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Intimations of Revelation 19–21 in the Early North African Christian Communities 启示录第19-21章在早期北非基督徒群体中的启示

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0170

Martina Vercesi

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Ecclesial Belonging in a World of Pure Experience: William James, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Religious Rationality in Crisis 纯粹经验世界中的教会归属：威廉·詹姆斯、杜波依斯与危机中的宗教理性

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0152

Walter Scott Stepanenko

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The Twin Crises of Covid-19 and Racism: Pragmatic Mastery, Theory, Religion, and Ethics 新冠肺炎与种族主义的双重危机：语用学、理论、宗教与伦理

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0147

Michael D. Barber

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Judith and the Elders of 1 Clement 朱迪思和克莱门特的长老们

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0145

Janelle Peters

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Sexuality and Gender Diversity in the Liberal Catholic Discourse in Poland in the Pastoral Perspective 牧灵视角下波兰自由天主教话语中的性与性别多样性

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0165

Agnieszka Laddach

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“To Those Who Have Ears to Hear:” Clement of Alexandria on the Parables of Jesus “致有耳可听的人”——亚历山德里亚的革利免论耶稣的比喻

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0168

Carl Vennerstrom

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How to Reasonably Wait for the End of the World: Aquinas and Heidegger on the Letters to the Thessalonians 如何合理地等待世界末日:阿奎那与海德格尔论《帖撒罗尼迦人信》

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0179

Mirela Oliva

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Setting a New Course? A Practical Discussion about Migration and the Bible 设置新课程？移民与圣经的实践探讨

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0182

Amy Casteel

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Denial and Fear: Psychological Analysis of Covid-19 Information in a Czech Fundamentalistic Catholic Journal 否认与恐惧:捷克原教旨主义天主教杂志对Covid-19信息的心理分析

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0176

Pavel Moravec, Lucia Lacková

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Subjectivity in the Age of Pandemics 流行病时代的主体性

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0148

James R. Mensch

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