Extensive Inactive Neurocysticercosis: A Case Report in Mbeya, Southern Highlands of Tanzania by Makasi CE, Ngowi BJ, Stelzle D, Kilale AM, Mahande MJ, Welte TM, Winkler AS, Mmbaga BT

“…Charles Elias Makasi,1,2 Bernard James Ngowi,3 Dominik Stelzle,4 Andrew Martin Kilale,1 Michael Johnson Mahande,2,5 Tamara Margarete Welte,4 Andrea Sylvia Winkler,4,6 Blandina Theophil Mmbaga2,7 1National Institute for Medical Research, Muhimbili Medical Research Centre, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania; 2Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College of Tumaini University, Moshi, Tanzania; 3University of Dar Es Salaam, Mbeya College of Health and Allied Sciences, Mbeya, Tanzania; 4Department of Neurology and Center for Global Health, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany; 5Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, Tanzania; 6Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; 7Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, TanzaniaCorrespondence: Charles Elias Makasi, Email charlesemakasi@gmail.comBackground: Neurocysticercosis (NCC) and Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are both highly prevalent in Africa. …”
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À la recherche de la liberté humaine. Débat contemporainchrétien sur la liberté by Stanisław Skobel

“…Freedom will remain a current problem in the struggle of man for good, especially in social life. For Christian thought on this subject, the encyclical of John Paul II Veritatis splendor will remain relevant – read it again.  …”
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Pneumatosis Intestinalis and Concurrent Focal Diaphragmatic Pneumatosis Cystoides Presenting With Pneumoperitoneum in a 20 Year‐Old Male: A Case Report by Manal Fasih, Patricia Colucci, Kara Monday

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Resurgent Fundamentalism, Politics, and the Anti-Liberal Agenda: Challenges for South Africa’s Constitutional Democracy by Dale Wallace

“… Against the background of changes in the religion-state relationship in South Africa since 2009, this essay provides the foundational history of a resurgent fundamentalist Christian alliance that seeks to exert influence in politics, state institutions, and civil society. …”
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PRACTICAL THEOLOGY AS A SNIPPET DISCIPLINE OF “VERBING AND DISPLAYING THE PRAXIS OF GOD” by D.J. Louw

“…It explores the notion of the “praxis of God” as a kind of cohesive factor in a practical teleology, framed by the Christian spiritual paradigm of the passio Dei. It is proposed that an “operative ecclesiology” should contribute to a kind of “spiritual humanism”, focusing on what one can call the “beautification” of life; practical theology as fides quaerens beatitudinem. …”
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Embodying Love in the Inner City : Undoing Injustice through Intentional Neighboring by Katherine Hankins, Andy Walter, Traci Dahl

“…In this paper we use the case study of participants in Mission Year, a Christian community-development organization, to examine the spatial and embodied practices that are integral to “doing justice” and demonstrating love in the inner city.…”
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Foreword by Rian Venter

“…In a country like South Africa, with a multi-religious population and a secular constitution, Christian theology should account increasingly for its legitimacy among the other academic disciplines. …”
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Da mesquita à catedral, percurso por um lugar central em Lisboa by Jacinta Bugalhão

“…The construction of Christian church represents a classic example of the reversibility of urban sacred spaces, between the Gharb al-Andalus and the medieval kingdom of Portugal. …”
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Pauline challenge to African masculinities: reading Pauline texts in the context of HIV/AIDS by Lovemore Togarasei

“…The article argues that in many ways Paul challenges dangerous masculinities and that, if his challenge is taken seriously, Christian communities may witness a decline in HIV prevalence. …”
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The Bible and Belief in Victorian Britain by Timothy Larsen

“…Faith is the norming factor in Victorian thought and therefore even unbelievers found themselves working within a conversation in which the terms were overwhelmingly set by the Christian faith. This article will demonstrate this claim by showing how pervasive the presence of the Bible was in the words, arguments, and very thought patterns even of those Victorians who were militant atheists.…”
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The Heidelberg Catechism on prayer: relevance of a 16th Century confession for 21st Century households? by E. Mouton

“…In view of this challenge, the essay explores the potential of the third part of the Heidelberg Catechism (on prayer) for moral formation in Christian households. It is believed that, through facilitating transformative encounters with the living God, the Catechism holds the potential also to shape (young) people’s imagination and behaviour in present-day (African) contexts, provided that a critical-constructive awareness of the hierarchical origins of New Testament household codes be nurtured alongside it. …”
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Forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa by George A Lotter

“…Pointers in the process of forgiveness are proposed bringing forward the importance of the church, scholars and the individual Christian. The author concludes that there is a real need for thoroughgoing study of and application to this crucial matter in post-apartheid South Africa but in the end forgiveness can only be attained as a "transcendent gift" from God. …”
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San la Muerte : un métissage religieux insistant by Maureen Burnot

“…From a simultaneously anthropological and historical approach, we show that San la Muerte combines elements of Guarani and Christian traditions, and constitutes a mixed and autonomous expression of the Argentinian identity.…”
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Towards an Abrahamic ecumenism? The search for the universality of the divine mystery by C. van der Kooi

“… This contribution explores the notion of an Abrahamic ecumenism as proposed by Hans Küng and others in search for a way in which Islam, Judaism and Christianity can live peacefully together. It is argued, however, that to pursue a viable political pluralism, it is more promising for Christian theology to take into account the historical development of the image of God instead of an orientation on a common historical origin in Abraham. …”
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Aktiewe gemeente-betrokkenheid by die missionêre diakonaat - 'n ondersoek in 'n gemeente van die NGKA in Mangaung by P. Verster

“…From the perspective of the congregation of the Christian church, the congregation developed a strategy to get involved in the community. …”
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RELIGIONS AND RECONCILIATION OF CONFLICTING SOCIOCULTURAL IDENTITIES by E van der Borght

“…The argument is illustrated with an analysis of the role played by Christian churches in South Africa during the apartheid era. …”
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Het getuigenis aangaande Jezus een pheumatologische verkenning by L. Floor

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An attempt to set limits on human interference in the environment by Michał Latawiec

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Virtuoses ambivalents by Graham Jones

“…This article compares the approaches of two different classes of magicians: entertainers who use illusion to entertain and apostles of Christianity who use illusion to evangelize. Instead of presenting their illusions as a demonstration of skill, these gospel magicians use them as a way of imaging figuratively the stories and lessons that carry a Christian message. …”
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Esclaves et ministres des Lares dans la société de l’Arles antique by Nicolas Tran

“…BC, probably between the Triumvirate and the beginning of the Christian era. This paper addresses two intersecting issues: One deals with 1st c. …”
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