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Jung, Daekyung. "Re-Enchanting the Human in an Era of Naturalism." Expository Times 131, no. 7 (October 23, 2019): 291–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0014524619884533.
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Christians today are encountering new technologies such as gene editing via CRISPR-Cas9, designer babies, and anti-aging medical technology. These technical efforts are designed to enhance the physical properties of humans. Should we be vigilant about any aspects of these new technologies? Are we happy with these technologies? No, we are not happy about all of these developments. We need to critically examine some of the philosophical ideas embedded in the development and application of these technologies. This article aims to rebut the mechanical understanding of the human being that is implicitly embedded in the discourse on the technology. The author proposes naturalism as the cause of the emergence of the mechanical understanding of the human being, which has led to the reduction and negation of the nonphysical aspects of human existence. Due to the elimination of the universal and nonphysical reality of the meaning, value, and telos of human existence and the reduction of such realities to physical reality, what is valuable, meaningful, and good has become limited to that which is involved with something physical. In this way, technology has come to be very important, and the act of thinking has been reduced to the act of technical reasoning. Thus, the human being is construed as a purely physical, mathematical, and geometrical being—as a machine. In order to retrieve a holistic understanding of the human, therefore, it is necessary to reject the reduction of the nonphysical to the physical and thereby retrieve the inherent nonphysical aspects of the human being. This effort will help to re-enchant human beings and to provide theological and ethical rationale for preventing imprudent technological development and its application to humans.
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Becker, Marcel, and Evert van der Zweerde. "Aspects of Christian Social Thought." Religion, State and Society 41, no. 2 (June 2013): 82–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09637494.2013.814282.
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Curran, Charles E. "How Does Christian Ethics Use Its Unique and Distinctive Christian Aspects?" Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics 31, no. 2 (2011): 23–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jsce20113123.
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Pyrog, G. V. "Social Aspects of the Functioning of Religious Values." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 26 (January 14, 2003): 30–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2003.26.1442.
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The relevance of the study of the problem of Christian axiology is due to the growing interest in religion and the associated change in world outlook and values in contemporary Ukrainian society. The study of religious values is caused by the urgent problem of finding universal moral values of social development and clarifying the content, structure and nature of their functioning. The scientific study of religious values is also relevant because this problem is closely linked to the value aspects of political life. Christian values are one of the most important factors influencing the formation and development of Ukrainian culture.
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Morgan, Teresa. "Two Aspects of Early Christian Faith." Studies in Church History 57 (May 21, 2021): 6–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/stc.2021.2.
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‘Faith’ is one of Christianity's most significant, distinctive and complex concepts and practices, but Christian understandings of faith in the patristic period have received surprisingly little attention. This article explores two aspects of what Augustine terms fides qua, ‘the faith by which believers believe’. From the early second century, belief in the truth of doctrine becomes increasingly significant to Christians; by the fourth, affirming that certain doctrines are true has become central to becoming Christian and to remaining within the church. During the same period, we find a steady growth in poetic and imagistic descriptions of interior faith. This article explores how and why these developments occurred, arguing that they are mutually implicated and that this period sees the beginning of their long co-existence.
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Drønen, Tomas Sundnes. "Christian Migrant Communities." Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 30, no. 3 (July 24, 2018): 227–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700682-12341412.
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AbstractThe growing literature on religion and migration offers a wide range of terminologies in order to describe different aspects of the migratory trajectory. The article analyses how the three terms “transnational”, “transcultural”, and “translocal” are applied by different scholars in order to describe how religion influences and frames the experiences of those who leave their homes behind. It is further argued that discourse analysis can be a helpful methodological and analytical approach towards the field under study in order to engage with the rich variety of sources which might help us develop a yet more finely tuned analysis of the new religious communities. With the object of exemplifying how discourse analysis can be applied in future studies, the article gives examples from three different contexts where religious practices face change due to the migratory situation. The first example proposes studies of the “simultaneity aspect” in transnational studies among Nigerian migrants in Europe. The second example highlights how translocal aspects influence the study of ethnicity among migrants to cities in northern Cameroon, and the third example focuses on transcultural aspects of historical conversion narratives.
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Stanton, G. N. "Aspects of Early Christian-Jewish Polemic and Apologetic." New Testament Studies 31, no. 3 (July 1985): 377–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0028688500013928.
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Writing about 177 AD Celsus claimed that Christians and Jews quarrel with one another very foolishly. ‘Their wrangle with one another about Christ is no different from that called in the proverb a fight about the shadow of an ass.’ Celsus continues: ‘There is nothing worthy of attention in the dispute of Jews and Christians with one another.’
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Bach Nikolajsen, Jeppe. "Christian Ethics, Lutheran Tradition, and Pluralistic Society." Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 62, no. 3 (September 8, 2020): 295–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nzsth-2020-0015.
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SummaryIn the Lutheran tradition, the particular aspects of theological ethics have often been overlooked, if not outright denied. Thus, it is not uncommon for Lutheran theologians to emphasize the universal aspects of theological ethics and to downplay its particular aspects, even to the point of arguing that a Christian ethics does not exist. Against this background, the article gives several arguments for drawing Lutheran ethics in a direction that will allow its particular aspects to be more clearly articulated. It also presents certain features of Luther’s ethical position that might foster an understanding of the particular aspects of Lutheran ethics. Building on this, the article points to a contemporary Lutheran position of relevance to a pluralistic society.
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Silva Steuernagel, Marcell. "Transnational and Translational Aspects of Global Christian Congregational Musicking." Religions 12, no. 9 (September 7, 2021): 732. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12090732.
