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• Confessionalism — Con*fes sion*al*ism, n. (Eccl.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Confessionalism — For the style of poetry, see confessionalism (poetry). For the religious doctrine, see confessionalism (religion). For the political concept, see confessionalism (politics). This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.… …   Wikipedia

• confessionalism — noun see confessional II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• confessionalism — confessionalian /keuhn fesh euh nay lee euhn/, adj., n. /keuhn fesh euh nl iz euhm/, n. advocacy of the maintenance of a confession of faith. [1875 80; CONFESSIONAL + ISM] * * * …   Universalium

• confessionalism — noun a) a belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. Lebanons confessional system has both helped preserve a modicum of inter communal stability and contributed to the breakdown of state and… …   Wiktionary

• confessionalism — con·fes·sion·al·ism …   English syllables

• confessionalism —  Конфессионализм …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

• confessionalism — ˌlizəm noun ( s) : the principle that a church should have a confession of faith : devotion or adherence to a confession of faith …   Useful english dictionary

• Confessionalism (religion) — Confessionalism, in a religious (and particularly Christian) sense, is a belief in the importance of full and unambiguous assent to the whole of a religious teaching. Confessionalists believe that differing interpretations or understandings,… …   Wikipedia

• Confessionalism (politics) — Confessionalism (Arabic: taifiyya‎) is a system of government that refers to de jure mix of religion and politics. It can mean distributing political and institutional power proportionally among religious communities. Contents 1 Debate 2 The… …   Wikipedia

• Lebanon — This article is about the country. For other uses of terms redirecting here, see Lebanon (disambiguation) and Liban (disambiguation). Republic of Lebanon اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّة اَللُّبْنَانِيَّة al Jumhūrīyah al Lubnānīyah République libanaise …   Wikipedia