Odkrywanie misji Kościoła w dziełach Thomasa Mertona by Wojciech Oleśków

“…According to Merton, the mission of the Church is to spread the Gospel. Christians discover this mission dynamism through their bond with God. …”
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The Evolution of Different Fonts in the Coptic Churches Throughout the Centuries by Mary Magdy Anwar

“…Although Christianity was widespread in Egypt since the 1st century, Christians were only allowed to exercise their worship freely after the Milan decree. …”
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“The Poor will always be with you”: Ethical Implications for the Church and Development in Africa. by Rugyendo, Medard

“…This paper seeks to delve into the meaning of Jesus’ words and propose ethical implications for Christians. What’s the role of Christians in fighting poverty amongst themselves? …”
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“The Poor will always be with you”: Ethical Implications for the Church and Development in Africa by Medard, Rugyendo

“…This paper seeks to delve into the meaning of Jesus’ words and propose ethical implications for Christians. What’s the role of Christians in fighting poverty amongst themselves? …”
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Interview with Professor Philippe Denis by Helené van Tonder

“…Over the past two decades, his research focused primarily on the history of indigenous Christianity in southern Africa, along with an interest in oral history. …”
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Proclaiming the gospel in Macedonia, Achaia and in every place. Missions and 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8 by P. G. R. de Villiers

“… In this article the author analyses 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8 in order to illuminate missiological activities of Pauline Christianity. Paul is often regarded as the zealous missionary who took the rural, Palestinian gospel of Jesus to key cities in the Roman Empire and thus contributed decisively to the founding of Christianity. …”
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Barbara Thiering's interpretation of Jesus' life by JA Naudé

“…The evaluation of Thiering's attempt to equate Christianity and Essenism, as well as the so-called similarities between the Qumran community and early Christianity, will follow logically. …”
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Mysticism and the Reformation: a brief survey by B. McGinn

“… A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. …”
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Martin Prozesky and ‘Well-being’: Retroactive and Proactive Perspectives on Religion and Ethics in the Social Transformation of South Africa by Johannes A. Smit, Denzil Chetty

“… This article primarily outlines the discursive threads in Prozesky’s ‘Implications of Apartheid for Christianity in South Africa’ in the book he edited, Christianity Amidst Apartheid: Selected Perspectives on the Church in South Africa ([1985] 1990); his first book, Religion and Ultimate Well-Being: An Explanatory Theory (1984); and his latest book, Conscience: Ethical Intelligence for Global Well-Being (2007). …”
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The Influence of Abrahamic Faiths in the Religious Pluralism Agenda in Malaysia by Rahim Kamarul Zaman, Mujahid Mohammad Fadzil, Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi

“…Consequently, Jews and Christians are also asserted to have a place in heaven. …”
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Romans 1:24–28 and Same-Sex Practice: Some Exegetical Remarks by Marius Nel

“…Few things can potentially divide (and are dividing) Christians like the LGBTIQ+ issue. Conservative churches argue that sexuality forms an integral part of the human being and, hence, that sexual sin falls in a category of its own in any catalogue of sins. …”
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Freedom in the sense of the Heidelberg Catechism - an orientation in the problems of modern liberty by E. Busch

“… The Heidelberg Catechism courageously mentions that Christians participate in the work of Christ as the eternal king. …”
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Towards relevant theological education in Africa: comparing the international discourse with contextual challenges by W. P. Wahl

“… During the past five decades the heartland of global Christianity has shifted to the Southern hemisphere. …”
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Migrer et réveiller les Églises : Diversification des cultes chrétiens en Tunisie by Katia Boissevain

“…In this article the author analyzes the religious practices of sub-Saharan Africans Christians in Tunisia and the recomposition of the religious landscape arising from the installation of the African Development Bank (ADB) in the capital. …”
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Karl Barth’s Christological anthropology as a basis for building an interreligious relationship by Y.Y. Putra, A. Himawan, Y.K. Susanta

“…This theological concept of interreligious relations can guide Christians in relating to other religious groups, while they can also remain faithful to witness Jesus Christ as the centre of the message of true humanity. …”
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A partial preterist understanding of Revelation 12-13 within an intertextual framework by J. A. du Rand, Y. M. Song

“…These are the conflict between John’s intertextuality and that of his audiences on the one hand, and on the other hand, the different views held by the Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians. However, the problem of the two lines of partial preterism is not a matter of either/or but of both/and. …”
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Animales Divinos by Xosé Ramón Mariño Ferro

“…It also deals with some divine animals in Christianity and the survival of certain Egyptian iconographic motifs in the Middle Ages.…”
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Marius’ ‘grammar of assent’: Pater’s Dialogue with Newman by John Coates

“…It is generally acknowledged that Newman’s influence was a significant factor in Pater’s rapprochement with Christianity in the 1880s. Drawn to Newman’s personality, Pater also found his intellectual approach congenial. …”
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As Ordens Militares em combate nos finais da Idade Média: o caso da Guerra da Sucessão de Castela (1475-1479) by António Carlos Martins Costa

“…In the late fifteenth century, distant was the context of the emergence of the Military Orders, which occurred in the Classic Middle Ages, when Cluny diffused the ideal of a strong monasticism, chivalry was established as christianized group and the Crusade sought the freedom of holy places and the removal Islamic threat about Christianity. …”
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Unity in Diversity: the Interaction of Literature and Art of the Major Religious and Cultural Systems of India by O. G. Ultsiferov

“…The article examines one of the main questions of intercommunications between main religious and cultural systems in India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Christianity in literature and art. The article, using the actual material, focuses the similarities and differences between those systems, results the basic data on the interaction of these systems in literature and art and shows the mutual influence and interaction of such different systems.…”
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