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This article argues that Christian Churches should be regarded as special participants in European integration. The Churches embrace features of non-state actors and identity formers, and they take a unique stance as contributors to the initial stages of the integration process. In addition, Churches perform their functions within Church-State regimes - a phenomenon unknown to other actors in European integration. Overall, Christian Churches have established themselves as unique and influential participants in European integration and EU politics.

This volume focuses on the role Christian churches have played in Africa's democratisation movements since the late 1980s. In some cases churchmen have presided over national conferences; in many, Christians comprise arguably the most significant segment of civil society. In some countries pastoral letters have challenged dictators; in others, churches have provided an essential support for the status quo. The book comprises both theoretical analyses and case studies. The theoretical discussions include the history of Church-State relations; theology and democracy; Pentecostalism and democracy; the problems of consolidating democracy. The 13 case studies sketch the historical context, and then critically examine developments up till late 1993. The book will prove particularly useful to students of Third World Christianity, African historians and political scientists, and all interested in the socio-political role of Christianity

Examines the role of Christian leaders in promoting and protecting democracy during the Park and Chon regimes; 1961-87. Discusses Protestant and Catholic dissident leaders and their followers.

"These lectures were delivered in Boston in March and April, 1903, before the Lowell institute."--Pref. ; The authorities of the early Christians.--The witness of the earliest Christian literature to the New Testament.--The New Testament at the end of the second century.--The closing of the canon in the West.--The closing of the canon in the East.--The renaissance and the reformation.--The canonization and the origin of church government.--The canonization and the beginnings of the history of doctrine.--The idea of authority in the Christian church. ; Mode of access: Internet.

AbstractUnion Theological Seminary (Union) in New York City, established in 1836, has long been regarded as one of the best and most liberal Protestant theological seminaries in the United States. Served by prominent Christian theologians such as Harry Emerson Fosdick, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Paul Tillich, Union reached its peak development in the first half of the twentieth century, setting a standard of theological education in the United States and promoting the ecumenical movement around the world.