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Rousseau, American Laicite, and the Future of Religious Liberty in America 卢梭、美国教派和美国宗教自由的未来

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csae043

M Troy Gibson

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Creative Incoherence: 303 Creative and First Amendment Exemptions to Antidiscrimination Law 创造性的不连贯：303 反歧视法的创意豁免和第一修正案豁免

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csae023

James M DeLise

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State Church and Religious Equality: A Comparative Study of Competing Logics during the Process of Changing Relations between State and Church in Sweden and Norway 国家教会与宗教平等：瑞典和挪威国家与教会关系变化过程中的竞争逻辑比较研究

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csad098

Helge K Nylenna, Linnea Lundgren

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Religion, Pluralism, and the Australian State after Same-Sex Marriage 宗教、多元主义和同性婚姻后的澳大利亚国家

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csae003

Ian Tregenza

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Race, Religious Freedom, and the Institutional Limitations of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs 种族、宗教自由和浸礼会公共事务联合委员会的制度限制

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2024-02-22 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csae004

Andrew Gardner

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“Disgust” and “Disgrace”: Cultural Evangelicals’ Reaction to Jimmy Carter’s Draft Evader Pardon and Early Memory of the Vietnam War in Texas "厌恶 "与 "耻辱"：文化福音派对吉米-卡特赦免逃兵役者的反应以及得克萨斯州对越战的早期记忆

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2024-02-13 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csae002

David Nanninga

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Montenegro in the Works of Patrick Mac Swiney de Mashanaglass 帕特里克-麦克斯维尼-德-马沙纳格拉斯作品中的黑山

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csae001

Slavko Burzanović, Olivera Popović

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Bringing Back the Old Religiosity: Interfaith Cosmopolitan Civil Religion (ICCR) 让古老的宗教回归：宗教间世界公民宗教（ICCR）

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2024-01-09 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csad095

Song Chong Lee

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Strategy and Subterfuge: Billy Graham’s Political Machinations from Montreux to the Mayflower Hotel and Beyond 战略与诡计：从蒙特勒到五月花酒店及其他地方的比利-格雷厄姆的政治阴谋

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csad077

Randall Balmer

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Islam and the Arab Revolutions: The Ulama Between Democracy and Autocracy. By Usaama Al-Azami 伊斯兰教与阿拉伯革命：民主与专制之间的乌拉玛。作者：Usaama Al-Azami

IF 0.3 4区哲学

JOURNAL OF CHURCH AND STATE Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csad079

M. Saidin

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