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Condoms, HIV and the Roman Catholic Church [PDF]
Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 2011 For decades, the Roman Catholic Church opposed use of condoms to prevent spread of sexually transmitted infections (STI) because of their contraceptive effect. In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI said that widespread use of condoms could worsen the situation, a position rejected as 'unscientific'.
Giuseppe Benagiano +3 more
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"We Represent a Definite Social Class": The Class Identities and Resources of American Religious Groups in the Roaring Twenties. [PDF]
Br J SociolABSTRACT 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 ...
Huttenlocher T, Wilde M.
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POSITION OF ROMAN CATHOLIC BROTHERHOODS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
RUDN Journal of Russian History, 2017 The article based on the archival materials considers the position of the Roman Catho-lic brotherhoods in the Russian Empire. It has been found that almost every Roman Catholic Church in the Russian Empire had the Roman Catholic brotherhoods.
Andry I Hanchar
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Jesus: The apex of biblical canons
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 This article aims at showing how Jesus is the apex of biblical canons, the authority that grants the status of sacredness to Christian, canonical and biblical books.
Jean-Claude Loba Mkole
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The ‘persona’ lives of Roman Catholic priests
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 This study aimed to provide an in-depth description and interpretation of African Roman Catholic Church priests’ experiences integrating African and Western worldviews into their lives and works as Roman Catholic Church priests through the lens of ...
James O. Juma +2 more
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Roman Catholic periodicals in the national media space of Ukraine
Українське Pелігієзнавство, 2013 The Second Vatican Council became a prerequisite for the functioning of the mass media of the Roman Catholic Church, defining mass media as a strategic object for spreading the ideas of the Church, Christian upbringing.
Olga Kerc
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Prophets With Enchantment: Framing Christian Climate Activism. [PDF]
Br J SociolABSTRACT This paper argues for a re‐enchantment of studies of contemporary climate change activism. It focuses upon Christian climate activists in the UK and how they are reinterpreting their theological beliefs in ways that mobilise religious communities.
Edwards G, Malcolm F.
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The Role of the Laity in the Roman Catholic Church and in the World Today [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2020 Fifty-four years after Vatican II, it seems to the researcher that the role of the laity in the Roman Catholic Church is still problematic to some clergy and the laity.
Anthony Kofi Anomah , Peter Addai-Mensah
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An attempt at the ethno-confessional transformation of Orthodoxy in Poland (1923-1939)
Українське Pелігієзнавство, 2002 Neounia is one of the common names of the new unified church, which was introduced by the Polish Roman Catholic bishop on the Ukrainian and Byelorussian lands of Poland during the interwar period (1923-1939).
Nadiya G. Stokolos
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Bibliotheca Lituana, 2012 The article treats baptismal, matrimonial and death parish registers in 17th–20th centuries, also lists of confirmees and lists of converts to Roman Catholic Church or Orthodox Church, lists of parishes and parishes’ residents of territories in Lithuania,
Saulius Žilys
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