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What happens to a worship song as it crosses geographical, cultural, and theological borders? How does this reallocation modify the role a song performs—and is performed—in context? This essay examines how religious songs that flow along transnational networks are transformed in the process of localization. It focuses particularly on how translation, conceived of broadly to encompass verbal and non-verbal aspects, happens within these processes. I argue that, while lyric translation remains a core component of these phenomena, it is but one of the multiple processes of localization that occur when a song travels. Throughout such processes, theology is (re)interpreted and songs are performed differently even as local congregations perceive their engagement with these repertoires as a type of connection to broader worshiping networks. Towards this end, it follows “Mighty to Save”, an Australian worship song, on its transnational path to re-localization within the context of Brazilian gospel. Analyses of the lyrical and musical translations and transformations the song is subjected to can shed further light upon the complex dynamic of transnational flows of religious repertoires in today’s interconnected world.
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Keenan, James F. "Dualism in medicine, Christian theology, and the aging." Journal of Religion and Health 35, no. 1 (March 1996): 33–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02354943.
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Vasylieva, Iryna V., Kateryna O. Hololobova, Ruslan S. Tsymbaliuk, Olha V. Nechushkina, Viacheslav V. Kobrzhytskyi, Serhii V. Kiriienko, and Anna V. Laputko. "ARTIFICIAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY IN UKRAINE: BIOETHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS." Wiadomości Lekarskie 74, no. 3 (2021): 731–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.36740/wlek202103231.
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The aim: Is to study the levels of influence of the Christian spiritual tradition on the attitude of medical students to abortion, which necessitated a comparative analysis of Christian ethics and the main approaches of secular bioethics regarding artificial termination of pregnancy; analysis of the results of sociological research taking into account the peculiarities of religious self-identification of medical students. Materials and methods: The complex nature of the studied issue necessitated the application of interdisciplinary approaches, philosophical, general scientific and special sociological methods of collecting, processing and analyzing information. Certain differences between Christian moral guidelines and attitudes towards artificial termination of pregnancy were found in a questionnaire study conducted by a sociological group of the Bogomolets National Medical University (hereinafter – NMU) in 2020. The object of the study were first and sixth year students and postgraduate students of NMU (N = 375). Results: Based on a comparative analysis of the evaluative judgments of three groups of respondents (1 group – those who identified themselves as Christians; 2 group – those who are uncertain with their attitude towards religion; 3 group – those who consider themselves non-believers) regarding artificial termination of pregnancy, it was found that the attitude of medical students-believers towards this problem differs from the more liberal approaches of the respondents of the second and third groups, and, at the same time, has significant differences with Christian moral guidelines on this issue. Conclusions: A comparative analysis of the main approaches of secular bioethics and Christian ethics to the issue of artificial termination of pregnancy allows us to conclude that the Christian position is distinguished by the recognition of sacredness, inviolability of human life, inalienable dignity and value of human being from conception to the natural end of life. This determines the special importance of the Christian spiritual tradition in overcoming the manifestations of abortive mentality in contemporary Ukrainian society.
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Pyrog, Ganna V. "Psychological aspects of the functioning of religious values (Christian aspect)." Ukrainian Religious Studies, no. 39 (June 13, 2006): 93–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/2006.39.1747.
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The relevance of the study of the problem of Christian axiology is due to the growing interest in religion and the associated change in world outlook and values in contemporary Ukrainian society. The study of religious values is caused by the urgent problem of finding universal moral values of social development and clarifying the content, structure and nature of their functioning. However, all the basic principles of Christian doctrine acquire character of value only in the presence of subjective attitude, their personal importance for the believing individual. Only in this way can religious values influence the motivation of actions and determine human behavior.
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Nikolajsen, Jeppe Bach. "Christian Ethics, Public Debate, and Pluralistic Society." International Journal of Public Theology 14, no. 1 (May 8, 2020): 5–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341598.
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Abstract In all its diversity, Lutheran ethics places a pronounced emphasis on the universal aspects of theological ethics. This article argues that due to the increasing pluralization of many societies in recent decades, however, it is becoming more and more relevant to develop the particular aspects of theological ethics in the Lutheran tradition. Holding together both the universal and particular aspects of theological ethics constitutes a position of relevance for a pluralistic societal situation. Such a position enables the Christian church to maintain its distinctiveness and, at the same time, to be engaged in dialogue with other positions. In this way, the church will at once stand for a tradition-determined distinctiveness and be engaged in a tradition-transcending dialogue. Consequently, this position is characterized by both distinctiveness and openness.
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Ewen, Heidi H., Katherina Nikzad-Terhune, and Kara B. Dassel. "Exploring Beliefs about Aging and Faith: Development of the Judeo-Christian Religious Beliefs and Aging Scale." Behavioral Sciences 10, no. 9 (September 15, 2020): 139. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs10090139.
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This paper reports on the development of a novel 10-item scale that measures beliefs about aging as well as religious-based beliefs about aging. The Religious Beliefs and Aging Scale (RBAS) shows acceptable internal consistency (α = 0.74) and is bolstered by a strong correlation (r = 0.70) with the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality. Exploratory factor analysis elucidated two belief subscales: Afterlife (i.e., how age is experienced in the afterlife; α = 0.897) and Punishment (i.e., aging and dementia as a punishment for sin; α = 0.868). This scale can be used in research regarding end-of-life planning, ageism, and self-care practices.
