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Power and Sainthood. The Case of Birgitta of Sweden

open access: yes, 2014
Birgitta of Sweden (1302/3–1373) was a mother, visionary, counsellor to a king, inventor of her own rule, saint, and one of the best known medieval women in history.
Salmesvuori, Päivi
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Kanonizované klarisky a terciářky očima řádových životopisců v českých zemích v raném novověku

open access: yesTheatrum Historiae, 2013
The study deals with interpretation of the female Franciscans saints in the early modern Czech lands. Although the sainthood was ascribed to clerical and religious at that time, four of these Franciscans saints were laypersons and members of the ...
Jarmila Kašpárková
doaj  

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

�THE TENTH SAINT�: THE CONSTRUCTION OF GUS DUR�S SAINTHOOD

open access: yes, 2014
This thesis highlights what transpired in the aftermath of the death and funeral of K.H. Abdurrahman Wahid, who is well known as Gus Dur. He was one of the charismatic religious leaders of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and the fourth Indonesian President who died
, anwar masduki, , Samsul Maarif, Ph.D.
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