Results 61 to 70 of about 123,925 (305)
Book Review: A.J. Appasamy and his Reading of Rāmānuja: A Comparative Study in Divine Embodiment [PDF]
, 2018 Book review of A.J. Appasamy and his Reading of Rāmānuja: A Comparative Study in Divine Embodiment. By Brian Philip Dunn.
Jones, Arun W.
core +2 more sources
Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse
Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
wiley +1 more source
The similarity of Ali (as) and Jesus (PBUH) in Islamic tradition
Comparative Theology, 2016 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.
Sorush Ghanbari +2 more
doaj
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro +5 more
wiley +1 more source
\u3cem\u3eMāyā\u3c/em\u3e, \u3cem\u3eĀṇava Mala\u3c/em\u3e and Original Sin: A Comparative Study [PDF]
, 2013 “The longing for grace in Hinduism,” argues Bishop Sabapathy Kulandran, “springs more often from the desire to solve a metaphysical problem than from an agony tearing at one’s inmost being.” For this reason, a Hindu seeks liberation from a metaphysical ...
Halloran, Nathan, SJ
core +2 more sources
Book Review: \u3cem\u3eLa Bible et la Veda comme parole de Dieu: un essai en theologie comparée\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
, 2013 A review of La Bible et la Veda comme parole de Dieu: un essai en theologie comparée by George ...
Klostermaier, Klaus, FRSC
core +2 more sources
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
wiley +1 more source
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
wiley +1 more source
Komparative Theologie als Brückenschlag zwischen Theologie und Religionswissenschaft
Zeitschrift für Junge ReligionswissenschaftIn this article I reflect on the interdisciplinary cooperation between scientific studies of religions and (Catholic) theology as well as on the relationship between the two disciplines in general.
Moritz Bauer
doaj +1 more source
Book Review: \u3ci\u3eThe Divine Body in History: A Comparative Study of the Symbolism of Time and Embodiment in St. Augustine and Rāmānuja.\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2014 Book review of, The Divine Body in History: A Comparative Study of the Symbolism of Time and Embodiment in St. Augustine and Rāmānuja.
Sydnor, Jon P.
core +2 more sources