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Parish of Springplains, Co. of Dalhousie [cartographic material] /

, 1891
Cadastral map showing parish boundaries and land ownership.; "L. 5129".; "22.5.91".; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2741-204.Parish of Springplains, County of DalhousieParish of Spring Plains ...
Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey.
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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.
Kati Tervo‐Niemelä, Pietari Hannikainen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dandenong Forest, Parish of Monbulk, County of Evelyn [cartographic material] /

, 1896
Cadastral map showing parish boundaries and land ownership. Relief shown by hachures.; "L.6256".; "6.2.96".; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2741-246.Parish of Monbulk, County of ...
Victoria. Department of Crown Lands and Survey.
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Parafia pw. św. Bartłomieja Apostoła w Mogilanach w świetle fragmentów kroniki parafialnej autorstwa księdza Walentego Piotrowskiego z lat 1882–1929

Prace Historyczne
This article presents a critical edition of selected excerpts from the chronicle of the parish of St. Bartholomew the Apostle in Mogilany, a village near Crakow, spanning the years 1882–1929.
Rafał Hryszko
doaj   +1 more source

Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
wiley   +1 more source

Inhabiting the White Church: Divinized Diversity and Antiracist Projects in Progressive Religious Organizations

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on 3 years of qualitative fieldwork at a United Methodist church and a Catholic parish in Minneapolis‐St. Paul, I analyze how White, liberal congregations translated race‐conscious ideals into organizational practice in the wake of the 2020 police murder of George Floyd.
Daniel Cueto‐Villalobos
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Participation After Covid‐19: Evidence From US Catholic Dioceses and Smartphone Data

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do religious rules and regulations affect behavior? We examine this question using changes in Catholic regulations during the Covid‐19 pandemic combined with mobility data from 15 million smartphone users from 2019 to 2022. We first document overall trends: Total religious attendance declined sharply in March 2020 and thereafter recovered ...
Angela Cools, Carlos Esparza S.J., Jiwon Park   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Go Ahead and Bring Me Up on Charges—The Rocks Will Sing Out”: Organizational Structure, Ally Activism, and the Struggle for Marriage Equality in the UMC

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT After decades of struggle, the United Methodist Church (UMC) removed all LGBTQ‐restrictive language from its Book of Discipline in 2024, overturning exclusionary policies that forbid same‐sex weddings and the ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy. This research sheds light on the activism that preceded institutional change within the UMC.
Nancy L. Malcom, Melinda D. Kane
wiley   +1 more source

The Community Reinvestment Act and geography: How well do CRA exams cover the geographical areas that banks serve?

, 2017
Congress passed the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) as a means of requiring banks to serve the communities in which they are chartered to do business. When CRA was enacted in 1977, banks financed their loans from deposits. They made loans locally to the
National Community Reinvestment Coalition
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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
wiley   +1 more source