Spes Christiana volume 34 issue 1, June 2023

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Spes Christiana 34.1

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Editorial

Laurence Turner & Paul B. Petersen
First Published June 2023; pp. 3–4
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Breaking Down the Gender Walls of Antiquity

Darius Jankiewicz
doi: 10.17613/1wa2-by28
First Published June 2023; pp. 5–26

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Survivors Sing:
Reflections on Remnant Theology for Contemporary Adventists

Kendra Haloviak Valentine
doi 10.17613/29cn-w423
First Published June 2023; pp. 28–48

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Who in the World was the Priest-King Melchizedek?
From Old Testament Obscurity to Second Temple Period to Eschatological Prominence.
Part 1: Melchizedek in the Old Testament

Jan A. Sigvartsen
doi 10.17613/r74b-hy29
First Published June 2023; pp. 49–90

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Independence, Civil War, and the Beginnings of Indigenization of Seventh-day Adventism in Nigeria from the 1940s to 1990s

Chigemezi Nnadozie Wogu
doi 10.17613/3mf5-sw85
First Published June 2023; pp. 91–116

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“God Wrought Marvelously for His Penitent People”:
Ellen White and the Apocryphal Esther

Laurence A. Turner
doi 10.17613/8wyr-9s24
First Published June 2023; pp. 117–142

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Fealty or Fidelity?
Toward an Adventist Ethics of Politics

John Okpechi
doi 10.17613/4gt2-dg06
First Published June 2023; pp. 143–170

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Book Reviews

Child of the Apocalypse
Donald Edward Casebolt.
Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2021. 120 pp.
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Adventist Interchurch Relations: New Publication

A new book by one of our members was recently published. Stefan Höschele, currently serving as our Secretary-Treasurer, is Professor of Systematic Theology & Adventist Studies at Theologische Hochschule Friedensau. His book Adventist Interchurch Relations: A Study in Ecumenics was just published by Vandenhoek & Ruprecht.

This study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Seventhday Adventist interchurch relations – a 20-million member body whose ecumenical stance has so far been underresearched. For the sake of interpreting denominational involvement and reservations in Adventism as well as beyond, the study develops a new academic approach to ecumenism based on Relational Models Theory, a comprehensive social science paradigm of interpreting human relationships. The resulting typology of ecumenical interactions and the historical case study of Adventism suggest that such a relational interpretation of ecumenical interaction sheds light on many of the unresolved issues in ecumenics – such as divergent concepts of unity, difficulties in recognition processes, and the permanence of denominationalism.

Spes Christiana volume 33 issue 2, December 2022

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Spes Christiana 33.2

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Editorial

Reinder Bruinsma
First Published December 2022; pp. 3-6
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Resisting “Neo-Adventism”:
Tensions between Seventh-day Adventist Traditionalists and “Progressives” – 1966‒1979

Gilbert Valentine
doi: 10.17613/z5v2-ec45
First Published December 2022; pp. 7-46

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Saying Farewell:
Paul’s Last Word to the Elders in Acts 20:1‒35

Paul B. Petersen
doi 10.17613/dh89-b795
First Published December 2022; pp. 47-66

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All These Women – The King’s Servants:
Feminism and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden – A Historical Approach

Yvonne Johansson Öster
doi 10.17613/1nsd-m833
First Published December 2022; pp. 67-92

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Ethical Issues in Revelation

Laszlo Istvan Hangyas
doi 10.17613/79ea-qn44
First Published December 2022; pp. 93-106

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Ellen Gould White and the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha:
Jasher, Enoch, and the Amalgamation of Man and Beast

Matthew J. Korpman
doi 10.17613/aqzr-ef21
First Published December 2022; pp. 107-130

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Book Reviews

Profiles of a Religious Man: Confessions of a Religious Addict.
Edwin Zackrison.
Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, 2020. 636 pp.
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The Hope of the Gospel: Theological Education and the Next Evangelicalism.
Mark S. Young.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2022. 151 pp.
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The Satan: How God’s Executioner Became the Enemy.
Ryan E. Stokes.
Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2019. 304 pp.
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We Aim at Nothing Less Than the Whole World: The Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Enterprise and the General Conference Secretariat, 18632019.
A.L. Chism, D.J.B. Trim, and M.F. Younker.
Silver Spring, MD: Archives of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, 2021. 312 pp.
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Ostriches and Canaries: Coping with Change in Adventism, 19661979.
Gilbert M. Valentine.
Westlake Village, CA: Oak and Acorn Publishers, 2022. 492 pp.
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