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Russian Studies in Culture and SocietyBackground. The subject of the research in this article is one of the most fundamental worldview problems - the question of the relationship between free will and predestination in the religious and philosophical context.
Dar'ya A. Nadeina, Oleg V. Chekrygin
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The ‘End’ of Memory: Memory, the Porous Self, and the Communion of Saints in Augustine's Confessions
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 26, Issue 3, Page 251-273, July 2024.Abstract This article presents a brief, constructive, theological account of memory in response to contemporary questions regarding memory loss via Augustine's account of memory, which elucidates the remembering subject's openness and relatedness to God and the communion of saints.
Abraham S‐C Wu
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Zagadnienie zła a teodycea w myśli muzułmańskiej
Studia Philosophica WratislaviensiaThe existence of evil in our world seems to pose a serious challenge to belief in the existence of a perfect God. If God were all-knowing, it seems that God would know about all of the horrible things that happen in our world.
Zikri Yavuz
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Patristic anthropology and the future of science
Studia Humanitatis, 2022 The article offers a brief review of the book “Ambrose of Milan and Aurelius Augustine about soul” by E.P. Aristova, and an interpretation of the significance of this work for the problems of science development and the prospects of European culture. The
Pirozhkova Sophia Vladislavovna
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Theurgy in Dionysius the Areopagite [PDF]
, 2019 The present chapter aims at offering insights into Dionysius the Areopagite’s notion of theurgy, both with respect to the metaphysical principles that connect with “θεουργία” and the particular sacramental reality that emerges from it. Pavlos argues that
Pavlos, Panagiotis G.
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The past and future of the study of Islamic esotericism
Religion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 7, July 2024.Abstract The study of Islamic esotericism, particularly the concept of al‐bāṭiniyya, remains fragmented. While often studied under various labels like “mysticism” and “occultism,” it is widely equated to Sufism. Scholars still hesitate to use the term al‐bāṭiniyya due to its historical pejorative connotations, linking it to extremist adherence to ...
Liana Saif
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Why Aquinas Stopped Commenting on Boethius’s De Trinitate
Studia Gilsoniana, 2020 The article is an attempt to answer the question of why Aquinas stops his commentary on Boethius’s De Trinitate at question six, article four, whereas this is before the point in the treatise where Boethius gets to the heart of the subject matter.
Faustinus Ik. Ugwuanyi
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The Heythrop Journal, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 239-257, May 2024.Abstract In this essay, I argue that Hegel's Absolute must be understood to be transcendent in the sense of being both immanent within the world and exceeding it. This account of transcendence invariably turns on Hegel's inheritance of the Christian tradition and, in particular, the metaphysics espoused through Christian Platonism.
Kyle J. Barbour
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Вестник Мининского университета, 2019 Introduction: the article is devoted to the problem of apophatic tradition formation in the history of ancient philosophy. The research focuses on the issue of the source of negativity in Neoplatonism, analyzes the teachings of Plotinus and Damascus.
A. V. Bogomolov
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Reviews in Religion &Theology, Volume 31, Issue 1-2, Page 3-11, February-April 2024.Abstract This review article examines and summarizes the key ideas and contributions of Nikolaos Loudovikos' book Analogical Identities: The Creation of the Christian Self – Beyond Spirituality and Mysticism in the Patristic Era. The book offers a reimagining of Christian anthropology and the understanding of the self by critiquing what the author sees
Sotiris Mitralexis
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