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Tsys, Aleksei Vladimirovich. "The Problem of Denominational Identity of Churches in Modern Protestantism." Философия и культура, no. 6 (June 2024): 74–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2454-0757.2024.6.70702.
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This article examines the history of denominationalism - the division of Protestantism into a multitude of independent religious associations, freely competing with each other. This approach to typologising religious associations, initially adopted for Protestant communities within the United States, has become a global phenomenon. Since the early 1980s, there has been a vigorous debate in the sociology of religion about the contemporary meaning of denominations. There is a growing number of independent churches that do not wish to be associated with any of the Protestant denominations; megachurches are leaving denominations or trying not to emphasise their affiliation with any particular denomination; some megachurches and church organisations are growing into a transdenominational evangelical movement with worldwide influence. The article is based on an analysis of the work of sociologists of religion on the issue of denominationalism in Protestant organizations, ranging from Richard Niebuhr to researchers drawing on contemporary statistical data. The existing congregations that emphasize their denominational identity, none of them exist in a denominational isolated cocoon any more - worship practices and music, missional objectives and educational resources can be adopted from other non-denominational churches and trans-denominational evangelical movements. The very concepts of megachurch, independent church, and evangelical movement can be viewed as separate denominations. Using these terms, members of a congregation identify themselves as holding certain beliefs and engaging in certain practices in common with others around the world. The trend toward the emergence of independent churches is part of the new course of Protestantism - post-denominational Protestantism.
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عاصي, فضيلة صالح. "Shiites and their sects in Islamic sources - a reading in models -." Kufa Journal of Arts 1, no. 26 (May 17, 2016): 303–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.36317/kaj/2015/v1.i26.6134.
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The Shi'aa was one of the main lsLamic denominations which attracted considerations and it elicited writing about it , but what was mentioned about this denomination and its beliefs was mixed with false accusations I studied in this research ten Islamic books which dealed with denominations and doctrines , and I followed what was written about the Shi'aa and its denominations and beliefs .I explained the method of these books which presented important details about this denomination .The research divided in to an introduction and ten subjects and a conclusion .
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Vance, Laura L. "DENOMINATIONALISM AND CHANGING GENDER IDEALS IN THE ADVENTIST REVIEW: AN EXAMINATION OF WEBER'S THEORY OF RELIGION OF THE DISPRIVILEGED CLASSES." Nova Religio 1, no. 1 (October 1, 1997): 50–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/nr.1997.1.1.50.
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ABSTRACT: This article employs a content analysis of the Adventist Review to explore Seventh-day Adventist denominational change and concomitant delimitation of women's roles and expectations in the denomination. It uses Weber's theory of the religion of non-privileged classes in order to consider denominational change and attendant advocation of specific gender ideals and proscriptions for Adventist women. The paper finds that early in its history Adventism defined itself in opposition to secular society, and that in the context of this definition by distinction, Adventist women were encouraged to assume positions of public religious responsibility not available to them in secular society. Following the turn of the century and especially during the 1950s and 1960s, as Adventist culture adopted an accommodating response to other denominations and secular society, the Review promoted conventional secular notions of gender appropriate activity, relegating men to the "bread-winner" role and discouraging women from engaging in wage labor, or religious activity outside of the domestic sphere. As suggested by Weber's theory of religion of non-privileged classes, examination of the Adventist Review illustrates the way in which Adventist leadership shifted from advocating ideals inconsistent with those promulgated in the wider society, when Adventist culture most emphasized its distinction, only to later embrace secular expectations of gender when the denomination adopted a more accommodating response to other denominations and secular society.
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Form, William, and Joshua Dubrow. "Ecology of Denominational Fundamentalism in a Metropolis." City & Community 7, no. 2 (June 2008): 141–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6040.2008.00250.x.
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This article examines the spatial distribution of all edifices of mainline, evangelical, and fundamentalist Protestant denominations and other religions in a Midwestern metropolis. Classic ecological theory holds that people minimize their travel costs by patronizing organizations closest to their residence. This has been generally verified for economic organizations, but not for churches that emphasize sentiment and noneconomic values. Since residential areas of American cities tend to be socioeconomically stratified and denominations and religions manifest a similar tendency, we predict a general convergence of church and member residential location. For seven tiers surrounding downtown that extend to the suburbs, rising house values accompany rising representation of mainline churches. The exurban zone exhibits the greatest diversity in the socioeconomic status of its residents and denominations. The inner city around downtown contains a higher and lower socioeconomic district for whites and African Americans. The denominational composition in all four districts conforms to the theory's predictions. Downtown churches are an exception to ecological theory because sentiment and family tradition pull members from the entire metropolitan region. We conclude that, with this exception, the convergence of church location, denomination, and member residence supports ecological theory for noneconomic organizations such as churches.
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Ganiger, Devaraj, Guruprasad Hadli, Hemanth R, Jagannath, and Prof Yashaswini Gowda N. "Fake Currency Detection for Differently Abled People." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 11, no. 6 (June 30, 2023): 909–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2023.53803.
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Abstract: For people with visual impairments, identifying various currency denominations and fake currency is difficult. Even though special symbols are engraved on various denominations in India, the process is time-consuming for people with disabilities. The need for a handheld device to distinguish between different denominations and detect counterfeit notes stemmed from the lack of identification and fake detection tools. In this project, the features of the images are compared to all of the currency reference images. If the difference is less than a certain threshold, the numeric portion of the currency is extracted and compared; if it matches, the matched currency denomination is recognized. The 50, 100, 500, 2000, 20, and 10 Indian currency denominations are accepted. Using raspberry pi, the proposed model will automatically identify counterfeit currency and denomination in this project. Basic image processing, template matching, aspect ratio identification, the dominant colour, and feature extraction are all used to distinguish between counterfeit and denomination. Finally, to turn English text into a six-digit braille code, we use solenoid-based valves that are controlled by a Raspberry Pi.
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Merzhievskaya, Natalia, and Evgen Dunaevskiy. "ARCHITECTURAL-SPATIA PRINCIPLES OF FORMATION OF THE STRUCTURE OF MODERN CULT BUILDINGS OF CHRISTIAN CONFESSIONS IN UKRAINE." Current problems of architecture and urban planning, no. 59 (March 1, 2021): 28–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.32347/2077-3455.2021.59.28-51.
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The article «Architectural-spatial principles of formation of the structure of modern cult buildings of Christian confessions in Ukraine» acquaints the readers with the percentage of different denominations in Ukraine. The paper reports on the coexistence of different religious denominations in Ukraine, a table with sacred architecture in different areas is given, as it is an important component of national minorities living in our country. The architectural and spatial organization of sacred buildings on the territory of Ukraine is analyzed. The purpose of the study is to identify and analyze the formation of evaluation criteria, sacred buildings of Christian denominations in Ukraine. The main research methods in the article are general scientific methods, which include: review of the literature, study of analogues; theoretical methods: analysis and synthesis, analogy and comparison; empirical methods: description, observation, perception, images. The objects are a selection of the twenty most successful buildings during the period of independence of Ukraine of each denominational unit of Christianity in the country. Discovery the relevance of the study and the basic principles of formation and development of the category of assessment of buildings of Christian denominations. Discovery the basic principles of formation of architectural and spatial structure and development of the category of assessment of buildings of Christian denominations. The analysis of modern Ukrainian church building and the search for ways of its further development in the theory of architecture is carried out mainly from internally Christian positions without taking into account the current theories of development of post-Soviet Orthodoxy. This leads to a biased and religiously involved consideration of a number of aspects of Christian architecture, in particular the Orthodox denomination of Ukraine in the late XX - early XXI century, patterns and principles of development of which cannot be determined, being within the model of post-Soviet Orthodoxy. The paper is supplied with diagrams, tables, figures.
