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The advocacy activities in Washington and educational efforts concerning the Palestinian question of the mainline Christian churches in the United States are examined. Three broad groups - traditional peace churches, churches of limited advocacy, and activist churches - and various ecumenical and interreligious undertakings are addressed. (DÜI-Hns)

Introduction -- Part 1: Presbyterian Church in Taiwan during the martial law -- Chapter 1. A Historical Overview of the Presbyterian Mission in Taiwan -- Chapter 2. The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan under the Nationalist Rule during the Martial Law -- Chapter 3. Re-sinicization and the Struggle for Localisation -- Chapter 4. Church's struggle for Taiwanese National Identity -- Chapter 5. Church and the Human Rights -- Chapter 6. The Promotor of Democratisation -- Part 2: Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association in the People's Republic of China -- Chapter 7. A Historical Overview of the Catholic Mission in China -- Chapter 8. Catholic Church under the Communist Rule -- Chapter 9. Sino-Vatican Relations -- Chapter 10. Catholic Church in the Light of Policy and Legislation Documents on Religion -- Chapter 11. Sinicizing Christianity in the Contemporary People's Republic of China -- Chapter 12. Resistance or Cooperation? - Conclusion: Christian Churches in the Authoritarian Regimes.

The article analyzes the ideological contradictions of liberal democracy, or neoliberalism (antiidentism), and traditionalism (identism) on the example of Christian churches. Antiindentism considers traditional religiosity to be hostile: it should be reformed to conform to neoliberal values, and it should be banished from public space. At the same time, antiidentism does not want to eliminate religion, because it is one of the identities that have to be redone like other human identites. The article examines anti-Christian movements (like the "Black Lives Matter") as well as conservative and liberal movements within various confessions. The authors emphasize that the antiidentist demands are based on the Christian values of respect for any person, for women and men, regardless of anything, for humane methods of raising children, mercy for any categories of people, regardless of their sexual orientation, etc. On the other hand, the demands of antiidentists go far beyond Christian principles and even common sense (not to quote inconvenient passages of the Bible, to change the rules of church life and the appointment of clergy). The article proposes a classification of confessions by direction and by territorial feature, depending on specifics of divisions based on the attitude to antiidentism (American Churches, the Catholic Church, Lutherans and Anglicans as well as diversity of Orthodox churches that are also touched by the antiidentist wave). The authors conclude that the Christian churches, despite the existence of liberal factions, are primarily a traditionalist force in modern politics. Because of fundamental ideological differences, the consolidation of diverse Christian forces is a difficult task. However, there is some progress in this direction. Evangelicals, traditional Catholics, who make up the majority of the Catholic Church, as well as the majority of Orthodox Christians, are a serious political and, what perhaps more important, ideological force.

The article is dedicated to the methodological aspects of the study of Christian churches political role in modern Europe, conducted by the Russian religious scholar R.N. Lunkin. In the monograph "Churches in Politics and Politics in Churches. How Modern Christianity is changing European Society" he presented a number of non-trivial and important ideas for academic discourse on the traditional topic "church and politics" in the external and internal transformations context of European society. The researcher applied the methodological technique by moving from the general (the basic concepts that reveal the political role of religious institutions) through the special (the Christian churches in Europe in crisis situations) to the individual (the role of churches in specific political conflicts, the religious factor in mass migration, the position of churches in the coronavirus pandemic). The processes identified in Europe are correlated with the political challenges of the Christian churches in the Russian Federation. The monograph sets a fairly wide range of problems important for reflection, discussion, and research perspectives. To what extent is political content organic to churches as religious organizations? To what extent is the political influence of the churches possible, and what are its likely consequences? Can Christianity, in its current ecclesiastical format serve as a basis of the socio-cultural identity of the indigenous population of European countries? These and a number of other fundamental questions arise due to R.N. Lunkin's interpretation of acute and ambiguous situations with religion in modern Europe and Russia.

Tam Yee Lak, Eric. ; "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2002-2003, design report." ; Includes bibliographical references. ; Chapter 00 --- Contents ; Chapter 01 --- Introduction ; Chapter 011 --- Political Considerations ; Chapter 012 --- Perception & Expression ; Chapter 013 --- Experiencing Christianity ; Chapter 014 --- Tectonic Analysis ; Chapter 02 --- Precedent Studies ; Chapter 021 --- Readings- Early Christian Architecture ; Chapter 022 --- Christian Architecture for Hong Kong Today ; Chapter 023 --- Readings- Contemporary Christian Architecture ; Chapter 024 --- Subject of Thesis ; Chapter 025 --- Interview with a Local Pastor ; Chapter 03 --- Site issues ; Chapter 031 --- Site Searching ; Chapter 032 --- Site Selection ; Chapter 033 --- Site Analysis ; Chapter 04 --- Design Process ; Chapter 041 --- Studies of Program ; Chapter 042 --- Development of Design ; Chapter 043 --- Final Drawings ; Chapter 05 --- Detail Studies ; Chapter 051 --- Light Intensity ; Chapter 052 --- Colour of Reflection ; Chapter 053 --- Materials ; Chapter 054 --- Chapel Construction