Jews, Rights, and Belonging in Tunisia: Léon Elmilik, 1861-1881 by Jessica M. Marglin

“…Elmilik aligned himself with Jews and Christians who believed in the need to modernize and Europeanize Tunisia. …”
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Marching towards the Cruzada: Douglas Jerrold's road to nationalist Spain by F. Hale

“… The Spanish Civil War pitted British Christians against each other in an intense battle for the hearts and minds of the public. …”
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“Ikwekwe yinja1 (a Boy is a Dog)” by Zukile Ngqeza

“…Notwithstanding, scholars like Marcia Bunge acknowledge that in the Judeo-Christian bible “infants and children are also whole and complete human beings made in the image of God” (2012:65). …”
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Ekologiczne aspekty katolickiej teologii moralnej by Mariusz Ciszek

“…The ecological aspect of catholic moral theology should not evoke astonishment, as it is not a strange hybrid created by means of artificial manipulations aiming at bestowing authority of Christian tradition on ecology. Popes' statements concerning natural environment conservation seem to testify against such claims and only show the importance and need of implementing responsible and moderate using the Earth's resources into Christian awareness. …”
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“Pretty as a peach” by Nicola Jones, Sandra Pitcher

“…The paper analyses the stereotyped representation of Steenkamp and Pistorius in all three publications, and following the work of Clifford Christians (2009), uses these examples to highlight problems with the traditional utilitarian frameworks that govern modern news reporting. …”
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Editorial by Maria Frahm-Arp

“…In a different vein, Aidoo examines the phenomena of cursing prayers in which pastors criticize each other and claim other pastors as not being Christians in their prayers. Second, there is no centralized canonical theology determined by a particular body or group with authority to establish and enforce rules or regulations, meaning that the groups and churches in the movement are free to development their own theologies. …”
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Urbanisation, migration, depopulation and virtual ritual community - the village kurban as a shared meal by Hristov Petko, Manova Tsvetana

“…The paper deals with the specific use of collective rituals focused on blood sacrifice and a shared meal among Orthodox Christians in the Balkans, known mostly as kurban. …”
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The situation of the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia in the second half of 20th century by Peter Šturák

“…Let it be passed from generation to generation to make deep Christian recovery flow from it. Let guard the memory of martyrs as the jewel of incredible price for the Christians of the new millennium.” …”
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Gregorio de los Ríos at the Casa del Campo by Catherine Chomarat-Ruiz

“…Giving grace to the beauty of the nature given by God pagans and Christians would have understood this objective of an art which gives sense to human being. …”
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Christology and the Catholic Encounter with World Religions by Francis V. Tiso

“…To accomplish this task, Catholic Christians are invited to find Christ in all phenomena, including in other religions as disclosures of what it is to be human. …”
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Debating Balkan commonalities: Is there a common Balkan culture? by Markovich Slobodan G.

“…Paschalis Kitromilides provided the most convincing arguments for a Balkan mentality but did not go beyond the early modern period and Balkan Orthodox Christians. In the paper the evolution of the term Balkanism has been analysed to retrace the change of focus in Balkan studies, which lost some its original drive from the 1930s for finding commonalities, instead growing more focused on political and cultural contexts. …”
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The Missionary-Colonial Forms of Marriages and Sexualities Within African Pentecostalism: A Sankofa-De-Colonial Perspective by Themba Shingange

“…However, the advent of the missionary-colonial enterprise reconstructed the concepts of marriage and sexuality by imposing the supremacy of Christianity and Civilization agendas. Thus, Africans were compelled to discard their views of marriage and sexuality to comply with the prescripts of Christianity, baptism, and church membership. …”
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NEW WORLD OUTLOOK IN THE LIGHT OF THE WESTERNIZATION OF PETER I by T. V. Chernikova

“…It removed all barriers to direct communication between Russians and foreigners, discredited the old ecclesiastical postulate that all Western Christians were “heretics”, paved the way for the beginning of internal modernization as well as for the tragic fate of the socio-cultural split in Russia between the upper educated social strata and the bulk of the Russian population that remained in the Middle Ages.…”
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Russian-Greek Political and Ecclesiastical Relations in 20-30s of the 19th Century by E. P. Kudryavtseva

“…After the start of the Greek uprising in 1821, Russia took an ambivalent position: as a patron of all orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire, it sought to support the Greeks, but Russia also had to recognize the Greek revolution as an illegitimate rebellion. …”
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The Influence of Abrahamic Faiths in the Religious Pluralism Agenda in Malaysia by Rahim Kamarul Zaman, Mujahid Mohammad Fadzil, Hamid Fahmy Zarkasyi

“…Consequently, Jews and Christians are also asserted to have a place in heaven. …”
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Gender and indentity aspects in costume of different time periods and peoples by Yu. L. Gerasimova, O. A. Kirillova

“…Comparison of gender characteristics of clothing based on the lifestyle of pagans and christians is given. There is considered the relationships of gender and clothing. …”
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La politique nationale de réconciliation et de relocalisation des populations déplacées dans le Liban d’après-guerre by Dima de Clerck

“…The state returnee policy in southern Mount Lebanon, where several massacres had taken place in 1983, claimed to prioritize reconciliation between Christians and Druze to prevent resorting to, or being victim of reprisal. …”
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Critical Role and Place of the Church as a Response to Environmental Crisis. by Rugyendo, Medard

“…Implications and recommendations for a contemporary Christian will follow suit.…”
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Däbrä Aron: A Rock-cut Monastic Church, Mäqet District of Northern Ethiopia by Tsegaye Ebabey Demissie

“… This study aims to explore Däbrä Aron, a least known monastic rock-cut church of the 14th century of Christian Ethiopia. Däbrä Aron is named after abba Aron, a famous Ethiopian monk, the founder and hewer of the monastery, which is established at Däbrä Daret, a mountain situated along the upper course of Täkkäzze River. …”
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Pentecostal Reinventions of the Passover: Contextual Reflections on the End of Year Night Worship Festivals in Uganda by Alexander Paul Isiko, Enock Kisekka

“…Pentecostalism has been hailed for revival of Christian conservatism in Sub-Saharan Africa, predominated by the nominal Roman Catholics and Protestant Christianity. …”
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