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John Calvin and the Reformed tradition on the jurisdiction of the church

open access: yesKoers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2001
John Calvin’s view on the power of jurisdiction in the church, as he writes about it in the Institutes, is expounded in this article. Firstly, attention is given to the spiritual authority of the church, followed by an exposition of the power of the ...
P. Coertzen
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The Economic Effects of the Protestant Reformation: Testing the Weber Hypothesis in the German Lands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With its religious heterogeneity, the Holy Roman Empire presents an ideal testing ground for this hypothesis.
Davide Cantoni   +2 more
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"Decently and order": Scotland and Protestant pastoral power [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Foucault's conceptualization of "pastoral power" is important in the development and application of the notion of "governmentality", or the regulation of mass populations.
Mutch, A
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4. The Anglican Settlement

open access: yes, 1958
Before turning to the radical reformers who regarded Luther and Calvin as too compromising, let us consider another land in which a conservative expression of the Reformation developed.
Bloom, Robert L.   +6 more
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An Open Declaration [Openlike Verklaring] concerning the Presbyterian Church government system

open access: yesIn die Skriflig
The challenge posed by 18th-century rationalism to the 16th-century Reformed doctrine, initiated a trajectory in which Reformed churches assumed the responsibility of preserving the essence of the Reformation.
Chaka C. Mathundela
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The good, the bad, and the ugly: Esping-Andersen's regime typology and the religious roots of the Western welfare state [PDF]

open access: yes
Esping-Andersen's 'Three World of Welfare Capitalism' has been the most influential contribution of recent years to the comparative welfare state research literature. According to Esping-Andersen, the welfare state basically comes in three variants: as a
Manow, Philip
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Wanneer een twee word: ’n Perspektief op resente gebeure in die Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
When one becomes two: A perspective on recent events in the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa. On 28 July 2013 13 congregations of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa (Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika) declared themselves independent and ...
Wim A. Dreyer
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Mt. Pleasant Church, Conewago Township

open access: yes, 2005
About two miles south of McSherrystown and a similar distance southwest of Hanover, in Conewago Township, lies the small village of Mt. Pleasant. The community developed at and near the intersection of State Route 194, commonly called the Hanover ...
Bolin, Larry C.
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