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Moderating manipulation: Demystifying extremist tactics for gaming the (regulatory) system
Policy &Internet, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 478-497, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Due to its ease of scalability and broad applicability, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in platform management has gained prominence. This has led to widespread debates about the use of deplatforming as the default tool for repeated or severe violations of terms or service.
Ashley A. Mattheis, Ashton Kingdon
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Unsound and Informally Fallacious Preterist Arguments for Mark 13:24‐27
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 64, Issue 6, Page 796-811, November 2023., 2023 Abstract Abstract: The following article evaluates two common arguments for preterist interpretations of Mark 13:24‐27, collectively dubbed the ‘time‐text’ argument. These two arguments support symbolic and/or historicised interpretations. Our thesis is that the first argument is unsound and the second commits the informal fallacy of false dilemma ...
Elton L. Hollon
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Spiritual Experience: Its Scope, Its Phenomenology, and Its Source
New Blackfriars, Volume 104, Issue 1112, Page 414-427, July 2023., 2023 Abstract This paper looks first at the scope of religious experience, offering some representative examples of phenomena that typically give rise to spiritual experiences. This leads on a consideration of the phenomenology of such experiences – the particular way in which they present themselves to the conscious subject.
John Cottingham
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 364-383, June 2023., 2023 Abstract This essay examines the use of psalm structures, rhetoric, and poetics in the devotional poetry of Hester Pulter, a mid‐seventeenth‐century Royalist manuscript poet. Scholarship has shown the adaptability of the voice of the psalms, how it is amendable to both an ‘I’ and a ‘we’ simultaneously.
Nikolina Hatton
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Loving and Letting: A Constructive Reading of Genesis 1
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 148-165, April 2025.Abstract This essay evaluates possible meanings of God's creative ‘let’ in Genesis 1 in order to evaluate how God's generative love of creation forms a paradigm for human love. Beginning with the work of philosopher John Haugeland, who gives four possible meanings of letting‐be in his reading of Heidegger, this essay argues that creation is best ...
J. W. Olson
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The Vices of Modernity: A Reply to ‘A Barthian Critique of Schleiermacher's Doctrine of God’
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 193-220, April 2025.Abstract There is a longstanding critique of Schleiermacher's theology which claims that, due to his account of the divine attributes, we cannot truly speak about God, but only about ourselves. This essay aims to refute this charge – often couched in charges of ‘subjectivism’ or ‘nominalism’ – by direct engagement with a recent and clear articulation ...
Daniel J. Pedersen
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The Book of Genesis and other allegorical origin stories of games
Orbis Litterarum, Volume 80, Issue 1, Page 1-18, February 2025.Abstract This essay delves into the complex interplay between the sacred and the ludic, with a particular emphasis on allegorical origin stories from various religious and mythological traditions, highlighting their portrayal of games and the concept of play. The analysis includes the Judaeo‐Christian Book of Genesis and the Babylonian Enuma Elish.
Bo Kampmann Walther
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The Nicene Creed: Remembering What It Says; Re‐membering What It Forgot to Say
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 77, Issue 1-2, Page 88-100, January–April 2025.Abstract The year 2025 marks the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 325 CE and the initial draft of the Nicene Creed. The Nicene Creed continues to be recited and used regularly by almost all Christians today. This demonstrates how instrumental it has been for the Christian church.
Andrew G. Suderman
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Learning Prophets by Writing Prophecies: Modeling Amos to Critique Today's Problems
Teaching Theology &Religion, Volume 28, Issue 1, Page 43-47, January 2025.ABSTRACT This article presents a group assignment that introduces undergraduate students to the biblical prophets: their original context, their attentiveness to social issues, and the rhetorical methods they utilize. In the assignment, students compose a prophecy set in the modern day that is modeled on the book of Amos.
Andrew W. Litke
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Eating Habits, Physical Activity and Nutritional Status Among Kenyatta University Students
Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.Introduction Obesity has become a global health crisis, with prevalence nearly tripling since 1975. In 2016, approximately 39% of adults worldwide were overweight or obese. Lifestyle factors, such as dietary habits and physical activity levels, significantly contribute to this alarming trend.
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