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The Conservative Hold over Scottish Civil Society: Evidence from the 1854 Edinburgh Pollbook*

Parliamentary History, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 110-131, February 2026.
Abstract As a carrier of influence and governance that stands distinct from parliamentary and municipal representation, civil society has been ascribed a particular layer of criticality in the Scottish example of the stateless nation. This article examines the voting choices made at the 1852 general election by those active within Edinburgh's voluntary
Graeme Morton
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Die verband tussen doop en lidmaatskap van die kerk

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1999
The relationship between baptism and membership of the church. This aricle examines the relaionship between bapism and membership of the church. The author's main thesis is that baptism signifies the unity with Christ, and as such unity with the body of ...
W. A. Dreyer
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Evaluation of the Presbyterian Church in Korea's use of assistant pastors : a reformed church polity perspective

, 2016
MTh (Church Polity), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2016The Presbyterian Church in Korea (PCK) has an office of assistant pastor. The assistant pastors are viewed as pastors, but there is a distinction between pastors and assistant pastors ...
Shin, Jaehyung
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The relevance of the Calvinistic understanding of ordination within the current Zimbabwean context [PDF]

, 2021
Thesis (PhD (Church History and Church Polity))--University of Pretoria, 2021.This thesis is concerned with the relevance of a Calvinistic understanding of ordination to the current ecclesial climate in Zimbabwe.

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Embodying Belhar: Towards reforming the governance praxis of the Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
The social value of this article could be to initiate a reformation in the governance praxis of a Reformed church. Its academic value could be to suggest that an ecclesial imaginary could enrich reflection on church polity.
Johannes N. Kritzinger
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Property as power: A theory of representation

Journal of Social Philosophy, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 169-187, Summer 2026.
Rutger Claassen
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James Cooper and the Scoto-Catholic Party : tractarian reform in the Church of Scotland, 1882 - 1918

, 2015
In Scotland, no less than in England, the late Victorian era was one of transition. Industrialisation and urbanisation created new social problems, while other forces - most importantly the railway - worked to undermine the national comprehensiveness of ...
Rees, Brian A.
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Partikuliere en algemene sinodes: 'n gereformeerde benadering

Acta Theologica, 2004
In this article the author investigates the character, composition and task of particular or regional synods and of general synods in reformed churches.
P. J. Strauss
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Ecclesiology in the Church of England: an historical and theological examination of the role of ecclesiology in the church of England since the second world war [PDF]

, 2000
From a 'postliberal' perspective I argue that there is no means by which divine truth can incontrovertibly be known or directly understood and communicated. However a communitarian and historicist approach locates the experience and the expression of the
Bagshaw, Paul
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Ekumeniese kerkreg: Die aangewese weg?

In die Skriflig, 2013
Die argument word gehoor dat kerkregeringstelsels soos dié van die Rooms-Katolieke, Lutherse en gereformeerde kerke van ’n transendentale aard was en is. Daardeur word geïmpliseer dat hierdie stelsels een transendentale, unieke vaste beginsel gebruik om ’
Pieter J. Strauss
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