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Healy, Amy Erbe. "Gender Role Attitudes and Religious Denomination: Context Matters*." Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 27, no. 2 (June 17, 2019): 282–311. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sp/jxz022.
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Abstract Traditional gender role attitudes are often associated with specific religious denominations. However, members of religious denominations are also impacted by other institutions in society. This research uses the European Social Survey to determine how the impact of religious denominations on traditional gender role attitudes varies across welfare regimes. Macro-level analysis examines this relationship with national-level indicators. Religious denomination impacts gender role attitudes, though not uniformly. Public expenditures on social services and working-age cash benefits are negatively related to traditional gender role attitudes, with the strongest impact on attitudes toward men’s right to paid work among Muslims and Eastern Orthodox.
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Jevtić, Miroljub. "POSITION OF PRESIDENT AND RELIGION WITHIN POLITICAL SYSTEM OF USA." RELIGION IN THE PROGRAMS OF POLITICAL PARTIES 1, no. 2 (December 1, 2007): 39–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.54561/prj0102039j.
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There were 43 presidents in the history of USA and the analysis of their religious affiliation suggests that a membership in a particular religious denomination has tremendous influence on the American political life. Roman Catholics, for example, comprise a relatively largest denominational community in the US yet despite their 28% share of the religious affiliation only one president ever emerged from that community - John F. Kennedy (1961-1963). By contrast, the three Protestant denominations - Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Unitarians – have 22 of the American presidents yet they comprise 4% of American religious affiliation. This discrepancy itself is sufficient to suggest that a powerful connection exists between religion and politics in the United States.
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van Gijn, D. "Denominations." British Dental Journal 210, no. 5 (March 2011): 199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2011.156.
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Szénási, Zoltán. "Denominational Reception of Literary Modernity in Hungary Before 1920." Hungarian Cultural Studies 11 (August 6, 2018): 23–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/ahea.2018.315.
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Christian denominations generally viewed the social and ideological changes that occurred throughout the nineteenth century as crises and therefore perceived modern literature as a manifestation of decadence. Due to their diverse rootedness within Hungary’s social and political life, each denomination reacted distinctively to the phenomena of the modern. This paper describes the different reactions of the Catholic and Protestant Churches and examines their social background by analyzing the denominational and literary conditions of Hungary at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. Obviously, both the Catholic and Protestant Churches needed to modernize their social and cultural institutions in order to regain their former social bases: until 1920, however, this effort yielded no valuable results, primarily because their attempts to create a denominational version of modern literature was subordinated to the requirements of religious morality and thus was not capable of achieving artistic autonomy.
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Nche, George C. "Beyond Spiritual Focus: Climate Change Awareness, Role Perception, and Action among Church Leaders in Nigeria." Weather, Climate, and Society 12, no. 1 (January 2020): 149–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-19-0001.1.
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AbstractThis study explored the role of church leaders in addressing climate change with a focus on Catholic, Anglican, and Pentecostal churches in Nigeria. The study adopted a semistructured face-to-face interview with 30 church leaders drawn from the selected denominations (i.e., 10 church leaders from each denomination). These participants were spread across five states in five geopolitical zones in Nigeria. A descriptive narrative approach was employed in the thematic organization and analysis of data. Findings showed that while all the participants across the three denominations—Catholic, Anglican, and Pentecostal churches—agreed to have heard of climate change, their perceptions of the causes of the phenomenon were narrow and varied along religious denominational lines. More Catholic participants expressed belief in anthropogenic climate change than did Anglicans and Pentecostals. Awareness creation, charity for disaster victims, and prayer were identified by the participants as the roles churches can play in addressing climate change. Although climate change action was generally poor among participants, Catholics engaged more in organizational action than did Anglicans and Pentecostals. In contrast, climate change actions were more on a personal level than on the organizational/church level within Pentecostal churches. The implications of the findings for the Church/church leaders, policy, and future research are discussed.
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Hoover, Jesse A. "‘Thy Daughters Shall Prophesy’: The Assemblies of God, Inerrancy, and the Question of Clergywomen." Journal of Pentecostal Theology 21, no. 2 (2012): 221–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17455251-02102004.
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In 1935, the General Council of the Assemblies of God (USA) officially opened the pastorate to ‘matured women…who have developed in the ministry of the Word’. Today, the AG remains the only major conservative denomination to fully affirm female ordination. Unfortunately, this achievement remains largely ignored in contemporary scholarly literature, largely due to the influence of an article by Barfoot and Sheppard in 1980 which dismissed the AG’s official endorsement of clergywomen as having little lasting impact as the denomination matured into ‘priestly’ tranquility. In this article, I argue that such an interpretation is historically outdated. By extending Barfoot and Sheppard’s analysis of the General Council minutes to the present day, we find instead that significant progress has been made. Such a positive trend invites a reappraisal of the Assemblies of God’s scriptural hermeneutic underlying its enthusiastic endorsement of female ordination and also suggests cross-denominational application among similarly inerrantist denominations.
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Weeks, Louis. "The Incorporation of American Religion: The Case of the Presbyterians." Religion and American Culture: A Journal of Interpretation 1, no. 1 (1991): 101–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/rac.1991.1.1.03a00060.
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The Christian church, including all its various branches, has been consistently susceptible to the forces that form or change cultures. Scholars claim that this adaptability has been extremely important in the rise and spread of the religion. In the American environment, Protestants formed voluntary associations that attracted people individually and by family groups. This environment actually shaped “denominations” even during the colonial period. One such denomination was the Presbyterians, who pioneered in the formation of a communion that existed as neither a “state church” nor a “dissenting” church body. As the United States experienced industrialization and growing complexity in economic and cultural patterns, the Protestant denominations were affected by those same forces. Thus, denominations naturally became what came to be termed “non-profit corporations,” subject to the limitations and problems of such organizations but also the beneficiaries of that system as well.
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Cashman, John. "The 1906 Education Bill: Catholic Peers and Irish Nationalists." Recusant History 18, no. 4 (October 1987): 422–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0268419500020705.
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ON 20TH DECEMBER, 1906, the Liberal Government of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman withdrew from the Order Book the Education Bill which had received its First Reading on 9th April, 1906. The Bill had proposed a drastic revision in the generous settlement which the voluntary schools had welcomed with the passing of the 1902 Education Act. The new proposals had sought to make all public elementary schools into ‘council schools’ controlled by the Local Authority. The denominations would receive an agreed rental for the use of their school buildings, and the upkeep of these buildings would become the responsibility of the Local Authority. But the power to appoint the teachers would also pass to the Local Authority. The only concession to the denominations was the proposal that extended facilities for denominational instruction on each school day would be made available in certain elementary schools if three-quarters of the parents whose children attended the schools asked for them. Head-teachers would not be allowed to give the denominational instruction, but assistant teachers would be allowed to give the instruction if they volunteered to do so. Failing this, the denominations would be responsible for providing the teacher to give the instruction. The controversial Clause Four excluded from this concession elementary schools in areas in which the only school was a denominational school, and in areas with a population of less than 5,000.
