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Systematic Theology in the Nordic Countries after 1945
- Christian systematic theologies in the Nordic countries share common traits in terms of their Lutheran heritage and the close relationship between church and state (‘folk-church’) organizations that have dominated church life and theological reasoning up until the present. Although internat...
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- Jan-Olav Henriksen
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Pilgrimage
- Pilgrimage often refers to spiritual journeys and is a topic associated with multifaceted theories and practices in global, historical Christianity. First, this article explores the physical, internal, and allegorical aspects of pilgrimage journeys. This article then examines the scriptural...
- Author
- Melody Bellefeuille-Frost
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
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...
- Author
- Stephen Spencer and Joseph Galgalo
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
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...
- Author
- John St-Helier Gibaut
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- 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...
- Author
- Dagmar Heller
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Orthodox Political Theology
- This entry outlines the evolution of various political theologies in the Eastern Christian milieux, from the time of the apostles up until the present. It begins with the definitions of and distinctions between political and public theologies. Then it explores the dialectics of the relati...
- Author
- Cyril Hovorun
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements, Society and culture
World Christianity
- World Christianity as a historical phenomenon emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century, showing the global reaching of Christianity physically, numerically, and characteristically. Even though the number of Christians at the beginning of the twenty-first century (around thirty-t...
- Author
- Lalsangkima Pachuau
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Sacrifice and the Eucharist
- As the uniquely Christian form of worship, the Eucharist is studied by ‘systematic’ theologians in terms of its coherence with revelation as a whole, and by ‘dogmatic’ theologians in light of historic definitions that still impact the churches of today. Examination of ‘eucharistic sacrifi...
- Author
- John Stephenson
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Theology in India
- This article provides an overview of the structure and content of the various theological streams that have shaped Indian Christianity over two millennia. The theology of the ancient St. Thomas Christians, widely considered the earliest Christian group in India, though embedded in the litur...
- Author
- Jesudas Athyal
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Divine Energies
- This article discusses the historical origins and the development of the Eastern Orthodox doctrine of the divine energies. After a brief discussion of Aristotle and Plotinus, an overview is given of the relevant biblical material in the Old and New Testament. The article then looks at the...
- Author
- Christoph Schneider
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
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