The presence of Pentecostalism in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa by James K. Mashabela

“…In ELCSA, the Holy Spirit is affirmed and gives power to believers as the gracious gift that sustains and enables the very church to perform its duties of worshipping God, healing, preaching and meeting other spiritual needs. …”
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Geen ander naam by J. du Preez

“…With regard to Christian people's attitude towards people of other faits, it is regarded as essential that the confession of Christ as the only true Saviour of the world should go hand in hand with true humility and tolerance born from love which God poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Rm 5:5). …”
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Christianity, ‘supernatural’ beliefs and COVID-19 by E. Shoko

“…Neo-Pentecostal church leaders had mixed messages on the possible cure for COVID-19, with some emphasising miracles as the panacea for COVID-19, and a minority believing that God exhibits his power through epidemiologists. …”
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Świadek męczeństwa i jego rola w świetle jurysprudencji Kongregacji Spraw Kanonizacyjnych by Zdzisław J. Kijas

“…This is, however, a unique gift of God’s grace which is rather rare. Usually a zealous, faith-filled life, prepares the believer to follow the footprints of his Master and give his own life. …”
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alchimia dall’inferno al paradiso nella divina commedia. l’influsso su dante dell’opera alchemica aurora consurgens, parzialmente attribuita a san tommaso d’aquino by Marino Alberto Balducci

“…From Dante’s point of view, illness, and death, as emblems of nigredo (the foundation of the alchemical operation), are not purely malignant realities: in fact, they can also determine powerful and wonderful evolutionary processes towards the extreme joy of our encounter with God.…”
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Stosunek religii do nauki. Punkt widzenia prawosławnego by Henryk Paprocki

“…When it comes to the connection between religion and science, the situation is even more evident, as God commands in the Bible: „Fill the Earth and subdue it” (Genesis 1:28), which requires education, because without it, it is impossible to master the earth. …”
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THEOLOGY, INSECURITY AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD by U.N DURUJI

“…This situation is made worst by alarming increase in the rate of moral turpitude and lack of fear of God among the youth, who have been turned into evil tools in the hands of unscrupulous agents of insecurity and terroir in Nigeria. …”
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„Nowe” problemy wychowawcze w dobie „nowych” mediów by Arkadiusz Olczyk

“…For more than half a milliard people in the world, out of that more than 8 million in Poland, the modern “god” is Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004. …”
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND LAND-BASED CONFLICT: THE IMPACT ON FOOD SECURITY IN NIGERIA by OGUIKE MIRIAM ADAEZE UJU

“…Land is one of the most valued gifts from God. The objective of the paper is to ascertain the connection between climate change and land-based conflict issues that lead to insufficient food supplies as experienced in Nigeria. …”
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Cyclone Idai Disaster in Zimbabwe: A New Testament ethical analysis of Matthew 24:37–39 by Lovejoy Chabata

“…Through the lens of New Testament Ethical Analysis (NTEA), this article discusses how deployment of ethics of love, selfless service, charity, social responsibility, justice, sharing, care ministry, good neighbourliness, good relationships with self, others, God, environment and climate constitute an effective way of controlling, managing and reducing disaster risks. …”
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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

“…This claim aims to justify Judaism and Christianity as religions revealed by God by classifying all three as part of the Abrahamic Faiths. …”
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A Stylistic Analysis of Ṣeun Ògúnfìdítìmí’s Songs by Temidayo Akinrinlola

“…The contextual issues expressed in the songs include the importance attached to the child as success indicator, the significance of marriage, love, conspiracy and the place of detractors, corruption and embezzlement, 184 Temidayo Akinrinlola supremacy of God, social degeneration, gender inequality and the cyclical nature of life. …”
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Marriage, sexuality, and holiness: aspects of marital ethics in the Corpus Paulinum by R. Zimmermann

“…In the theologically substantiated union of the sexes one can recognize not only traditional, but especially Judaic forms of speech, created through the close interweaving of relationships between the sexes and the relationship with God. In addition, further norms that regulate early Christianity, such as the condemnation of adultery or the prohibition of divorce, become understandable in new ways. …”
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பெரியபுராணத்தில் நாயன்மார்களின் பண்பாட்டு மரபுகள் / Cultural Traditions of the Nayanmars in Periyapuranam... by முனைவர் க. முத்துமாரியம்மாள் / Dr. K. Muthumariammal

“…As a result, Tamil people developed a profound devotion to God and began to worship with great reverence. The emergence of the Nayanmars in Tamil Nadu significantly contributed to the growth of Bhakti literature. …”
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Poszanowanie wolności religijnej w prawodawstwie kościelnym by Dariusz Mazurkiewicz

“…Consequently, the question arises whether the church legislator allows the use of methods in the work of evangelization that contain elements of coercion or even pressure that increase the effectiveness of preaching the Word of God. The answer to this question varied depending on the period in the history of the Church and human societies. …”
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Physician Kitasato Shibasaburō: Achievements and posthumous veneration in Shintō by V. A. Gorshkov-Cantacuzene

“…Interestingly, the other discoverer of the plague microbe, Alexandre Yersin, is deified within Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhism and as a god-patron (thành hoàng) within Vietnamese folk religion, which paradoxically unites the posthumous fate of these scientists.…”
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Hasan Al-Banna's Approach In Reconciling The Flow Of Salaf And Khalaf: Study And Evaluation by Nasron Yaacob

“…Hasan al-Banna claims that these two schools of thought, though they approach the subject of God's khabariyyah nature differently, are actually in agreement on three things. …”
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Tradition, modernism, and apartheid by D. Goosen

“…Traditional thought understood being as emanating from, and returning to a first principle, namely the Good (Plato), the One (Plotinus), or God (Aquinas). The ensuing section discusses only a single aspect of modernism, namely its understanding of being not as circular event, but as a neutral, spatial, and linear grid upon which reality can be mapped. …”
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Odnowa życia zakonnego w świetle Soboru Watykańskiego II i w nauczaniu magisterium Kościoła by Piotr Jamioł

“…As you might notice a contemporary theology of religious life revolves around the following themes: the religious life as a gift to the Church and the world, religious consecration, radicalism in the imitation of Christ, the charismatic dimension of religious life, the contemplative dimension of religious life, prophetic presence in the world, witness to communion with God and man. Careful study of the documents presented here will help the religious people to understand better and love even more the mystery of vocation, the mystery of religious life. …”
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Visualization of the Book: Graphic Metaphors in Art Decoration of Ukrainian Church Editions of the Baroque Epoque by Olena Kurhanova

“…It visually presents the church book as a creation of a saint person, inspired by God. The addressee is expressed both by the emblem of a patron, who supported book printing, and by an icon of a divine person to whom the prayer content of the book is addressed. …”
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