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Foreword |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Reformed Vitality in the Face of Modernity |
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Section 1: Models of Continuity |
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Worldview and Agriculture: A Study of Two Reformed Communities in Iowa |
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The ``Fidelity and Chastity'' Amendment: A Competition to Renew the Presbyterian Church |
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Reformed Communities as Functional Communities: Social Capital, Christian Schools, and Reformed Community Vitality: |
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Religious Vitality in a Changing Culture: Attitudes of Calvin College Students |
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Section 2: Models of Change |
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From Sturdy Calvinism to Spiritual Seekership: The Transformation of Religiosity in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands |
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``The Unpleasant Past'': Assumed Engagement in a New Age |
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Paying Peter and/or Paul: Church Finances and Congregational Vitality |
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Reformed and Feminist: Feminist Theology as a Source of Revitalization |
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Signs of Stress and Vitality: The South African Dutch Reformed Church Experiences a Paradigm Switch |
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Value System Conflict and Unity: The Dutch Reformed Church and the Uniting Reformed Church in South Africa |
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Civic Calvinism: Source of Scottish Reformed Vitality |
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About the Contributors |
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