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Unveiling the Relevance of Reading the Bible among Generation Z College Students

Hitik
This qualitative study explores the perceptions, barriers, and motivations surrounding Bible reading among Generation Z college students at Holy Angel University, a Catholic institution in Angeles City, Pampanga.
Jonald De Leon, Angelo Adriano, Dan Christopher Culala, Monina Manalang, Cristina Samia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The birth of an earth being: ‘Rights of nature’ in Brazilian Amazonia and elsewhere Naissance d'un être de la terre : « droits de la nature » en Amazonie brésilienne et ailleurs

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of the Talaqqi Method in Children's Scripture Memorization within the SDGs Framework: A Case Study in Indonesian Elementary Schools

Profetika
Objective: This study aims to describe the methods of memorizing the Holy Scripture, identify similarities and differences in implementation, and assess the effectiveness of these methods in elementary school settings.
Suwardi, Endang Fauziyati, Syamsul Hidayat   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of non‐human worlds Traduire l'animal : l'IA et l'intelligibilité des mondes non humains

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Amid the general sense of worry that large language models will soon drown out human voices, some researchers are optimistic that machine learning will allow humans to listen to and understand animal voices to an unprecedented extent. As part of a broader project aimed at interspecies communication, a loosely connected set of animal behaviourists, AI ...
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

The Ontology of the Digital Bible: A Theological Critique of Computational Hermeneutics

Evangelikal: Jurnal Teologi Injili dan Pembinaan Warga Jemaat
The digitization of the Bible has marked a pivotal transformation in Christian engagement with the text since the Reformation; however, its theological ramifications remain inadequately explored.
Zakaria Zakaria, Ibiang O. Okoi
doaj   +1 more source

Mwalimu Nyerere Engages His People: Scripture Translation in Swahili Verse [PDF]

Journal of Translation, 2007
Julius Nyerere, the former president of Tanzania, was renowned for his political leadership. He was also an accomplished and dedicated poet, teacher, and translator. Having translated Shakespeare into his beloved Swahili language before becoming president, he took up Bible translation in his retirement.
openaire   +1 more source

From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source

In Search of Chronology: Narratives of Qur’anic Evolution in Western Academia 1

ReOrient
Since the nineteenth century, Orientalist scholars have been preoccupied with recovering the original order of the Qur’an. In the past fifty years, the question appears to have reached an impasse with no sign of an emerging consensus.
Emmanuelle Stefanidis
doaj   +1 more source

Compassion, Self-Sacrifice, and Karma in Warfare: Buddhist Discourse on Warfare as an Ethical and Soteriological Instruction for Warriors

Religions, 2020
In premodern warrior societies, religions often provided the institutional basis for an ethics and soteriology for warriors, for whom fighting was a social role. This paper examines a Buddhist case in ancient India.
Tsunehiko Sugiki
doaj   +1 more source

Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2025.
Abstract This article explores the distribution, syntax, and information structure of XVS clauses in the narrative text and the reported speech of a thirteenth‐century Old Catalan chronicle, the Llibre dels Fets. It is shown that XVS occurs mainly within reported speech and in embedded clauses.
Afra Pujol i Campeny
wiley   +1 more source