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Towards a New Pastoral Care Model for Youth Retention in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana: A Case Study of the Brong-Ahafo Presbytery [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
Church dropout among the youth has become a major hindrance to church growth in the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG). Contemporary scholars have attributed this phenomenon to the lack of a modern pastoral care model for the youths in the mainline ...
Charles Amarkwei, Djabanor Joshua
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Theological training in Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches: A necessity for discipleship

In die Skriflig
Theological education is downplayed by many Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches (PCCs), resulting in church leaders who lack theological proficiency.
Ronele M. Prince, Johannes J. Knoetze
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Who Is a Patriotic Man? Rethinking Hegemonic Masculinity in Modern Iran

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the analytical viability of the concept of “hegemonic masculinity” in the historical study of masculinities in early‐twentieth‐century Iran (c.1890–1941). It argues that a radical problematizing of the concepts of hegemony, class, “the West,” and patriotism helps us move beyond the binaries of Western‐Iranian and modern ...
Ali Hashemian
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Antinomies of Nativism: Understanding Decoloniality Theory's Affinities with the Global Far Right

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the peculiar conjuncture of decolonial theory and contemporary far‐right ideology. It argues that their shared fixation on the dualism of native and settler is immanent to the development of advanced capitalism, particularly the sharpening of its contradictory tendency to undermine labour as the source of value, and to ...
Aylin Bademsoy, Neil Larsen
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Adolescents and Christian Identity: Navigating Faith in the Digital Era

Didache
This study addresses the growing social relevance and scientific gaps in understanding how Christian youth navigate faith identity in an increasingly digital landscape.
Leiria Meisyani, Lilis Orliani Clodia Ceti Simon, Astrid Maryam Yvonny Nainupu, Isaac Sean   +3 more
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Demographic and Psychosocial Correlates of Mobile Phone Ownership and Usage among Youth Living in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction: The use of mobile phones and other technology for improving health through research and practice is growing quickly, in particular in areas with difficult-to-reach population or where the research infrastructure is less developed.
Swahn, Monica, Braunstein, Sarah, Kasirye, Rogers   +2 more
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Reimagining the Domestic Church: An Integrative Theological Framework for Family-Based Bible Education for Generation Z in Indonesia [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
This paper addresses the critical challenge of spiritual formation for Generation Z within Christian families in Indonesia, a demographic profoundly shaped by the confluence of global digitalization and distinct local socio-cultural values. The pervasive
Eirene Mary , I Putu Ayub Darmawan, Samuel Udau   +2 more
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Doing Justice to Life in All Its Dimensions: Nurturing Humanism as Aesthetic Existence in the Church as a Sphere of Freedom

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In this essay the author examines what Dietrich Bonhoeffer meant when he wrote from prison to his friend Eberhard Bethge and said that he wanted to retrieve “aesthetic existence” in the life of the church as a sphere of freedom. This is related to what he also told Bethge, namely, that it is “only as we hold fast to Christ as cantus firmus ...
John W. de Gruchy
wiley   +1 more source