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Theology and identity
Published 2023-06-01“… In this book, Kwame Bediako explores the theme of identity and Christianity from a broad perspective, addressing many issues modern scholars have battled with. …”
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The Missionary-Colonial Forms of Marriages and Sexualities Within African Pentecostalism: A Sankofa-De-Colonial Perspective
Published 2025-01-01“…However, the advent of the missionary-colonial enterprise reconstructed the concepts of marriage and sexuality by imposing the supremacy of Christianity and Civilization agendas. Thus, Africans were compelled to discard their views of marriage and sexuality to comply with the prescripts of Christianity, baptism, and church membership. …”
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The Importance of Trade for Reverend E. M. Lijadu and the Evangelist Band Mission
Published 2021-12-01“…The article also suggests that the availability of goods associated with Christianity, such as books, Western dress, and certain tools, was a factor that contributed to the adoption of Christianity because it allowed individuals to ‘try out’ forms of consumption associated with Christianity in a positive and yet containable way. …”
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Indigenous Agency in the Missionary Encounter: The Example of the Khanty and the Nenets
Published 2011-09-01“…Therefore, while representatives of official Christianity do not see these natives as real Christians, they consider themselves to be so.…”
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‘O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth tremble before him’ (Psalm 96:9)
Published 2018-10-01“…Movements such as the Sea of Faith, or Progressive Christianity attempt to hold on to Christian imagery and cultus while leaving open the question of whether the concept of God is any more than a human construction. …”
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Interview with Professor Philippe Denis
Published 2015-06-01“…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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Barbara Thiering's interpretation of Jesus' life
Published 2022-01-01“…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
Published 2015-12-01“… 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
Published 2018-10-01“… 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 Evolution of Different Fonts in the Coptic Churches Throughout the Centuries
Published 2020-07-01“…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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Translation as (Mis)interpretation: The Case of the Philosophy of the Late Fichte
Published 2024-11-01“…The article also deals with Kant’s thesis on the setting aside (aufheben) of knowledge in order to make room for faith (KrV, B XXX) in the context of Luther’s translation of the biblical verb καταργεῖν (Rom. 3:31) as Kant’s claim for a reformation of Christianity. The path of Christianity (and the Christian philosopher) is the justification of knowledge (law, norms) through faith. …”
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Towards relevant theological education in Africa: comparing the international discourse with contextual challenges
Published 2013-06-01“… During the past five decades the heartland of global Christianity has shifted to the Southern hemisphere. …”
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Proclaiming the gospel in Macedonia, Achaia and in every place. Missions and 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8
Published 2003-12-01“… 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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Marius’ ‘grammar of assent’: Pater’s Dialogue with Newman
Published 2008-12-01“…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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Quviasukvik. The celebration of an Inuit winter feast in the central Arctic
Published 2002-01-01“…Their adoption of Christianity implied a break with the past. Missionaries as well as Inuit contrasted the traditional life dominated by many ritual rules, with the new Christian life. …”
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The theology of creation in Vito Mancuso’s Radical Theology
Published 2011-06-01“…Mancuso’s concern to re-anchor Christian theology in the experience of today’s people drove him to affirm the fundamental importance of matter as source of everything. …”
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MARCION OF SYNOPE’S RELEVANCE IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD VIS-À-VIS RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE
Published 2018-12-01“… Marcion of Synope has long been considered a heretic by all Christian churches. He is frequently grouped with the Gnostic trends of Early Christianity, although this is not entirely accurate. …”
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Biblical literacy and transnational Mayan liberation movements
Published 2009-12-01“…Still struggling for land-rights lost during colonialism and now suffering from neo-liberal trade policies, Mayan communities have creatively appropriated Christian doctrine to deal with their suffering. This paper examines the central role of the Bible in the mobilisation of Mayan communities where the majority of members identify themselves as Christian as well as Mayan. …”
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Religions in Contemporary Africa : an introduction /
Published 2019Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Why and how this book helps you understand religions in Africa -- Major religions in Africa -- African indigenous religions -- Christianity in Africa -- Islam in Africa -- Neo-traditional religious movements in Africa -- Pentecostal-charismatic movements in Africa -- Islamic reform movements in Africa -- Topical issues of religions in Africa -- Religion, witchcraft and modernity in Africa -- Religion, power and politics in Africa -- Religion, conflict and peace in Africa -- Religion and development in Africa -- Religion and human rights in Africa -- Religion, illness and health in Africa -- Religion and gender in Africa -- Religion and sexuality in Africa -- Religion, media and popular culture in Africa.…”
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A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works /
Published 1996Table of Contents: “…The battle of the books (1697) -- A meditation upon a broomstick (1701) -- A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit (1704) -- An argument against abolishing Christianity in England (1708) --A modest proposal (1729).…”
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