We show in this paper that, on the one hand, named entities can be designated using different denominations and that, on the second hand, names denoting named entities are polysemous. The analysis cannot be limited to reference resolution but should take into account naming strategies, which are mainly based on two linguistic operations: synecdoche and metonymy. Lastly, we present a model that ...

As club goods, religions face the problem of free riding. Smaller religious clubs, such as cults or sects, can often surmount this problem through communal pressures or by requiring their members to provide easily monitored signals. Generally, however, such tactics will be unavailable or too costly for large denominations, and, as such, these denominations must look for other techniques to avoi...

Recently some Reformed denominations have embarked on church planting in the major cities in the Netherlands. This was done mainly for evangelistic reasons. From a quantitative perspective this project has been rather successful. However, many of the new churches deviate in some respects from official doctrines and practices of their denominations, as a consequence of contextualization. This ha...