Christianity and Islam - the development of modern science nad the genesis of the modern (just) state by D. F. M. Strauss

“…It was only within the Protestant countries of Europe that the modern constitutional state under the rule of law emerged,  accompanied by a process of societal differentiation unparalleled in world history. …”
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Negotiating Gendered Leadership Positions within African Initiated Christian Churches in Amsterdam by Justice R.K.O. Kyei, Elizabeth N.M.K. Yalley, Emmanuel K.E. Antwi

“…This study concludes that women’s access to hierarchical positions is nuanced, as main-line Protestant churches are more flexible compared to Pentecostal/Charis-matic churches. …”
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People of the book: Fundamental issues of the regulation of Christian, Jewish and Muslim marriage rights by Ištvan Kasuba Robert

“…The system of canon law influenced and shaped the thinking of legal scholars who formed civil matrimonial law, and this is also true of Protestant marriage. Jewish and Islamic marriage law, however, differs significantly from the Christian conception and is definitely contractual in nature. …”
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The Existence of the Indonesian Christian Church (GKI) Bondowoso, 1962-2019 by Dewi Salindri, Ratna Endang Widuatie, Wana Arta

“…This article presents a historical analysis of the growth of GKI Bondowoso, a Protestant Christian church in Indonesia. Employing a sociological approach and functionalism theory, to analyze the social functions of the church within its community as well as the interactions between the church and other social institutions. …”
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The “State Interest” and Humanitarian Diplomacy of Oliver Cromwell by L. I. Ivonina

“…Aware of the complicated domestic political situation in France and of the goals of French foreign policy, he was sure that Prime Minister Cardinal Mazarin was unlikely to give up the alliance with London in response to the London’s support of the Protestant subjects of the Duke of Savoy. Cromwellian Foreign Policy in SavoyPiedmont demonstrates one of the most significant cases of implementing the humanitarian principles in international relations. …”
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Ryuzo Mikimoto and the Ruskin ‘Relics’ Exhibitions of 1926, 1931 and 1933 by Haruka Miki

“…As in the painting A Stray Child (1902) by Taikan Yokoyama, which shows a Japanese surrounded by Western and Eastern philosophers and redeemers, Japanese young intellectuals faced a spiritual crisis after a massive influx of Western thought and subsequent cultural and social changes to westernize Japan. Ryuzo, a Protestant Christian, stated that he had chosen Ruskin rather than Karl Marx, Buddha and Christ. …”
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Multilingual Singing in Nigeria: Examining Roles, Meaning, and Function in Wazobia Gospel Music by Adekunle Oyeniyi

“…By employing frameworks of musical localization and signification, I incorporate the results of my ethnographic studies of three Protestant churches in Lagos, Nigeria, to illustrate Wazobia gospel music’s continued importance. …”
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Pentecostal Reinventions of the Passover: Contextual Reflections on the End of Year Night Worship Festivals in Uganda by Alexander Paul Isiko, Enock Kisekka

“…Pentecostalism has been hailed for revival of Christian conservatism in Sub-Saharan Africa, predominated by the nominal Roman Catholics and Protestant Christianity. While some authors have studied African Pentecostalism with prejudgments based on other Christian traditions, some have hailed the theological innovations in healing and evangelism. …”
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Auch eine Gewerkschaft? Der Deutschnationale Handlungsgehilfenverband und die Angestellten by Martin Otto

“…The biggest union by far was the »German National Union of Commercial Employees« (Deutschnationaler Handlungsgehilfenverband, DHV) with 400.000 exclusively male and mostly protestant members. Founded in Hamburg in 1893, with roots in Adolf Stoecker’s nationalist Christian social movement, it defined itself explicitly as a Christian union with anti-socialist and also antisemitic tendencies.The number of commercial employees rose during the German Empire, and most clerks obviously lacked any chance of becoming independent. …”
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جایگاه اقتصاد و جامعه در اندیشۀ ماکس وبر by ابراهیم توفیق

