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Diaconia, 2018 This article will relate to the spatial founding of social practice and diaconia. The aim is to explore and point out the specific locations of these practices.
Kaia Schultz Rønsdal
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Diaconia and Interreligious Cooperation in Switzerland
Religions, 2023 One of the most important areas of tension for diaconia in the Western European, German-speaking context is the demands of an interreligious and plural society.
Christoph Sigrist
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Diaconia and Identity: Agency of the Marginalised
Religions, 2023 The question under investigation relates to the agency of the marginalised as a model for taking responsibility for care and progress. This complex phenomenon of existence outside of the centre will be critically evaluated. Two notions of imago Dei—Wentzel’s image of God and Kelsey’s images of Christ—indicate the debates around the positioning of the ...
John Klaasen
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“I want to live life, not just be in it!”: a qualitative study on existential aspects of choosing to reduce or stop psychotropic medication [PDF]
International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-BeingPurpose While psychotropic medication is commonly used to treat severe mental illnesses, some patients perceive it as a barrier to meaningful aspects of their lives, motivating them to reduce or stop taking it.
Stine Madsen Kvaløy +2 more
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“Justpeace-Diaconia” and the Challenges of Reconciliation in the Canadian Context
Religions, 2023 This article argues for the necessity of an approach to diaconal work that can best be defined as active and sustainable peacebuilding and reconciliation toward social transformation.
Wendy Kroeker
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A POWERFUL ENCOUNTER: THE RELATION BETWEEN DIACONIA AND SPIRITUALITY
Acta Theologica, 2020 Spirituality, when conceived of as a relation with the transcendent, can be experienced in many ways. This article explores how diaconia, when defined broadly as service work, can be a place where this relation is experienced.
D. Ver Elst
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Diaconia, 2012 Reiner Anselm (Diaconia 2/2011) claims that the German diaconia has to concentrate more on its Biblical roots like compassion, etc. For Anselm the German diaconia has become part of a social welfare system with few or no connections to the specificity of
Johannes Eurich
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The impact of New Families home visiting program on first-time mothers’ quality of life and its association with social support: a non-randomized controlled study [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2023 Background The transition to motherhood is characterized by physical, psychological, social, and relational changes. Quality of life (QoL) changes substantially during this transition.
Malene Brekke +7 more
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Scandinavian Journal for Leadership & Theology, 2014 The subject of this article is the role of spirituality in diaconal work. This raises two questions: first, what do we mean by spirituality, and second, what characterises the field of diaconia and diaconal practice?
Ullrich Zeitler
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Beyond Bilingualism: Gustaf Wingren and the Public Voice of Diaconia
Diaconia, 2020 The political and public dimensions of diaconia are increasingly being acknowledged. This in turn necessitates a discussion of the language agents of diaconia should use when expressing their views in the public sphere.
Tron Fagermoen
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