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Navigating the Postmodern Landscape: Embracing Interdisciplinary Openness in Pastoral Theology

open access: yesVerbum Vitae
In the face of rising secularization and the waning influence of the Church, contemporary pastoral theology encounters both a formidable challenge and an enticing opportunity in the postmod­ern era.
Damijan Ganc
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Desiderio desideravi: A Prolegomena to Liturgical Formation? The Relationship between Pastoral Care and the Liturgy Itself in the Process of Formation in the Liturgy

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Pope Francis’ apostolic letter Desiderio desideravi, promulgated in 2022, highlights the crux of the formation in the liturgy of the faithful. This has become especially poignant in a contemporary world, where the attribute of the symbol, stemming from a
Dorianne Buttigieg
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Luther\u27s Anfechtungen: an important clue to his pastoral theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
Luther\u27s pastoral theology was directly influenced by his intense and sometimes prolonged experiences with the Anfechtungen--spiritual trials, despondencies, ambivalences, \u27ups and down\u27 in faith ...
Begalke, M. Vernon
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Systematic Theology and Spiritual Formation: Recovering Obscured Unities

open access: yes, 2014
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy
Graham, Jeannine
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Rethinking Christian Spirituality. Exploring Challenges and Opportunities Beyond the Global North-South Binary

open access: yesBogoslovska Smotra
This article examines Christian spirituality in a global context, moving beyond the typical North-South binary. Informed by a comprehensive literature review, the study offers an in-depth examination of the domain, addressing key issues such as the ...
Petrus Simarmata   +2 more
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Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source

Public Theology in the face of pain and suffering: A proletarian perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A basic understanding of theology is the quest for knowledge of the Divine—the study of God. But why, one may ask, undertake such an endeavour, and to what end? My simple response would be, to know God is to enhance and enrich my life and service.
Juma, Florence
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Professor Stavrophorian Archpriest Hristo Dimitrov: as the most prolific researcher in the field of Pastoral theology in Bulgaria

open access: yesForum Theologicum Sardicense
In this text, an attempt is made to present the personality, research and teaching activities of our prominent researcher in the field of Pastoral Theology, Professor Archpriest Hristo Dimitrov PhD.
Ivo Yanev
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Pauline Theology or Pauline Tradition in the Pastoral Epistles: The Question of Method

open access: yesTyndale Bulletin, 1995
This article re-examines the common positioning of the Pastoral Epistles at the transition from second to third generation Christianity. While there is validity in recognising theological development in the Pastoral Epistles, this need not be explained ...
Philip H. Towner
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