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Pope-Levison, Priscilla. "Male Advocates in the Early Decades of the Transatlantic Methodist Deaconess Movement." Methodist History 59, no. 4-5 (July 2021): 215–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/methodisthist.59.4-5.0215.
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Essay Abstract “Male Advocates in the Early Decades of the Transatlantic Methodist Deaconess Movement” will analyze the pivotal contributions in the early decades of the deaconess movement of male advocates as founders, financiers, bishops, clergy, authors, and spouses. These men, representing Methodist denominations in the United States, Canada and Great Britain, utilized their power to lobby and cast affirmative votes for denominational approval. They penned detailed studies about deaconesses that provided historical propaganda for the movement, donated buildings and capital to finance deaconess work in their city, and one male advocate, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Bowman Stephenson, a minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Great Britain, founded the deaconess movement in his denomination. Still, while they vigorously championed the deaconess movement, there was not universal agreement among them about the rationale for their support.
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Vecchio, Riccardo, Alessandra Rinaldi, and Luigi Moio. "Does the denomination taste better than the wine?" British Food Journal 121, no. 12 (November 21, 2019): 3293–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bfj-04-2019-0294.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate whether consumer preferences differ for wines with diverse price points and second, to analyze the effect of denominations of origin information on preferences. Design/methodology/approach In, total 150 regular wine buyers expressed their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for 12 red wines of 3 denominations (Chianti Classico DOCG, Morellino di Scansano DOCG and Toscana IGT) with three price points (basic=€5, medium=€10 and high=€20) in an incentive-compatible experiment, involving two consecutive rounds: a blind tasting and an informed tasting. Findings The findings reveal that price points are not statistically related to consumer preferences measured in the blind round, while information on the denomination of origin leads to a statistically significant increase in WTP for wines of all price points for all denominations. Originality/value This paper investigates whether Sangiovese-based wines at varying levels of price points (basic, medium and high) receive different WTP by consumers in non-hypothetical experimental auctions. Furthermore, the effect of denominations of origin information on preferences is explored, comparing evaluations without and with this specific information.
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Froniewski, Jacek. "Możliwości i perspektywy ekumenicznej posługi duchownych wobec chorych w warunkach hospitalizacji." Ekonomia 23, no. 4 (May 23, 2018): 125–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2084-4093.23.4.10.
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Possibilities and prospects of ecumenical priestly ministry to the sick under hospitalizationThe paper shows the range of possibilities of ecumenical service of priests to the sick of other Christian denominations. In Poland it is a problem which has been growing in the face of contemporary migration movements. Nowadays the chaplain in his service in hospitals much more often encounters the faithful of other denominations. Also medical science clearer and clearer sees in patients care a whole range of determinants linked to their denomination, on which often depends their perception of the quality of medical services they are offered. On the other hand, the knowledge on this subject continues to be little, and still quite often prejudices can be encountered which have been developing historically. Because of the peculiarity of the Polish conditions, where Catholicism is the predominant denomination, the starting point for developing the question will be determinants resulting from the canon law, which define from the Catholic side the range of possible service to the sick of other denominations. Also a synthesis of respective possibilities from the Orthodox and protestant sides will be presented. Next, by means of an analysis of liturgical books, the most appropriate forms of the priest service to the sick which are possible on the ecumenical ground will be indicated and prospects of their development outlined.
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Blaich, Roland. "Religion under National Socialism: The Case of the German Adventist Church." Central European History 26, no. 3 (September 1993): 255–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008938900009134.
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In May of 1948 a letter from Major J. C. Thompson, chief of the Religious Affairs Section of the American Military Government in Berlin, arrived at the General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists in Washington, D.C. Major Thompson's office was responsible for seeing that all Nazis were removed from leadership positions, and his letter was part of an ongoing correspondence about the denomination's need to come to terms with its Nazi past. The Adventist denomination, he complained, was “one of the very few in Berlin which have not cleaned house politically to date. Most of the denominations finished this task long enough ago to have forgotten about it.” The letter must have been particularly embarrassing to Adventist leaders as it went on to compare Adventists to Catholics, who “actually had little housecleaning to do because of their strong opposition during the reign of Hitler to the entire Nazi regime.”
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Bonneuil, Noël, and Elena Fursa. "Learning Hygiene: Mortality Patterns by Religion in the Don Army Territory (Southern Russia), 1867–1916." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 47, no. 3 (November 2016): 287–332. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jinh_a_01013.
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The Don Army Territory in southern Russia from 1867 to 1916 offers a unique opportunity to follow mortality variations across religious denominations (Orthodox, Old Believers and Coreligionists, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews, Armenian-Gregorians, Buddhists, and Muslims) in a context of severe climatic conditions, urbanization, economic mutations, and improvements in hygiene and medicine. Denominational groups were differentiated by ways of life, residential segmentation, hygiene practices, and medical knowledge. The most educated and urban denominations had the lowest mortality. Religions determined mortality patterns, doing duty for nonexistent or scarce physicians among the Orthodox, laying down rules of hygiene, and promoting doctrine on fertility and child care.
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Purwanto, Henky. "Memikirkan Ulang Tentang Denominasi: Perspektif Sejarah." Jurnal Lentera Nusantara 2, no. 1 (December 22, 2022): 178–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.59177/jls.v2i2.177.
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Questions about denominations always come up from time to time. Believers get confused and question why there are so many denominations, doesn't the Bible teach about the unity of believers, in this case of course including the church. This has made many people reject the emergence of denominations for various reasons such as assuming that denominations are products of the devil because the emergence of denominations often begins with a conflict that is contrary to God's will, namely unity. How many church leaders with different doctrines and interpretations, ideals and also powers finally decided to separate themselves and create a new denomination. Based on these things, this paper is trying to answer this question from a historical point of view of the creation of denominations and then make it the basis for the church or believers to address the various existing denominations. The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with historical literature research regarding the origins of denominations and their development, studying the causes of the emergence of various denominations, concluding and then drawing lessons from history that can be used to add insight to church leaders and God's congregation in responding various existing denominations as well as when facing the emergence of new denominations. From research on historical literature, it can be concluded that the solution to the emergence of various kinds of denominations that have sprung up is unity or unity which is carried out through a council which stipulates "no problem" with the emergence of various denominations as long as they stick to orthodox doctrines based on the Bible and mutually agreed upon.AbstrakPertanyaan tentang denominasi selalu muncul dari waktu ke waktu. Orang percaya menjadi bingung dan mempertanyakan mengapa ada begitu banyak denominasi, bukankah Alkitab mengajarkan tentang kesatuan orang percaya, dalam hal ini tentunya termasuk gereja. Hal tersebut membuat ada banyak orang yang menolak munculnya denominasi dengan berbagai alasan seperi misalnya menganggap bahwa denominasi adalah produk dari iblis karena munculnya denominasi seringkali diawali dengan konflik yang bertolak belakang dengan kehendak Allah, yaitu kesatuan. Berapa banyak para pemimpin gereja yang berbeda doktrin dan penafsiran, idealisme dan juga kekuasaan pada akhirnya memutuskan untuk memisahkan diri dan membuat denominasi baru. Berdasarkan hal-hal tersebut maka tulisan ini adalah berusaha menjawab pertanyaan tersebut dari sudut pandang sejarah terciptanya denominasi lalu menjadikan hal itu sebagai dasar bagi gereja atau orang percaya menyikapi berbagai denominasi yang ada. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif dekriptif dengan penelitian literatur sejarah mengenai asal mula denominasi dan perkembangannya, mempelajari sebab-sebab munculnya berbagai denominasi, menyimpulkan dan kemudian menarik pelajaran dari sejarah yang dapat digunakan untuk menambah wawasan para pemimpin gereja maupun jemaat Tuhan dalam menyikapi berbagai denominasi yang sudah ada maupun ketika menghadapi kemunculan denominasi baru. Dari penelitian literatur tentang sejarah dapat disimpulkan bahwa solusi terhadap munculnya berbagai macam denominasi yang bermunculan adalah bersatu atau kesatuan yang dilakukan melalui konsili yang menetapkan “tidak mempermasalahkan” kemunculan berbagai denominasi asal tetap berpegang pada doktrin-doktrin orthodok yang berdasarkan Alkitab dan disepakati bersama.