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Radermacher, Martin. "Devotional fitness: aspects of a contemporary religious system." Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 24 (January 1, 2012): 313–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.30674/scripta.67421.
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The aim of this paper is to describe some more or less representative groups within the area of devotional fitness in the USA, to compare their ideas to those held in Christian congregations in Germany and to extract some of the most important features of these movements. The descriptive section, ‘Examples of fitness in US evangelicalism’, will have a short look at three of these movements and then examine one of them more thoroughly, namely, the concept of ‘Shaped by Faith’. The next part of the descriptive section (‘Aspects of religion and fitness in Germany’) will look into the connections between sports and religion in Christian congregations in Germany. In the third section, some of the historical trajectories which have influenced contemporary body ideals in both ‘religious’ and ‘secular’ contexts in the United States and Germany are briefly described. In the analytical section, the material is screened for striking similarities and recurring motifs and a preliminary definition of ‘devotional fitness’ is suggested. One particular feature of these currents, the blurring of genres, is dealt with more thoroughly in section ‘The blurring of genres in devotional fitness’. The article ends with some ideas as to how these concepts of devotional fitness could be researched within the analytical frame of cultural semiotics.
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Kim, Dongjoo. "Christian Coinage in Constantine Dynasty and Its Political and Religious Aspects." Theological Studies 76 (June 30, 2020): 151–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.46334/ts.2020.06.76.151.
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Sanecka, Anna. "Christianity Facing the Ageing of Global Population." Journal of Education Culture and Society 6, no. 2 (January 2, 2020): 240–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.15503/jecs20152.240.256.
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The ageing population is a great challenge for the whole world including churches, Christian communities, Christian families and the so-called “Christian countries”. The respect and support for elderly people is almost a common rule of social life in developed countries regardless of religious views. But in the Christian world this obligation has very strong religious justification – obligation enshrined in the Commandments of Old (the fourth/fifth Commandment) and New (the second one of The Greatest Commandments of Love) Testaments. Therefore between the Christianity – understood as a set of different communities sharing their beliefs in Jesus Christ – and aging population there are many very different connections including among others: honour and respect, privilege, obligations, giving – receiving relations, duty, charity, solidarity, dependency. They are present both in the teaching and the practice of different Christian communities starting with Churches, through NGOs and Christian societies, ending with Christian families. The paper shows some of these connections. It also tries – based on a case of Poland – to answer the question whether the Christianity is ready to face the aging of global population.
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Michener, Ronald T. "Christian Dogmatics: An Introduction." European Journal of Theology 28, no. 2 (December 1, 2020): 196–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/ejt2019.2.020.mich.
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SummaryThis much-welcomed one-volume theology is the English translation of the well-received original Dutch, Christelijke dogmatiek: Een inleiding (2012). Although thoroughly Reformed in tradition, the authors invite dialogue while providing varied and fresh insights across multiple ecclesiological and doctrinal perspectives. Intended as an introduction, it remains a grand, comprehensive textbook, is pedagogically focused, and covers every subject within the field of systematic theology.RÉSUMÉVoici la traduction anglaise de cette théologie systématique en un volume dont l’original hollandais, Christelijke dogmatiek: Een inleiding (2012), a été bien accueilli. Les auteurs, de tradition foncièrement réformée, stimulent la réflexion en apportant des remarques nouvelles et variées à propos de multiples aspects ecclésiologiques et doctrinaux. Conçu comme une introduction, l’ouvrage demeure un grand manuel complet, couvrant de manière pédagogique l’ensemble des sujets de théologie systématique.ZusammenfassungDieses einbändige systematisch-theologische Werk ist die englische Übersetzung des gut rezipierten holländischen Originals Christelijke dogmatiek: Een inleiding (2012). Auch wenn die Autoren sich völlig der reformierten Tradition verpflichtet wissen, laden sie zum Dialog ein und bieten kontrastreiche und ungewöhnliche Einsichten aus mannigfaltiger ekklesiologischer und dogmatischer Perspektive. Das Buch ist als Einführung gedacht, stellt aber trotzdem ein großartiges umfassendes Lehrbuch dar, das eine pädagogische Zielsetzung aufweist und jedes Thema innerhalb der systematischen Theologie abdeckt.
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Ipgrave, Michael. "Anglican Approaches to Christian–Muslim Dialogue." Journal of Anglican Studies 3, no. 2 (December 2005): 219–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1740355305058891.
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ABSTRACTThree aspects of the Anglican understanding of Christianity can make a distinctive contribution to Christian–Muslim dialogue today. Recognition of the importance of context highlights the complexity and variety of the situations in which Christians and Muslims encounter one another. Basing unity on a sense of collegiality which can withstand disagreement offers a model for shared working across religious differences. The interpretation of Scripture through reason and tradition under the guidance of conscience points to a dialogue between those addressed by the Bible and by the Qur'ān respectively. These themes are illustrated through contemporary Anglican involvement in three Christian–Muslim projects, and their theological implications are explored.
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Reynolds, Gabriel Said. "On the Presentation of Christianity in the Qurʾān and the Many Aspects of Qur’anic Rhetoric." Al-Bayān – Journal of Qurʾān and Ḥadīth Studies 12, no. 1 (July 8, 2014): 42–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22321969-12340003.
