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Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Depolarisation
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 344-353, April 2026.ABSTRACT It has been suggested that multiculturalism has contributed to majority anxieties and thereby to the current polarisation. This article focuses on how to tackle and lessen this polarisation, which is fostering mutual distrust and threatening the national, democratic citizenships upon which any multiculturalist, egalitarian and unifying project
Tariq Modood
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A church judicial analysis of the office of the deacon in the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe [PDF]
, 2016 Thesis (MTh)--Stellenbosch University, 2016.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research study analyses the office of the deacon in the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe (RCZ).
Baloyi, Ezekiel
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Die klassis en kerkvisitasie in drie kerkordes
In die Skriflig, 2017 The classis and the visitation of congregations in three church orders. It is said by reformed church politicians that the classis as a major assembly in reformed church polity is the cornerstone of the church as a denomination. In the tradition in which
Piet J. Strauss
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War and Peace: Ogawa Takemitsu's Theological Engagement with State and Religion
Journal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 56-76, March 2026.The Manchurian Incident of 1931 marked a pivotal moment in the rise of Japanese fascism. During the period from this incident until the Pacific War's defeat, dissent from the state's control was not tolerated, leading to coercive measures in religious communities. The Christian community, rather than devising theological reasoning to resist the state's
Eun‐Young Park, Do‐Hyung Kim
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Die gesag van Christus in enkele kerklike gesagsmodelle
Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 1988 Reformed church polity acknowledges a very close relation between Christology and ecclesiology, and intends to be a polity of the kingdom of God. This means the acceptance of Christ as the only Head of His church.
A. le R. du Plooy
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Love, Class‐Crossing Courtship, and the Reading of English Novels in Late Eighteenth‐Century Sweden
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 37-57, March 2026.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
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Die Sinode van Emden: Bakermat van die Nederduitse Kerke in Suid-Afrika
In die Skriflig, 2020 The Synod of Emden: Cradle of the Netherdutch churches of South Africa. The Synod of Emden, which took place from 04 to 13 October 1571 in the city of Emden, is of great importance to the reformed churches in South Africa.
Willem A. Dreyer
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Religion and Official Politics in Contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT With increasing discussions on political deification and the official references to traditional religions in the People's Republic of China (PRC), recent debates on the PRC's alleged infiltration over Taiwan elections through the goddess Mazu, and the post‐Handover government's emphasis on filiality to China in Hong Kong, it is high time to ...
Ting Guo
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The Reformation in Fife, 1560-1640
, 2009 This thesis traces the establishment and development of a functioning reformed church in the parishes of Fife after the official Reformation of 1560. Based principally on archival sources, especially the records of the kirk sessions which governed the
McCallum, John
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Op soek na ’n duidelike reformatoriese paradigma vir kerklike gesag
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1992 In search of a clear reformed paradigm on ecclesiastical authority This article represents an effort to investigate the claim from different viewpoints that Jesus Christ is the real and sole authority in church polity.
B. Spoelstra
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