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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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Theological Librarianship, 2012 The essay describes some holdings from five key mission archives in the United States, with the suggestion that mission archives can prove a valuable source to understand the intersection between mission and world Christianity and can raise questions ...
Angelyn Dries
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
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Accession of the Russian Orthodox Church to the World Council of Churches in the context of church-state relations in the USSR [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия ИИ. История, история Русской Православной ЦерквиThe accession of the Russian Orthodox Church to the World Council of Churches in 1961 was the result of Moscow’s revision of its previous position, as well as a great deal of preparatory work led by Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov), Chairman of the ...
Sergey Zvonarev
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, 2014 This article strives to make a general presentation on the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches which took place in Busan, Republic of South Korea, from the 30th October to the 8th November 2013, underlining the most important points of the ...
Daniel Buda
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War and Peace: Ogawa Takemitsu's Theological Engagement with State and Religion
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.The Manchurian Incident of 1931 marked a pivotal moment in the rise of Japanese fascism. During the period from this incident until the Pacific War's defeat, dissent from the state's control was not tolerated, leading to coercive measures in religious communities. The Christian community, rather than devising theological reasoning to resist the state's
Eun‐Young Park, Do‐Hyung Kim
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Revista de Fomento Social, 2005 Reseñas de las obras: NURSER, J. (2005), For All Peoples and All Nations. Christian Churches and Human Rights, Geneva, World Council of Churches Publications, 220 págs. TORO CEBADA, J. y MARTÍNEZ MORA, F.
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Disruptive Repentance: Protesting in the Morning Service at Waitangi in 1983
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.In 1983 on Waitangi Day, nine Pākehā Christian protesters (including Catholic, Anglican, Presbyterian and Baptist ministers) were arrested and charged with disorderly behaviour for interrupting the morning church service at Waitangi. In solidarity with Māori activists and wider protests, they sought to draw attention to the longstanding failure of the ...
Michael Mawson
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Healing the wounds of the nations: towards a common mission of the Churches1
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2000 In what ways can the Churches be - or become - healing agents for their people? The article argues that churches are communities of remembering. And as remembering centers around the Crucified, the "wounded" (H Nouwen), it becomes a remembering energy,
Geiko Müller-Fahrenholz
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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