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Many important western works on the Qurʾān are focused on the question of religious influences. The prototypical work of this genre is concerned with Judaism and the Qurʾān: Abraham’s Geiger’s 1833 Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen, or “What Did Muhammad Acquire from Judaism?” In Geiger’s work – and the works of many who followed him – material in the Qurʾān is compared to similar material in Jewish or Christian literature in the hope of arriving at a better understanding of the Qurʾān’s origins. In the present article I argue that these sorts of studies often include a simplistic perspective on Qur’anic rhetoric. In order to pursue this argument I focus on a common feature of these works, namely a comparison between material in the Qurʾān on Christ and Christianity with reports on the teachings of Christian heretical groups. Behind this feature is a conviction that heretical Christian groups existed in the Arabian peninsula at the time of Islam’s origins and that these groups influenced the Prophet. I will argue that once the Qurʾān’s creative use of rhetorical strategies such as hyperbole is appreciated, the need to search for Christian heretics disappears entirely.
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Engelke, Matthew, and Frans J. Verstraelen. "Zimbabwean Realities and Christian Responses: Contemporary Aspects of Christianity in Zimbabwe." Journal of Religion in Africa 30, no. 4 (November 2000): 512. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1581596.
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Yang, Xiaoli. "Contemplative Aspects of Pentecostal Spirituality." Journal of Pentecostal Theology 28, no. 1 (March 20, 2019): 123–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455251-02702008.
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How is the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit working through contemplative aspects of Pentecostal spirituality in Asia where Christianity thrives in a hostile environment today? Are there any insights that Pentecostal churches of the Global North can learn and experience deeper transformation through the Holy Spirit in a post-Christian world? This article shares a recent experience of a retreat with a group of Asian Pentecostal pastors. It describes how they, both individually and as a group, encountered God through contemplative practice within the praxis of their spiritual tradition. Drawing from their experiences grounded in Scripture, the article explores the key theological issues of silence, body, and response. Pentecostal churches are therefore encouraged to be eager to learn from the lived experiences of pastors in Asia and receptive to contemplative aspects of Pentecostal spirituality.
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Francis, Leslie J. "Churchgoing and Christian Ethics: an Empirical Study among 13- to 15-Year-Old Students in England and Wales." Journal of Empirical Theology 33, no. 2 (December 14, 2020): 197–219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15709256-12341410.
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Abstract This study explores the connections between churchgoing and two fields of Christian moral values (sex-related and substance-related) among 23,714 13- to 15-year-old students in England and Wales who self-identified as either Christian or as of no religion. Bivariate crosstabulation identifies clear patterns of association. Multiple regression analyses confirm that the associations persist after controlling for personal factors (sex and age) and for psychological factors (extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism). Multiple regression analyses also suggest that additional variance is explained when two aspects of intrinsic religiosity are added to the model (personal prayer and belief in God) and that much of the variance accounted for by churchgoing is mediated through these aspects of intrinsic religiosity. These findings illuminate the connection between the Christian community and communities of moral values.
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Badley, Ken, Christina Belcher, Ruth Deakin Crick, Kathleen Hanson, John Hull, Carsten Hjorth Pedersen, Brian Roodnick, and Signe Sandsmark. "Identifying Christian Schools: How Do You Tell When You've Found One?" Journal of Education and Christian Belief 2, no. 1 (March 1998): 39–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/205699719800200106.
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Eight writers from six countries in three continents and a range of Christian traditions discuss what it is that makes a school Christian. They discuss the aspects of schooling to which judgements are applied of whether and to what extent a school may be said to be Christian and the criteria by which such judgements may be made.
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KILDYASHOVA, TATIANA, EVGENIYA PARSHEVA, and YULIA SIBIRTSEVA. "HISTORY OF RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN THE RUSSIAN NORTH: RESEARCH ASPECTS." Sociopolitical sciences 10, no. 6 (December 28, 2020): 128–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.33693/2223-0092-2020-10-6-128-146.
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The formation of religious toleration in the Russian context had a complex and long history. But history of religious toleration in different regions had its own features. The idea of the Russian North as a special example of a multicultural and multi-confessional space has always existed. However, this topic has not received complex studying in the framework of regional studies. The aim of this research is to systematize and analyze the scientific works devoted to the development of the religious situation in the Russian North for identifying traditions of religious toleration and tolerance in this territory. The systematization of the sources is based on the chronological principle up to the beginning of the XX century, and takes into account the three main models of religious life in the region. The analysis showed that the formation of religious toleration in the Russian North was related to the emergence of new religious cultures in the region, which led to their coexistence, and not to the displacement. The official policy of the Orthodox Church and the Russian state towards non-Orthodox and non-Christian people was not always supported by the local community. Moreover, there is evidence for the existence of not only a “passive” form of toleration in the Russian North, but also an “active” form of toleration that was manifested towards non-Orthodox and non-Christian people.
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Ansor, Muhammad, Ismail Fahmi Arrauf, and Yaser Amri. "Under The Shadow of Sharia: Christian Muslim Relations from Acehnese Christian Experience." KOMUNITAS: International Journal of Indonesian Society and Culture 8, no. 1 (February 18, 2016): 125–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.15294/komunitas.v8i1.4966.
