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Music and Orthodox Theology
- The expression of theology by means of music in the Orthodox Church is something that has been discussed and regulated since the Patristic era, which itself takes as its basis the Psalms and the Gospels. The way in which this expression has been achieved practically, however, has varied consi...
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- Ivan Moody
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- Christianity
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- Spiritual life and practices
Protestant Theology in Korea
- This article deals with the landscape of Korean Christianity, focusing on the development of Protestant theology in socio-cultural contexts and the main issues of theological discourse. This article consists of mainly three parts: first, it illustrates the dawn and rise of Korean Protestant C...
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- Meehyun Chung
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- Christianity
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- Theological movements
Anglican Theology
- Anglican theology is a distinct tradition which emerged within Western Catholicism during the sixteenth-century Reformation. This article provides an account of Anglican theology as an ecclesial movement formed in the context of the theological and political shifts of sixteenth-century Euro...
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- Stephen Spencer and Joseph Galgalo
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Christian Year
- The Christian year is as a framework that situates human existence within the overarching narrative of God's creation and salvation. The Christian, or liturgical, year sets human lives within God’s story of creation and salvation, sanctifying moments, days, years, and lives. Calendar and ...
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- Robin Knowles Wallace
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- Christianity
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- Spiritual life and practices
Ordained Ministries
- This article treats ordained ministries in the historic church traditions, East and West, which engage the ecumenical conversations, explorations, and emerging consensus on church-dividing issues on Christian ministry. The topics in this article include the development of structures of orda...
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- John St-Helier Gibaut
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Hope
- In Christian theology, hope denotes an attitude that evaluates one’s present condition in relation to a desired outcome and the possibilities of attaining it. In ancient Greek literature, hope is not considered a virtue; rather, many classical works portray it negatively. It is only with th...
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- Olli-Pekka Vainio
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- Christianity
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- Spiritual life and practices
Baptism
- Baptism (from the Greek baptizo: to immerse, to submerge) is a ritual that is practised in practically all Christian churches and communities. It involves a person being immersed in water – or having water poured over them – along with the spoken trinitarian formula. This article outlines the...
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- Dagmar Heller
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Quaker Theology
- Originating amid the religious and political upheavals of seventeenth-century England, Quakers are now a geographically widespread and theologically diverse group, often best known for their peace work and for their social and political activism. Although Quakers have often not valued, and ...
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- Rachel Muers
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- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
God and Philosophy of Time
- What Christians call ‘creation’ is fundamentally, inescapably, and entirely temporal. Humans, too, are temporal beings. As such, understanding the nature of time has been a philosophical pursuit since the pre-Socratic philosophers. Theologians have not been exempted from this interest, an...
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- Emily Qureshi-Hurst
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Christian Ethics
- Christian ethics encompasses a rich tapestry of moral thought and practice that is deeply rooted in the teachings of Jesus Christ and the broader Christian tradition. Contributed by scholars from diverse traditions and perspectives around the world, this article evidences both unifying and ...
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- Esther D. Reed, Dion Forster, and Rudolf von Sinner with Ernst M. Conradie, Jörg Haustein, Daniel Heide, Ángel F. Méndez-Montoya, and Upolu Lumā Vaai
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Ethics
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