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Bishops
- This article examines the phenomenon of bishops in Christian theology, church history, and the present role, work, and identity of a bishop. The article tries to answer the questions: ‘what does a bishop do?’ and ‘what is a bishop for?’ The approach to answering this question assesses scr...
- Author
- Paul Avis
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
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
Performing Arts and Embodiment in Christian Theology
- Across the geographical breadth and temporal depth of Christianity, theology and the performing arts have been natural partners, suspect allies, committed enemies, and passionate friends. Performing arts are bodily actions in time and space. Christian worship becomes the embodied actions of...
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- Todd E. Johnson and Shannon Craigo-Snell
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
Ecumenism and Church Relations
- Ecumenism refers to the wide and multifaceted movement to advance Christian fellowship and the unity of the church. The contemporary ecumenical movement was preceded by nineteenth-century missionary and youth movements mobilizing Christians from various church backgrounds. Ecumenical pray...
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- Minna Hietamäki
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Music in the Western Theological Tradition
- This entry examines the ways in which Christian theology has shaped and elucidated the activities of music-making and music-hearing, and in turn how musical practices have been appropriated to advance the enterprise of theology. Attention is focused primarily (though not exclusively) on textl...
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- Jeremy Begbie
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
The Theology of the Book of Common Prayer
- This article describes the doctrines that informed and are expressed by the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England, focusing on the 1662 recension, which has been a primary vehicle for theological reflection and debate within the Church of England and Anglicanism more broadly. The a...
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- Drew Nathaniel Keane
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Justice and Corruption
- As the first quarter of the twenty-first century comes to an end, the world continues to witness an increasing and almost unprecedented challenge caused by corruption and the injustices it brings to global society. These challenges are clearly presented both to the global community and the ...
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- Alfred Sebahene
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Ethics, Society and culture
Children and Christian Theology
- Children and childhood are increasingly considered as a theological concern. In this contribution, an overview of various perspectives on children, childhood, and Christian theology is presented. The article describes a diversity of images of children as they figure in social sciences, in bib...
- Author
- Annemie Dillen
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture, Ethics
Creation
- Popular understandings of the Christian doctrine of creation are subject to two common misconceptions. Firstly, it is often viewed as a scientific hypothesis or historical claim about the origin of the world. Secondly, it tends for this reason to be treated as less a matter of faith (and th...
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- Ian A. McFarland
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Being and existence
Theology and Poverty
- This article provides an overview of the relationship between theology and poverty in the thought of the Christian church over the centuries, as well as of the interaction between theological and non-theological approaches to the conceptual study of poverty. As biblical texts are authorit...
- Author
- Theodros Assefa Teklu
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Ethics, Society and culture
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