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The implementation of sharia in Aceh has have given a complex impacts to several aspects of life of the Christian, economically, culturally, politically and any other aspects of social life. Unlike other Indonesian Christian in different parts of archipelago, the Christian women in Aceh are experiencing the life that regulated by the sharia. Based on the experience in Langsa, some of them (especially teachers, employee, and students) were appealed to wear headscarf (hijab) in their appearance in Islamic public sphere. Those who reside in Aceh Singkil experienced difficulties in establishing church, beyond any difficulties that experienced by Christians in other part of Indonesian region. However, in Southeast Aceh, the Christian live the life of religious harmony among the Muslim majority who implement the Islamic sharia. This article shows that strong encouragement among the Muslim circle to implementing Islamic sharia through political approach could generate difficulties to certain Christians, while to some others it doesn't give any significant negative impact. This article aims to highlight some issues that experienced by Christians who live amid the Muslim majority who implement Islamic sharia. Data were collected during ethnographical studies conducted in the year 2013-2015 in Langsa, Aceh Singkil and Southeast Aceh. Finally, this article proposes significant policy options for managing Muslim-Christian relations in Aceh, Indonesia. Education is crucial for promoting interreligious harmony, religious freedom, and respect for people of different traditions and religion.
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Ingram, John A. "Modern and Postmodern Issues in Christian Psychology: An Integrative Transmodern Proposal." Journal of Psychology and Theology 25, no. 3 (September 1997): 315–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164719702500301.
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The conflicts between modern and postmodern viewpoints are being energetically presented and debated, yet much confusion remains. Each system, especially in its extreme form, is incomplete without some aspects of the other. Argument for a preliminary model that includes combined interactive aspects of both modern and postmodern paradigms is advanced. Integrative ramifications of considering special revelation, general revelation, and personal revelation as mutually influencing and interacting dynamic aspects of reality are described in a final comprehensive model.
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Jantzen, Grace M. "Christian Spirituality and Mysticism in the Encyclopedia of Religion." Religious Studies 24, no. 1 (March 1988): 57–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500001220.
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The great increase of interest in the study of spirituality and mysticism is reflected in the large number of articles that the Encyclopedia of Religion devotes to various aspects of this topic. As one would expect, there are long entries for ‘Mysticism’ and ‘Christian Spirituality’ and ‘Religious Experience’. In addition to these broad categories, attention is given to more specific aspects of spirituality such as ‘Asceticism’, ‘Silence’, ‘Prayer’, ‘Meditation’, and so on. This is complemented by entries on many of the spiritual giants of the Christian tradition, both ancient and modern. I shall begin by discussing these articles on individuals, and go on to examine the more general articles later in the review. I shall suggest that, despite many merits, both sorts of entry display an editorial policy about which serious questions must be raised.
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Morgan, Robert. "Historical and Canonical Aspects of a New Testament Theology." Biblical Interpretation 11, no. 3 (2003): 629–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156851503790507954.
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AbstractIn nineteenth-century discussions of the scope and methods of New Testament theology more attention was paid to the new historical methods than to the reasons for this discipline. Its independence from dogmatics was new, but it was the role of Scripture in the life of the Church which made it important in educating clergy. Theological interpretation of any passage of Scripture might serve as a source of Christian faith and theology, but for Scripture to be a norm, a survey of the whole New Testament is needed. New Testament theologies using historical exegesis and attending to all the canonical writings can offer (or imply) proposals about the identity of Christianity, and in the conversation between such proposals a measure of consensus can be expected where there is agreement to respect textual intention. Most Christian reading of Scripture to nourish and communicate faith is done through translations and without asking about authorial intention, but theologians making proposals about the identity of Christianity which accord with the witness of Scripture are subject to more constraints for the sake of consensus. They need to survey the whole New Testament using critical historical exegesis and background knowledge of the ancient world to inform a perspective derived from their contemporary understandings of Christianity. Such theologically interested surveys are properly called New Testament theologies.
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Kretalovs, Deniss. "BASIC ASPECTS OF THE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY OF THE RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT „NEW GENERATION”." Via Latgalica, no. 2 (December 31, 2009): 95. http://dx.doi.org/10.17770/latg2009.2.1605.
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The subject of the article – the religious organization “New Generation” – is discussed as a new religious movement, and in the aspect of sociology of religion is to be typologically interpreted as a Christian neo-charismatic evangelical movement having formed as a result of cleavage. Attention is focused on the ways of political collaboration of the movement “New Generation” and the fundamental aspects of its political ideology. The choice of the study subject is grounded on the lengthy and active activity of the group in the territory of Latvia, its topicality, popularity and dynamic growth in the material as well as in the social and political aspects. It is proved by several indicators of social attention and identification – the number of publications in press, intensity of thematic discussions and forums on the Internet, publicity measures, TV broadcasts, political and public activities. The aim of the paper is to identify the main aspects of the political ideology of the religious organization “New Generation” by analyzing the available sources. In order to clear up these aspects, it is necessary to view the courses of activity of the religious organization and its activities in the spheres of civil, public and political participation. As the reference objects, mass media materials have been used as well as periodicals featuring the discourse of the organization (interviews with the organization leaders). As the primary source, the book New World Order by Alexey Ledyaev, the founder and main leader of „New Generation”, has been used in which he voices the main postulates of his revelation as well as the political guidelines for the future development of the system of administration of the world and of Latvia. The book of A. Ledyaev is to be judged as the quintessence of the political ideology of „New Generation” following which the social life in the congregation of this movement has been formed and ensured and which determines the degree of political participation and content of the movement adherents. The following hypothesis is brought forward in the study – the elements and aspects forming the political ideology and the system of world-outlook and values of the religious movement “New Generation” clearly indicate a representation of the ideology of the Christian reconstructionism and its adaptation to the context and political situation of Latvia. Factors like the social agents involved in the formation of communication networks, the rhetoric of expression used in the construction of the space for discourse, the content of ideas reflected in the narratives applied in the context of the organization, models of development planning of the strategic policy and political slogans allow identification of “New Generation” as a religious movement oriented to Christian fundamentalism, which construct its political ideology using the political technologies and action models of the rightist Christians. The political ideology realized by the organization contains features of Christian reconstructionism – political programmes and strategies. On this score, „New Generation” belongs to those Christian fundamentalist organizations that practise a radical and clearly targeted policy.
