Beyond Atheism and Atheology: The Divine Humanism of Emmanuel Levinas
Is the divine a meaningful and indispensable element of moral responsibility? Emmanuel Levinas’ ethics have brought new expression to the question of God and the Good.
Manuel A. Cruz
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Aspects of the theory of the divine “union” and “distinction” according to George Pachymeres
The prominent theological question of the union and distinction between the divine essence, the divine Persons and the divine energies, as well as other divine self-founding conditions, has caused the interest of the Byzantine Christian thinkers, who ...
Lydia Petridou
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This research wants to clarify the significance of Esau/Edom in Malachi’s postexilic prophetic eschatology. Hence, its focus is on the declaration of divine hate for Esau/Edom in Malachi 1:3, applying the Deuteronomic covenant concept, predominant in ...
Bob Wielenga
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Potency by Name? ‘Medicine Buddha Plant’ and Other Herbs in the Japanese \u3ci\u3eScroll of Equine Medicine\u3c/i\u3e (\u3ci\u3eBa’i sōshi emaki\u3c/i\u3e, 1267) [PDF]
Buddhist ritual healing and medical therapies included care for domestic animals, such as the horse. In pre-modern Japan, equine medicine (ba’i 馬医) was not restricted to the treatment of military horses; it was also practiced in a religious context.
Triplett, Katja
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'Magic coins' and 'magic squares': the discovery of astrological sigils in the Oldenburg Letters [PDF]
Enclosed in a 1673 letter to Henry Oldenburg were two drawings of a series of astrological sigils, coins and amulets from the collection of Strasbourg mathematician Julius Reichelt (1637–1719). As portrayals of particular medieval and early modern sigils
Anna Marie Roos +30 more
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Environmentalism and Sustainability as an Expression of Islamic Morality
The present essay relates to a line of enquiry that focuses on the Islamic contribution to the values held in common by different cultural traditions, with the aim of working towards a shared ethical conscience and peaceful coexistence in the cities ...
Zilio-Grandi, Ida
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We Have Been Visited: Divine Encounter through the Lukan Benedictus (Luke 1:68–79)
Recent discussions of the Benedictus have focused on its function in Luke- Acts. However, little if no attention has been given to the persuasive force of the passage and how it may have functioned to create a divine encounter for the implied audience ...
David Seal
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ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee +9 more
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Dieux du territoire et territorialité des dieux au Proche-Orient ancien
Divine names often evoke the relationship of a deity to the space through several types of onomastic attributes. In the first place, toponymic names are analyzed through the Heliopolitan cult of Jupiter/Zeus.
Giuseppina Marano
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Ingesting Magic: Ingredients and Ecstatic Outcomes in the Greek and Demotic Magical Papyri [PDF]
There are spells in the Greek and Demotic Magical Papyri which promise divine visitations, assistants, ecstatic states, vessel inquiries, and vivid dreams. They also require powerful psychoactive botanical ingredients.
Sumler, Alan
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