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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 66, Issue 2, Page 152-174, July 2026.
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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The Vatican’s Test Through Women, Gender, and Sexual Abuse in the Context of the Synod on Synodality

Darulfunun Ilahiyat
The Roman Catholic Church faces a number of contemporary problems that are also partly global issues. The place of women in the Church, cases of sexual abuse, and the LGBTQ+ movement are some of these current issues for which the Vatican is trying to ...
Osman Şahin
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Synod dla Azji w świetle polskiej prasy katolickiej

Annales Missiologici Posnanienses, 2012
New challenges for the Church in Asia became the motive for calling by John Paul II the Synod for Asia. It took place in 1998 in Rome (19th of April – 14th of May). The article traced how this synod was portrayed in the Polish Roman Catholic press.
Ewelina Chrobot
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Unity or Distinction? Herman Bavinck’s Use of John Calvin and Later Reformed Orthodoxy in His Doctrine of the Two States

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 219-241, July 2026.
Abstract This article examines the doctrine of Christ’s two states of humiliation and exaltation in Herman Bavinck’s and John Calvin’s thought, with the aim of illuminating Bavinck’s use of Calvin. The article begins by exploring Calvin’s use of the two states and argues that his treatment of Christ’s descent into hell is an important though ...
Sarah Killam Crosby
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THE SYNOD FOR THE AMAZON: The divine revelation that arrives late

Sur: International Journal on Human Rights, 2019
It is good news that the Synod of Catholic Bishops from around the world, convened by Pope Francis and which will take place in October in Rome, has been prepared with extensive consultation with Amazonian communities and civil organizations working with
Marcelo Barros
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Examining the KENOSIS of the CCAP of Blantyre Synod in poverty alleviation in Malawi

Theologia Viatorum, 2016
This article argues that the high level of poverty within the CCAP Blantyre Synod has been due to a lack of kenōsis within the church. The Synod is located in the southern part of Malawi which experiences the highest level of poverty in Malawi.
Q. Jere, D. T. Williams
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Synod on synodality. The ecclesiological context

Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie
Na podstawie dokumentów i wypowiedzi Magisterium Kościoła, związane z XVI Zwyczajnym Zgromadzeniem Ogólnym Synodu Biskupów, niniejsze opracowanie podejmuje namysł nad istotą „synodalnego Kościoła”. Dlatego najpierw pokazano związek między postulowanym modelem Kościoła synodalnego a Eklezją ujętą w obrazie komunii i Ludu Bożego.
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Austere Moral Ecologies and Artificial Agents

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 592-611, July 2026.
Abstract There are underappreciated moral costs for deploying artificially intelligent agents in our present bureaucratically and market‐structured world. Currently, AI systems lack the interiority and mutual vulnerability required for genuine moral relationality.
Manuel Vargas
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Impact amid absence: The Synod of Dordt and the French Huguenots

In die Skriflig, 2018
This contribution investigates the reasons behind the absence of delegates from the French Reformed (Huguenot) churches at the Synod of Dordt, setting the reasons for their absence in the broader political and religious context of the times. I argue that
Karin Maag
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The Coptic Church in the Aftermath of the Second Vatican Council: Theological or Tactical Anti‐Judaism?

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 667-685, July 2026.
Abstract Vatican II's declaration on the Jews, absolving them from collective guilt of deicide, marked a significant turning point in Catholic theology. Arab governments tended to perceive this development as evidence that Catholics (or Christians generally) were taking the side of Zionist Jews in the Arab‐Israeli conflict.
Amir Krispel
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