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Forming “Mediators and Instruments of Grace”: The Emerging Role of Monastics in Teaching Contemplative Ambiguity and Practice to the Laity

Religions, 2019
Drawing from long-term ethnographic research with a global network of contemplative Christians, this paper discusses an emerging teaching role for North American monasteries as the numbers of avowed religious decline.
Paula Pryce
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Agency Experience and the Limitations of Non‐Contrastive Transcendence

Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 602-612, October 2025.
Abstract This essay argues that although the principle of non‐contrastive transcendence (NCT) is persuasive on its own terms, there are theologically important dimensions of the relationship between divine and human agency that are not captured by an interpretive framework governed by NCT alone. Agency is not just a philosophical category; it is also a
Simeon Zahl
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QUEERING THE HORIZON: GENDER ABOLITION, TRANSGENDER IDENTITY, AND THE ESCHATOLOGY OF GREGORY OF NYSSA

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 351-366, July 2025.
Abstract In line with José Esteban Muñoz's claim that ‘[t]he future is queerness's domain’, this article presents an approach to transgender and non‐binary identity that is orientated towards a horizon in which there is ‘no longer male and female’ (Galatians 3:28).
Sam Fletcher
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"The Myth of the Cave" in the Space and Time of the Exegetical Midrash [PDF]

Hypothekai
The article explores the interpretation of Plato’s Myth of the Cave within the context of the Jewish religious tradition. The author analyzes this philosophical text—one of the key constants of European cultural tradition for over two millennia—through ...
Alexander G. BERMUS
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The Gift of Intelligence and the Sacramentality of Real Presence: Overcoming the Dataist Metaphysics of Modern Cognitivism

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 921-947, October 2024.
Abstract In the last twenty‐five years scientific research on embodied cognition and related discussions in the philosophy of technology and science have led to two groundbreaking insights: 1. Perceptions, memories, meanings, and volitions are neither located in the brain nor reducible to intentional acts of ‘autonomous subjects’. 2. Human intelligence
Johannes Hoff
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The sound of silence? Listening to localisation at the World Humanitarian Summit

Disasters, Volume 48, Issue 2, April 2024.
Based on research with key stakeholders, this paper draws on theories of organisational and political listening to analyse the critical emergence of ‘localisation’ during the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit. The central focus is the two‐year pre‐summit consultation process, engaging 23,000‐plus people, mainly from the Global South, and organised ...
Max Kelly, Maree Pardy, Mary Ana McGlasson   +2 more
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Burrell's Critical Thomism: Aquinas and Kant Revisited

Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 347-372, April 2024.
Abstract David Burrell's version of Aquinas was written with Kantian parallels in mind. This is the accusation of John Milbank that was questioned by Nicholas Lash and Paul DeHart in a series of articles. ‘Burrell's Critical Thomism’ shows beyond doubt that Milbank's claim is correct: Burrell cites Kant throughout his oeuvre and finds parallels between
Jack E. V. Norman
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Can an apophatic meditation promote long‐term adjustment in hope? A time‐series model of centering meditation

Journal of Counseling &Development, Volume 102, Issue 1, Page 58-68, January 2024.
Abstract The authors investigate the effects of centering meditation on state hope among college and graduate students through a randomized controlled trial. Participants (n = 150; 65% white, 84% female) were randomized to either a centering meditation group or a waitlist control group.
Stephanie Dorais, Daniel Gutierrez, Jesse Fox, Spencer G. Niles   +3 more
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POZITYVIOJI IR NEGATYVIOJI TIKROVĖS TEMATIZACIJA. ŠLIOGERIS IR BAUDRILLARD’AS

Problemos, 2010
Straipsnis skirtas Arvydo Šliogerio filosofijos ontologinių nuostatų tyrimui, jame analizuojamos ir lyginamos Šliogerio ir Baudrillard’o tikrovės ontologinio statuso traktuotės. Šliogerio filosofijoje tikrovės ontologinis statusas tematizuojamas parodant
Mantautas Ruzas, Marius P. Šaulauskas
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Beyond the Polemics: Freedom and Necessity in Plotinus and St Maximus Confessor

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 49-63, January 2024.
Abstract Abstract: The aim of this paper is to challenge the prevailing polemic between ‘necessary’ emanation and ‘free’ creation. I begin by arguing for the presence of freedom and volition in the emanationism of Plotinus. I then move on to explore the role of necessity in the creationism of Maximus. In both cases, I rely upon a twofold schematisation
Daniel Heide
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