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Christian discipleship and interfaith engagement [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Ever since the famous 1910 Edinburgh World Mission conference Christian individuals and the Christian Church have been increasingly challenged to relate in new ways to people of other faiths.
Douglas, Pratt
core   +2 more sources

Church Discipline in Africa: A Biblical and Theological Analysis of its Significance and Practice [PDF]

open access: yesE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
Church discipline, once a cornerstone of maintaining both the holiness and unity of the Church, has experienced a marked decline in contemporary Church life.
Mark Eshun
doaj   +1 more source

Matthew Tindal’s Rights of the Christian Church (1706) and the Church-State Relationship [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Matthew Tindal's Rights of the Christian church (1706), which elicited more than thirty contemporary replies, was a major interjection in the ongoing debates about the relationship between church and state in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth ...
Burnet   +6 more
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Christelike identiteit. Augustinus oor geloof, hoop en liefde

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2004
Christian identity. Augustine on the topic of faith, hope and love Dealing with the topic of Christian identity the author reflects on Augustine’s explanation of the Biblical notions of faith, hope and love. Augustine, the church father of North Africa,
J.H. van Wyk
doaj   +1 more source

Toward the Renewal of Christian Initiation in the Parish [PDF]

open access: yes, 1981
(Excerpt) The brochure for this year\u27s Institute contained the arresting sentence: To discuss the question of Christian initiation is, finally, to inquire after the very nature of the church: the issue is of vast ecclesiological significance.
Brand, Eugene L
core   +1 more source

Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Calvin’s view on church discipline and unity: a South African perspective

open access: yesIn die Skriflig, 2010
The reformer John Calvin, born in 1509, considers discipline and unity as two essential aspects of the Christian church. According to him, the bond of church discipline is a way to unite church members in the truth of the Word and the Christian faith
P.J. Strauss
doaj   +3 more sources

Pelvic morphology and body size in relation to the preauricular sulcus: Evidence from medieval to modern Iberia

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Nzema Mother-Tongue Commentary on the Matthean Beatitudes

open access: yesJournal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology
One of the major challenges facing contemporary Ghanaian Christianity is ineffective discipleship. Consequently, Christianity has little influence on the moral life of its adherents.
Justice Korankye, Isaac Boaheng
doaj   +1 more source

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