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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
- Topics
- 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
- Topics
- Theological movements
Anglican Theology
- This article provides an account of Anglican theology as it emerged as a distinct tradition and ecclesial movement from within Western Catholicism, in the context of the theological and political shifts of sixteenth-century Europe. The pragmatic needs of a succession of English monarchs, al...
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- Stephen Spencer and Joseph Galgalo
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Christian Year
- The Christian, or liturgical, year sets human lives within God’s story of creation and salvation, sanctifying moments, days, years, and lives. Calendar and hourly time become God’s time as the Christian year encompasses and intermingles past, present, and future. Following the key...
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- Robin Knowles Wallace
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- 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...
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- Dagmar Heller
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Christian Ethics
- Contributed by scholars from diverse traditions and perspectives around the world, this article evidences both unifying and diversifying impulses in Christian ethics and moral thinking. Christian ethics is understood as both lived experience and academic study reflecting upon practice, depl...
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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
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
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
Postmodern Philosophy and Theology
- This article offers an overview of some of the key themes and motifs in postmodern philosophy which have influenced contemporary Christian theology as well as a survey of some of the theological responses to these philosophical ideas and methods. The first section of the article examines th...
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- King-Ho Leung and John Milbank
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
Christianity and Graeco-Roman Paganism
- Through the efforts of Peter, Paul, and the other apostles, the gospel of Jesus Christ was transmitted to those who worshipped the many gods of the Greeks, Romans, and other Mediterranean peoples. This article offers an overview of Graeco-Roman polytheism and the complex relationships betwe...
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- Mattias Gassman
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Philosophy and science
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