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Stepan-Norris, Judith, and Caleb Southworth. "Churches as Organizational Resources." Social Science History 31, no. 3 (2007): 343–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s014555320001378x.
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Employing a historical dataset on Detroit in the 1950s, this article uses geographic models to show the political impact of churches and religious populations on presidential voting. Multilevel models separate the relative impact of individual denomination, the effect of congregants in neighborhoods, and the importance of the physical presence of a church. Existing studies of geography and religion examine a few denominations; here a full set of religious denominations is compared on support for Democratic Party voting and “social movement-like” voting for the Progressive Party. Mainline Protestant churches are associated with support for a conservative social agenda. The presence of synagogues and Catholic churches in neighborhoods is positively related to progressive electoral outcomes. Black Protestant churches are positively related to Democratic Party voting but did not alter the Progressive Party vote. The effect of denomination on political behavior and the geographic extent of a church’s influence on surrounding urban communities are shown to be spatially segregated and to depend on the class structure of neighborhoods.
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Juanda, Bambang. "The Denomination Effect On Spending Through Experimental Approach." Buletin Ekonomi Moneter dan Perbankan 20, no. 4 (April 30, 2018): 461–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.21098/bemp.v20i4.903.
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This paper discusses the denomination effect on shopping decisions in a more realisticspending scenario with various types of goods and relatively adequate denominations,including the specimen of IDR 200,000 banknote which was being investigated, in2015, to be printed by Bank Indonesia, and some other factors affecting spending. Thisresearch used an experimental design in a laboratory study and quasi-experimentaldesign in a field study. In the field study, the denomination of IDR 200,000 wasrepresented by using two pieces of the existing IDR 100,000 banknote, consideredas a single IDR 200,000 banknote. Therefore, if it was used for shopping, both twobanknotes of IDR 100,000 must be given to the seller even though the price of thepurchased goods was below IDR 100,000.This research showed consistent results between the laboratory and field studies, whichcan be summarized as follows: (1) total spending is not significantly different whenusing large or small denominations; (2) total expenditure is greater for consumers withlow self-control; and (3) the large denomination is very influential for goods with highprice, especially during unplanned shopping. This result implies the need for largerdenominations for regions with high priced goods.
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Bunga Sapan, Erwin. "Oikumene." KAMASEAN: Jurnal Teologi Kristen 2, no. 1 (June 22, 2021): 59–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.34307/kamasean.v2i1.42.
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Abstract; The ecumenical life movement is a movement that seeks to unite churches which are essentially one but separated by different denominational organizations. The ecumenical movement is a movement that must continue to be built but not to eliminate denominations because denominational wealth is God's work that is unique to His church. So the question that arises is what is the ecumenical spirit between the two denominations? The author discusses this topic with the aim of building an ecumenical spirit or church unity among church denominations. how to build an ecumenical spirit, which often results in the lack of an ecumenical spirit. The authors target in this study are all church members, be it the Toraja Church, GPdI, and also for all existing church denominations. In this study the authors have conducted research, and the method used in this study is a qualitative method, namely interviews and observations. In the interview, the author obtained or obtained information that sometimes the two congregations cornered each other in their territory so that sometimes there were disputes between members of the congregation of these two denominations, for this the conclusion of this study about ecumenicalism is that in building an ecumenical spirit, mutual respect between denominations is very important. It is important, besides building good relationships with other church members and then running away from cooperation in serving God and His people. These things can be done in building an ecumenical spirit between denominations Abstrak; Gerakan hidup ekumenis adalah gerakan yang berusaha menyatukan gereja-gereja yang pada dasarnya satu tetapi dipisahkan oleh organisasi denominasi yang berbeda. Gerakan ekumenis adalah gerakan yang harus terus dibangun tetapi tidak menghilangkan denominasi karena kekayaan denominasi adalah karya Tuhan yang unik bagi gereja-Nya. Jadi pertanyaan yang muncul adalah apa semangat ekumenis di antara kedua denominasi itu? Penulis membahas topik ini dengan tujuan untuk membangun semangat ekumenis atau kesatuan gereja di antara denominasi gereja. bagaimana membangun semangat oikumenis, yang seringkali mengakibatkan kurangnya semangat oikumenis. Sasaran penulis dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh anggota gereja, baik itu Gereja Toraja, GPdI, dan juga untuk semua denominasi gereja yang ada. Dalam penelitian ini penulis telah melakukan penelitian, dan metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif yaitu wawancara dan observasi. Dalam wawancara tersebut penulis memperoleh atau memperoleh informasi bahwa terkadang kedua tarekat tersebut saling memojokkan di wilayahnya sehingga terkadang terjadi perselisihan antar anggota jemaah kedua denominasi ini, untuk itu kesimpulan dari penelitian ini tentang ekumenikalisme adalah bahwa dalam membangun semangat ekumenis, saling menghormati antar denominasi sangat penting. Hal ini penting, selain membangun hubungan baik dengan anggota gereja lain kerjasama dalam melayani Tuhan dan umat-Nya. Hal-hal ini dapat dilakukan dalam membangun semangat oikumene antar denominasi
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Tilley, James. "‘We Don't Do God’? Religion and Party Choice in Britain." British Journal of Political Science 45, no. 4 (April 4, 2014): 907–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007123414000052.
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This article shows that religion has been consistently important in predicting voters’ party choices in Britain over time. The relationship between religion and party preference is not primarily due to the social make-up of different religious groups, nor to ideological differences between religious groups, whether in terms of social conservatism, economic leftism or national identity. Instead, particular denominations are associated with parties that represented those denominational groups in the early twentieth century when social cleavages were ‘frozen’ within the system. The main mechanism underpinning these divisions is parental transmission of party affiliations within denominations. These findings have important implications for how we understand both the persistence of social cleavages and the precise mechanisms that maintain social cleavages.
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Blau, Judith R., Kent Redding, Walter R. Davis, and Kenneth C. Land. "Spatial Processes and the Duality of Church and Faith: A Simmelian Perspective on U.S. Denominational Growth, 1900–1930." Sociological Perspectives 40, no. 4 (December 1997): 557–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1389463.
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With information on all U.S. denominations of nontrivial sizes, this paper examines various spatial and temporal prcesses underlying religious expansion between 1900 and 1930. Simmel's provocative and complex essay, “Soziologie des Raumes” (1903) poses the central paradox that religion is both faith—cultural constellations of beliefs—and church—social associations that are spatially situated. This distinction helps to clarify differences among denominations with regard to the extent to which they exert strong demands on their members, and leads to predictions about variation in denominational growth rates, in spatial dynamics, and in the extent to which denominations accommodate to contextual heterodoxy (diversity) or not. In these terms, we re-examine the debate about whether adherence rates increase in competitive markets (under conditions of diversity) or under monopoly conditions (under conditions of little diversity). We finally suggest that Simmel's theoretical emphasis on spatial and temporal dynamics has relevance for understanding the nature of mobilization efforts of various kinds, not only by religious groups, but also by those that organize social and political movements
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Haskell, David Millard, Stephanie Burgoyne, and Kevin N. Flatt. "Mainline Denominational Switching in Canada: Comparing the Religious Trajectories of Growing and Declining Church Attendees." Canadian Journal of Sociology 41, no. 4 (December 30, 2016): 493–524. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/cjs25450.