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Van Leeuwen, Mary Stewart. "Christian Maturity in Light of Feminist Theory." Journal of Psychology and Theology 16, no. 2 (June 1988): 168–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164718801600206.
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Beginning with a methodological statement regarding the integration of faith and learning, the article proceeds to a brief historical overview of definitions of human maturity, followed by a critical evaluation of ideas of maturity implicit in liberal Marxist, and radical feminist movements. Particular attention is paid to certain aspects of “postradical” or “differentiating” feminisms which are compatible with a biblical world view.
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Vaskiv, Lesia, and Andrii Vaskiv. "Problematic aspects of Christian education in the assessment of Fr. Dmytro Blazheiovsky." Good Parson: scientific bulletin of Ivano-Frankivsk Academy of John Chrysostom. Theology. Philosophy. History, no. 14 (January 29, 2020): 83–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.52761/2522-1558.2019.14.7.
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The problematic aspects of the national-religious education of Ukrainians in the evaluation of the famous theologian and historian of the Church of Fr. Dr. Dmitry Blazheyovsky. The educational potential of the Church is analyzed, the methodology of Christian upbringing, worked out by pedagogical practice in the church environment, is researched. The extrapolation of the forms and methods of religious education into the plane of modern educational space was carried out. In interpretation of. D. Blazheyevsky reflects on the importance of cooperation between family, church and school in the cause of Christian upbringing of the younger generation.
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Pieper, Hanns G., and Terri Garrison. "Knowledge of Social Aspects of Aging Among Pastors." Journal of Religious Gerontology 8, no. 4 (January 13, 1993): 89–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j078v08n04_08.
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Ingram, John A. "Psychological Aspects of the Filling of the Holy Spirit: A Preliminary Model of Post-Redemptive Personality Functioning." Journal of Psychology and Theology 24, no. 2 (June 1996): 104–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164719602400203.
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A preliminary model is presented describing applications of the filling of the Holy Spirit to psychological aspects of Christian living. Anthropological deficits in secular psychology and evangelical systems are described. Related topics include expectancy, defense mechanisms, self-image, and cognitive appraisal. The concept of “biblical humanism” is applied to new creations in Christ as a function of the ongoing filling of the Holy Spirit. Although many Christian clients have considerable spiritual resources, their ability to organize and access them effectively can be seriously impaired unless they are able to apply the integrative, dynamic resource of the Holy Spirit actively to their life development and stress challenges on a continuous basis. Truly Christian counseling must ultimately include addressing the activities of the Holy Spirit in Christian living at some level.
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Chaturvedi, Namrata. "Indian Christian Spiritual Autobiography." International Journal of Asian Christianity 3, no. 1 (February 28, 2020): 26–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/25424246-00301003.
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Krupabai Satthianadhan’s Saguna (1887–88), initially serialised in the Madras Christian College magazine is rightfully regarded as the first Indian spiritual autobiographical novel. Any study of this narrative compels one to explore the influence of the Evangelical autobiography on this genre in nineteenth century India as well as to engage with the distinctive aspects of an Indian Christian woman’s spiritual quest in British India. This study also argues for focus on the spiritual life of Indian Christianity as a valid way of according recognition to the experiences and struggles of the life of a religion that is outside of mainstream religious discourse in contemporary India.
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Albaum, Jean. "Factors Which Are Related to Successful Aging in Retired Christian Workers." Journal of Religious Gerontology 7, no. 1-2 (January 3, 1991): 71–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j078v07n01_06.
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Morgan, Drew Phillip. "Hermeneutical Aspects of John Henry Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine." Horizons 16, no. 2 (1989): 223–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0360966900040482.
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AbstractRecent interest in the study of hermeneutics has called for a reexamination of many Christian classics. This has initiated a retrieval of many valuable insights found in the classics that are extremely important for contemporary theology. Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine is such a classic. From the time of its publication in 1845, the Essay has been an important and influential work in the life of Catholic thought. By reexamining Newman's work, we are assisted along the unfolding hermeneutical path known as Catholic theology. This article examines Newman's theory of development, three major objections to that theory, and a review of the relevance of Newman's theory for contemporary hermeneutics.
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Wakeling, Jennifer. "A General Theological Symbolic Structure of Textless Music in Christian Worship." Studia Liturgica 51, no. 1 (March 2021): 46–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0039320720979053.
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When textless music is performed as a stand-alone act in Christian worship, it can function as a Christian symbol through which meaning can be generated at experiential, reflective, and transformative levels. This article proposes a four-dimensional theological symbolic structure for conceptualizing and heightening the effectiveness of textless music as a Christian symbol in worship. A piece of textless music can take on Christian symbolic capacity in worship by virtue of its specific musical properties and structures interpreted through the lens of human subjectivity formed within a Christian context (incorporating Christian worship), a locus of divine communication. Relevant aspects of the theology of Paul Tillich, Karl Rahner, and Louis-Marie Chauvet, particularly pertaining to symbols, are applied, fitted together, extended, and supplemented to construct and explicate this structure. Deriving from the structure, elements of praxis regarding the selection, contextualization, performance, and reception of pieces are presented for ongoing reflection and development.
