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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
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‘The Crucified People’ in Latin American Liberation Theology: An Expression of ‘Jesuit Populism’?
Iberoamericana: Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2023 The possible relationship between Latin American populism and liberation theology has received limited scholarly attention. Loris Zanatta, an Italian scholar of populism in Latin America, has recently claimed that there is a strong connection between ...
Sturla J. Stålsett
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article examines how nineteenth‐century scholars reconstructed the geography of early Buddhism through a historically contingent hierarchy of texts that privileged Chinese monastic travelogues over Sri Lankan Buddhist chronicles. Focusing on the relationship between the Pāli vaṃsa literature—especially the Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa—and Chinese ...
Bhadrajee Hewage
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The Salvific Function of Religion
Collectanea TheologicaThe purpose of this article is to draw attention to the salvific function of religion and to the different ways of understanding salvation. It seems that in modern times, instead of a soteriology that emphasises the need to refer to a personal Divine ...
Karol Jasiński
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History, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines an overlooked attempt to colonize the island of Trinidad during the English Revolution of the 1640s. This project was engineered by a consortium of radical puritans, seeking to create a protected enclave in the New World for separatists, anabaptists and other sectaries.
DAVID R. COMO
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A Road Less Traveled: Soteriology in Islam [PDF]
, 1993 When constructing a general description for soteriology, one must be aware of the potential scope of the term. The word soteriology means doctrine of salvation or way of salvation.
Smith \u2793, Brian Christopher
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Rethinking Toleration: Wesley, Whitefield and Evangelical Collaboration in the Eighteenth Century
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract There is a growing body of scholarship on the history of religious toleration; nevertheless, historians have largely treated toleration as a matter of governmental policy and legal principle. This article broadens that account by examining John Wesley and George Whitefield's vision of evangelical unity across denominational lines.
Sarah Irving‐Stonebraker
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EdukasiaThe development of digital technology and the global ecological crisis demand a renewal of the theological way of thinking, especially in understanding the concept of salvation (soteriology).
Altin Sihombing
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American Ethnologist, EarlyView.Abstract Engaged Dharma Israel (EDI), a radical‐left group, combines Buddhist‐inspired contemplation with anti‐occupation activism in solidarity with Palestinians. For EDI, ethical self‐cultivation and political resistance are mutually sustaining commitments, yet their relationship demands ongoing, sometimes anxious work.
Ori Mautner
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The Unique Sacrifice of Christ According to Hebrews 9: A Study in Theological Creativity
Religions, 2019 The letter to the Hebrews develops a distinct christological and soteriological concept of Jesus as both high priest and unique sacrifice once and for all.
Christian A. Eberhart, Donald Schweitzer
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