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The King Never Dies: Royal Renunciation and the Fiction of Jain Sovereignty
Religions, 2021 To theorize Jain sovereignty, this essay takes up Ernst Kantorowicz’s underlying query of what happens when a king dies. In turning to medieval Jain authors such as Jinasena, we see how sovereignty and renunciation were mutually constituted such that the
Sarah Pierce Taylor
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Jurnal Studi AgamaAsceticism, which is often identified as the act of mortification, is an attempt by a Christian to achieve Christlike perfection. In this act of asceticism, they are willing to abandon worldly pleasures and continue to strive for perfection.
Tonny Ilham Prayogo +7 more
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IAFOR Journal of Cultural Studies, 2016 The briefest explanation that could be provided for asceticism in the original Theravada Buddhist tradition is that it is a physically and mentally lived enterprise for fulfilling enlightenment (nibbana). As such, the enterprise demands serious practical
Isha Gamlath
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
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Sport, Olympism and Two Lifestyles
Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2018 Research background and hypothesis. The study analyses two lifestyles: asceticism and hedonism. Spiritual and moral dimension of our lives form a wider background and the field of sport, especially renewed olympism, affect the closer one of our ...
Miloš Bednář
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke +3 more
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عوامل التَّحوُّل إلى الزُّهد في شعر ابن سُكَّرةَ الهاشمي [PDF]
Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ al-Luġaẗ al-'arabiyyaẗ bi-Assiutيهدف هذا البحث إلى معرفة (عوامل التَّحوُّل إلى الزُّهد في شعر ابن سُكَّرَةَ الهاشمي)، وفي هذا البحث نهدف للكشف عن عوامل التحول بين تيارين متضادين من تيارات الشعر في العصر العباسي هما: تيار المجون، وتيار الزُّهد من خلال شاعرٍ قضى مرحلة من حياته غارقًا في ...
عادل حماد القاسمي البلوي
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Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick +3 more
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Historical factors for the emergence of ascetic schools in the Islamic East
مجلة كلية الفقه, 2007 This research shows the Muslims' asceticism in worldly matters, their belittling of them, their underestimation of their importance, their lack of being affected by their adornments and pleasures, their preference for what is stated in the ...
Dr. Abdul Redha Hassan Jiyad Al-Hussainawi
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The Gospel of Chernyshevsky: Nihilism, Art, and Religious Asceticism [PDF]
Достоевский и мировая культура: Филологический журнал, 2019 The paper attempts to evaluate the philosophical and religious elements of Chernyshevsky’s book What is to Be Done. Taking into consideration a critical fortune that considered the book as a “new gospel”, the paper is divided into three parts.
Jimmy Sudário Cabral
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