RE-IMAGINING THE CONGREGATION’S CALLING – MOVING FROM ISOLATION TO INVOLVEMENT by W.J. Schoeman

“…Congregations need, from a theological perspective, to answer the question: What is the calling of the congregation? …”
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Communities facing disruption: the need to shift from individual to community paradigms in pastoral care by D. P. Mouton

“…It further provides Biblical and theological motivation for a (w)holistic understanding of health, well-being, healing and restoration that is only fully understood when such understanding is undergirded by an acute awareness of the relational and communal dimension of each of these. …”
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Forgiveness, reconciliation and justice á la Desmond Tutu by P.G.J. Meiring

“…The TRC operated within the mandates given to it by the South African parliament, but Tutu with his theological background, strong views, and dynamic personality put his own stamp on the truth and reconciliation process in South Africa. …”
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Od diecezji lubuskiej do Ziemi Lubuskiej. Kościół i region w re-konstrukcji by Andrzej Draguła

“…In the case of a church unit, not only historical, social and cultural factors should be taken into account, but also theological, including ecclesiological, factors. In the case of the Zielona Góra-Gorzów diocese, we can talk about layers of memory or a kind of cultural palimpsest, which consists of: reconstructed memory, inherited memory and displaced memory. …”
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THE EXPERIENCES OF CURRENTLY AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN IN A TIME OF PANDEMIC: IMPLICATIONS FOR LIFE-GIVING COMMUNITIES by D.T.M. Veloso

“… This article assesses the adequacy of the church’s responses to women currently and formerly in conflict with the law in the Philippines and offers feminist theological reflections on the need for gender- and culturally sensitive pastoral services for them in a time of pandemic. …”
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A Christian ethical perspective on the moral status of the human embryo by J. M. Vorster

“…The article examines three biblical concepts from the perspective of a biblical-theological hermeneutical model in order to unfold this argument. …”
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Artists in Resi/stance by Volker Küster

“…In this article, I investigate twentieth-century contextual art from an intercultural perspective. Theologically, memory and hope, the remembrance of the victims in the light of the dangerous memory of the crucified, and the hope in the presence of the risen Christ among the poor and oppressed, have emerged as the overarching generative themes in coping with conflicts. …”
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The Idea of Mathematicity of the Universe as a <i>Locus Theologicus</i>: Michael Heller and Representatives of “The Kraków School of Philosophy in Science” by Kamil Trombik

“…Based on these philosophical discussions, several proposals were formulated with clear theological references, and these also constitute an area for a broader discussion at the interface between science and religion. …”
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Księdza Tischnera mocowanie się ze słowem. Wokół Kazań starosądeckich by Witold Ostafiński

“…The speaker impresses us with his consequence, the discipline of speech, he avoids theological phrasings, uses the language devoid of pathos, overblown style, exaltation. …”
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Religious plurality in Africa: A challenge to the church

“…Three missionary paradigms, viz exclusivism, inclusivism and pluralism are analysed after which a theological perspective is offered. The Church has to communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ nonetheless, but leave the dispensing of salvation in terms of Christian eschatology to God. …”
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Where have all the bishops gone? by J. E. Wehrmeyer

“…This apparent neutrality in selecting a more general term has, however, theological implications and may actually violate the principle of sola scriptura. …”
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STUDI KRITIS ATAS TEORI TARJAMAH ALQUR’AN DALAM ‘ULUM ALQUR’AN by Fadhli Lukman

“…This problem rose from the stringency in the meaning of tarjamah and theological burden to emphasize i’jiz of the Qur’an. …”
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Calvin and other religions by P. C. Potgieter

“…Although Calvin worked in a completely different scene, he has laid down certain principles based on his interpretation of Holy Scripture that may contribute to current theological thought on this issue. In this article his views on true and false religion, non-Christian faiths, the uniqueness of Christ as Mediator and Redeemer, and universalism is discussed from the perspective not only of his Institutes, but also of his Commentaries, Tracts and Treatises and Letters. …”
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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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THE PANDEMIC AND HOMILETICS 101: A REFLECTION by S. Hoezee

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Philo's De Decalogo: educating to respect the socially disadvantaged by P. B. Decock

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The transformative potential of the Apocalypse of John by Paul B. Decock

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The 'Consensus Genvensis' revisited: the Genesis of the Genevan consensus of divine election in 1551 by E. A. de Boer

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Corpus based study of verbs explain and clarify as an example of assistance in pedagogical settings by Séguin Maja

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NATURALISME-TEISTIK ABU BAKAR ALRAZI by Isfaroh Isfaroh

“…This study aims to look at the construction of Abu Bakar Alrazi's theological theistic naturalism.This study used the historical approach of biographical reconstruction, to understand and explore one's personality by looking at his socio-cultural and intellectual background. …”
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