Abstract In this essay the author examines what Dietrich Bonhoeffer meant when he wrote from prison to his friend Eberhard Bethge and said that he wanted to retrieve “aesthetic existence” in the life of the church as a sphere of freedom. This is related to what he also told Bethge, namely, that it is “only as we hold fast to Christ as cantus firmus ...
John W. de Gruchy
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Pain, poverty, and the politics of health: a global call for justice-oriented pain management. [PDF]
Lacsa JEM.
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Black Humanism: Sameness and Difference in Being Human and Being Black in the United Kingdom
Abstract This essay outlines a variety of responses to a central question pertaining to Black humanism: namely, what does it mean to be a Black human, given the existence of systemic racism within the Body of Christ and in many White majority societies in the African Diaspora, in this case, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain?
Anthony G. Reddie
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Factors influencing husbands' participation in antenatal care: A study in Maluku, Indonesia. [PDF]
Paunno M +7 more
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This (Mortal) Christian Life: Growth in Grace and the Problem of Senescence
Abstract Theological accounts of the Christian life attempt to describe the manner in which the Holy Spirit's communication of Christ's redemptive work engenders new ways of being in the world. Such descriptions normally entail, in one form or another, the conclusion that the Christian life is marked by progressive growth in grace, an upward spiral in ...
Daniel Lee Hill
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Mapping potential cultural and religious tensions in end-of-life care for Muslim patients: A scoping review. [PDF]
Muishout G +4 more
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ABSTRACT Within the US electoral system, where states are conceived of and vote as discrete entities, state‐level characteristics are vital to consider because they reflect sociocultural context influencing voter behaviour. Though numerous studies have documented the connection between Christian nationalist ideology and voting for Donald Trump in 2016,
Andrew L. Whitehead, Samuel L. Perry
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When memory fades, meaning remains: Personhood and palliative presence in dementia care. [PDF]
Lacsa JEM.
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The Sixth Scroll: The Ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence
ABSTRACT This article examines the ritualization of Israel's Declaration of Independence (2011–2025) as part of broader efforts by Israeli Jewish renewal organizations to craft a national counter‐narrative. It argues that reframing the Declaration as a quasi‐sacred text—situated within the Jewish traditional corpus and recited with Biblical ...
Adi Sherzer
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The role of religion and spirituality in HIV prevention: A systematic literature review and network analysis. [PDF]
Tanri H +6 more
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