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Conciliarity of the Church
- Conciliarity is central to the identity of the Christian church. This article discusses the meaning of the word ‘conciliarity’ and its relation to ‘synodality’ through the lens of the church’s experience of councils (synods) at the local, regional, and universal levels. It offers ten scri...
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- Nicholas Sagovsky
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- Christianity
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Dispensationalism
- The theological approach to the Bible called dispensationalism has had a long and controversial history in the Christian church, and its impact on the global church over the last century and a half can hardly be denied (69–100; 9–56; ; ). The movement emerged in the nineteenth century and h...
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- Darrell L. Bock
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- Christianity
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Evangelical Theology
- Subsequent to the ‘evangelical counsels’ of the Middle Ages (which encouraged Christian believers to pursue poverty, chastity, and obedience), the adjective ‘evangelical’ has attached to ‘theology’ in various ways. Thus, ‘evangelical theology’ potentially refers to: (first) a commitment t...
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- Daniel J. Treier and Euntaek D. Shin
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- Christianity
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- Theological movements
Franciscan Theology
- This article emphasizes the particular contours that define the Franciscan theological paradigm as a distinct contribution to the discipline of Roman Catholic theology. Grounded in the lives of Francis and Clare of Assisi, the tradition unfolds as a Wisdom tradition, both christocentric and...
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- Mary Beth Ingham
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- Christianity
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- Theological movements
Chinese Christian Theology
- This article offers an overview of some of the major Christian theological themes that have arisen from the concerns of Chinese Catholic and Protestant Christians since the seventeenth century. It explores contextual factors that have shaped competing categories of loyalty, from differing c...
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- Alexander Chow and Stephanie Wong
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- Christianity
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- 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
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- Christianity
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- Theological movements
Anabaptist Theology
- Anabaptist theology is the expression and communication of theological convictions that have sustained the ordinary life of faith communities within the Anabaptist tradition of Christianity. Alongside this ordinary Anabaptist theology, a more formal, ‘academic’ version has developed since a...
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- Jamie Pitts and Luis Tapia Rubio
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- Christianity
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- Theological movements
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
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- Christianity
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Caitanya Vaiṣṇavism
- This article examines various aspects of the Caitanya Vaiṣṇava tradition, a Hindu devotional tradition that centres on devotion to the deity Krishna (Kṛṣṇa). First, the entry provides a historical overview, followed by a description of how the tradition views Krishna as an omnipotent, omnib...
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- Akshay Gupta
- Faith tradition
- Hinduism
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- Theological movements
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
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- Theological movements
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