Unsuspicious reception of Biblical discourse in Africa and its implications for polygamy by B.B. Senokoane

“… The Bible has been conceived and received as a neutral book, as the Word of God, or as containing the Word of God. This understanding and perception enabled missionaries to interpret the Bible in such a way that it disadvantaged and oppressed the “converts”. …”
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THE SERVICE OF THE BELIEVERS: ARTICLE 55 OF THE 2015 CHURCH ORDER OF THE DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH IN PERSPECTIVE by P. Strauss

“…As a rule, church members believe in God with the assurance by Scripture that they are saved people. …”
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Kim jest Bóg i gdzie mieszka? Analiza semiotyczna postaci Boga w percepcji dziecięcej w rodzinach praktykujących katolików by Agnieszka Bzymek

“…The text concerns the issue of children’s perception of God. I link it to the semiotic analysis and Charles Sanders Peirce’s triadic concept of sign. …”
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P. TILLICHO ONTOLOGIJA IR I. KANTO TRANSCENDENTALINĖ FILOSOFIJA by Mindaugas Briedis

“…Kant’s moral argument for God’s existence assumes that the moral law exists and that it can be fulfilled only by the retributive justice of an omnipotent God. …”
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Together towards new life for missiology? Mission and missiology in the light of the World Council of Churches 2013 policy statement by C. J. P. Niemandt

“…This is the first new mission affirmation by the WCC in 30 years,  and presents a compelling new vision of Christian mission, namely its rootedness in God and its present role in the strengthening/consolidation/reinforcement of the reign of God. …”
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THE AESTHETICS OF COVID-19 WITHIN THE PANDEMIC OF THE CORONA CRISIS. by D.J. Louw

“…Thus, the question is about the challenge how to grow and revisit the meaning dimension of life within a re-evaluation of the value of compassion. In this regard, the God-image of divine companionship, as framed by the ugliness of a “suffering God”, is discussed within the parameters of the praxis of hope care in pastoral ministry. …”
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Chrześcijański argument „z sensu życia i świata” wobec buddyjskiego poglądu na rzeczywistość by Andrzej Persidok

“…A man who does not want to run away from ultimate questions is faced with an alternative: faith in God or nihilism. Among religions, however, there is one that rejects belief in God and in any transcendence, and yet claims to be a source of meaning in life for its adepts. …”
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LOVE IN A TIME OF SCARCITY by Chris Hermans

“…How can love be a gift from God, and yet at the same time human beings can be praised for the love of others? …”
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The Seventh Ecumenical Council and the veneration of icons in Orthodoxy by A. Nicolaides

“…They ultimately serve as conduits to the healing of body and soul through the grace of God and are essentially a prelude to the final transfiguration of the world. …”
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Shaftesbury on the Beauty of Nature by Michael B. Gill

“…I next turn to Shaftesbury’s problem, describing in section 2 the love of God he aspired to and in section 3 his commitment to rational religion. …”
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#RAINMUSTFALL – A THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION ON DROUGHT, THIRST, AND THE WATER OF LIFE by Nadia Marais

“…This paper argues that the theological rhetoric of water is embedded in soteriological imagination, which requires remembering – through the sacrament of baptism – the significance of the giving God who wills human and ecological flourishing.2 Moreover, it is argued that the good news of salvation brings rhetoric and ethics, doctrine and life, into a dynamic communicative process, so that water, as that which is freely given by God, has nothing less than abundant life or ecological and human flourishing as its apparent intended focus. …”
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The Problem of Evil: by A.S. Antombikums

“…Further, the open theistic logic-of-love defence propagates a loveless God who respects his covenant with the beloved more than the beloved. …”
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Olódumare and Esu in Yorubá Religious Thought by Benson Ohihon Igboin

“…This conclusion was to navigate the extreme position that Olódumare and the Christian God have nothing in common. Although Segun Ogungbemi recently maintained the strict theological and moral differences between Olódumare and God using existential lens, he has not addressed the practical reality instantiated by the contemporary Yorubá diverse worshipers. …”
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Wplątanie. Derridiańska demaskacja funkcji figury „Boga” w metafizyce obecności by Bartosz Bednarczyk

“…Finally, Derridean criticism of the figure of „God” is related to an existential problem that he discovers. …”
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The garden of love: some orthodox perspectives on the spirit and the Church by N. Dumitrascu

“…Due to the fall, human beings have been deprived of Grace. However, God sent the gift of His Son to recreate cosmic unity through His body, the Church. …”
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Egyptian personal piety and Israel's wisdom literature by S. Fischer

“…The instruction of Amenemope had not only a literary effect on “The Words of the Wise” but also a theological impact on its view of god. Amenemope and Qoheleth agree in the acknowledgement of a god with an awesome power but Qoheleth doesn’t develop a personal piety. …”
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Die geheim van die prediking: om mondig te word by J. Cilliers

“…The function of the voice of the preacher should, however, not be understood as a new, homiletical moralism, but in its relationship to (a) the salvation works of God, (b) the relational integrity of the preacher, (c) the integration of prayer within the framework of the preacher's theology, and (d) a life of virtue before God. …”
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Las nominaciones de Dios en el argumento del Proslogion by José Luis Gaona Carrillo

“…The nominations or names of God, are the different ways by which Saint Anselm explained the divine attributes. …”
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Conrad's allegorical reading of 1 Samuel 14: an analysis of a sermon by Conrad of Saint George on the worthy reception of the blessed sacrament by Jos Huls

“…This mode of reading first of all relates the Bible text to our life and in doing so places the relationship with God in a central position. The text is an expression of a divine address. …”
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Faith development of the teenager during the Sunday evening worship service by H. P. Jansen

“…The aim of an evening service must always be that God receives all the glory and honour; therefore, the teenager‘s faith may be enriched. …”
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