Capital punishment or capitol forgiveness? The enduring message of Dead Man Walking by Frederick Hale

“… The best-selling book and internationally popular film Dead Man Walking address squarely the issue of capitol punishment which has been extensively debated throughout much of the world and challenged the ethical thinking of Christian and non-Christian moralists. Although this question is treated in Dead Man Walking in an explicitly Roman Catholic context in the United States of America, the ethical and spiritual dimensions of its treatment on the screen transcend geographical and denominational borders and are particularly relevant to South Africa, where escalating violence in recent years has engendered a callousness and spirit of vengefulness in many quarters and where public support for the death penalty is strong. …”
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TARİHSEL VE TEOLOJİK AÇILARDAN KADININ ÖRTÜNMESİ SORUNU by Bedriye Özçelik Yılmaz

“…In ancient civilizations, for example in Middle Assyria, a written law was in force that oblige free woman to veil and slaves to unveil. Jewish and Christian tradition has followed similar practices. …”
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A Reclusive Foreign Body in the Airway: A Case Report and a Literature Review by Ajay Philip, V. Rajan Sundaresan, Philip George, Satyabrata Dash, Regi Thomas, Anand Job, V. K. Anand

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Fundamentalism by J A Soggin

“… Fundamentalism is again making headlines in the press, on radio and on television, although it is almost always non-Christian. …”
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Management Outcomes of Variceal Bleeding in Northern Tanzania: Insights From a Single‐Center Retrospective Analysis by Eliada B. Nziku, Elifuraha W. Mkwizu, Abid M. Sadiq, Fuad H. Said, Doreen T. Eliah, Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim Muhina, Tumaini E. Mirai, Furaha S. Lyamuya, Nyasatu G. Chamba, Elichilia R. Shao, Kajiru G. Kilonzo, Sarah J. Urasa

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READING THE LORD’S PRAYER THROUGH EWE-GHANAIAN DEMONOLOGICAL LENS by E. van Eck, D. Sakitey

“…(evil/evil one) in Ewe-Ghanaian Christian spirituality. The article discusses the various hermeneutical and theological positions on the text and juxtaposes them with popular Ewe-Ghanaian Christian demonology. …”
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Do Variations in Frontal Recess Anatomy Predispose to Mucocele Formation? by Lalee Varghese, Rakesh R. Bright, Aditya V. A. Gunturi, Grace Rebekah, Regi Kurien

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The bad habit of individualistic religion

“…The intent, in this instance, is not so much a polemic against political individualism as it is a reckoning with how Christian spirituality per se matters in the academy and public spheres. …”
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The Societal Relevance of the “Rheinischer Merkur” by Regina M. Frey

“…It went beyond the Christian milieu in the fulfilment of its mission in the public arena. …”
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Discernment as "not knowing" and "knowing": a perspective from Matthew 25:31-46 by H. C. van Zyl

“… The article deals with Christian discernment as taking place at the juncture of God’s Spirit and the human mind at work. …”
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Predictors of Major Bleeding and Mortality in Dengue Infection: A Retrospective Observational Study in a Tertiary Care Centre in South India by Kevin John John, Karthik Gunasekaran, John Davis Prasad, Divya Mathew, Sohini Das, N. Sultan, Asha Mary Abraham, Ramya Iyyadurai

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A Rare Case of Gastric Metastasis in Ewing’s Sarcoma of the Femur by Krishna Amulya Koti, Selvamani Backianathan, Patricia Sebastian, Leni G. Matthew, Mithun Raam, Dipti Masih

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Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome in a Young Girl from Northern Tanzania by Jay Lodhia, David Msuya, Abdallah Msemo, Huda Akrabi, Patrick Amsi, Deborah Mchaile, Kondo Chilonga

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Multivendor Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Dataset, Observer Annotation Performance Evaluation, and Standardized Evaluation Framework for Intraretinal Cystoid Fluid S... by Jing Wu, Ana-Maria Philip, Dominika Podkowinski, Bianca S. Gerendas, Georg Langs, Christian Simader, Sebastian M. Waldstein, Ursula M. Schmidt-Erfurth

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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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Ekologiczne aspekty katolickiej teologii moralnej by Mariusz Ciszek

“…The ecological aspect of catholic moral theology should not evoke astonishment, as it is not a strange hybrid created by means of artificial manipulations aiming at bestowing authority of Christian tradition on ecology. Popes' statements concerning natural environment conservation seem to testify against such claims and only show the importance and need of implementing responsible and moderate using the Earth's resources into Christian awareness. …”
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“For mine is the bitter, the ale and the lager”: Parodic prayer and the spirituality of humour by A. Houck

“…Given the centrality of prayer in Christian spirituality, objections are to be expected when humour is applied to a prayer text. …”
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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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Honest to God and the South African churches in 2016 by M. Prozesky

“…The paper argues that, five hundred years on, Robinson’s project of developing a Christian response to contemporary secular challenges remains valid in South Africa. …”
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Contours of pacificism: Ramsden Balmforth's advocacy of peace in the Union of South Africa and beyond by F. Hale

“… Among the many dimensions of Christian pacifism in South Africa which remain underexplored is the ministry of the Unitarian minister Ramsden Balmforth (1861-1941). …”
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