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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
- 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
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
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...
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- Lalsangkima Pachuau
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological movements
Orthodox Pastoral Theology
- This brief article delineates Orthodox pastoral theology by chiefly emphasizing the organic connection between Liturgical/sacramental life and social/pastoral involvement in the Christian Orthodox tradition. It shows how Orthodox pastoral theology, in encompassing the entire life of the Chu...
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- Razvan Porumb
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
Democracy
- It is a statement of the obvious to say that Christianity is not necessary for democracy to exist. It is no less true, but perhaps less obvious, to say that democratic politics is intrinsic to the practice of Christianity, and democracy, broadly understood, is a way of enacting fundamental Ch...
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- Luke Bretherton
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Society and culture
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...
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- John Stephenson
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Charismatic Gifts
- The Christian theology of charismatic gifts has a rich and complex history, relating to many different biblical, historical, and ecclesial traditions. This article will examine these traditions and seek to discover their unique insights and contributions to the broader theology of charismat...
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- Jacob Dodson with Amos Yong
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
Missio Dei
- Missio Dei represents a missiological attempt to articulate a theocentric concept of mission with reference to the missionary nature and act of the triune God. This attempt arose as a reaction to the ecclesiocentric understanding of mission which was predominant within the Western global ...
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- Chung-Hyun Baik and Sinwoong Kim
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Theological methods
Liturgy
- The centre of Christian liturgy is the revelation of God in Jesus of Nazareth. In the first section of this article, the understanding of this liturgical centre is unpacked within different denominational contexts (mystery celebration, proclamation event, sacred play, staging of the gospe...
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- Benedikt Kranemann
- Faith tradition
- Christianity
- Topics
- Spiritual life and practices
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