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Quakers and Scripture

open access: yes, 2015
This chapter explores how the Quakers’ use of the Bible has developed, recognizing changes both in the Friends movement and in its historical and cultural settings.
Macy, Howard R.
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Revisiting the Afterlife: The Inadequacies of Heaven and Hell [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper deals with some of the ambiguities that are associated with the intermediate and final states after death. Whereas many in the church have dismissed these concepts as myths of the ancients, this discussion shows how the grounding of such ...
Davis, Christopher P
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Henry George and Silvio Gesell: The Odd Couple

open access: yesThe American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Henry George (1839–1897) and Silvio Gesell (1862–1930) developed distinct yet overlapping economic reform agendas. Both advocated land reform, free markets, and rejection of protectionism, but differed sharply on money, interest, and taxation.
Dirk Loehr
wiley   +1 more source

Gospel Poetry as Evangelism in Contemporary Contexts in Zimbabwe: The Case of Spoken Word Tribe. [PDF]

open access: yesPharos Journal of Theology, 2018
The Christian faith is an ideal ground for the arts to grow in, irrespective of typology. God can only be known metaphorically speaking and the Holy Scriptures are clear about this aspect.
Cletus Moyo
doaj  

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 Origins Beliefs of Christian College Students [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Many studies have focused on creation and evolution in academia, origins beliefs and biblical interpretation, and how students respond to origins challenges.
Wilkinson, Emily
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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

On 3‐MMC: A Cathinone I Have Come to Know and Love

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article attempts to complicate the mythology of a compound in a state of becoming. I will trace lightly its origins as a cultural disruptor and how I am implicated in this imperative. Introducing you to 3‐MMC will require multiple modes of storytelling and taking of liberties, drawing on literature reviews, practice‐based research, prose,
Carmen Ostrander
wiley   +1 more source

Kyiv in the Global Biblical World: Reflections of KTA Professors From the Second Half of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The focus of this article is the global and European experience of the reception, assimilation, and social application of the Bible, reproduced in the works of a number of prominent Kyiv Theological Academy (KTA) representatives from the second half of ...
Golovashchenko, Sergiy
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A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and ...
Kathryn Muyskens, Angus Dawson
wiley   +1 more source

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