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Holiness, theology and philosophy: von Balthasar’s construal of their relationship and its development

open access: yes, 2000
Hans Urs von Balthasar calls for a revival of what he sees as the original relationship between human holiness and Christian theology. He suggest that modern theologians should imitate their patristic forebears to the extent that they combine holy living
Harrison, V.S.
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Eresia e santità tra alto e pieno medioevo

open access: yes, 2022
Eresia e santità non sono un’endiadi. Di norma, si tende a ritenerle un’opposizione, considerandoli termini e concetti antitetici. Eresia = devianza; santità = perfetta aderenza all’ortodossia. Non si nasce eretici, e santi si diventa.
Longo Umberto
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Madrasa Ideologies of English in Bangladesh: Questioning ELT‐Aid and Post‐9/11 De‐Islamization

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract External donors increasingly promote English as a notionally value‐neutral language of socioeconomic advancements in the Muslim South, overlooking local ideological diversities. Furthermore, national and Western forces deploy English as a tool to de‐Islamize madrasas (Islamic educational institutes) in the post‐9/11 world for global peace ...
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury
wiley   +1 more source

The Liturgical Space of the Eucharist: Staging Holiness and the Participation of the Faithful

open access: yes, 2014
National audienceThe Liturgy of the Eucharist is the most significant liturgy of Christianity, yet a lack of historical records has limited its spatial and visual reconstitution.
Narasawa, Yumi
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The choice to submit: freedom, gender, and the figure of God in Pentecostal Nigeria Le choix de se soumettre : liberté, genre et figure divine chez les Pentecôtistes du Nigeria

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Why do some women choose to submit to their husbands in marriage? In anthropology, the paradox of ‘chosen submission’ has famously been explored by Saba Mahmood. Her work amongst Egyptian women donning the veil in the Islamic da'wa movement spotlights the notion of ‘piety’ to explore how devotion to God can act as a powerful motivator of human ...
Naomi Richman
wiley   +1 more source

In But Not Of : John\u27s Theology of Separation from the World [PDF]

open access: yes
John’s theology of separation from the world is an underdeveloped aspect of the perennial question of the believer’s relationship to the world. John’s view of separation leads believers to prioritize living a holy life that is influenced by an inherent ...
Forbes, David E
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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
wiley   +1 more source

Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of non‐human worlds Traduire l'animal : l'IA et l'intelligibilité des mondes non humains

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Amid the general sense of worry that large language models will soon drown out human voices, some researchers are optimistic that machine learning will allow humans to listen to and understand animal voices to an unprecedented extent. As part of a broader project aimed at interspecies communication, a loosely connected set of animal behaviourists, AI ...
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

Commanded to Holiness: Reflections on Leviticus 19:1-2 and Contemporary Judaism

open access: yes, 2005
This thesis reflects upon the overarching ramifications for both ancient Jewry and contemporary Judaism of the single Torah commandment found in Leviticus 19.1-2. “You shall be holy, for I the Lord.
Kanat, Jolie
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From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source

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