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HOW DOES MENTAL TIME TRAVEL IN THE EUCHARIST AID PSYCHOSPIRITUAL GROWTH?

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 17-32, January 2026.
Abstract This paper innovatively connects the Eucharist, which is usually considered to be in the domain of theology, with the concept of personality‐growth—the idea that a person’s personality can get better—which is usually considered to be in the domain of experimental psychology.
Buki Fatona
wiley   +1 more source

Music and Spirituality: A Journey into Porosity

open access: yesReligions, 2020
Serving as an introduction to this special issue of Religion entitled “Music and Spirituality: A Journey into Porosity,” this introduction frames the following eight essays by considering the ambiguity not only of the meaning of music itself, but also of
Edward Foley
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Troubling the Waters: Black African Christian Presence and the Reshaping of Christianity in Canada

open access: yesReligion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores the histories of Christians of African descent in Canada, challenging Eurocentric narratives that have rendered their religious contributions invisible. Using polycentric framework, it examines how historic Black Christian communities—from Black Loyalists and Refugees in Nova Scotia to congregations across Ontario and ...
James Kwateng‐Yeboah
wiley   +1 more source

Healing liturgy: The role of music and singing

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2017
Apart from all the other functions of liturgical singing and music, it also has a pastoral function or aim. Within the normal Sunday-to-Sunday liturgy, singing and music aims at promoting and restoring spiritual well-being.
Coenie J. Calitz
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Peripheral traditionalism: Judeoislamic self‐help in Marseille's northern districts Traditionalisme périphérique : entraide judéo‐musulmane dans les quartiers nord de Marseille

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

Liturgical Inculturation: The Future That Awaits Us [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
(from Introduction) Among Lutherans liturgical inculturation is not a novelty. When Martin Luther translated the Latin liturgy into German and adopted popular songs for church services, he embarked on liturgical inculturation.
Chupungco, Anscar J.
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How Safe Is Your Church? What Can We Learn From Children and Young People About Safeguarding in the Church of England?

open access: yesChild Abuse Review, Volume 34, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT This participatory research sought the views of children and young people on their feelings of safety in church youth groups. Thirty‐two young people, aged 9–19 years, participated in five focus groups. The research approach was designed in consultation with a young persons' steering group, who also helped in the coding and analysis of the ...
Peter Sidebotham
wiley   +1 more source

Church music degree programmes at the University of Catholic Church Music and Music Education (HfKM) Regensburg (Germany). The history of an unusual university

open access: yesPro Musica Sacra
The Regensburg University of Catholic Church Music and Music Education (HfKM), founded in 1874 as the Regensburg School of Church Music by Franz Xaver Haberl, is the world’s oldest Catholic institution for church music.
Christoph Hönerlage
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Uncovering the Music Theory of the Ashkenazi Liturgical Music: “Adonai Malach” as a Case Study [PDF]

open access: yesAnalytical Approaches to World Music, 2020
The liturgical music of the Jewish Ashkenazi tradition has remained a practice without a theory for many centuries. For most of its history this tradition has been transmitted orally, and to a significant degree it still is.
Tarsi, Boaz
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