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The Redemptive Act of Reading: Richard Crashaw & the Teresean Liturgy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The essay entitled “The Redemptive Act of Reading: Richard Crashaw and the Teresean liturgy” written by Alexandra Finn-Atkins is centered on Richard Crashaw’s trilogy of poems dedicated to the sixteenth century Saint Teresa of Ávila. The trilogy consists
Finn-Atkins, Alexandra
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Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions

open access: yesHuman Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
wiley   +1 more source

Most Blessed of Women : An Exegetical Study of the Roles of Women Under Patriarchy in Judges 5:24-31 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In lieu of an abstract, below is the first paragraph of the paper. The Old Testament book of Judges is often cited for its violent and destructive depictions, since the textual episodes relate to the aggressive nature of war, the erosion of interpersonal
Dixon, Tamara
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Balloon catheter plus concurrent vaginal misoprostol versus vaginal misoprostol alone for cervical ripening in induction of labor: A systematic review and an individual participant data meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Cervical ripening in labor induction using a combination of methods is gaining popularity, but the effectiveness and safety of this approach are not clear. The assessment of study trustworthiness has recently been raised for evidence synthesis.
Malitha Patabendige   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence-Seeking as an Expression of Faith [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Faith is often regarded as having a fraught relationship with evidence. Lara Buchak even argues that it entails foregoing evidence, at least when this evidence would influence your decision to act on the proposition in which you have faith.
Dormandy, Katherine
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“Not a Single Leaf Is Meant to be Taken With You”: Conservation Motivations and Belief Systems in a Khasi Sacred Landscape of Meghalaya, India “一片叶子都不许带走”:印度梅加拉亚邦卡西族神圣景观中的保护动机与信仰体系

open access: yesIntegrative Conservation, EarlyView.
This study examines the Mawphlang Sacred Forest in Meghalaya as a culturally embedded model of community‐led conservation. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it highlights how spiritual reverence, sacred taboos, and ancestral authority shape ecological stewardship, complementing formal governance systems.
Mrinal Saikia
wiley   +1 more source

Facilitators and Barriers of Adolescent Self‐Disclosure Across Different Confidants: A Multi‐Informant Mixed Methods Study

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent self‐disclosure is essential for relationship building, receiving support and mental well‐being. However, little is known about whom adolescents confide in and what factors facilitate or hinder this process. Method In this mixed methods multi‐informant study, twelve Dutch adolescents (Mage = 18.3, 66.6% girls) and their
Marie‐Louise J. Kullberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wagner's Siegfried act III scene 1: a study in 'renunciation of the will' and the 'sublime' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In Wagner’s composition of Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegfried Act III Scene 1 marks a significant milestone both in terms of its drama and its music. Wagner’s first significant work on the Ring was his sketch of 4 October 18482 but with the purpose of ...
Bell, Richard H.
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Caste as a Social Kind

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of market.
Andrew Allison   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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