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Number Symbolism in Christianity: A Descriptive Study [PDF]

Journal of Islamic Studies, 2015
The research is concerned with symbolism in Christianity, with particular reference to numbers. It identifies number symbolism in Christian holy texts and the statements of recognized religious leaders.
Humood Ibrahim salamah
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Michel Foucault et le "soi" chrétien

Astérion, 2013
The place which Christianity occupies in Michel Foucault’s work is often limited to the question of confession. Renewing the hypotheses formulated in Les anormaux [Abnormal] (1975) and La volonté de savoir [The Will to Knowledge] (1976), the lecture at ...
Philippe Chevallier
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Philosophy for the Body, Food for the Mind

Coolabah, 2011
Ancient Greek philosophers stressed the importance of asceticism, in order to increase wisdom, sometimes reaching the point of starvation. Neglecting one’s own body by strict ascetic practices, which included a very poor and limited diet, led to a higher
Montserrat Camps-Gaset, Sergi Grau
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Armastus, Andestus, Alandlikkus: The Rediscovery of the Orthodox Christianity in Post-Soviet Estonia

Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, 2011
The aim of the present article is to outline some of the basic characteristics of the post-Soviet ‘renaissance’ of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (under jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople), for example the conversion ...
Milena Benovska-Sabkova
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Philo of Alexandria: Holiness as self-possession and selftranscendence

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2016
Philo’s writings can be seen as a crucial link between Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity, particularly in his way of drawing on Greek philosophy in reading the scriptures. Pierre Hadot has pointed out how Graeco-Roman philosophy was seen at that
Paul B. Decock
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Nation Beautiful: Muscular Christianity and the Quest for Perfection [PDF]

, 2022
This thesis is a critical examination of muscular Christianity, “a movement emphasizing rigorous physical training for the good of men’s souls,” (Blazer, 2012, 289) and its quest for perfection near the end of the long nineteenth century.
Diaz, Kimberly
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Knowledge and tradition in Clement of Alexandria [PDF]

Filozofija i Društvo, 2013
One of the most important exponents of the School of Alexandria, Clement of Alexandria (ca. 150. - ca. 215.) is the author of a famous trilogy, consisting of Protrepticus, Paedagogus, and Stromata, which correspond to the three ways of acting of the ...
Ivanović Filip
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A Comparative Study of the Manifestation of Man in Christianity and the Religion of the Righteous on the Perfection of Man [PDF]

Comparative Theology
The Religion of the Righteous emerged in the early centuries of the Islamic calendar in western Iran, particularly among the Kurdish people. Although this religion traces its origins to a sect that diverged from Islam, many of its teachings reflect the ...
Mansour Rostami
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Editorial: God's Nature and Attributes

TheoLogica, 2019
In Western theism, different attributes have classically been ascribed to God, such as omnipotence, omniscience, wisdom, goodness, freedom and so on. But these ascriptions have also raised many conceptual difficulties: are these attributes internally ...
Ide Lévi, Alejandro Pérez
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Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. In search of identity – Franz Kafka

The Person and the Challenges, 2021
Franz Kafka’s life and work have been the subject of many research papers. While the interpreters of his works knew that he was a Jew, they did not always fully realize the significance of this fact.
Marek Urban
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