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The Normative Turn: Back to Hobhouse?

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Supporters of a recently announced normative turn in sociology acknowledge that what they recommend is by no means entirely new. However, they have given little attention to an early precursor: the British sociologist Leonard Hobhouse. He focussed on the role of the normative in social life and insisted that sociology could, and must, play an ...
Martyn Hammersley
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'In this sacrament the whole of what our religion means is expressed'

, 2014
A passage from C. H. Dodd's Christian Worship provides the basis for an examination of Holy Communion in the life and worship of a community and a survey of recent work by scholars of the Reformed tradition on development of thought and practice on the ...
Falconer, Alan D.
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The History of Religion: Ancient Rome Edition 1960–2026

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Celia E. Schultz
wiley   +1 more source

The resurrection : aspects of its changing role in 20th century theology

, 2012
This thesis deals with theologies of the Resurrection in the twentieth century. We have chosen for study seven major theologians whose work reflects significant achievement in this area. We begin with a look at 'dialectical' theologians Karl Barth and
Price, Christopher A.
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Towards a practical Dalit Theology: a study on the status and relevance of Dalit theology among grass roots Dalit Christians in their struggle against caste oppression [PDF]

, 2012
This study seeks to develop a more practical and praxis-driven approach to Dalit Theology and its engagement with grassroots Dalit Christians. Dalit Theology is contextual and liberative.
John Packianathan, Vincent Manoharan
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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THEOLOGY IN AN EVOLUTIONARY MODE

Zygon, 1992
. Evolution has become the standard way of understanding the world process. Theology has to express traditional faith in the context of the contemporary world.
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐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

Toward a new paradigm for bioethics: ecological and theological contributions [PDF]

, 2005
In this thesis it is argued that current conceptions of bioethics are inadequate in the light of today's global ecological and societal circumstances. An examination of the dominant contemporary model of bioethics as it is known and practiced in North ...
Rowell, Mary
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Let's do theology - as in the book of Job: Developing theology in dialogue

Acta Theologica
This article demonstrates how the Book of Job might inspire us to do theology in a different way. For nearly two millennia, Christian theology has mainly been presented in monologues, either from the pulpit or in the classroom. The Book of Job offers an
V. Kessler
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