The vision of divine light in Saint Gregory Palamas’s theology
Acta Theologica, 2016 The Hesychast debates of the 14th century between the representatives of the Western and Eastern tradition over the issue of the light seen in the experience of prayer are still relevant nowadays.
F. Tomoioagă
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The Light of the World: Mediating Divine Presence through Light and Sound in a Contemporary Megachurch [PDF]
Material Religion, 2020 The paper explores the interplay of elaborate light and sound technologies used in the worship services of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. During the renovation and reconstruction of the church venue from former basketball stadium to church auditorium,
K. Rakow
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From darkness to light: children speak of divine encounter [PDF]
International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2017 Studies have shown that children share both positive and dark spiritual experiences. The former dominates the literature but whilst the need to address the dark side of spirituality has been raised it has not, as yet, been dealt with as widely as the more positive aspects (de Souza 2012).
P. Lovelock, K. Adams
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A Glance at the Nature and Concept of Tradition and Art Education [PDF]
پیکره, 2012 Tradition refers to Pre-Modern era in which moral concepts and religious knowledge had penetrated everywhere around the world. In such a world, sci-ence and technology gained credibility under the flag of teachings of divine re-ligions.
Ahad Ravanjou
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Mystical Theology of St. Simeon New Theologian [PDF]
, 2015 The article deals with the problem of the divine light in the mystical works of St Symeon the New Theologian in the context of the Eastern Christian ascetical tradition.
Volokolamsk, Metropolitan Hilarion of
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Participation in Divine Light and Church Membership in De Spiritu Sancto of Basil of Caesarea
, 2020 The imagery of light plays a key role in Basil of Caesarea’s narrative of God and salvation. Curiously, the communal aspects of this imagery have received little attention in scholarship. A systematic analysis of “De Spiritu Sancto” reveals that in Basil’
Harri Huovinen
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IF GOD IS EVERYWHERE, IS GOD IN A BLACK HOLE? A THEOLOGY-SCIENCE DISCUSSION ON OMNIPRESENCE
Acta Theologica, 2020 This article explores the question of divine omnipresence in light of the recent visual representations of a black hole. It explores the notion of God’s omnipresence by considering world views, scientific theory, and the notions of embodiment and ...
W. Bentley
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St. Gregory Palamas, Divine energies, uncreated light, Tabor light, Palamism, mystical experience, vision of God (theophany), knowledge of God, deification, palamite vs. hesychast controversy [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философияThis article examines one of the least studied aspects of the theological and philosophical thought of St. Gregory Palamas, viz. his doctrine of the Divine selfcontemplation.
Vadim Elimanov
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Black light in islamic misticism [PDF]
ادبیات عرفانی, 2014 Mystical texts in Arabic and Persian mystical literature , two different and perhaps conflicting use of the term " black light " to eat : one light and one light divine serpent .
Mehdi Zamani
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Revelation as a discourse of language through speech act theory
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 Systematic theology regards revelation as a divine discourse between God and us. However, it seems that it does not fully explain how God’s divine discourse transforms our life and what implications it has. Therefore, this article suggests investigating ‘
Anna Cho
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