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The origin and the meaning of Eucharist: Sociological aspect [PDF]
Sociološki Pregled, 2017 In the article the authors are trying to give sociological insight in the origin and initial meaning attributed to Eucharist as one of the first Christian sacraments.
Jeremić-Molnar Dragana +1 more
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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Sacramental view of creation: Denis Edwards on God’s presence in natural world
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 This review article summarises and engages critically with two books published by ATF Press in 2017 and 2020. One of them is Denis Edwards’s book that reflects his theological approach to nature, divine action and environmental ethics. The second book is
Piotr Roszak
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The Sacraments: Historical Foundations and Liturgical Theology [PDF]
, 2017 Book review by Angela McCarthy. Kevin W. IRWIN. The Sacraments: Historical Foundations and Liturgical Theology. New York: Paulist Press, 2016.
McCarthy, A
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Abstract The savage was a familiar as well as deeply problematic figure in late‐Victorian literary and scientific imaginaries. Savages provided an unstable but capacious and flexible signifier to explore human development and human difference, most often in ways that followed a disturbing racial logic.
Diarmid A. Finnegan
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract Past studies of prostitution have mislabelled Mexican women as prostitutes when it is not clear that they had engaged in transactional sex. Here, we examine the history of prostitution between 1750 and 1865, detailing both legal frameworks and judicial evidence to address the reasons for the inflation of prostitution's presence in Mexico ...
Nora E. Jaffary, Luis Londoño
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The disinheritance of a firstborn son accustomed to the privileges of exclusion has for centuries been a dramatic event for families, especially if the decision was taken by a woman, the son's own mother. Very few dared to do so, because it symbolised a break with the notion of virtuous, compassionate motherhood; it represented a failure to be
Mariela Fargas Peñarrocha
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Salis est: Ecumenical Catalyst or Narrow Reductionism? [PDF]
, 2003 (Excerpt) It is also taught among us that one holy Christian church will be and remain focever. This is the assembly of all believers [or saints ] among whom the Gospel is preached in its purity and the holy sacraments are administered according to the ...
Johnson, Maxwell E
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Spain, under General Franco's regime, homosexuality was regarded as an antisocial and dangerous behaviour. It was thus pursued both by the police and judicial courts. The Law on Vagrants and Crooks (1954) and, subsequently, the Law on Dangerousness and Social Rehabilitation (1970) constituted the legal mechanisms used by the dictatorship to
Jordi Mas Grau, Rafael Cáceres‐Feria
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Prophets With Enchantment: Framing Christian Climate Activism
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT 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.
Gemma Edwards, Finlay Malcolm
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