“…در نقد خوانش پارسونزی (talcott parsons) و یک‌پارچه‌سازِ وبر، گفته شده که گسستی میان وبرِ متقدم ـ وبرِ تأملاتِ روش‌شناختی دربارۀ مفهوم‌پردازی «فرد تاریخی» (historical individual) و اخلاق پروتستان و روح سرمایه‌داری (The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism) و وبر متأخر ـ وبرِ اقتصاد و جامعه (Economy and Society) و جامعه‌شناسی تفهمی (Interpretive Sociology) دیده می‌شود؛ گسستی مبتنی‌بر گذار از فردیت تاریخی به جامعه‌شناسی به‌مثابۀ علمی انتزاعی، گونه‌شناختی (typological)، و جهان‌شمول. …”
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Perspective on Agapeic Ethic and Creation Care by Loveday Chigozie Onyezonwu, Ucheawaji Godfrey Josiah

“…The churches observed include Protestant Churches (Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Church of Nigeria that is Anglican Communion, and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints); the Roman Catholic Church; Pentecostal Churches (such as Salvation Ministries Worldwide, Redeemed Christian Church of God, and Deeper Life Bible Church); and African Indigenous Churches (namely, the Christ Apostolic Church, Cherubim and Seraphim, and Celestial Church of Christ). …”
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Western European Intellectual Practices of a New Type in Russian Everyday Life at Early 18th Century (case of Feofan Prokopovich) by I. Yu. Khruleva

“…The focus of this study is the views of Feofan Prokopovich, a unique Orthodox thinker whose world outlook was shaped by an obvious influence of the ideas of the Protestant and Catholic Enlightenment. Talking about the Enlightenment, modern historiography focuses on the versatility of the phenomenon, preferring to talk about the Enlightenment, including the religious or confessional Enlightenment, aimed at rethinking the role of religion and the church. …”
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“Rights and Liberties” in Pylyp Orlyk’s Constitution through the Prism of Renaissance Interpretations of Justice by S. B. Ivanov

“…There was an attempt to determine the grounds for protecting the “rights and liberties” of the Ukrainian people by tracing the influence of the ancient heritage of Plato and its revival in the Renaissance era, Protestant doctrine of the Reformation period, which lays the groundwork for further identification of ontological and praxeological problems of Ukrainian constitutionalism. …”
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Assessment of Low Birth Weight and Associated Factors Among Neonates in Butajira General Hospital, South Ethiopia, Cross Sectional Study, 2019 by Tigistu Toru, Walellign Anmut

“…About 169 (88.9%) were protestant religion followers. This study showed that the magnitude of low birth weight among study participants was 12.5%, and factors such as maternal medical complication during pregnancy, maternal MUAC less than 23 cm, and birth interval less than 24 months were significantly associated with low birth. …”
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‘O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: let the whole earth tremble before him’ (Psalm 96:9)

“…My view is that the liberal theology which dominated the 1950s and 1960s has given way to more conservative and indeed near fundamentalist views in both Protestant and Catholic Theology. It is to be noted though, that within both evangelical and catholic circles, there is some evidence of a swing back to more liberal views. …”
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Theologen van de twintigste eeuw en de christologie by A. van de Beek

“…Roman Catholic theology is usually less liberal than Protestant theology is. But the confrontation with modern thought could not be avoided — and according to many theologians, should not be avoided. …”
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Catholic Church Interiors in Fin-de-Siècle Literature by Claire Masurel-Murray

“…Drawing on William Whyte’s analyses of changing attitudes towards church architecture in the 19th century in Unlocking the Church: The Lost Secrets of Victorian Sacred Space (OUP 2017), it shows how literary representations of church interiors in fin-de-siècle literature reflect the shift from the Protestant aniconic, congregation-centred approach to church design, in favour of an architecture of affect and sensation, where space and ornamentation lead the worshipper to experience the divine through a sensory overload. …”
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Authors of Lithuanian books in the first part of 19th century by Aušra Navickienė

“…Priests of both confessions (Catholic and Protestant) made up 63% of all authors. The professions of teacher, lawyer, and official were the most popular among secular writers. …”
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Romantic balticphilia in Latvian istoriography by Zenonas Butkus

“…The most notable XIX century Latvian historian, Janis Krodznieks, was not a romantic, but a critic. Protestant ethics and the critical German historiographical influence encouraged the critical debates of the Latvian historians. …”
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CHRISTIAN THINKERS ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (REINHOLD NIEBUHR AND GIORGIO LA PIRA) by T. V. Zonova

“…Reinhold Niebuhr was a protestant theologian and political adviser to the Council of Foreign Relations and George Kennan’s Policy Planning Staff. …”
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