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Hagman, Patrik, and Liisa Mendelin. "The Naked Intent: On Connecting Asceticism and Activism." International Journal of Public Theology 13, no. 3 (October 7, 2019): 259–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341578.
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AbstractThis article explores the connections between political activism and Christian asceticism. It does so through a discussion with recent political theologies and historical research into (early) Christian asceticism. Two present-day cases, the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Buy Nothing Year, are used to demonstrate similarities and potential for fruitful engagement between the two traditions. It is suggested that asceticism needs to be understood in a fuller range, incorporating introspective, imaginative and institutional aspects in order to make visible the potential for a dialogue between the Christian ascetic tradition and present-day political activism. The article thus contributes to the discussion concerning asceticism in the Christian tradition, developing public theology as a bodily practice and to a theological understanding of political activism.
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Siwy, James M., and Carole E. Smith. "Christian Group Therapy: Sitting with Job." Journal of Psychology and Theology 16, no. 4 (December 1988): 318–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164718801600402.
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A practical and theoretical account is presented of an ongoing adult psychotherapy group that has met weekly for over 2 years at the Atlanta Counseling Center. As co-therapists, the authors have developed a psychological and spiritual perspective of their experience, drawing upon the thinking of object relations theorists (e.g., Winnicott), group therapists (e.g., Yalom), and theologians (e.g., Bonhoeffer and Nouwen). The central theme is the rediscovery of Christian community through the establishment of a hospitable holding environment where hostility can be transformed into hospitality and alienation into hope. Included are practical aspects of beginning and maintaining a group in a private practice selling and discussion of the uniqueness of group therapy that is “Christian.”
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Lee, Ralph. "Discipleship in Oriental Orthodox and Evangelical Communities." Religions 12, no. 5 (April 30, 2021): 320. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12050320.
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In many countries with a strong Orthodox Christian presence there are tensions between Evangelicals and Orthodox Christians. These tensions are rooted in many theological, ecclesiological, and epistemological differences. In practice, one of the crucial causes of tension comes down to different practical understandings of what a Christian disciple looks like. This paper examines key aspects of discipleship as expressed in revival movements in Orthodox Churches Egypt, India and Ethiopia which are connected to the challenges presented by the huge expansion of Evangelical Protestant mission from the nineteenth century. Key aspects will be evaluated in comparison with aspects that are understood to characterize disciples in Evangelical expressions, including: differing understandings of the sacraments and their place in the life of a disciple; ways in which different traditions engage with the Bible and related literary works; contrasting outlooks on discipleship as an individual and a community way of life; and differing understanding of spiritual disciplines.
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Saroglou, Vassilis. "Trans-Cultural/Religious Constants vs. Cross-Cultural/Religious Differences in Psychological Aspects of Religion." Archive for the Psychology of Religion 25, no. 1 (January 2003): 71–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157361203x00057.
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Are there trans-religious, trans-cultural constants in psychological aspects of religion across different religions and cultures? An excessively culturalistic approach may overlook this possibility, putting an emphasis on the uniqueness of the religious phenomenon studied as emerging from a complex of multiple contextual factors. This article reviews empirical studies in psychology of religion in the 1990s that mainly include participants from different Christian denominations, but also from other religions: Muslims, Jews and Hindus. It appeared, at first, that several cross-cultural/religious differences can be documented (especially between Catholics and Protestants), but the interpretation of these differences is not simple, as other factors may interfere. Secondly it turned out that an impressive series of psychological constants also exist across different denominations, religions, and cultures. These constants include personality correlates, gender and gender orientation, positive and negative values, cognitive and affective aspects, identity formation, social attitudes and consequences.
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Abbink, Jon. "Muslim Monasteries? Some Aspects of Religious Culture in Northern Ethiopia." Aethiopica 11 (April 26, 2012): 117–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.15460/aethiopica.11.1.151.
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This paper presents some preliminary observations on Sufi Muslim shrines or retreats in the Ethiopian Wällo region, places where local Muslim holy men or ‘saints’ lead the faithful and act as religious mediators and advisors. Some of these retreats of Sufi Muslims have a ‘monastic’ character, and allow males and females a life of reflection and devotion to God. An obvious parallel with Christian monasteries presents itself, referring to a partly shared religious culture. Some reflections on the extent and nature of this similarity are made, and the need for a fresh approach to the study of religion in Ethiopia/Africa, in the context of contemporary debates about religious identity and the hardening of communal boundaries, is underlined.
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Kim, Kirsteen. "Christianity’s Role in the Modernization and Revitalization of Korean Society in the Twentieth-Century." International Journal of Public Theology 4, no. 2 (2010): 212–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156973210x491903.
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AbstractThe development of South Korea and its growth to become the world’s eleventh largest economy has been accompanied by the introduction of Christianity and its increase to become the major religious group, to which nearly thirty per cent of the population are affiliated. This article probes the connection between these two spectacular examples of development; economic and religious. By highlighting moments or episodes of Christian contribution to aspects of development in Korean history and linking these to relevant aspects of Korean Christian theology, there is shown to be a constructive, although not always intentional, link between Korean Christianity and national development. The nature of the Christian contribution is seen not primarily in terms of the work ethic it engenders (as argued by Max Weber in the case of European capitalism) but mainly in the realm of aspirations (visions, hope) of a new society and motivation (inspiration, empowerment) to put them into effect. In other words, it was the public theology of Christianity that played a highly significant role in the modernization and revitalization of Korean society in the twentieth century.