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Based on the survey responses of over 1000 attendees of growing and 1000 attendees of declining Mainline Protestant churches in Canada, this research examines patterns of denominational switching and the characteristics of switchers from both groups. Based on previous Canadian research we hypothesized, among other predictions, that the majority of our Mainline Protestant congregants would never have switched denominations and, of those who had, a plurality would indicate that their previous church was part of another Mainline Protestant denomination. These hypotheses were supported when the responses of growing and declining church attendees were combined but when the responses of the growing church congregants were tabulated separately they were not supported. We show how the switching patterns of the growing Mainline Protestant church congregants are more akin to those of Canadian Conservative Protestant church congregants and we offer explanations as to why this may be the case.
Keywords: Religious Switching; Reaffiliation; Church Growth; Mainline Protestant; Conservative Protestant; Canada
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Георгиева [Georgieva], Цветелина [TSvetelina]. "Семантичен речник на роднинските названия в българския език." Studia z Filologii Polskiej i Słowiańskiej 53 (December 24, 2018): 71–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.11649/sfps.2018.006.
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Semantic dictionary of kinship denominations in the Bulgarian languageThe article is a presentation of Semantic dictionary of kinship denominations in the Bulgarian language, which is integral part of my monograph Kinship and kinship denominations in the Bulgarian language (semantics and lexicographic presentation). The dictionary is organized according to digital codes (ideal terms), then a metalanguage in the form of definitions, and finally the particular language signs themselves. 111 particular kinship-related referents are presented (men, women, children and couples), for whom we have at least one denomination. The article provides information about a range of potential theoretical and scientific applications of the dictionary. Semantyczny słownik nazw stopnia pokrewieństwa w języku bułgarskimArtykuł jest prezentacją Semantycznego słownika nazw stopni pokrewieństwa w języku bułgarskim, stanowiącego integralną część mojej monografii Pokrewieństwo i nazwy stopni pokrewieństwa w języku bułgarskim (semantyka i opis leksykograficzny). Słownik zorganizowany jest według kodów cyfrowych (terminy idealne), następnie według tworzących metajęzyk definicji, w końcu zaś według samych poszczególnych znaków językowych. Prezentuję w nim 111 desygnatów-stopni pokrewieństwa, dla których dysponujemy choć jedną nazwą (kobiety, mężczyzny, dziecka czy pary). Artykuł wskazuje także szereg potencjalnych teoretycznych i naukowych zastosowań słownika.
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Omeiza, Isaac, O. Ogunbiyi, O. Ogundepo, A. Otuoze, D. Egbune, and K. Osunsanya. "A Method of Colour-Histogram Matching for Nigerian Paper Currency Notes Classification." Jordan Journal of Electrical Engineering 9, no. 1 (2023): 42. http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/jjee.204-1660326012.
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In this paper a new algorithm for classification of three Nigerian paper currency notes, namely 200, 500, and 1000 Naira (N) denominations is presented. The work examines the effectiveness of using only colour histograms to differentiate between the classes or denominations of the three Nigerian paper currency notes. The bin-heights of the histograms of the HSI component images for the paper currencies are used as features while a rule-based classifier designed to take advantage of the changes or variations in the histogram patterns is used to classify the paper currencies into the right denomination class. The algorithm involves the utilization of a simple and effective comparison strategy as opposed to the existing, too-rigid metrics for histogram-comparison used by other authors for color indexing in content-based image retrieval systems. Over a testing data-set of 300 samples, the algorithm achieved an average classification accuracy of 98.66%, and classification accuracies of 100%, 99% and 97% for the N=200, N=500 and N=1000 denominations, respectively. The proposed algorithm does not require extensive preprocessing of the paper-currency images and as such is fast in implementation.
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Smith, Tom W. "Classifying Protestant Denominations." Review of Religious Research 31, no. 3 (March 1990): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3511614.
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Quayson, A. "Obverse Denominations: Africa?" Public Culture 14, no. 3 (October 1, 2002): 585–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/08992363-14-3-585.
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Mignot, Elise, and Caroline Marty. "Denominations of humans." From Culture to Language and Back: The Animacy Hierarchy in language and discourse 5, no. 2 (June 28, 2018): 163–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/ijolc.00005.mig.
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Abstract In English, the lexicon is one of the many areas affected by the asymmetry in the treatment of humans and inanimates. The study focuses on compounds. We compare compounds denoting human animates to those denoting inanimates. We find that there are proportionately few compounds for humans, and that this small proportion reveals a tendency for human animate nouns to be more opaque than nouns for inanimates. We propose that this is due to the way we conceptualize humans, i.e. as more than the sum of their parts. Humans resist transparent denominations because reducing a person to one characteristic amounts to ignoring his or her essential complexity. We take this to be a manifestation of anthropocentrism in language. Moreover, when human animate nouns are compounds (in spite of their tendency to be opaque), they exhibit two semantic characteristics that are not shared by inanimate nouns. The first one is that they tend to be derogatory. This again indicates that humans cannot easily be reduced to one characteristic. If they are, denominations tend to be negatively loaded. The second one is that they often involve the representation of a personal relationship (for example, a paper boy delivers newspapers, i.e. comes to someone’s place). Transparency is therefore meaningful.
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Ismail, Arifuddin. "The Contradiction of the Presence of Jehovah’s Witnesess as Christian Denomination in Yogyakarta." Analisa 19, no. 2 (December 7, 2012): 171. http://dx.doi.org/10.18784/analisa.v19i2.164.
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<p><em>Th</em><em>e Presence of Jehovah’s Witnesses which has contradictory concepts has harassed mostly Christian people, but it attracts many people to join this group. Even nowadays this denomination has a significant progress in number of population. This research is aimed to find the answer of the above problem and to describe about whether Jehovah’s Witnesses as a Christian denomination or religious sect in which its existence are opposed by Christian community in general. Subject of this research is focused on Jehovah’s Witnesses in Yogyakarta. This Christian denomination becomes an international religious movement and has been assured in the 1945 Constitution as well as gets recognition from the government as a religious organization who has equal rights. In Yogyakarta, this group is also accepted; this is a picture of Yogyakarta as a multicultural city, and a town with high tolerance. In contrast, other Christian’s denominations have rejected this sect because it has different basic theology. The emergence of new denominations is caused by the absence of limitation in this open room. Therefore, it needs a “re-thinking” whether to leave this phenomenon free or to create a rule to control this situation so as to create harmony in managing religious life.</em></p>
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Unser, Alexander, and Hans-Georg Ziebertz. "The Impact of Religion and National Origin on Attitudes towards Refugee Rights: An International Comparative Empirical Study." Religions 11, no. 6 (June 22, 2020): 303. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel11060303.
