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Calling on and thanking God: the role of faith and faith communities in disaster recovery. [PDF]

Disasters
Abstract Faith and faith communities play a critical role in post‐disaster recovery for at least three reasons. First, faith is a socially shared frame through which individuals understand a disaster and evaluate potential means of recovery. Second, faith is a driver or motivator of post‐disaster recovery, providing inspiration, encouragement, and ...
Storr VH, Lofthouse JK, Storr NM.
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
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An Alien Word? Cosmic Salvation within a Rahnerian Framework

The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The possibility of life beyond our planet raises serious theological questions for Christians, particularly in the realm of soteriology. How would Jesus of Nazareth relate to such creatures? Is he the ‘universal’ saviour, in the cosmic sense? Or are there other incarnations of the Logos, the Word or Son of God?
Brandon R. Peterson
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
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‘There Has Been a Scandal’: Cultural Performers and the Strangers’ Churches of London

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite what one might assume to have been a rigid line between London's refugee community—with its strict brand of Protestantism—and the city's performance cultures—often the target of strict Protestants' ire—historical records reveal a number of overlaps between those domains.
Matteo Pangallo
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

Journal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 20-37, March 2026.
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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Disruptive Repentance: Protesting in the Morning Service at Waitangi in 1983

Journal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 96-109, March 2026.
In 1983 on Waitangi Day, nine Pākehā Christian protesters (including Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist ministers) were arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour for interrupting the morning church service at Waitangi. In solidarity with Māori activists and wider protests, they sought to draw attention to the longstanding failure of the ...
Michael Mawson
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The power of the past: materializing collective memory at early medieval lordly centres

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 34-69, February 2026.
The repurposing of earlier sites and monuments is an enduringly popular theme in early medieval archaeology, but in England it has attracted little interest among Late Saxon and early post‐Conquest studies. From the tenth century, however, an increasingly prevalent pattern is discernible of secular lords locating their power centres in relation to ...
Duncan W. Wright +7 more
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Troubling the Waters: Black African Christian Presence and the Reshaping of Christianity in Canada

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores the histories of Christians of African descent in Canada, challenging Eurocentric narratives that have rendered their religious contributions invisible. Using polycentric framework, it examines how historic Black Christian communities—from Black Loyalists and Refugees in Nova Scotia to congregations across Ontario and ...
James Kwateng‐Yeboah
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Transatlantic Anti‐Catholicism and Sexual Scandal: The Case of Mgr. Thomas John Capel

Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 505-519, December 2025.
This article investigates the public scandal that enveloped a famous English priest who was living in the United States. Monsignor Thomas John Capel (1836–1911) was one of the stars of the English Church in the Victorian era. Following a disciplinary process for breaking his vow of chastity, the Vatican dispatched him to America, where in 1886 he was ...
Timothy Verhoeven
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