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Croatian Franciscans at the Frontier between Christianity and Islam from the 15th to the 17th Century

open access: yesEdinost in Dialog, 2020
The conquest of the Ottoman state at the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century put under its rule most of the territory inhabited by Croats.
Daniel Patafta
doaj   +1 more source

Every Turn of the Wheel: Circular Time and Cordelia’s Revolt: from William Shakespeare to the British Enlightenment [PDF]

open access: yesEnglish Studies at NBU, 2017
This article argues that William Shakespeare's King Lear anticipates core political dynamics of the English Civil War (1641-49), and philosophical tenets of the British Enlightenment in John Locke and David Hume. It analyzes three principle and competing
Tadd Graham Fernée
doaj   +1 more source

The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

Is prophetic witness the appropriate mode of Christian participation in public discourse in the Netherlands?

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2010
Dutch Protestantism is characterised by a hidden tension between a theocratic tradition and the endorsement of democracy. In this article it is argued that the idea of prophetic witness has its roots in the theocratic tradition, and that it is not ...
Gerrit G. de Kruijf
doaj   +1 more source

From Theocracy of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) to the Hereditary Monarchy of Al-Waleed [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش نامه معارف قرآنی, 2010
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) carried out the greatest revolution in history. He annihilated all the political institutions, social, moral, cultural and religious communities and replaced new institutions in order to cause a massive upheaval among the Arabs ...
abolfazl abedini
doaj   +1 more source

Lonergan, Decolonization and First Nations Peoples: An Apologetic from an Insider on the Outside

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this article is to respond critically to a research project initiated out of the Board of the Lonergan Research Institute that seeks to expose colonialist assumptions in Lonergan's thought. Some of the initiatives seek to link Lonergan with complicity in Canadian residential schools, spiritual violence, and cultural genocide ...
John D. Dadosky
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism

open access: yesPolicy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper explores one of the defining political questions of the twenty‐first century: will digital technologies strengthen democracy or accelerate new forms of authoritarianism and fascism? Against the backdrop of platform capitalism, AI‐driven communication, surveillance infrastructures, disinformation and democratic crisis, the study asks
Christian Fuchs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE ISLAMIC THEOCRATIC PRACTICE AND THE OTHER IN NIGERIA SINCE DEMOCRATIZATION

open access: yesUlul Albab, 2021
This paper’s hypothetical view is that theocracy as a concept is so self-explanatory that little or no special learning is required to discern it. This is based on the fact that almosteveryone has an idea of what government and religion mean and how they
Saheed Ahmad Rufai
doaj   +1 more source

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