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This paper is concerned with the rights of refugees. The refugee issue has been an acutely charged item on the political agenda for several years. Although the great waves of influx have flattened out, people are continually venturing into Europe. Europe’s handling of refugees has been subject to strong criticism, and the accusation that various actions contradict internationally agreed law is particularly serious. It remains a question of how to respond appropriately to the influx of people fearing for their lives. This paper examines empirically how young people from different denominations in Germany (n = 2022) and how Roman Catholics from 10 countries (n = 5363) evaluate refugee rights. It also investigates whether individual religiosity moderates the influence of denomination or national context. The results show that there are no significant differences between respondents from different denominations, but there are significant differences between respondents from different countries. However, religiosity was not found to moderate the influence of denomination or national context. These findings suggest that attitudes towards refugee rights depend more on the national context in which people live rather than on their religious affiliation or individual religiosity.
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Geertz, Armin W. "Recognition of Minority Denominations in Denmark: Negotiations in Religion, Identity and Judicial Process." Numen 62, no. 2-3 (March 16, 2015): 336–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341369.
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The Constitution of Denmark of 1849 establishes the Evangelical Lutheran Church as the Church of Denmark, which “shall as such be supported by the State.” A handful of other denominations enjoyed recognition by royal decree until this practice was ended in 1970 with the new Marriage Act which allowed church weddings with civil validity to take place not only in the Church of Denmark but also in recognized denominations and other religious communities that obtain authorization from the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs. In 1998 an expert committee was established to advise the Minister on applications for denominational recognition. The committee consisted of myself, a historian of religions and chairman, sociologist of religion Ole Riis, later replaced by Margit Warburg, Church historian Jørgen Stenbæk, later replaced by Per Ingesman and professor of law Eva Smith, later replaced by Jens Elo Rytter. In the fall of 2007, a cabinet reorganization in the Liberal-Conservative Government led to a reorganization of the legal body responsible for the recognition of minority denominations. Thus the judicial process, including the expert committee, was transferred to the Department of Justice under the Section of Family Affairs. Since 2014, jurisdiction is under the Ministry of Child, Equality, Integration and Social Affairs, Permanent Under-Secretarial Department, Office of Family Affairs. This paper will describe the judicial and pragmatic aspects of our deliberations. Furthermore, a few key cases will be described which demonstrate how the recognition process sometimes influences the negotiation of religious identity among applicant denominations.
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Ofoedu, Chigozie E., Jude O. Iwouno, Ijeoma M. Agunwah, Perpetual Z. Obodoechi, Charles Odilichukwu R. Okpala, and Małgorzata Korzeniowska. "Bacterial contamination of Nigerian currency notes: A comparative analysis of different denominations recovered from local food vendors." PeerJ 9 (January 19, 2021): e10795. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10795.
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Microbial transmission, on the surface of any currency note, can either be through direct (hand-to-hand contact) or indirect (food or other inanimate objects) means. To ascertain the degree of bacterial load enumerated during the handling of money and food items, particularly on currency note by denominations, should be of public health importance. Despite the available literature regarding microbial contamination of Nigerian currency notes, there is still paucity of information about how microbial contamination/load differ across the denominations specific to different food vendors. In this context, therefore, the current study investigated bacterial contamination of Nigerian currency notes via a comparative study of different denominations (₦1,000, ₦500, ₦200, ₦100, ₦50, ₦20, and 10, and ₦5) recovered from local food vendors. Specifically, the different food handlers/vendors included fruit, meat, vegetable, fish, and grain/cereal sellers. All emergent data from 8 × 5 factorial design of experiment were of duplicate measurements. To consider the currency denominations and food vendor type, a one-factor-at-a-time analysis of variance (ANOVA) was conducted. Results showed that about 81.7% of currency notes were contaminated with either Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. or Staphylococcus spp. in varying degrees. The higher denominations of ₦500, ₦200, and ₦100 note, with the exception of ₦1,000 note, recorded increased degree of contamination over the lower denominations of ₦50, ₦20, ₦10, and ₦5 note. Based on the total viable count (TVC), the ₦100 currency note appeared the most contaminated (1.32 × 105 cfu/ml) whereas ₦5 note appeared the least contaminated (1.46 × 104 cfu/ml). The frequency of isolated bacteria on currency notes from vegetable, meat, and fish sellers were significantly higher (p < 0.05) compared to other food vendors. The degree of bacterial contamination of the current work appears chiefly dependent on the food vendor type and currency denomination(s). This work calls for increased awareness and education among food vendors and ready-to-eat food sellers. Doing this would help mitigate the possible cross-contamination between currency notes and foodstuff. Through this, consumers would know more about the potential health risks such simultaneous activities (of handling currency notes and foodstuff) do pose on food safety.
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Biel, Justin. "Maynooth, the ‘Godless colleges’ and liberal imperial thought in the 1840s." Irish Historical Studies 42, no. 161 (May 2018): 26–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ihs.2018.1.
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AbstractIn 1845, parliament passed an act establishing the three Queen’s Colleges in Ireland – Belfast, Galway and Cork – with the stipulation that ‘religious’ instruction in the colleges would have to be sponsored by voluntary organisations, not the state. Prior to 1845, parliament’s approach to providing spiritual guidance in state-run institutions had been one of ‘parallel patronage’, assuring that wherever there were individuals representing different denominational backgrounds, religious specialists from each denomination would be appointed to work in the institution. For example, the Prisons (Ireland) Act, 1826 required that Catholic, Presbyterian and Anglican chaplains serve their respective portions of the prison population in each gaol that housed any of their co-denominationalists. But in 1845, parliament took an ostensibly different tack, implying that denominations would have to sponsor their young men’s study of theology or any other ‘religious’ subject at university level. However, this article argues that the Irish colleges bill gained assent from the liberal wing of parliamentary opinion precisely because it seemed, to early Victorian liberals, to instantiate the logic of parallel patronage. Using Thomas Wyse, Charles Buller, and T. B. Macaulay as cases in point, this article reveals that the logic behind this vision of state ‘neutrality’ as simultaneous support for each denominational interest was steeped in a working knowledge of colonialism.
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van der Meulen, Marten. "The Importance of Denomination for the Civic Engagement of Migrant Congregations in Amsterdam and Beyond." Ecclesial Practices 5, no. 1 (July 28, 2018): 5–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22144471-00501005.
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In this article I argue that researchers studying migrant congregations should pay attention to the denominational arrangement in which these congregations find themselves. I compare two contrasting case studies: the case of African (Pentecostal) churches in Amsterdam Southeast and the case of the Spanish-language parish in the centre of Amsterdam. The case studies show that denominational structures can provide resources in the form of buildings, persons and trust. Migrant congregations which don’t have these resources available via denominations, have to find other ways to acquire them.
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Tawfeeq, Hassan Mohammad, Mohammed Hassan Fatah, and Ahmed Mohammed Tofiq. "Evaluating the risk of bacterial infections associated with the most handled Iraqi notes in Kalar." Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research 4, no. 1 (July 5, 2019): 26–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.24017/science.2019.1.5.
