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Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
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On Schopenhauer's Debt to Spinoza1
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Schopenhauer offers ‘nature is not divine but demonic’ as a direct rebuttal of Spinoza's pantheism, his identification of ‘nature’ with ‘God’. And so, one would think, he ought to have been immune to the ‘Spinozism’ that became, as Heine called it, ‘the unofficial religion’ of the age.
Julian Young
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Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1041-1059, December 2025.Through the synagogue‐cum‐community space of St‐X in Marseille's infamous peripheral northern districts, local urban‐invested intercommunal communication and solidarity are generated via self‐help initiatives that particularize humanitarianism. Because of their traditionalist Jewish and Muslim religious anchorings and the stranglehold of laïcité over ...
Samuel Sami Everett
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1079-1097, December 2025.Liberal public reason seeks to provide a neutral platform for political engagement. Yet, its conditions, notably the rules of engagement and the demand for consensus, effectively exclude many populations with non‐liberal subjectivities from public participation.
Erica Weiss
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HISTORY AND THEORY AND PHILOLOGY NOW: TOGETHER IN THEORY
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 12-29, December 2025.ABSTRACT In English‐speaking academe, philology has virtually disappeared as a defined discipline, although its traditional array of skills and techniques for reading, editing, and interpreting texts are indispensable to fields ranging from biblical studies through every language and literature and are central to historical research. Philology's status
Nancy Partner
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Journal of Genetic Counseling, Volume 34, Issue 4, August 2025.Abstract Reproductive genetic carrier screening (RGCS) allows screening for hundreds of autosomal recessive and X‐linked conditions. Multiple clinical professional bodies recommend that RGCS be offered to all prospective parents. There is some research into attitudes to targeted carrier screening for conditions common in specific populations.
Chaya M. Goldman +5 more
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The Promised Savior in Pre-Islamic Great Religions [PDF]
Comparative Theology, 2014 Since the ancient times the belief in the rise of the Reformer has been a fundamental principle. Many of the holy prophets have announced the advent of new prophet.
Mahin Arab
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The Aqueducts and Water Supply of Ancient Jerusalem
Groundwater, Volume 63, Issue 4, Page 649-660, July/August 2025.Abstract Jerusalem, a city held sacred by three of the world's great religions, is located in a semi‐arid climate, and its occupation through the millennia has only been made possible by the construction of an extensive and ingenious water supply infrastructure. The settlement of Jerusalem was first made possible by water from the Gihon Spring.
David Deming
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The Magistracy of Moses: The Old Testament in Local Government, 1689–1750
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 199-215, June 2025.Abstract This article explores the popularity of Moses as a model for government in the early eighteenth century. It examines references to Moses in sermons preached at civic or political events such as assizes, elections of mayors, and meetings of reform societies.
Daniel Rignall
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