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Divine and Imperial power: A comparative analysis of Paul and Josephus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The overall purpose of this study is to investigate Paul's construal of divine and imperial power in order to analyse to what extent he may be judged pro-Roman, anti-Roman or in some alternative relationship with Roman power.
Pinter, Dean L, Pinter, Dean L
core  

‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

„Garden among the Flames”. The Erotics of Imperium, Ecclesial Bodies, and Queering the Marriage

open access: yesPraktyka Teoretyczna, 2013
The article is an attempt to map more closely a queer revolutionarypotential of Christian theology, which has two sources: historico-political (anti--imperial roots of Christianity in a colonial situation, generating a permanentopposition against the ...
Marek Woszczek
doaj   +1 more source

Psychological type and attitude towards Celtic Christianity among committed Churchgoers in the United Kingdom: an empirical study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This article takes the burgeoning interest in Celtic Christianity as a key example of the way in which churches may be responding to the changing spiritual and religious landscape in the United Kingdom today and examines the power of psychological type ...
Gill Hall   +5 more
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Understanding Plant Parasitism: Hydnora Africana and European Scientific Practice in the Early Nineteenth Century**

open access: yesBerichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, EarlyView.
This article will analyze the uncertainties around collecting and classifying Hydnora africana in the first half of the nineteenth century. Emerging from the distinctive dryland ecologies of South Africa, Hydnora was interpreted as strange and cryptic by Europeans primarily because it is a root parasite—a complex floral trait that was little understood.
Katherine Arnold
wiley   +1 more source

De-colonization, Sociology, and Christianity

open access: yes, 2023
What is the meaning of “de-colonization” for sociology and Christianity today? Is it another buzzword that plays into identity politics and culture wars through a wholesale rejection of the Global North?
Kwok, H
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A'mmomat and weshu processing as a mechanism of balancing gender power relations among the Kambaata community of Central Ethiopia

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that power in gender relations within the Kambaata people of central Ethiopia is expressed through relational, mutual, and complementary dynamics rather than domination or control. It critiques Western liberal feminist frameworks—especially those emphasizing rights, equality, and resistance—for their limitations in ...
Desta Lorenso
wiley   +1 more source

Subordination of related party claims in insolvency: A suggestive framework for Asian regimes

open access: yesInternational Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Related party loans, due to their inherent nature, warrant a higher threshold for scrutiny when compared to loans extended by unrelated parties. Why were these monies advanced as loans, carrying higher priority in insolvency, rather than being invested as share capital?
Aditya Jain, Dhanya Jha, Rebecca Parry
wiley   +1 more source

Celebrating 125 years of the Queen's Tower [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Celebrating 125 years of the Queen’s Tower, the only remaining part of the Imperial Institute, which was built to mark Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee in 1887, and opened in ...
Barrett, anne, Imperial College Archives
core   +1 more source

Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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