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The Outsiders: Principled Withdrawal, Whiteness, and Power in the Los Angeles Food Justice Movement
ABSTRACT This article draws on understandings of whiteness and the misconstrual of South Central Los Angeles to analyze the power dynamics between “outsider” activists and residents of South Central as they worked toward a more equitable food system.
Hanna Garth
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The 11 Matins Gospels of the Rite of Constantinople
In Sunday Matins in Antioch and Constantinople, no Gospel passage was read until the 6th century, when Patriarch Severus of Antioch introduced this custom.
Elena Velkova Velkovska
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlemagne. By discussing selected passages from the Heptateuch, Candidus seeks to demonstrate that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thus the whole Christian ...
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
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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Verzoening, dogmatische betekenis en ethische relevantie
Reconciliation, dogmatic meaning and ethical relevance In the first part of this article C.J. den Heyer’s underlying suppositions about reconciliation are outlined.
B. Wentsel
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement
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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Judas Iscariot prima facie seems to appear only in five NT writings: the four Gospels and Acts. In this study, the question shall be raised and answered whether the authentic Pauline epistles contain traces of this enigmatic figure.
Andreas Heindl
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The Decentralization of Liquor Policies in Texas During the Post‐Prohibition Era
ABSTRACT We examine the decentralization of liquor policies in Texas during the Post‐Prohibition era using newly collected historical legislative roll call data. By combining these data with local referendum vote shares, we analyze both legislators' and constituents' preferences on liquor policy.
Andrew Arnold, Holger Sieg
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Judas Iscariot plays an important role in the Jewish polemical work called „Toledot Yeshu“: A pious and godfearing rabbi, he becomes Jesus’ ultimate antagonist, the latter being a blasphemer leading the people of Israel astray.
Andreas Heindl
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