Beyond "two source theory" and "sola scriptura": ecumenical perspectives on Scripture and tradition by R. Moss

“… A major source of doctrinal dispute between Catholicism and Protestantism over the centuries has revolved around the relationship between Scripture and Tradition. …”
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Farewell to Fiestas and Saints? Changing Catholic Practices in Contemporary Rural Oaxaca by Toomas Gross

“…Various global processes like secularisation, integration of local economies into the capitalist market system, increasing out-migration from villages, and the rise of Protestantism have undermined the position of the Catholic Church in the region. …”
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The Angelology of Sergius Bulgakov by Maciej Raczyński-Rożek

“… Contemporary angelology is primarily an apologetic response to the negation of the existence of the angelic reality by liberal Protestantism. Bulgakov’s teaching about angels, on the other hand, arose as an indispensable part of the theological system. …”
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On the historical origins of the Heidelberg Catechism by C. Strohm

“… Reflection on the origins of the Heidelberg Catechism reveals it to be a document of understanding between Calvinistic-Reformed, Zwinglian and Lutheran-Philippistic tendencies within  Protestantism. One important reason for the success of the Heidelberg Catechism was the fact that each one of these groups appreciated the Catechism. …”
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Un cercueil dans la cour : des funérailles évangéliques dans une famille transnationale haïtienne by Nadège Mézié

“…The second part offers an analysis of the funerals, and in particular the conflicts that have arised as a result of two broader social dynamics: the religious change in the country, with the massive conversion of rural populations to Evangelical and Pentecostal Protestantism, and the migrations, which fled to most Haitian families having at least one member living abroad.…”
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Neopentecostalismo: uma interpretação a partir da Teoria da Prática by Fabio Lanza, Edson Elias de Morais, Flávio Braune Wiik

“…This article aims at presenting the contributions of the Theory of Practice in relation to the historical-anthropological analysis in relation to social change, with emphasis on Protestantism and the Neo-Pentecostalism. Given the fact that religion is made up of people, who follow already established structures, it is assumed that religion simply serves to replicate a given social order. …”
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Market as Religion: The Dynamics of Business Network in Megachurches by Roberto Bazanini, Celso Machado

“…The results show that in the competitive market of symbolic goods of religion, the magnitude and sumptuousness of megatemples construct a brand image that places the theological concerns of a future life or of salvation in the background, prioritizing practical solutions to everyday problems .The contribution of the research is to explain how the neopentescostal churches reinterpret traditional values of religiosity, by accepting with naturalness what had been rejected by traditional Protestantism and, thus, to consolidate and at the same time to legitimize the new dynamics of the religions that they act with the logic of the market.…”
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Denis Papin : sa vie, son œuvre by Vivier, Bernard

“…As a man of science who never traded his inventions, and who sought protectors capable of providing for the funding of his work, he was a nomadic scientist, even though his Protestantism kept him out of France. His life came to a difficult end, and he died in 1713 without seeing the industrial realisation of his work. …”
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GERMAN PATTERN MELODIES OF THE 16ᵀᴴ CENTURY PROTESTANT HUNGARIAN HYMNS by Ágnes TÖRÖK

“… The appearance of the hymns of the German Protestantism in Hungary were clear and reasonable from theological and practical points of view of as well. …”
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Hagiographie liturgique et construction identitaire dans un néo-diocèse (XVIIIe-XIXe siècles). Le Proprium Sanctorum dans les bréviaires des diocèses français créés sous Louis XIV... by Philippe Castagnetti

“…Justifiable by the claim of the Church of France leaned on Monarchy to eradicate Protestantism, the creation under Louis XIV of the three dioceses of La Rochelle, Alais and Blois results in writing proper breviaries whose sanctoral gives importance to a lot of local saints with an apologetic purpose. …”
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Tax and income transparency in Norway from 2001 to 2014 by Czarny Bogusław

“…To reach these goals, I have reviewed the economic literature on the Norwegian reform. Protestantism, egalitarianism, and the distinct mentality of the Norwegian society were among the causes of the reform. …”
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Éclairages foucaldiens sur l’incrimination du déisme et de la libre pensée dans la jeune République américaine by Auréliane Narvaez

“…Led by actors of orthodox and evangelical Protestantism alike, this unprecedented attack on deism relied on the vindication of disciplinary, social, as well as sanitary norms. …”
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Citoyenneté et identités religieuses dans la doctrine allemande du droit public ecclésiastique au XIXe siècle. Aux sources intellectuelles du modèle allemand de sécularisation... by Florian Reverchon

“…This system was conceived in a context where individual religious freedom and the neutrality of the state were not the leading principles, and where the objective was to create a kind of parity between the two main churches (Catholicism and Protestantism) in bi-confessional societies. The conception of a »Christian state« – that is to say, a state that always seeks to translate Christian principles in its law and in its actions and cannot, therefore, admit non-Christians among its citizens – prevailing among 19th-century scholars, and recognition extended only to Christian churches. …”
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Ng’angas – Zambian Healers-Diviners and their Relationship with Pentecostal Christianity: The Intermingling of Pre-Christian Beliefs and Christianity by Agnieszka Podolecka and Austin M. Cheyeka

“…Apart from world religions like Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, there is a plethora of Pentecostal, Charismatic, and grassroot churches, many of them not immune to ancient spirit veneration. …”
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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 Religious Enlightenment was a pan-European phenomenon that embraced Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, and Orthodoxy, and grew out of the desire to create an intelligent religion free of superstition and serving society. …”
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THE RECEPTION OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION AS A WAY OF FORMING AMERICAN PERSONALISM: THE POST-SECULAR VIEW by V. O. Patsan

“…Taking into consideration the Biblical background of American personalism and its genetic connections with the denominations of Protestantism developed on the North American continent and the branching Protestant theology, the author focuses on both proper philosophical and theological reference points of this personalistic current of philosophizing in the historical-philosophical reconstruction of its genesis oriented towards the meta-ontological dimension of the personality. …”
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The Genealogy of Šemetas' in 15th-16th century by Saulė Viskantaitė-Saviščevienė

“…Duke Albrecht advised urgently to send their children to foreign countries for studies (mostly to Germany, which was the cradle of Protestantism). Therefore, when the new religion spread, it was needed to support at first Lutheran and later Calvinistic communities and churches. …”
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Laicidad y pluralidad religiosa temprana. Los metodistas y el Estado laico en la década de 1880 by Paula Seiguer

“…Este artículo se centra en la actuación de los metodistas argentinos en un período crítico, el de la década de 1880, cuando el debate en torno de la laicidad de las instituciones estatales puso a la cuestión religiosa en un primer plano, para mostrar cómo éstos buscaron convertirse en voceros de una minoría protestante activa y visible. Postula que la presencia protestante a lo largo del siglo XIX, y en particular la militancia de los metodistas en la década de 1880, son claves para comprender la temprana conformación plural del campo religioso argentino, y las características que adquirió su particular forma de laicidad.…”
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Culturas en movimiento: migración y difusión-dilución de las creencias en México by Daniel Delaunay

“…Esto confirma los alcances del proselitismo protestante en estos grupos objetivo así como su éxito en los lugares donde la teología de la liberación ha fracasado: los protestantes promueven una religión popular que difunde un mensaje de avance social; tienen además prácticas migratorias más intensas.…”
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EL PENSAMIENTO POLÍTICO CATÓLICO: ¿QUÉ PUEDEN APRENDER LOS EVANGÉLICOS? by Jonathan Chaplin

“…Se discute qué relevancia podría tener el pensamiento político católico para la articulación de un pensamiento político evangélico o protestante.…”
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