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Apatheia in the teachings of Evagrius Ponticus [PDF]
, 2010 This thesis is to my knowledge the first full-length examination of Evagrian apatheia. Chapter One contextualises Evagrian apatheia by outlining Evagrius' cosmology and anthropology.
Tobon, M.
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Working‐Class Muscles? Co‐Operative Gyms in Interwar Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract The Health & Strength League's network of co‐operative gymnasiums constituted one of interwar Britain's most significant yet overlooked physical culture institutions, affiliating over 800 gyms across Britain and Ireland by 1939. Drawing on Health & Strength magazine's editorial content and reader contributions, this article argues that these ...
CONOR HEFFERNAN
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Tewdwr: Eponymous Ancestor of the Tudor Dynasty
History, EarlyView.Abstract The standard derivation of the dynastic name Tudor from Welsh Tudur, surname of the grandfather of Henry VII, is problematic on phonological grounds, as well as the fact that Tudur was never used as a surname by Henry himself, being attributed to him only by his enemies with implication of lowly origins.
DAFYDD JOHNSTON
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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
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Rethinking Toleration: Wesley, Whitefield and Evangelical Collaboration in the Eighteenth Century
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract There is a growing body of scholarship on the history of religious toleration; nevertheless, historians have largely treated toleration as a matter of governmental policy and legal principle. This article broadens that account by examining John Wesley and George Whitefield's vision of evangelical unity across denominational lines.
Sarah Irving‐Stonebraker
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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
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Seeing like a citizen: Experimental evidence on how empowerment affects engagement with the state
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Building a strong and effective state requires revenue. Yet, in many low‐income countries, citizens do not make formal payments to the state or forego engaging with the state altogether due to vulnerability to opportunistic demands by state agents. We study two randomized interventions in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, designed to
Soeren J. Henn +4 more
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A theory of political divergence and gradual institutional change
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why do some societies succeed in breaking away from historical traditions while others remain trapped? This paper proposes a formal theory to investigate the interaction between short‐run and long‐run political dynamics, highlighting a co‐evolution of political institutions and social structures.
Clair Yang
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Partisan bias in a sorted party system: A problem of epistemic inequality
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Normative and empirical scholars typically treat partisans’ distrust of their political rivals as a product of individual cognitive biases. But even if bias is inevitable, it is parties’ coalition‐building and messaging strategies that determine who bias is directed toward.
Justin Pottle
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Conversations with God: How Are Religion and Spirituality Used to Make Sense of Forgiveness? [PDF]
Pastoral Psychol, 2023 Haikola A.
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