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Every day new sources of microbial and especially bacterial infections are reported, which are not taken into account, the fact that these sources have been implicated in the outbreaks of these infections. The goals of the current research focused on the exploration of the scope of microbial pollution of the widely traded paper currency notes of the Iraqi currencies (250, 1000 and 5000 Iraqi Dinars) in Kalar city. 300 banknotes (100 samples for each of the denominations under investigation) in circulation were gathered from different categories of Kalar population and one fresh sample for each of the three currencies (control negative). Each bill was rinsed in 5 ml D.W then cultured on Nutrient agar, Mannitol Salt agar and MacConkey agar, respectively, then incubated at 37 ºC for up to 48 hours. Results revealed the rate of microbial contamination, specifically bacterial ones as 94%, 68%, and 60%, respectively on the denominations of 250, 1000, and 5000 of Iraqi Dinars. In a descending order, and with regard to the prevalence rate, bacterial species contaminated 250, 1000 and 5000 Iraqi denominations respectively were as follows: 55.31%, 32.35% and 36.66% for Bacillus sp.; 14.89%, 38.23% and 20% for coagulase-negative Staphylococcus; 8.51%, 8.82% and 20% for E. coli; 2.12%, 11.76 and 20% for Pseudomonas sp.; 2.12% for each of Klebsiella sp., and Salmonella sp.; 10.63% and 4.25% for Enterobacter sp. and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively, and only on 250 denomination; 2.94% and 5.88% for each of Corynebacterium sp. and Serratia sp. only on 1000 currency note; lastly, 3.33% for Proteus sp. on 5000 IQD only. These outcomes suggest that bacterial contamination of Iraqi Dinars, specifically the 250 denomination is risky and could be regarded as the real source of infectious diseases with the most dangerous pathogenic bacteria.
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Carlisle, Juliet E., and April K. Clark. "Green for God: Religion and Environmentalism by Cohort and Time." Environment and Behavior 50, no. 2 (February 16, 2017): 213–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916517693356.
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Previous research demonstrates that religion plays a significant role in understanding attitudes and behavior regarding the environment. In addition, studies also demonstrate value change across cohorts and time in postmaterialist attitudes. However, limited empirical evidence exists that considers both simultaneously. The advantage of the approach relied on here is that the model can estimate “true” change in “proenvironmental” attitude levels within each religious group by cohort and period while also testing the role of compositional effects on these trends. Our analyses demonstrate that support for environmental spending is the result of period effects rather than cohort-based change. Moreover, although support for environmental spending differs among religious denominations, changes are the result of periodic shifts that are experienced by all denominations. Thus, without any unique denominational shifts in support for environmental spending, the so-called “greening” of Christianity is not supported here.
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Han, Ju Hui Judy. "The Queer Thresholds of Heresy." Journal of Korean Studies 25, no. 2 (October 1, 2020): 407–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/07311613-8552058.
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Abstract Disputes over heresy are not new or uncommon, as mainline Protestant denominations in South Korea have historically deemed numerous minor sects and radical theologies to be heretical to the Christian faith. However, when the largest evangelical denomination in the country, the Presbyterian Church in Korea (Hapdong), began investigating Reverend Lim Borah (Im Pora) of the Sumdol Hyanglin Church in 2017 and subsequently ruled her ministry to be heretical, they charted new grounds by denouncing LGBTI-affirming theology and ministry as heresy. This article traces the semantic ambiguity and politics of the term for heresy, idan, and highlights the intersection of heretical Christianity, gender and sexual nonconformity, and ideological dissidence. The argument is that growing interests in queer theology and calls for LGBTI-affirming ministry stoked the flames of efforts by beleaguered Protestant denominations to use heresy to discredit and stigmatize dissident practices, and that rather than simply stifle dissent, the subsequent controversy also exposed the limits of dominant power and the contours of vital resistance.
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Peprah, Williams Kwasi, Isaac Anowuo, and Daniel Adofo Kwakye Ameyaw. "The Relationship between Working Capital Management and Financial Sustainability of Selected Christian Denominations in Ghana." Applied Finance and Accounting 5, no. 2 (July 26, 2019): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.11114/afa.v5i2.4410.
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Management of working capital is a fundamental aspect of finance. This is because it affects the church's liquidity and financial sustainability. The study sort of establishing the relationship between working capital and financial sustainability for selected Christian denominations in Ghana. Using bivariate correlation application in SPSS 23, the financial statements from 2013 to 2017 of 15 Christian Council of Ghana denominational members conveniently sampled and analyzed. Working capital is represented by liquidity ratios of current ratio, and cash ratio and financial sustainability are epitomized by self-support. The study revealed that there was a positive relationship between working capital and financial sustainability among Christian denomination in Ghana. In a detailed outcome, there was a statistically small positive significant relationship between self-support and cash ratio and statistically large positive significant relationship between self-support and current ratio. The study recommends to churches in Ghana to seek an enhancing relationship between their working capital and financial sustainability to prevent a possible closure of the church. Not-for-profit organizations must seek self-support through income generation and diversification to improve their Liquidity. Again, not-for-profit organizations must have a positive relationship between working capital and financial sustainability in that churches exist because of liquidity.
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Morrison, Angus. "Separatist Presbyterianism in 20th Century Scotland." Religions 13, no. 7 (June 21, 2022): 571. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13070571.
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This essay aims to give an account of separatist Presbyterian denominations in the context of Christianity in Scotland in the 20th century. After a brief introduction, attention is first given to the circumstances in which the denominations concerned were birthed. A second section looks at their current place within the wider Scottish context. In the third section, further attention is paid to the two most recent, late 20th century, divisions, those of 1989 and 2000. Concluding reflections seek to view the scene, thus sketched, through a wider lens and to look to the future with a degree of hope for reconciliation and healing. This paper is indebted to the invaluable insights, particularly in regard to the content of its third section, of the Revd Archie McPhail. Sincere thanks are also due to the Revd Martin Keane, Principal Clerk of the United Free Church, and the Revd David Meredith, Mission Director of the Free Church of Scotland, for their gracious and helpful responses to specific queries about their respective denominations. Any errors of fact or judgement are of course those of the author. In writing on a subject as difficult—and painful—as this, one inevitably brings personal perspectives to bear. Those of this writer have inevitably been formed, at least in part, in the context of an unusual ecclesiastical journey within the territory of three denominations—the Free Presbyterian Church, the Associated Presbyterian Churches and the Church of Scotland. Personal involvement in the history and denominational transfers of recent decades, together with long service as a parish minister and experience as a former Moderator, lend to the paper its distinctive angle of approach.
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Diller, Christian, and Philipp Gareis. "Secularization, Religious Denominations, and Differences in Regional Characteristics: The State of Research and a Regional Statistical Investigation for Germany." Religions 11, no. 12 (December 7, 2020): 657. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel11120657.
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The paper pursues the question of the relationship between secularization, religious denominations, and regional characteristics. A literature review leads to the formation of six hypotheses. The analysis of regional statistics for Germany shows clear regional differences in the distribution of the denominational affiliation as well as the secularization of the population. Traditional differences between the federal states and their sub-regions are still recognizable. In particular, there is an obvious difference in secularization between the East German and West German states in relation to the significance of the two large Christian denominations. These differences between the paths of regional development and degree of secularization are so large that most of the hypothesis testing on the association between religious affiliation and demographic and socio-economic variables resulted in different findings for the two areas. Further research is required to pursue more regional differentiation and to include non-Christian faiths in the investigations.
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Rinaldi, Alessandra, Virginie Moine, and Luigi Moio. "Astringency subqualities and sensory perception of Tuscan Sangiovese wines." OENO One 54, no. 1 (February 20, 2020): 75–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2020.54.1.2523.
