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Moral Aspects of Laity in the Organization of the Roman and Catholic Church

Studia Theologica Varsaviensia, 2020
Moral Aspects of Laity in the Organization of the Roman and Catholic ...
Walenty Urmanowicz
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
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‘Theological Metaphysics’ and the Christological Determination of the Principle of Analogy: A Response to John Betz's Christ, the Logos of Creation

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper is a response to John Betz's book, Christ, the Logos of Creation: An Essay in Analogical Metaphysics (Emmaus Academic, 2023). The essay confines itself to answering two methodological questions, namely: Does Przywara's approach to analogy indeed represent the basic form (‘Denkform’) that analogy has ‘always assumed’ in Catholic ...
Archie J. Spencer
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Early Interaction Between Scripture, Rule of Faith, and Evolving Christian Doctrine and Tradition: A Response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
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Religio‐Racial Lines, Intimate Ties: Christian–Muslim Couples, Birth Rituals, and the Bounds of Belonging

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
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Assessing the Role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Education and Socio-Economic Development of Meru County, Kenya

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The success and development of each nation are based on the tenets which are cherished by its populace. This is partly expressed in the way they subscribe to their religious and socio-cultural values, which in turn promote social economic development ...
Jona Mbaabu Karicha, Stephen Akaranga Ifedha, Telesia Kathini Musili   +2 more
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Church and State Relations in the Constitution of Malta

Polonia Sacra, 2018
This paper discussed the relationship between the Catholic Church and the State of Malta as evidenced primarily in the Constitution of Malta and secondarily in other Constitutional Laws.
Kevin Aquilina
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Who Is (Not) Afraid of Immigration? A Mediation Analysis Into the Ambivalence of Christian Religiosity for Immigration‐Related Attitudes

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article systematically investigates the mediators linking Christian religiosity to immigration‐related attitudes in Germany. On the basis of current, representative data (ALLBUS 2023), four mediation models reveal multiple pathways through which religiosity shapes such attitudes.
Felix Roleder
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The Ethics and Aesthetics of Architecture: The Anglican Reception of Roman Baroque Churches

Architectural Histories, 2016
For Anglican travellers in Italy, Rome had an ambiguous status. It was the seat both of high culture and of ‘superstitious’ Roman Catholic practices, including art and architecture. These extremes culminated in church buildings.
Anne-Francoise Morel
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