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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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Martin Luther and Lucas Cranach Teaching the Lord’s Prayer
, 2017 Martin Luther wrote and preached on the Lord’s Prayer many times over a 20-year period. When we consider his work on the Prayer we see significant developments as the historical context changes, so that he finds new ways to express his most fundamental ...
Bruce McNair
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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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International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine examines the interplay between Scripture, the Rule of Faith, and evolving Christian doctrine and tradition. Focusing on McGrath’s critique of Lindbeck’s presentation of doctrinal modalities, the article explores how doctrinal formation involves primarily synchronic (canonical),
Tomas Bokedal
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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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From Christian Confession to “Speaking Your Truth”: A Genealogy of Lived Experience as Truth‐Telling
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article offers a sociological genealogy of “lived experience” as a mode of truth‐telling. It asks how narrated life came to function as knowledge and why such speech now circulates as evidence in activism, academia, and social policy. Using a Foucauldian genealogy, the analysis traces the shifting conditions under which speech became ...
Jody Moore
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A new early written Latvian source: interlinear corrections to the Latvian Lord’s Prayer in S. Münster’s Cosmography of 1552. [PDF]
This study presents a new source of early written Latvian – interlinear corrections to the Latvian Lord’s Prayer in the Cosmography by Sebastian Münster (1488–1552).
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Journal of Law and Society, EarlyView.Abstract This article critiques the controversial decision of the High Court R (on the Application of TTT) v. Michaela Community School (Michaela), where a school's ban on ritual prayers was upheld. Subjecting the case to postcolonial and critical race critique, I contend that Michaela should be understood as a worrying and harmful manifestation of ...
FATIMA MOHAMED AHDASH
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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
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Does Islamic Religiosity Constrain Liberal Democratic Attitudes?
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The relationship between Islam and democracy remains contested. Although some scholars argue that the two are inherently incompatible, others maintain that they can coexist harmoniously. Although the existing literature includes a growing number of empirical studies testing these competing claims, many are constrained by limitations in data ...
Zeki Sarigil
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