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Saplings of significance: Nurturing cultural value of new tree plantings through participatory opportunities

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transfigurative Power of the Holy Spirit by Prayer and Preaching

open access: yes, 2020
United Methodist churches (UMC) are declining due to the neglect of the Holy Spirit’s presence and action in congregational settings. Current day United Methodists have sanitized the experiential nature of the Holy Spirit; as well as under emphasizing ...
Daley-Salinger, Debbie
core  

Peter\u27s Quotation of Joel in Acts 2 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Many advocates of preterism, replacement theology and covenant theology often cite Acts 2:16 as support for their interpretation of Scripture. However, I do not believe that Peter’s statements furnish a basis for their conclusions.
Ice, Thomas D.
core   +1 more source

Stressors in hospitalized patients and their associations with mental health outcomes: testing perceived social support and spiritual well-being as moderators

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Although hospitalization can be a burdensome experience for all patients, research into the sources of this distress and potential protective factors has so far been scattered, specifically among the broad hospitalized population across all ...
Sarah Gerges   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unraveling the direct and indirect effects of interpersonal mindfulness on school‐age bullying perpetration and victimization: The mediating role of emotional intelligence

open access: yesPediatric Investigation, EarlyView.
Emotional intelligence mediated the association between interpersonal mindfulness and bullying victimization/perpetration (BV/BP). Higher interpersonal mindfulness was significantly associated with higher emotional intelligence. Higher emotional intelligence was significantly associated with lower BV/BP.
Marguerita Aoun   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transformed and Transforming: What God Effects through the Presence of Christians in the World [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
(Excerpt) On the model of mystagogy: remember your experience last night at the vigil, please, and recall these words from the eucharistic prayer: God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, open our eyes to see your hand at work in the world about us ...
Nelson, Paul R
core   +1 more source

Who Is the System? On the Externalisation and Depersonalisation of Responsibility for Abuse

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the externalisation and depersonalisation of responsibility in the institutional communication of the Roman Catholic Church in the context of sexualised violence. Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems is used to show how semantic constructions such as ‘systemic causes’ rhetorically blur responsibility and contribute ...
Thomas Kron
wiley   +1 more source

Omnipresence, Indwelling, and the Second-Personal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The claim that God is maximally present is characteristic of all three major monotheisms. In this paper, I explore this claim with regard to Christianity. First, God’s omnipresence is a matter of God’s relations to all space at all times at once, because
Stump, Eleonore
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Normalizing the Shamed Self: Stigma, Neutralization and “Narrative Credibility” in Interviews on White‐Collar Transgression

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
In this article, I analyze my interviews with Mark (pseudonym), a social scientist who committed major academic fraud in over 50 top‐tier journal articles in the first decade of this century. I explain how stigma played a central role in how Mark and I shaped our interaction. I focus on how Mark, a former Professor and Dean with a distinguished career,
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source

PRAISE: Christians Educators and the Difficult Student [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article defends the role of the Christian educator in reaching the difficult student. It further offers tips for handling the challenging student from a Christian perspective, coupled with tried-and-true research using the acronym PRAISE: being ...
Ackerman, Beth E
core   +1 more source

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