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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022 Free will is a perennial theological and philosophical topic. As a central dogmatic locus, it has been implicated in debates about core Christian doctrines, such as grace, salvation, sin, providence, evil, and predestination.
Aku Visala
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Journal of Applied Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Dissatisfaction with Institutions, governments, or the status quo can be expressed via normative (e.g., sign a petition) and non‐normative (e.g., destroy public property) political engagement. The type of political engagement endorsed may be influenced by memories rooted in psychological reactance, as chronic memory activation is known to ...
Marie‐Jeanne Leonard +2 more
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Nathaniel Culverwell's stoic theory of common notions
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract This article takes a closer look at the theory of knowledge developed by Nathaniel Culverwell in his 1652 Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature. Based on Culverwell's endorsement of Edward Herbert of Cherbury against Plato and Aristotle, his critical reception of René Descartes, and his contributions to a controversy between ...
Mogens Lærke
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Reviewing the Philosophical and Psychological Bases of Humanistic Education Programs and Their Status in Islamic System [PDF]
علوم تربیتی از دیدگاه اسلام, 2015 The present paper is dealing with the philosophical-psychological and humanistic education programs through a transcendental analysis. Reviewing the views of the best humanistic programmers (including Gazda, Pereki, Vinestain, Simon, and Russ), it is ...
Abolfazl Ghaffari, Maliheh Rajayi
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Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom
Teaching Theology &Religion, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 46-54, June 2026.ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
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The transcendental sublime significance that Africanism has on freewill and determinism
InkanyisoAccording to many scientists and philosophers, the concept of ‘Freewill’ for Homo sapiens is largely considered non-existent due to the deterministic nature of sapiens’ brains, where every decision is influenced by a complex interplay of factors like ...
Johan A. van Rooyen
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Boethius on the Problem of Evil [PDF]
Comparative Theology, 2013 The problem of evil is one the most important challenges presented to the belief in the existence of an Omnipotent, Omniscient and All-Benevolent God. The toughest side of this problem is that there seems to be an inconsistency between these attributes ...
Sahar kavandi, Davood Gharejalo
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William James and his Darwinian Defense of Freewill
, 2011 If asked about the Darwinian influence on William James, some might mention his pragmatic position that ideas are “mental modes of adaptation,” and that our stock of ideas evolves to meet our changing needs. However, while this is not obviously wrong, it
Crippen, Matthew
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Collaboration risk, vulnerability, and resource sharing in disaster management networks
Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 84, Issue 1, Page 48-68, March 2025.Abstract Local governments have the authority to implement emergency management and are the primary responders in emergencies. They are strategically positioned to lead the charge in disaster response. Similar to other wicked problems, disasters require comprehensive and complicated responses. Local emergency management networks facilitate the exchange
Minsun Song, Joungyoon Hwang, Inseok Seo
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BASIC MORAL STANDARDS IN ETIC SYSTEM OF I. KANT
Дискурс, 2017 The article reviews main items of I. Kant ethical system based on I. Kant work “Critique of Pure Reason”, “Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals”, “Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics”. The article analyzes the main issues of I. Kant philosophy: will
A. M. Sklyarovа
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