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No one should die alone: “Just holding hands” among vigil volunteers in Denmark

open access: yesEthos, EarlyView.
Abstract A wealth of societal concerns about loneliness has surfaced in recent years, raising questions about the negative impacts of increasing social lacks. Exploring a widespread saying among Danish vigil volunteers that “No one should die alone,” we ask: What is at stake in this concern with lonely deaths? And how is relationality practiced at life'
Lone Grøn, Laura Skifter Andersen
wiley   +1 more source

Analytic Theology, Model Pluralism, and Progress

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent discussions of methodology in analytic theology, attention has been paid to the use of model‐building—providing simplified accounts of doctrines, or clusters of doctrines, that merely approximate to the truth of the matter—as a practice that enables analytic theologians to carry out their work whilst respecting the mystery ...
Harvey Cawdron
wiley   +1 more source

The Quest for the Causal Joint [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study is an examination of three proposals for a \"causal joint\" model of God\'s action in the world. Adapting the thought of Austin Farrer and David Burrell, the author seeks to show how these hypotheses are theologically flawed.
Doran, Chris
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The Matthew Effect and Ethics

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The unequal distribution of goods seems to be a permanent phenomenon both nationally and globally. Although the historical details of the roots of inequality may vary slightly from country to country, one of the main causes is the so‐called ‘Matthew effect’, which refers to the accumulation of advantages.
Juha Räikkä
wiley   +1 more source

The Advancement of New Theology Using New Science: The Three Key Concepts of Thomas Torrance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The author begins with a selective outline of historical understandings of the concepts of space and time, in order to demonstrate their import for and engagement with theology.
Murtha-Smith, Susan
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Nietzsche at the Deathbed: the Eternal Recurrence as a Counter to the ‘Preaching of Death’

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent scholarship, the dominant reading of Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal recurrence has been as a thought experiment. This paper responds to this in two ways. First, this paper relocates eternal recurrence in the context of Nietzsche’s abiding concern with the ‘preaching of death’, a powerful, life‐negating weapon of the ascetic ...
Mark Higgins
wiley   +1 more source

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