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Synodality and Decision-Making Processes: Towards New Bodies of Participation in the Church
Religions, 2023 The church’s synodal conversion requires a reform of its decision-making processes. Facing the challenge of keeping in balance the common dignity of all the baptized and the value of the hierarchical structure of the church, the participation of all the ...
Francesco Zaccaria
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Научный диалог, 2021 The article is devoted to the formation of the synodal regime of government of the Russian Orthodox Church and related problems in the relationship between secular and spiritual authorities. Attention is paid to the new policy of the state represented by
A. V. Bodrin
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We are earthen vessels carrying God\u27s treasure [PDF]
, 2007 Historical series, 11. 2 Cor 4:5-18.
Hamarson, Cynthia G.
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
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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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Christian gacaca and Official gacaca in Post-genocide Rwanda [PDF]
Journal for the Study of ReligionIn October 1998, a think tank of the Rwandan state proposed the establishment of gacaca jurisdictions - popular courts charged with judging the people involved in the genocide against the Tutsi. Lesser known is the Christian gacaca, a conflict resolution
Philippe Denis
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The commemoration of Dag Hammarskjold, peacemaker [PDF]
, 2006 Sermon delivered to the Ministerium of the South West Conf, Synod of Alberta and the Territories of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada ...
Nevile, Donald C.
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Book Review: The Asian Synod: Texts and Commentaries [PDF]
, 2004 A review of The Asian Synod: Texts and Commentaries edited by Peter C ...
Ulrich, Edward T.
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Disruptive Repentance: Protesting in the Morning Service at Waitangi in 1983
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.In 1983 on Waitangi Day, nine Pākehā Christian protesters (including Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist ministers) were arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour for interrupting the morning church service at Waitangi. In solidarity with Māori activists and wider protests, they sought to draw attention to the longstanding failure of the ...
Michael Mawson
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