CHRISTIANITY AND RELIGIOUS NATURALISM

Christianity and Religious Naturalism

THOWING KNIVES This article provides an overview of contemporary religious naturalism, with a specific focus on Christian articulations of this emerging worldview and movement.Section 1 outlines the contours of religious naturalism, some commonly proposed reasons in favour of it, major historical predecessors, as well as neighbouring perspectives.S

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Preparations for Marriage in the Jewish and Catholic Traditions

In many churches nowadays, there has been a standardized approach to premarital counseling for couples involving social, pastoral, and psychological perspectives.In contrast, many rabbis and other Jewish officials still concentrate on legal aspects alone.The need for resolving important issues on the verge of wedlock is too often left to secular ex

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Assessment of the mechanical properties and antimicrobial efficiency of orthodontic adhesive modified with Salvadora Persica oil

Objectives.This study examines the mechanical properties and antimicrobial effectiveness of orthodontic adhesive Diacs enhanced with Salvadora persica (SP) oil.It includes assessments of adhesive remnant index (ARI), shear bond strength (SBS), and evaluates its antimicrobial efficacy against Streptococcus mutans.Methods.Forty freshly extracted huma

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Hydrolysis of Methylumbeliferyl Substrate Proxies for Esterase Activities as Indicator for Microbial Oil Degradation in the Ocean: Evidence from Observations in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Gulf of Mexico)

Biological oil weathering facilitated by specialized heterotrophic microbial communities plays a key role in the fate of petroleum hydrocarbon in the ocean.The most common methods of assessing oil biodegradation involve (i) measuring changes in the composition and concentration of oil over time and/or (ii) biological incubations with stable or radi

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