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Theological Doctrines as Scientific Theories? Thinking along with and beyond McGrath

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract McGrath's recent analysis of the parallels between scientific theory formation and the development of theological doctrine in The Nature of Christian Doctrine (OUP, 2024) is insightful and largely compelling, but also raises some questions and areas for further exploration. First, there is a remarkable back‐and‐forth between uses of ‘doctrine’
Gijsbert van den Brink
wiley   +1 more source

G.S. Sablukov and His Contribution to the Study of the Golden Horde Heritage: unpublished letters to academician Christian Martin Joachim (Von) Frähn (on the 220th anniversary of his birth)

Археология евразийских степей
G.S. Sablukov (1804–1880), a lecturer at the Saratov Theological Seminary (1830–1849) and later a professor at the Kazan Theological Academy (1849–1862), holds a significant place in the history of Russian pre-revolutionary Oriental studies.
Ramil' M. Valeev, Rafael M. Valeev, Roza Z. Valeeva, Svetlana A. Kirillina, Yazgul R. Rakhimova   +4 more
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The latest adventure of the “patriarch in exile”. Former hieromonk Iliodor (Trufanov) as a creator of a new religion [PDF]

Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной Церкви
Currently, the life of former hieromonk Iliodor (S.M. Trufanov) in the pre-revolutionary period is well researched. He was known as a zealous monarchist who had a lot of admirers, and as a friend of G.E. Rasputin.
Andrey Kostryukov
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Austere Moral Ecologies and Artificial Agents

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract There are underappreciated moral costs for deploying artificially intelligent agents in our present bureaucratically and market‐structured world. Currently, AI systems lack the interiority and mutual vulnerability required for genuine moral relationality.
Manuel Vargas
wiley   +1 more source

Social Networks of Radical Literature Readers: The Case of Arkhangelsk Theological Seminary, 1870–1872

Historia provinciae: журнал региональной истории
The article analyzes the initial stage of the development of the revolutionary Narodnik movement through the reading practices of the 1870s generation.
Yuliya A. Safronova
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Tambov public library as an element of provincial cultural environment

Вестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2019
The relevance of the study is due to the need to fill the historiographical gap in the study of public libraries activities of pre-revolutionary Russia as an element of the provincial cultural environment.
L. N. Patrina
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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
wiley   +1 more source

“We Represent a Definite Social Class”: The Class Identities and Resources of American Religious Groups in the Roaring Twenties

The British Journal of Sociology, Volume 77, Issue 2, Page 372-391, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Class identity is a crucial sociological concept, but is only ever measured at the individual level. In this paper, we ask: do groups have class identities? And do those class identities correspond with material resources? To answer these questions, we examine data from 31 of the most prominent American religious denominations in the early ...
Tessa Huttenlocher, Melissa Wilde
wiley   +1 more source

Pure‐istan: Gender and Genocide in Pakistan

Antipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ongoing genocidal violence against the Baloch nation. It highlights how the Pakistani state has weaponized Islamic doctrine to construct a vision of a homogenized, “purer, more Islamic state” that excludes and others those deemed incompatible with its vision of purity. This logic of purification is deeply gendered.
Bramsh Khan
wiley   +1 more source