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Aim: The Sangiovese grape cultivar is at the basis of the most well-known Italian wines produced in the Tuscany region. However, little is known about the sensory characteristics of Tuscan Sangiovese wines, and the diversity in astringency subqualities has never been investigated. In this study we evaluated the sensory perception of 16 commercial Sangiovese wines belonging to four categories of denomination (Chianti DOCG, CH; Chianti Classico DOCG, CC; Morellino di Scansano DOCG, MS; Toscana IGT, TS), and again after 20 months of bottle aging.Methods and results: A sensory evaluation was made, consisting of the astringency subqualities, taste, odor, and aroma profiles of wines. In addition, chemical analyses were carried out for the base parameters, polyphenols and some volatile compounds. Astringency subqualities varied depending on the percentage of Sangiovese in wines (from 80 % to 100 %). Blended Sangiovese wines were characterized by positive mouthfeel sensations. According to these, the drivers of liking the wines were associated with soft, mouthcoat, and rich subqualities. The Tuscan Sangiovese denominations were differentiated by volatile active compounds, whereas after about two years of bottle aging the astringency subqualities better achieved this task. Moreover, aging also influenced the evolution of wines: CC and CH wines positively evolved, revealing a complex odor profile; MS lost the fruity character; and TS was less involved in sensory modification.
Conclusions: For the first time, a detailed evaluation of the astringency subqualities of commercial Sangiovese wines was undertaken. Sangiovese subqualities differed according to the percentage of Sangiovese and denomination. Tuscan denominations were distinguished by peculiar sensory characteristics. In addition, bottle aging significantly influenced the evolution of the sensory perception of Sangiovese wine. In particular, mono-varietal Sangiovese wine needed a long period of aging to soften the astringency characteristics.Significance and impact of the study: Sangiovese wine represents - with its denominations and styles - the best-known and high-quality Italian wine in the world, and its popularity is increasing worldwide. Tuscan Sangiovese wines are often a blend with other red varieties of the region, and these can vary according to the production regulations. This study aimed to improve the knowledge of the sensory characteristics of Sangiovese wines belonging to different denominations and made with different percentages of this grape cultivar. In particular, the astringency subqualities are fundamental to fully appreciating the quality of the red wine during tasting.
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Abel, Ernest L., and Michael L. Kruger. "Jewish Denominations and Longevity." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 65, no. 3 (November 2012): 213–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/om.65.3.d.
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This study examined the relationship between affiliation with one of three denominations within Judaism representing a conservative-liberal continuum of Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform Judaism. The criterion for affiliation was burial in a cemetery maintained by these denominations. Longevities of married congregants born 1850–1910 were compared, controlling for birth year. Orthodox Jews had the shortest life spans (77 years); Conservative and Reform Jews had very similar life spans (80.7 years). Differences in years of survival of husbands after death of a spouse did not differ significantly. Reform widows survived longest (16.5 years) after death of a spouse. Conservative and Reform widows did not differ significantly from one another.
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Dupree, Patricia C. "Methodist Desegregation and Inclusion: Polity vs. Policy." Methodist History 60, no. 2 (October 2022): 236–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/methodisthist.60.2.0236.
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ABSTRACT: The United Methodist Church did not officially desegregate until the birth of the new denomination in 1968. For years, despite their own denominational segregation, the stances and policies for the denomination were centered on welcoming all people, from all places and races. This discrepancy between policy, polity, and reality is explored in through the United Methodist denomination’s struggle from 1939 to 1972 to end segregation and to welcome and celebrate the diversity of Black Methodists.
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Forgó, András. "Religious Tolerance as a Political Argument. Debates on the Legal Status of the Protestants of Hungary, 1790–1791." Specimina Nova Pars Prima Sectio Medaevalis 12, no. 1 (November 25, 2023): 117–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.15170/spmnnv.2023.12.07.
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The Decree of Toleration (1781) brought radical changes to the lives of the Calvinist, Lutheran and Orthodox denominations in the Kingdom of Hungary. The most important change was that the private religious practice was substantially extended. Another important element of the decree was that it exempted non-Catholics from the so-called decretal oath and from participating in Catholic rites. Equally significant is the regulation on marriage law, which, among other things, specified the denominational status of children in mixed marriages and after conversions. Following the death of Joseph II (1790), an unprecedented political ferment began in Hungary. As no assembly of the Estates had been convened since 1765, the Hungarian political elite, inspired not least by the French example, felt that the time had come to put into practice the long-matured reform ideas. Among these matters, the religious question was the most prominent. The majority of the Estates supported the equal rights of the Protestant denominations, and only the Catholic clergy and a few secular Catholics maintained the earlier intolerant position. With the legalization of the free exercise of religion by the two Protestant (and Orthodox) denominations initiated the process of dismantling the status of Catholicism as a state religion. A few decades later, this led to the establishment of religious equality, an essential cornerstone of the modern civil state.
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Kasthuri, A. Meena, and Mr Barath Kesavan. "Advanced Blind helper Android Application Using Text-to-speech synthesis." International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology 11, no. 3 (March 31, 2023): 1951–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2023.49861.
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Abstract: This project aims to develop an Android application that enables blind people to detect currency denominations and make phone calls using handwritten text recognition and voice commands. The application uses image processing techniques and a trained TensorFlow model to recognize the denomination of banknotes, and an ML model to recognize handwritten text and convert it to a phone number. The user can initiate a phone call by saying a voice command, and the application provides audio feedback throughout the process.
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Lopes, Maria Susana, Duarte Mendonça, Kristina M. Sefc, Fabíola Sabino Gil, and Artur da Câmara Machado. "Genetic Evidence of Intra-cultivar Variability within Iberian Olive Cultivars." HortScience 39, no. 7 (December 2004): 1562–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.39.7.1562.
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A collection of 130 olive samples, originating from diverse areas in Europe and corresponding to 67 different cultivars denominations, was genotyped at 14 microsatellite loci. In total, 135 alleles with a mean number of 9.6 alleles per locus were detected. All but 30 accessions showed unique genotypes. Several cases of synonymy listed in the FAO database of olive germplasm could not be confirmed, as different allelic profiles were obtained from putatively synonymous cultivars. The existence of homonyms or mislabeled samples in olive germplasm collections was evidenced by allele differences of up to 60% between samples of the same denomination. An allele-sharing phenogram of the analyzed genotypes revealed several cultivars with high levels of intra-varietal polymorphism, as well as cultivar families consisting of closely related cultivars with similar denominations. Our work shows that the current designations of olive cultivars fall short of describing the genetic variability among economically important plant material. A thorough investigation of the existing variability will prove of major importance for both management and economic production of olive trees.
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Llorca Ibi, Francesc-Xavier. "Presència lèxica del <i>Monachus monachus</i> en català i altres llengües romàniques." Zeitschrift für Katalanistik 36 (July 1, 2023): 187–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.46586/zfk.2023.187-209.
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Monachus monachus is the only member of the Phocidae family native to the Mediterranean. Its presence has been established from the first written texts having to do with navigation, such as the Odyssey, to the latest publications on marine fauna. As to the denomination of the animal in Catalan, the term vell marí (‘old mariner’) has been documented from the 13th century until now. However, from the 15th century onwards we find other concurrent denominations that have restricted the territorial extension of the original form. Through time, forms such as bellmarí, llop de mar (‘sea wolf’), llop marí (‘marine wolf’), foca (‘seal’), bou marí (‘sea oxen’), lleona marina (‘sea lioness’), porc marí (‘sea pig’), ca marí (‘sea dog’) and vaca marina (‘sea cow’) have appeared. The study of these forms, of their semantic motivation and the contrast with the denominations in other Romance languages offer valuable information on the vision that coast dwellers had of this marine mammal and on the contributions to the Mediterranean lexical flow of each human community.