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Frederick, Thomas V., Yvonne Thai, and Scott Dunbar. "Coping with Pastoral Burnout Using Christian Contemplative Practices." Religions 12, no. 6 (May 24, 2021): 378. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12060378.
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Three Christian Devotion Meditation (CDM) practices—lectio divina, centering prayer, and the examen—will be offered to aid in coping with ministerial stress and to prevent burnout. CDM or Christian contemplative practices are uniquely suited to develop the emotional resources pastors need for coping with burnout. The office of the pastor faces pressures which can cause burnout and threaten their ministries and personal relationships. The experience of pastoral burnout consists of acedia. Pastors experience spiritual emptiness due to two unique aspects of pastoral life. First, because pastors often work alongside with their families in the church while simultaneously serving their congregants, they experience inter-role conflict due to the high level of boundary ambiguity between their vocational and family lives. Second, pastors need to rely on their psychological resources to provide for their church members due to the emotional labor required of their positions. Consequently, pastors must rely on emotional labor strategies to respond positively to their congregations, which in turn can lead to emotional exhaustion.
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Kolbutova, Irina. "Interrelation of Platonic and Jewish-Christian Aspects of the Symbolism of the Cross in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, Church Fathers and Christian Iconography." Scrinium 13, no. 1 (November 28, 2017): 309–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18177565-00131p21.
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Considering the symbolism of the cross in the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, scholars interpreted it in terms of Platonic and Gnostic influences. In this article I made an attempt to demonstrate a more profound ancient mythological and Jewish-Christian mystical background of this symbolism, which can be traced later in Christian Patristic writings and iconographic patterns.
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Nordberg, Andreas. "Old Customs." Temenos - Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion 54, no. 2 (December 19, 2018): 125–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.33356/temenos.69935.
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Although they highlight the Norse (religious) term siðr ‘custom’ and its cognates, some researchers of pre-Christian Scandinavia suggest that the concept of religion involves a Christocentric discourse and should be used cautiously, or even only for Christianity. Some scholars therefore recommend a categorical distinction between pre-Christian (religious) siðr and Christian religion. This paper contributes to this ongoing discussion. I argue that while it is meaningful to highlight the term siðr and its cognates, the distinction between pre-Christian siðr and medieval Christian religion is problematic. 1) While siðr had various meanings in vernacular language, the current debate emphasises only its religious aspect, thus turning the indigenous term into an implicit etic concept. 2) The word siðr and its cognates were also used in medieval Scandinavian languages as designations for Christianity, and hence, the categorisation of pre-Christian siðr and medieval Christian religion is misleading. 3) The distinction between popular siðr and formal religion is fundamentally based on the two-tier model of popular/folk religion–religion. 4) The vernacular (religious) word siðr in the sense of ‘religious customs, the religious aspects of the conventional way of life’ and the heuristic category of (lived) religion are in fact complementary in the study of religion in both Viking and medieval Scandinavia.
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Prutskova, Elena. "Social vs. Individual Centrality of Religiosity: Research in Religious and Non-Religious Settings in Russia." Religions 12, no. 1 (December 25, 2020): 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12010015.
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Most of the current approaches to measuring religiosity operate with indicators of individual religiosity. One of the central ideas of the current paper is that religiosity is a social phenomenon. The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) developed by S. Huber is applied to measure the individual component of religiosity. A modification of the CRS (CRS-SOC) has been developed to include the social component of religiosity with two aspects: social connections with lay members of religious communities and with the clergy. The analysis is based on the data of two surveys conducted in Russia: an on-line survey with a general population sample (1768 respondents) and a survey of parishioners of four Christian denominations: Orthodox, Catholic, “traditional” Protestant (Lutheran, Baptist), and the “new” Protestant (Pentecostal) (1192 respondents). The structure of religiosity among parishioners of different Christian denominations is discussed. The results, which revealed that the level of religiosity among Orthodox parishioners is slightly lower, are interpreted using the theory of religious economy.
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Clifford, Richard J. "The Exodus in the Christian Bible: The Case for “Figural” Reading." Theological Studies 63, no. 2 (May 2002): 345–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/004056390206300206.
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[Many Christians find the Christian Bible, comprised of the Old and New Testament, diffuse, lacking unity, and therefore difficult to use in systematic theology. Yet the Bible itself uses a powerful organizing principle that spans both testaments and unites them, namely the Exodus in its dual aspects of liberation and formation. There are three Exodus moments. Exodus I is the thirteenth-century B.C.E. foundational event. Exodus II is its sixth-century renewal. Exodus III is the first-century C.E. climactic renewal of Israel by Jesus.]
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Lazarus-Yafeh, Hava. "Some Neglected Aspects of Medieval Muslim Polemics against Christianity." Harvard Theological Review 89, no. 1 (January 1996): 61–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0017816000031813.
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Muslim medieval authors were fascinated with religious issues, as the corpus of Arabic literature clearly shows. They were extremely curious about other religions and made intense efforts to describe and understand them. A special brand of Arabic literature—theMilal wa-Niḥal(“Religions and Sects”) heresiographies—dealt extensively with different sects and theological groups within Islam as well as with other religions and denominations: pagan, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, and others. Of course, most of the heresiographies were written in a polemical tone (sometimes a harsh one, like that of the eleventh-century Spaniard Ibn Ḥazm's:Al-Faṣl fi-l-Milal wa-l-Ahwā wa-l-Niḥal[“Discerning between Religions, Ideologies, and Sects”]), but some come close to being objective, scholarly descriptions of other religions (for example, Al-Shahrastānī'sMilal wa-Niḥalbook from the twelfth century).