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2. Theology and Cultural Evolution

   Cultural evolution is a broad theoretical framework that is applied to several disciplinary fields to stress the role that non-genetic information plays in configuring processes of evolution and adaptation, for animals, humans, and societies. Given the interrelationship between genes and...

   ​Author

   Lluis Oviedo

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Society and culture

3. The Religious Meaning of Language in Judaic Culture

   Judaic cultures have a commitment to language that is exceptional. Language practices – the reading and writing of scrolls and books, their interpretation as commentaries on commentaries, engaged with the letter both of text and as act – is central to Judaic conduct, thought, study, worship, ...

   ​Author

   Shira Wolosky

   ​Faith tradition

   Judaism

   ​Topics

   Society and culture

4. Secularization in Modern Jewish Thought

   This article discusses the main challenges that secularization presented to Judaism and to Jewish thought, and maps the key strategies and central thinkers who responded to this challenge, from the eighteenth century up to the turn of the twenty-first. Attention is also given to some secular ...

   ​Author

   Zohar Maor and Ori Werdiger

   ​Faith tradition

   Judaism

   ​Topics

   Society and culture

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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 ...

   ​Author

   Alfred Sebahene

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Ethics, Society and culture

8. 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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