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Spiritual Influencers – New Forms of Authorisation in the Digital Age? 精神影响者--数字时代的新授权形式？

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2024-01-17 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230024

Claudia Jetter

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A Public Theology of the Anthropocene: The Earth’s Deep Freedom 人类世的公共神学:地球的深度自由

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230012

Dan Smyer Yü

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Interfaith Networks and Development: Case Studies from Africa, edited by Ezra Chitando and Ishanesu Sextus Gusha 由Ezra Chitando和Ishanesu Sextus Gusha编辑的《跨宗教网络与发展:来自非洲的案例研究》

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-08-22 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230011

Hansjörg Dilger

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The Role of Religions, Values, Ethics, and Spiritual Responsibility in Environmental Governance and Achieving the Sustainable Development Agenda 宗教、价值观、伦理和精神责任在环境治理和实现可持续发展议程中的作用

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-17 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230008

I. Abumoghli

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Learning Morality, Inequalities, and Faith: Christian and Muslim Schools in Tanzania, written by Hansjörg Dilger 学习道德、不平等和信仰:坦桑尼亚的基督教和穆斯林学校，Hansjörg Dilger著

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230007

S. Nyanto

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Stuck in the Margins? Young People and Faith-Based Organisations in South African and Nordic Localities, edited by Ignatius Swart, Auli Vähäkangas, Marlize Rabe and Annette Leis-Peters 被困在边缘?《南非和北欧地区的年轻人和信仰组织》，由伊格内修斯·斯瓦特、奥利·Vähäkangas、马丽兹·拉贝和安妮特·雷丝-彼得主编

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230010

L. Togarasei

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Disembodied Congregations: Covid-19 and the Rising Phenomenon of Internet Churches among Pentecostal Churches in Lagos, Nigeria 非实体会众：Covid-19 和尼日利亚拉各斯五旬节派教会中兴起的互联网教会现象

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-12 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230009

P. Oderinde

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Butinage. The Art of Religious Mobility, written by Yonatan N. Gez, Yvan Droz, Jeanne Rey, and Edio Soares Butinage。《宗教流动的艺术》，作者:约纳坦·n·盖兹、伊万·德罗兹、珍妮·雷伊和埃迪奥·苏亚雷斯

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-05-29 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230006

T. Mayer

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Child Protection in the Church of Pentecost in Winneba Municipality, Ghana 加纳温尼巴市五旬节教会的儿童保护

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230004

Ebenezer Tetteh Kpalam

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Effective Faith Partnerships during COVID-19: Lessons Learned from Development Practitioners 2019冠状病毒病期间有效的信仰伙伴关系:发展实践者的经验教训

Religion and Development Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI: 10.30965/27507955-20230001

S. Kemp

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