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Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensions of the Faith in Brazilian Modernist Poetry

open access: yesTeoliterária: Revista Brasileira de Literaturas e Teologias, 2015
The Brazilian Modernist Poetry has different aesthetic receptions about the faith dimension like a human experience of the sacred. This work introduce at least their mains trends present in different poetics, as confessional, non-confessional and ...
Eliana Yunes
doaj  

Street‐Level Institutional Work: How Social Workers Maintain, Disrupt, and Create the Rules of Social Organizations

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, Volume 12, Issue 2, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT Research has shown that street‐level workers may shape public policies, yet less is known about the processes through which they attempt to influence institutional arrangements. This gap is particularly evident in corporatist welfare states, where multiple organizations are involved in social policy implementation.
Olivia Mettang
wiley   +1 more source

COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY AS CHALLENGE FOR THE THEOLOGY OF THE 21ST CENTURY [PDF]

open access: yesReligious Inquiries, 2012
In this article the author first gives an introduction to his own approach to comparative theology (CT). After some introductory considerations, an outline of the idea and foundation of CT is given and is contrasted with traditional approaches to other ...
Klaus von Stosch
doaj  

The models of education of Russian Protestantism: The example of the Zaoksky Adventist University

open access: yes, 2022
The article is devoted to the study of the current stage of development of the Christian educational paradigm of Russia in the segment of Protestant religious education as one of the aspects of the modern theory and practice of Russian confessional ...
Levin, Igor V.
core   +1 more source

THE ABIDING LEGACY OF THE REFORMATION’S CONFESSIONAL ORTHODOXY: THE REQUIRED VOWS OF WESTMINSTER SEMINARY PROFESSORS AND NAPARC MINISTERS

open access: yesVerbum Christi, 2019
This article revisits how Christians since almost two millenniums have made use of creeds and confessions. Especially confessional vows used at Westminster Theological Seminary, also refer to the vows of the churches who are members of NAPARC (The North
Peter Lillback
doaj   +1 more source

Charismatic Gifts

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022
Charismatic gifts, often referred to as spiritual gifts, are understood within Christian theology as bestowed by the Holy Spirit upon believers for the purpose of edifying the church and advancing its mission.
Jacob Dodson, Amos Yong
doaj  

Negative-dialectical theology : critical claims [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Spine cut of Journal binding and pages scanned on flatbed EPSON Expression 10000 XL; 400dpi; text/lineart - black and white - stored to Tiff Derivation: Abbyy Fine Reader v.9 work with PNG-format (black and white); Photoshop CS3; Adobe Acrobat v.9 Web ...
Beukes, Johann   +1 more
core  

The Problem of Choice in Comparative Theology

open access: yes, 2017
Catherine Cornille lays out the challenges inherent in developing a unified focus and method for comparative theology. While the possibilities for comparison between religions are almost unlimited, the approaches to the discipline range along a continuum
Catherine Cornille
core   +1 more source

Sociobiology and Human Nature: A Perspective from Catholic Theology

open access: yesZygon, 1998
This paper addresses a nonspecialist audience on how sociobiological accounts of human nature might be relevant to Christian theology. I begin with some confessional remarks to clarify what I mean by Christian theology and how I understand it to be ...
doaj   +2 more sources

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