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Personal prayer in patients dealing with chronic illness: a review of the research literature. [PDF]

open access: yesEvid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2015
Background. Prayer is commonly used among patients for health purposes. Therefore, this review focused on three main questions: (1) why do people turn to prayer in times of illness?, (2) what are the main topics of their prayers?, and (3) how do they pray? Method.
Jors K, Büssing A, Hvidt NC, Baumann K.
europepmc   +2 more sources

A Study of Nick Trakakis's Approach to Anti-Theodicy in Comparison with Meta-Theodicy and Critique of Theodicy [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2022
The problem of evil and theodicy are acknowledged as inherent parts of the philosophy of religion. But on the other hand, some are seeking a way to put an end to this issue.
Seyed Mahdi Sajadi
doaj   +1 more source

African philosophy for successful integration of technology in higher education

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 54, Issue 6, Page 1520-1538, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Due partly to the multimodal and multiscalar nature of technology applications, there lacks theories to explain successful technology integration in teaching and learning in higher education. Such multidisciplinary theories developed primarily within Western contexts as behaviourism, cognitivism, constructivism, connectivism, collaborationism,
Teklu Abate Bekele   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

It would be bad if compatibilism were true; therefore, it isn't

open access: yesPhilosophical Issues, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 270-284, October 2023., 2023
Abstract I want to suggest that it would be bad if compatibilism were true, and that this gives us good reason to think that it isn't. This is, you might think, an outlandish argument, and the considerable burden of this paper is to convince you otherwise. There are two key elements at stake in this argument.
Patrick Todd
wiley   +1 more source

PEACOCKE PRIZE ESSAY—TOWARDS AN EASTERN ORTHODOX CONTEMPLATION OF EVOLUTION: MAXIMUS THE CONFESSOR'S VISION OF THE PHYLOGENETIC LOGOI

open access: yesZygon®, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 789-805, September 2023., 2023
Abstract In recent years, several scholars have hinted at a resemblance between Maximus the Confessor's logoi cosmology and evolutionary biology. In this article, I develop these suggestions further and claim that the logoi (divine ideas or wills) do indeed behave in an evolutionary fashion, diverging hierarchically and interactively from the Logos ...
Andrew Jackson
wiley   +1 more source

Computer crime motives: Do we have it right?

open access: yesSociology Compass, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Academic, legal and practitioner responses to cyber threats have been predominantly reactive, punitive, and deterrence‐based, with limited attention given to the motives underlying computer criminals' behaviors. This paper reasons that new and better theoretical perspectives are needed to explain computer criminals' motives. Following a review
Derrick Neufeld
wiley   +1 more source

How the Cognitive Sciences Might Contribute to the Theological Debate about Free Will

open access: yesModern Theology, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 362-381, April 2021., 2021
Abstract This article argues that recent results of the cognitive sciences could make significant contributions to theological debates about free will, but they have been largely ignored by contemporary systematic and philosophical theologians. Recent work in cognitive psychology and moral psychology has to do with our intuitive and automatic patterns ...
Aku Visala
wiley   +1 more source

Sublime encounters: Commodifying the experience of the geos

open access: yesGeo: Geography and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 2, July-December 2018., 2018
This paper discusses scientific and economic aspects of two recent Icelandic eruptions, focussing particularly on the tension between tourism, which commodifies the experience of the earth, and risk management, which limits it.e00067 This paper discusses the rise in volcano tourism in the last few decades, focusing on its impact in recent eruptive ...
Amy Donovan
wiley   +1 more source

William E. Walling and the Pragmatist Foundations of Proto‐Western Marxism: A Re‐Evaluation and Critique

open access: yesConstellations, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 321-330, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article reevaluates Walling as a neglected precursor to American Western Marxism, arguing that his 1912–1914 trilogy synthesized Marxist theory of his time and Deweyan pragmatism into a distinct “pragmatist conception of history.” Born into “aristocracy” yet radicalized, Walling's unique trajectory—as a co‐founder of the NAACP and critic ...
Paulo Antunes
wiley   +1 more source

Virtual Demons: Blue Whale and Moral Panic in the Digital Age

open access: yesSociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 119-129, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Blue Whale phenomenon as a case of moral panic with particular attention to its trajectory in Turkey. Originating in Russia in 2015, Blue Whale spread rapidly through sensationalist media coverage and soon became framed as a global threat to adolescents.
Kerem Karaosmanoğlu
wiley   +1 more source

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