesti
wiley   +1 more source