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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2018 Corruption, which is a persistent feature in human societies throughout time and space, affects not only the administration of the state but also every societal organ including the church. The ‘virus of corruption’ has penetrated into functioning systems
Q. Jere
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Rocznik Skrzatuski, 2023 The Church, being the People of God, carries out her mission of sanctifying the world by involving all the faithful, both clergy and laity, in the responsibility. His mission is fulfilled in the spirit of synodality, that means walking together – side by
Jan Wojtczak
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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Diacovensia, 2019 Following the first democratic elections, after forty-five years of the totalitarian communist regime, and during the Croatian War for Independence and the Greater Serbian aggression in the 1990s, the Church in the Diocese of Đakovo and Srijem has ...
Stanislav Šota
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Studia Warmińskie, 2020 Chrześcijanie późnego antyku, mimo rosnącej roli chrześcijaństwa i uznania go za religię państwową, żyli w świecie, który nadal obfitował w różnorodne formy kultu pogańskiego.
Maria Piechocka-Kłos
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Przygotowania do I Synodu Archidiecezji Poznańskiej w 1968 r.
Rocznik Skrzatuski, 2023 The subject of the article was to discuss the preparatory period for the 1968 Synod of Poznan (Poznań). All the committees were discussed and the most important members were listed.
Mateusz Huńko
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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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Współczesne uwarunkowania posługi wobec małżeństwa i rodziny
Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2020 Od czasu zwołania III synodu nadzwyczajnego refleksję nad posługą wobec małżeństwa i rodziny zdominowało zagadnienie Komunii eucharystycznej dla rozwiedzionych, którzy zawarli ponowne związki cywilne. Trwa to już ponad sześć lat.
Kazimierz Lubowicki
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