Religião e lutas identitárias por cidadania e justiça: Brasil e Argentina by Joanildo A. Burity

“…The analysis, which is part of a broader comparative study under way will focus on the fi eld of Christianity in Brazil and Argentina.…”
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Początki życia ludzkiego w komentarzach patrystycznych by Roman Sala

“…The article “The Origins of the Human Life in Patristic Comments” tries to show the richness of thoughts and ideas presented by various writers in the early times of Christianity. Their views dealt with the prenatal stadium of a human being. …”
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INSTRUMENTS OF GOVERNANCE IN THE INDIGENOUS USAKEDET SOCIETY, 1895 – 1977 by EDET EFIONG OKON

“… Before the advent of the colonial instrument of courts and Christianity, Usakedet people have developed home-made methods and instruments of indigenous administration of their society with the consciousness that no society could thrive in lawlessness, injustice and poor social standards. …”
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Fakecraft by Paul Christopher Johnson

“…The essay then takes up a specific example of fakecraft and its prolific work, namely in early modern Christianity’s process of purification and self-definition through evaluations of demonic possession as ‘real’or ‘fake’, terms that were then applied to the west coast of Africa. …”
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??? ??????? (1 KGS 3:9): receiving and forming towards a listening heart by N. Cachia

“…This capacity ought to be discovered and developed through formation and self-commitment. In the Christian tradition Spiritual Direction is highly esteemed as a most useful tool for the achievement of this ability, which would then help the person to be transformed into Christ. …”
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Retoriek in die vroeg-Christelike Latynse kerk in die Weste by DJ Coetzee

“…Although educated Christians had also studied in the rhetorical schools, the roots of rhetoric were deeply founded in classical, profane literature, the contents of which were unacceptable for Christians. …”
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"Bond of love": the action of the Spirit by D. T. Williams

“…It is hoped that increased understanding of the work of the Spirit will contribute to the healing of divisions in Christianity which emerged out of conflicting attitudes to the modern experiences. …”
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Pilgrimage and Pilgrim Hierarchies in Vernacular Discourse: Comparative Notes from the Camino de Santiago and Glastonbury by Tiina Sepp

“…The co-existence of the different belief systems of Christianity and New Age and the conflicts and tension between them will be explored. …”
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MISSION AS RECONCILIATION by A van de Beek

“…In this article, it is argued that it will be a great challenge for scholarly missiology and for the churches to accept this new paradigm, which involves a reconsideration of the basic paradigm of Christianity. …”
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Para uma compreensão da Clausura Monástica e Emparedamento enquanto fenómenos históricos e religiosos by Paula Barata Dias

“…In this article we seek the relations between the enclosure and the walling in as parts of a universal religious language and we explore the manifestations of self closure and desired walling in which took place in a particular moment of increasing ascetic and monastic mouvements of the history of Christianity. Far from being exhaustive in enumerating concrete cases of closure and walling in, we intent to present reasons for the progressive feminization of this phaenomenon well documented in the medieval world.…”
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Ander weë tot God? Calvyn oor nie-Christelike godsdienste by P. C. Potgieter

“…In the sixteenth century Christianity was far less tolerant of aberrations and false religion. …”
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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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The Church as <i>Res Publica</i> by Cyril Hovorun

“…Christianity emerged valuing horizontal socio-political relations, which it inherited from Jesus Christ, and which resonated with the ideals of ancient Greek and Roman republicanism. …”
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Le retour du gnosticisme by E. Kayayan

“…This article explores some of these features, in particular the way in which both forms of Gnosticism relate to Christianity: borrowing some of its teachings they forge a belief system in which an ontological continuity between God and mankind is asserted, while the relation between the one and the many becomes blurred. …”
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De l’image à l’imaginaire médiéval by Philippe Walter

“…While reconstituting a brief Image’s history, from the dawn of platonism, in Ancient Greece, up to the consolidation of Christianity, this text shall address the formation of a medieval imaginary, grounding on the affirmation of sensible reason a thought that not only uses concepts but also mobilizes affects. …”
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Mysticism: a way of unknowing by C. E. T. Kourie

“…A short survey of this concept in some of the major religious traditions, together with an analysis of the place of apophasis in Christianity, brings this pertinent area of study into greater focus. …”
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Interpretation of the mass possession in Morzine by contemporary Austrian press by Peter Ondreička

“…The last two discourses focus on the medical context of the case and the connection of the symptoms to Christianity. …”
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The postfigurative Christ in Morley Callaghan's Such is my beloved by F. Hale

“…In this embodiment, Social Gospel aspects of Christianity come to the fore. …”
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Appropriating the closure of Jesuit missions: Fritz Hochwälder's Das heilige Experiment by F. Hale

“…Though almost completely ignored in histories of the Society of Jesus, this work vividly illustrates how a dramatic event in the history of Christianity can speak to subsequent issues. …”
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Between the Pandemic, the War and the Value Conflict: Polish Ecumenism at Crossroads by P. Kopiec

“… Poland is still an exception on the European map of Christianity, although this exceptional position is increasingly fading away. …”
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