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‘I, Me, Myself’: Selfhood and Melancholy in the Journals of Gertrude Savile (1697–1758)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the journals of Gertrude Savile from 1727 in light of recent scholarship on early modern and eighteenth‐century melancholy. The concept had myriad associations with medicine, physiology, the imagination, and feeling, but questions remain about how melancholy during this period was considered by those outside the narrow ...
Daniel Beaumont
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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The Likeness of God in a Mass Murderer? God and Evil in the Biography of Rudolf Hoss [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2019
Rooted in “theology after Auschwitz”, the article places the traditional question “where was God in Auschwitz?” before the question “where was God in the Auschwitz commandant’s life?”.
Manfred Deselaers
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
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The Abolition of the Hadd from Protected non-Muslim Fornicator after Accepting Islam in Islamic Jurisprudence and Iranian Law [PDF]

آموزه‌های حقوق کیفری کشورهای اسلامی
One of the reasons for implementing the hadd of killing is the fornication of a protected non-Muslim man with a Muslim woman. A question arising in this context is whether the the hadd of killing is abolished, if the fornicator accepts Islam after ...
Ahmad Hajidehabadi, Hosein Abasi Mehre
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On Sin, Repentance, Christian Nurture, And The Genetics of Personality [PDF]

, 2012
Dean Homer\'s description of the genetics of personality includes two components: temperament and character. Temperament is a product of the interaction of the individual\'s genes with early stimuli, whereas character is formed by parenting, social ...
Keefer, Robert A.
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
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On Taking One\u27s Daily Dip in the Font: Baptismal Piety [PDF]

, 1981
(Excerpt) The wife of a faculty colleague of mine has a serious problem with hip deterioration. Daily she goes to the local Y for a swim. For her a pool plunge is a matter of life and health. Most baptismal fonts are much too small for such a daily dip.
Tietjen, John H
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Effective factors in the psychotherapy of religious obsessive‐compulsive disorder: A qualitative study

British Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Religious obsessive‐compulsive disorder (religious OCD; scrupulosity) presents unique challenges in psychotherapy due to the interaction between religious beliefs and obsessive‐compulsive symptoms. Understanding how individuals benefit from psychotherapy in this context can inform more effective and culturally sensitive treatment ...
Taha Burak Toprak
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“So That They Might Turn”: The Possibility of Repentance in Jesus’ Parables

Religions
Since the publication of Julicher’s Die Gleichnisreden Jesu, parable research has largely focused on the legitimacy of allegory, classification of form, and matters of meaning and polyvalence.
Leslie T. Hardin
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