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Abhiṣiktānanda: A Reception History1 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this article, I present an evaluation of the scholarly reception history of Abhiṣiktānanda. I argue for an identifiable threefold division in Abhiṣiktānanda scholarship: the earliest biographies and appraisals focused on his ‘spiritual search;’ a ...
Beltramini, Enrico
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The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

open access: yesAnthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Growth or decline in the Church of England during the decade of Evangelism: did the Churchmanship of the Bishop matter? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The Decade of Evangelism occupied the attention of the Church of England throughout the 1990s. The present study employs the statistics routinely published by the Church of England in order to assess two matters: the extent to which these statistics ...
Barnes J   +33 more
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Transformation of the Agrarian Landscape and Hope in the Central Kalimantan Peatlands

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, agrarian state programs and corporate strategies seek to transform indigenous Ngaju Dayak into sedentary farmers. Focusing on the notion of transformation, the paper traces whether and how rural people can engage in struggles against structural injustices.
Anu Lounela
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing a Sibling Rivalry: In Seeking Effective Christian–Muslim Relations, to What Extent Can Comparative Theology Contribute? An Evangelical Christian Perspective

open access: yesReligions
There is a long and complex history of Christian–Muslim engagement, one which is fraught by socio-political tensions and complicated by fear. Theological tensions likewise contribute to the sibling rivalry between these Abrahamic faiths.
Joy S. Hadden
doaj   +1 more source

Book Review: Hsieh Liang-tso and the Analects of Confucius: Humane Learning as a Religious Quest

open access: yes, 2006
Hsieh Liang-tso is the first volume to explore Chinese traditions in the Academy Series sponsored by Oxford and the American Academy of Religion. Most previous titles in the series focus on Christianity, which perhaps explains Selover’s attention to the ...
Selover, Thomas   +1 more
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Book Review: Tamil Folk Music as Dalit Liberation Theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Book review of Tamil Folk Music as Dalit Liberation Theology. By Zoe Sherinian.
Dobe, Timothy
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Laypeople's Views on the Narrative Identity and Societal Treatment of Genetically Modified People

open access: yesBioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Genome editing in human embryos could raise new ethical issues by changing future people's narrative and numerical identity. Most philosophers agree that some genetic modifications would have larger effects on identity than others, but they disagree on what criteria might explain these differences and have not supported their claims ...
Derek So, Yann Joly, Robert Sladek
wiley   +1 more source

The similarity of Ali (as) and Jesus (PBUH) in Islamic tradition [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Theology, 2015
According to the teachings of the Shia, Imam Ali (AS) has unique features by which he earned the merits of becoming the successor to the Prophet (pbuh) as the Imam and Wali.
Mahdi Hasanzadeh   +2 more
doaj  

Book Review: The Rhythm of Being: The Gifford Lectures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A review of The Rhythm of Being: The Gifford Lectures by Raimon ...
McLaughlin, Michael
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