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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Towards a Holistic Approach to Sustainable Development: Inner Development as a Missing Link for Sustainability Transformation by Julia Blanc, Annekatrin Meißner

“…Therefore, we intend to (1) substantiate existing aspects of the Inner Development Goals (IDGs), (2) complement them, and (3) link the concept of the IDGs to normative discourses in Christian Social Ethics and Social Philosophy. Our results show that the dimensions of Being, Relating, and Collaborating in the IDG Framework can be substantiated by the normative discourse on spirituality and by reference to the social principle of personality in Christian Social Ethics, as well as by the Indian Social Philosophical Perspective of Vimala Thakar which focuses on a value-based approach. …”
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Perencanaan dan pelaksanaan supervisi akademik oleh pengawas pada guru Agama Kristen by Wolter Weol, Olivia Cherly Wuwung, Subaedah Luma

“…The purpose of this study was to obtain a clear and detailed description of: Planning and implementation of academic supervision by PAK supervisors for Christian Religion teachers at SMP Negeri 5 Ranoyapo. …”
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"Christ transforming culture"? Nagedink oor die aard van die gereformeerde geloof by D. Smit

“…The essay demonstrates how this twofold emphasis, of affirmation and critical renewal at the same time, is rooted in the heart of the Reformed vision itself, which is described as “a way of being the Christian community in the world, before God”. Four aspects of this description are consecutively highlighted, namely “the Christian community” (the first section), “before God” (the second section), “a way of being” (the third section) and “in the world” (the fourth section). …”
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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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The Church in Sweden. Secularisation and Ecumenism as Challenges by Anders Ekenberg

“…The article treats, against a historical background, two main challenges for the Christian church in the contemporary situation: secularisation as such and ecumenism. …”
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Le coût de la mort dans les communautés chrétiennes en Éthiopie by Stéphane Ancel

“…In Orthodox Christian communities in Ethiopia, the loss of a person entails a considerable economic cost for the families concerned, due to funeral ceremonies and the number of attendees. …”
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Atypical Kaposi Sarcoma of the Tongue in HIV Positive Tanzanian Female by Elichilia Shao, Flora Ruhangisa, Neema Minja, Kanankira Nnko, Denis Katundu, George Semango, Eva Mbwilo, Amos Mwasamwaja, Kajiru Kilonzo, Isaack Lyaruu

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Factors Affecting the Prognosis of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Taiwanese Patients Following Hepatic Resection by Chih-Jan Ko, Su-Yu Chien, Chen-Te Chou, Li-Sheng Chen, Mei-Ling Chen, Yao-Li Chen

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Worse survival of hepatocellular cancer patients with membranous insulin receptor overexpression by Steffen Markus Heckl, Carolin Schneider, Lukas Kercher, Hans-Michael Behrens, Jan-Paul Gundlach, Alexander Bernsmeier, Stephan Schmidt, Sandra Krüger, Felix Braun, Rainer Günther, Thomas Becker, Stefan Schreiber, Christoph Röcken

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To Sing the New Song… About the Art of Aggiornamento by Michaela Christine Hastetter

“…They intend to liberate the Christian from solidification as well as overgrowth and to focus on the essential of the Christian belief, namely Jesus Christ. …”
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La place des opuscules pastoraux au Portugal du xve siècle. L’exemple cistercien de l’Explication des Dix commandements de la loi de Dieu by Leandro Alves Teodoro

“…In the fifteenth century Portugal, one notice the multiplication of brochures that promoted specifically the principles of the Christian faith, like the commandments of the Church, the works of mercy and the cardinal and theological virtues. …”
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Der theologische Antichiliasmus by Joachim Wedel

“…The aim of the article is to show that Christian theology has always been against chiliasm. …”
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Cinematic Orientalism: East-West Perception in Netflix's 'Swimmers' by Kemal Çelik

“…The film associates concepts of faith and hope with Christianity, presenting Christian characters as saviors. …”
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Catheter‐Related Bloodstream Infections Among Hemodialysis Patients in Northern Tanzania: Insights From a Single‐Centre Retrospective Study by Andrea R. Costantine, Sarah J. Urasa, Abid M. Sadiq, Elichilia R. Shao, Furaha S. Lyamuya, Elieishiupendo M. Niccodem, Eugénie M. Kamabu, Venance P. Maro, Elifuraha W. Mkwizu, Nyasatu G. Chamba, Francis F. Furia, Tumaini E. Mirai, Eliada B. Nziku, Doreen T. Eliah, Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim Muhina, Faryal M. Raza, Modesta P. Mitao, Kajiru G. Kilonzo

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Genetic investigations of autosomal recessive inherited ichthyosis impressed by fetal ultrasound: Exome sequencing and haplotype linkage analysis by Ting-Yu Chang, Zhu Wei Lim, Yi-Tzu Chu, Wan-Ju Wu, Mei-Hui Lee, Shun-Ping Chang, Dong-Jay Lee, Wen-Hsiang Lin, Ming Ho, Jin-Chung Shih, Gwo-Chin Ma, Ming Chen

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Clinical Features of Four West Nile Virus Cases and Its Molecular Characterization from a South Indian Tertiary Care Hospital by Shoba Mammen, Aiswarya Nair, Santhosh Kumar, Zayina Zonderveni, A. T. Prabhakar, Turaka Vijay Prakash, Sanjith Aaron, Mathew Alexander, Anand Zachariah, Asha Mary Abraham

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Die etiek van regstellende aksie by J. M. Vorster

“… This article addresses the ethics of affirmative action in South Africa from a Christian ethical perspective. It firstly evaluates the Biblical teachings of redistributive justice and the implications of these teachings for a modern ethical view of affirmative action. …”
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The Caste Connection. On the Sacred Foundations of Social Hierarchy by Jakob De Roover, Sarah Claerhout

“…This article argues that we do not possess any conceptual apparatus to address this question today, because it was originally raised and answered in a Christian-theological context. The secularization of a Protestant-Christian notion of false religion gave shape to the European conception of ‘the caste system’ as an immoral social hierarchy. …”
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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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