Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.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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Roman Catholic Church in the System of State-Confessional Relations in Volhynia (1944-1945).
Українське Pелігієзнавство, 2013 Understanding the historical retrospective of state-confessional relations becomes especially relevant in connection with socio-political changes of the XX - the beginning of the XXI centuries.
Iryna Bulyga
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Snapshots from a Fast‐Moving Train: Religious History 1960–2025
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Alexandra Walsham
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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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ІСТОРІЯ СТАНОВЛЕННЯ І РОЗВИТКУ РИМО-КАТОЛИЦЬКОЇ ЦЕРКВИ В ХІХ СТОЛІТТІ НА ТЕРИТОРІЇ ОДЕЩИНИ (HISTORY OF BECOMING АND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ХІХ ’TH ON TERRITORY OF ODESSA REGION) [PDF]
, 2014 У статті висвітлено історію виникнення і розвитку римо-католицької церкви у ХІХ столітті в межах сучасної Одеської області. Окрему увагу приділено адміністративному устрою церкви в регіоні. Визначено роль громади у розвитку римо-католицької церкви в
Баковецька, О. О. (О. О. Bakovetska)
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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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Pentecostal church growth in Nigeria amid Roman Catholicism
African Journal of Pentecostal StudiesBackground: The Roman Catholic Church is believed to have the largest membership. However, the recent growth in Pentecostalism tends to show the strategies that have been adopted by Pentecostal churches in drawing members from the Roman Catholic Church ...
Favour C. Uroko
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Cathedral stimulus for the development of religious tolerance and interfaith dialogue
Українське Pелігієзнавство, 2013 The urgency of the chosen topic is due to the situation of multiculturalism and polyconfessionality of the modern world, in which the numerical superiority among the religious population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, which has more than 1 billion
Iryna Vityuk
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Solidarity, Subsidiarity, and Preference for the Poor: Extending Catholic Social Teaching In Response to the Climate Crisis [PDF]
, 2011 Grounding Catholic social thought is the belief that each human person has an intrinsic dignity and a desire for relationships with others that should lead to cooperating for their mutual good, making decisions individually and collectively to achieve it,
Schaefer, Jame
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