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, 1989 (Excerpt) In his classic work on stewardship Helge Brattgard said that it is only as the Spirit of God, working through Word and Sacrament, leads [people] to be grateful for spiritual and material gifts received, and to see their responsibility for the ...
Smith, Ralph F
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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Les enseignements de l’« urbanisme multiculturel »
Géographie et Cultures, 2010 Contemporary urban-planning is facing new issues, especially those raised by cultural diversity. Multicultural planning, an anglo-saxon research program, develops an understanding of multiculturalism based on the analysis of urban spaces.
Frédéric Dejean
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On the Classical Principles and Contemporary Practices of Taoist Female Worship
Religions, 2023 Facing growing contemporary crises, many scholars turn to ancient eastern religions and goddess civilizations as a means of culture root-seeking. As one of the origins of Chinese civilization, Taoist female worship (道教女性崇拜) shows profound eastern wisdom ...
Daizhao Zou, Hongwei Chen
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Anthropologist, heal thyself: Toward an anthropology of healing through relational interbeing
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract I call for an anthropology that confronts its own woundedness. Anthropologists often bear witness to suffering but rarely examine how our own grief, trauma, and institutional distress shape the affective tone of our work. Drawing on fieldwork with Runa (Quechua) women affected by forced sterilization in Peru and guided by my collaborator and ...
Lucía Isabel Stavig
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Textual manifestations: the use and significance of Mahāyāna literature in Newar buddhism
European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 2020 This study concerns the worship and utilisation of Mahāyāna sūtra literature among Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The study begins by considering the contents of the texts being worshipped and the historical development of this type of ...
Alexander J O’Neill
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Worship and the church\u27s mission [PDF]
, 1983 The article contends that when the church creates, especially in and through worship, her own world, her mission will be truncated and/or narrowly defined; when it accepts God\u27s created world, her worship will empower mission.
Riegert, Eduard R.
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Food Safety and Health, EarlyView.Aloe vera‐derived biopolymers and nanoformulations enhance antimicrobial, antioxidant, and barrier functions in clean‐label edible coatings and films, whereas safety‐critical anthraquinone thresholds and regulatory constraints shape their translational potential.
Acharya Balkrishna +6 more
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Vernuwing in die Gereformeerde erediens
In die Skriflig, 1996 In contemporary Ecclesiology, much attention is paid to liturgy in order to avoid formalism and rationalism in worship. This article focuses on the possibility of renewal in worship in the Reformed Churches in South Africa (GKSA) to accommodate ...
J. M. Vorster
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Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
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