RELIGION / Christianity / Presbyterian

Current paper · Semantic Scholar

Christianity does not erase an individual's cultural identity. However, it does call for discernment—affirming what aligns with the gospel and rejecting what contradicts biblical truth. The paper addressed the conflict between Akan traditional practices regarding bereavement and those of the church. This paper focused on the theological frameworks the church can employ to address conflicts between Akan traditions an…

Reference · Wikidata

branch of Protestant Christianity using presbyterian church government and originating in the British Isles

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named after its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word Presbyterian is applied to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English Dissenter groups that were formed during the English Civil War, 1642 to 1651.

Book · DOAB

Religious change is at its core a material as much as a spiritual process. Beliefs related to intangible spirits, ghosts, or gods were enacted through material relationships between people, places, and objects. The archaeology of mission sites from Tanna and Erromango islands, southern Vanuatu (formerly the New Hebrides), offer an informative case study for understanding the material dimensions of religious change. …

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA

Description from "Contents to LEM's photographic materials": "Churches, downtown Ironton: St. Lawrence, Lutheran, Presbyterian, 1st Methodist"