Empowering church leaders for service in Africa: Situational Holistic Pastoral Ministry paradigm by Rabson Hove

“…A key issue identified is the tendency to idolise clergy, placing them at the centre of ministry, rather than fostering their role as models who empower others. …”
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The majlis campaign of Muslims in the Volga-Ural region at the beginning of the Revolution of 1905–1907 by I.K. Zagidullin

“…Based on the texts of the contemporaries, the transformation of traditional banquets organized by both the urban and rural Muslim clergy into the local public centers of ethno-religious and political mobilization of the local population was reconstructed. …”
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Relaţia dintre Carte sau Lumină…, Snagov, 1699, şi Procanon […] alcătuit şi întocmit de Petru Maior, 1783 by Adina Chirilă

“…The first one, Carte sau lumină…, Snagov, 1699, is the Romanian version of an Orthodox Greek text, both of them being printed in Wallachia in the context of advertising and imposing the Church Union upon the Orthodox believers in Transylvania; the latter is written by a Greek-Catholic scholar, Petru Maior, who displays religious ideas and beliefs similar to those existing in the previously mentioned book, in order to determine a reconsideration of the Greek-Catholic Church principles, and politics, by the high clergy. Knowing the fact that Carte sau lumină… has been in circulation in Transylvania, particularly in Blaj, our purpose was to see how strong the direct relation between the two books was, in terms of quotation, explicit or not. …”
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Dean Farrar’s “Divine Crusade” and Victoria’s “Little Wars” by Stéphanie Prévost

“…So doing, he became closely connected to the metropolitan political decision-making centre, London, and to the breeding ground for the future members of Church of England clergy. As a consequence, these numerous experiences, both as a churchman deeply involved in public relations and a pedagogue, naturally fuelled his beliefs. …”
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Biblical Leadership Spirituality in Developing the Quality of Catholic Education by Florensius Sutami, Fransiskus Gregorius Nyaming, Subandri Simbolon, Angga Satya Bhakti, Yusi Kurniati

“…Catechist actors, in particular, focus on evangelizing the general public, both clergy and laity. In the real-world development of the Christian faith, laypeople who become catechists have a complicated responsibility. …”
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Examining Religious Leaders’ Engagement in Child Protection in Dzemeni, Volta Region, Ghana by Ebenezer Tetteh Kpalam, Emmanuel Nyarko-Tetteh, Eva Ahiataku

“…Using a qualitative approach, data was collected from 15 religious leaders, comprising eight clergy, four traditional leaders and three Muslim leaders. …”
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Sectarian and Secular: Lay Perspectives in <i>Stūpa</i> Burials at Mount Zhongnan During the Tang Dynasty (AD 618–906) by Wen Sun

“…People’s interpretation of <i>stūpas</i>—whether they were clergy or lay followers—varied based on their distinct social contexts, living circumstances, and religious beliefs. …”
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Diglossie et standardisation dans l'Angleterre du xie au xve siècle. Regard croisé avec la Bretagne by Gary Manchec German

“…A diglossic relationship resulted, with Anglo-Norman French becoming the language of the ruling classes, while Latin continued as the language of the clergy. Until the beginning of the 14th century, English was considered the speech of merchant class and the peasantry.As early as the 10th century, but in a radically different sociohistorical and geopolitical framework, the Breton nobility gradually adopted French. …”
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RUSSIAN EMBASSY CHURCHES AND PRIEST DURING THE REIGN OF NICHOLAS I by E. P. Koudryavtseva

“…The theme of clerics’ membership in Russian embassies has never been studied before (except for few works concerning Russian clergy in the Holy Land). The large scale of materials that shows an important role of embassy clerics make it possible to significantly broaden the study of the activity of the Russian representational offices.…”
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Ja, goed te deunen onze machtige (Psalm 147,1): De zoektocht naar een toonzetting van de Psalmen by A. de Keyzer

“…The hours of prayer had to be renewed, so that not only clergy and monastics, but also laymen would be able to join. …”
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De l’utopie socialiste au réalisme chrétien by Isabelle Richet

“…While a majority of Protestants and their clergy opposed Franklin Roosevelt from a conservative position, the theologian Reinhold Niebuhr developed a virulent left‑wing criticism of his policies, before finally rallying to his support at the end of the decade. …”
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A Critique of Vanessa Martin in the Book Iran between Islamic Nationalism and Secularism: The Constitutional Revolution of 1960 by Seyyed Reza Hoseini, Mostafa Rezaee, Amir Etemadi Bozorg

“…The findings show that from the author's point of view, in terms of the traditional context of Iranian society and the clergy, the constitutional revolution is considered a historical and religious issue, but intellectuals consider it a mythical and modern issue. …”
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The Monsters of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Miller in The General Prologue and the Miller in The Reeve’s Tale in The Canterbury Tales by Nazan Yıldız

“…With their atypical social positions, millers were among those monstrous Others or “Them” of the Middle Ages as they could not be fitted into any of the three estates; namely the clergy, the nobility and the commoners. They were the unwanted upstarts and leading rebels of the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. …”
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MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TIME OF APPEARANCE OF VIET BELIEFS IN THE MOTHER GODDESSES OF THREE REALMS by Cao Thế Trình

“…Therefore, the belief in the Mother Goddesses of Three Realms could not have appeared earlier than the beginning of the seventeenth century because the documentation of Vietnamese authors and Western clergy at that time did not mention the myth and worship of the Lieu Hanh Mother in the Kingdom of Tonqueen (Đàng ngoài). …”
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On the Issue of Foreign Policy Activities of Buddhists of the USSR in the Context of the Religious Policy of the Soviet State (1950s–1970s) by Alexey V. Gorbatov

“…The purpose is to study some details of the international activities of the Buddhist clergy in the 1950s–1970s, namely: the features of interaction between Soviet state bodies and the Central Spiritual Administration of Buddhists and some aspects of the history of the participation of Soviet Buddhists in international non-governmental organizations. …”
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Russian Foreign Ministry and the Reorganization of Russian Orthodox Churches Abroad in 1860-s by V. O. Pechatnov, V. V. Pechatnov

“…The reorganization revealed a state of the churches abroad and their clergy that was a crème of Russian Orthodox Church. …”
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Russian Orthodox Church and Covid-19 Pandemic: New Challenges and New Opportunities by Viktoriia Demydova

“…Fourth, split between different groups of clergy has deepen during the pandemic. Finally, pandemic caused not only new challenges, but also new opportunities for ROC. …”
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Russian Bishop in Gilded Age America by V. V. Pechatnov, V. O. Pechatnov

“…It is demonstrated that his perception was shaped both by his clergy experience and a more general framework of Russian culture. …”
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“We will give you recite, and you will not forget” (Quran, 87:6). A tale of the Kazan Khan and his clever vizier by Zaytsev I.V.

“…The latifeh has been preserved in the archive and with a high degree of probability belongs to the pen of a very prolific poet and highly educated representative of the Muslim clergy of the Volga-Ural region, ‘Ali Chokry ((1827/28–1889). …”
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Islamic Worldview : Tinjauan Pemikiran Syech Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas dan Budaya Keilmuan Dalam Islam by Melinda Rahmawati, Fitri Nur Aini, Yustiara Nuraini, Bagus Muhammad Mahdi

“…While at the same time Europe was facing an intellectual crisis due to various restrictions imposed by the church clergy. The scientific outlook developed by Muslim scholars inspired European scholars to move forward towards the Renaissance. …”
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