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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
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Kerkorde en ekumene. Die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk in die jare 1962–2015

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2019
Church order and ecumenism: The Dutch Reformed Church in 1962–2015. The church order accepted by the first General Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC), the church order or DRC-CO of 1962, showed a preference for ecumenism with reformed churches ...
Piet J. Strauss
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From Expansion to Erosion: The Global Trajectory of Judicial Independence, 1960–2018

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Judicial independence expanded globally throughout the twentieth century, but this trajectory has recently come under pressure. In recent years, governments around the world have increasingly challenged judicial autonomy. This study unpacks this global reversal by analyzing data from 156 states between 1960 and 2018.
Nir Rotem
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Church unity and church polity : history, principle and practice [PDF]

, 1996
Continued 2001 as 'Verbum et Ecclesia'In this article the need for a clearer focus on the history, principles and practice of church polity in the process of church re-unification is addressed.
Hofmeyr, J.W. (Johannes Wynand), 1947-
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’n Kritiese analise van die begrip ratifikasie volgens die Gereformeerde Kerkreg

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008
A critical analysis of the concept ratification according to Reformed church polity This article reflects critically on the view that local churches should in a separate act, after major assemblies have taken their resolutions, ratify the decisions ...
Andries du Plooy
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When are identity‐based groups harmful to democracy? Victimized majority narratives and Muslim groups in Indonesia

Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract When are identity‐based groups harmful to democracy? We argue that identity‐based groups become harmful to democracy when they engage in and promote victimized majority narratives—portraying the majority as being removed from power and sidelined by minority groups.
Nathanael Gratias Sumaktoyo, Jessica Soedirgo   +1 more
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Teologie en Kerkreg: Wat word van die Heilige Gees in ons teologie en in die Kerkreg?

In die Skriflig
Theology and Church Polity: What becomes of the Holy Spirit in our theology and Church Polity? Currently, a shift in theological training is taking place in South Africa. University faculties, which previously trained students for church ministry, do not
Johannes Smit
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Die stryd om die aard en omvang van die tugreg by die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sendingkerk (1881−1994)

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012
The struggle of the Dutch Reformed Mission Churches (1881–1994) with reference to the character and extend of discipline. In this article the struggle concerning the nature and extent of the disciplinary power in the Dutch Reformed Mission Church (DRMC) (
Mary-Anne Plaatjies Van Huffel
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Friendship in the New Political Theologies

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 686-707, July 2026.
Abstract As a distinct academic discipline, political theology rose and fell with Carl Schmitt. If there was any hope of redeeming it, the discipline would have to be entirely renewed. A deep‐seated and understudied feature of that renewal lies in the reconceptualisation of the political relation.
Andreas E. Masvie
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Die begrippe ‘gemeen akkoord’ en ‘buite kerkverband plaas’ in kerkregtelike perspektief

In die Skriflig
The concepts ‘mutual concensus’ and ‘exclusion from the church community’ in Church Polity: Ecclesiastical decisions about the calling and ordination of women in the offices in local congregations became a burning issue in Reformed Churches world-wide ...
Jacobus M. Vorster
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