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Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
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A study on the meaning and function of the Kingdom of God statement in Romans 14:17

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
This study investigates the meaning and rhetorical role of the Kingdom of God statement in Romans 14:17 within the wider argument of Romans 14:1–15:13.
Seo-Jun Kim
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Paul’s Understanding of the Law and Works of the Law in Galatians. The New Perspective on Paul and a New Look at Paul’s Relationship to Judaism

Edinost in Dialog, 2020
The paper presents the key elements of exploring the New Perspective on Paul, which placed Paul and his theology more strongly in the context of the Judaism of his time.
Maksimilijan Matjaž
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A Thematic and Literary Analysis of Amos 5:4-7, 10-15: Implications for Ghanaian Leaders

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2022
This paper conducted a thematic and literary study of the book of Amos to ascertain how Amos’ message should inform contemporary Christianity. The prophet ministered to pre-exilic Israelites who were about to be destroyed because they had abandoned their
Alfred Appiah, Isaac Boaheng
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With a Great Story Comes Great Responsibility: Role of Narrative in Leadership Development

New Directions for Student Leadership, Volume 2025, Issue 185, Page 81-87, Spring 2025.
ABSTRACT Comic books reside uniquely within American culture. Historians have contended comics are more than just sequential artwork mixed with engaging stories, but rather, a framework by which the generations make sense of who they are. These stories are a reflection of cultural conscience; a lens through which we can view the world and a mirror ...
Sean Connable
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The Righteousness of the Law and the Righteousness of Faith in Romans

, 2004
–Righteousness– is normally what one ought to do, and the –righteous– are those who do it. Paul sees the law of Moses as explicating “righteousness” required of all human beings and “justification by faith” as the extraordinary path to “righteousness ...
Stephen Westerholm
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Reflections of ethical church leadership through the Beatitudes in the Matthean vision: In conversation with Prof. Francois P. Viljoen

Verbum et Ecclesia
This article examines the role of the Beatitudes (Mt 5:3–12) in constructing a framework for ethical church leadership, situating this inquiry within the broader trajectory of New Testament ethics and the scholarship of Professor Francois P.
Walter Maqoma
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John Gray: ‘Americanism’ and the Perversion of Post‐liberalism

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article will make the case for John Gray's inclusion in the canon of post‐liberals despite his protests to the contrary, and will argue that his peculiar post‐liberalism is important for its challenges to the dominance of liberalism as both a political culture and way of theorising the ends of politics based on the model of the American ...
Paul Kelly
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Remembrance–Toward Righteousness and Reparations

, 2020
This article explores “remembrance” as the first part of a planned three-part paper titled “Remembrance, Righteousness and Reparations,” intended as a conceptual framework and spirit guide of accompaniment for the World Council of Churches’ pilgrimage of
Iva E. Carruthers, Carruthers, Iva
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German Coalition Politics: Between Pluralist Stagnation and Crisis‐Driven Welfare Retrenchment

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The current German coalition government of the centre‐right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre‐left Social Democrats (SPD) has spent its first year in office preparing for a major round of welfare state retrenchment. However, the coalition lacks a coherent political project.
Jörg Michael Dostal
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