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Generating hope in pastoral care through relationships

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012
This article concerned itself with the notion of Christian hope, in the midst of suffering, where this hope will find its energy from within a relationship with God and his people.
Tobias H. Steyn, Maake J. Masango
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Prophets With Enchantment: Framing Christian Climate Activism

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues for a re‐enchantment of studies of contemporary climate change activism. It focuses upon Christian climate activists in the UK and how they are reinterpreting their theological beliefs in ways that mobilise religious communities.
Gemma Edwards, Finlay Malcolm
wiley   +1 more source

The Construction of a Bestseller: The Case of Thomas Nettleton's Some Thoughts Concerning Virtue and Happiness (1729)

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholars have tended to interpret Thomas Nettleton's bestselling Virtue and Happiness (1729) as an Epicurean work. In contrast, I argue that this book was constructed partly from extensive paraphrases of the writings of Locke, Shaftesbury, and Hutcheson.
Jacob Donald Chatterjee
wiley   +1 more source

The Limits of Theodicy: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective on Evil and Interreligious Theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This essay is written from the vantage point of a comparative theologian who is personally steeped in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition and who primarily specializes in Christian-Muslim comparative theology.
Monge, Rico G.
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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how novel reading influenced the courtship practices of Pehr Stenberg, a peasant who became a clergyman. Stenberg wrote a detailed account of his life in which his courtships of high‐born women are described in detail. These courtships took place during a transformative time when the ideal that marriage should be based on
Ina Lindblom
wiley   +1 more source

Feelings Within the UK Bahá’í Faith About the Potential Contribution of Their Faith to the Unity of Humankind. [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper is an investigation conducted with members of the Bahá’í Faith (BF) community in the UK. The contributor is not a Bahá’í but has researched Bahá’í literature and practice over the past 8 years and has close links with regional and national ...
Bigger, Stephen
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Principles for poverty alleviation among the youth in Northern Uganda

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2010
This article deals with the statistical data and analysis con-cerning poverty among the young people in Uganda. The poverty is continuously ascending, with the most affected region being Northern Uganda.
A. Wilson, R.S. Letšosa
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Deconstructing the cultural confinement of the Western menopausal women towards a spirituality of liberation

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2015
Throughout the ages, menstruation and menopause have posed unique challenges in the life of women. In Biblical times, much was said about the impurity of a menstruating woman. In the past century, however, the focus gradually shifted to menopause and the
Crystal Meletiou   +1 more
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