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Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 1, no. 5 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1.
Allen, Gabriel Leonard
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Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
wiley   +1 more source

The Church’s Visible Unity as an Ecumenical Goal

open access: yesReligions
The ecumenical movement’s basic purpose is to seek Christian unity. In facing the challenge of mission and ecumenism today, it is important to explicate how the ecumenical movement understands unity currently, and how the concept may have changed.
Tomi Karttunen
doaj   +1 more source

Emancipatory Potential of Naming: A Study on Church Employees' Personal Stories of Negative Experiences

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
To address interactionally troublesome exchanges (e.g., bullying, discrimination, or harassment) in the workplace, giving a name to negative personal experiences is crucial. Drawing on discussions of hermeneutical injustice, we explore the emancipatory potential of naming in post‐hoc tellings of these experiences, with particular attention to ...
Minna Leinonen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Holy See and the Question of Sending Observers to the World Conferences of the International Ecumenical Movement

open access: yesJoMaCC
The aim of this paper is to reconstruct the attitude of the Holy See towards the international ecumenical movement during the pontificate of Pius XII, analysing in particular the debates triggered by the question of the participation of Catholic ...
Marotta, Saretta
doaj   +1 more source

Cold War Transgressions: Christian Realism, Conservative Socialism, and the Longer 1960s

open access: yesReligions, 2015
This essay examines the convergence of the Protestant left and traditionalist right during the 1950s. Reinhold Niebuhr and the World Council of Churches challenged Cold War liberalism from within. As they did, they anticipated and even applauded the anti-
Mark Thomas Edwards
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamics and Growth Prospects of the Protestant Denominations in Ukraine

open access: yes, 2020
The intensity and nature of changes in Protestant communities in Ukraine is analyzed on the basis of broad empirical material (statistics, sociological surveys).
Tytarenko, Vita, Vasilyeva, Irina
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Reshaping disaster management: An integrated community‐led approach

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract The management of disasters has traditionally involved public, private, and nongovernmental organisations working together. While scholars have examined the value of collaborations among these entities, less is known about how to successfully engage and empower communities in disaster management.
Marco De Sisto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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