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Religious Bodies–Lutheran Chaplains Interpreting and Asserting Religiousness of People with Severe Dementia in Finnish Nursing Homes

open access: yesJournal of Ageing and Longevity, 2023
The prevalence of dementia is increasing globally as populations grow older. Moderate and severe dementia are the main reasons for older people entering long-term care in Finland, and the vast majority of nursing home residents have it.
Jari Pirhonen   +2 more
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Al-Ghazali’s Philosophical Theology

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, 2010
This work of historical theology is essential reading for those wanting to understand with new depth and clarity the life and teachings of al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111).
Martin Whittingham
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A Few Reflexions on God, Philosophy, Theology, and Faith

open access: yesNova Prisutnost, 2020
In trying to understand God and faith in a proper way, philosophy and theology could be very complementary. I would like to review and examine a few modern challenges and relationships between philosophy, theology and faith, seen also from important ...
Davor Pećnjak
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Theology, imagination and Scottish literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Alison Jack uses works of Scottish literature, both classic and contemporary, as a way into McIntyre's exposition of faith, theology and imagination in a distinctly Scottish context.Publisher ...
Jack, Alison
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Toward Analytic Theology: An Itinerary

open access: yesScientia et Fides, 2015
In this paper I aim at explaining how analytic philosophical theology developed into a thriving field of research. In doing so, I place analytic philosophical theology into a larger intellectually narrative that is deeply influenced by the philosophy of ...
Georg Gasser
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Centrality of Religiosity, Attitude towards Christianity and Post-Critical Belief: Comparing Three Measures of Religiosity

open access: yesReligions, 2020
The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS), the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity (FAC) and the Post-Critical Belief Scale (PCB) are three prominent measures of religiosity.
Ulrich Riegel
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A case of therapeutic preaching done well: Theological diagnostics in Von Balthasar’s sermon, ‘Joy in the Midst of Anxiety’

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2019
It is argued that the proper way to construct and deliver a therapeutic sermon is to take a theocentric approach. Preaching, rightly understood, is proclamation of the good news that God has redeemed the world through Christ in the power of the Holy ...
Neil F. Pembroke
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The Profane Land of the Happy: On the Messianic Promise in the Work of Giorgio Agamben

open access: yesReligions, 2023
This paper provides an interpretation of the enigmatic concept of ‘happy life’ in the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben. It departs from a recognition of the ambivalence in Agamben’s use of sacred and profane terminology that informs this concept.
Ype De Boer
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World christianity as post-colonialising of theology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In this chapter, the author argues that the old-school confessional and ethnocentric theology has no place in today’s Western secular academia. He focuses on the academic discipline under the name “theology”. Mission studies has represented a widening of
Vähäkangas, Mika   +3 more
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Meeting the Spiritual Care Needs of Emerging Adults with Cancer

open access: yesReligions, 2019
Every year 90,000 young people in Europe and the USA are newly diagnosed with cancer. The majority of earlier studies have taken a quantitative perspective, rarely focusing on the importance of religiosity and spirituality.
Suvi-Maria Saarelainen
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