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INTRODUCTION: REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY AS PROPHECY, CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION

open access: yesHistory and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this essay, I provide brief introductions to the notion of “prophetic” historiography that I developed in Writing the Past, Inscribing the Future: History as Prophecy in Colonial Java (1995) and to the five essays of this forum that were written in dialogue with it. I argue that “history as prophecy” forms a practice of writing in which the
NANCY FLORIDA
wiley   +1 more source

Katherine Drexel: Mystery, mission, spirituality and sainthood [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Katherine Drexel (1858-1955), the founder of the sisters of the blessed. Sacrament, was canonized by Pope John Paul II on October 1, 2000. This thesis analyzes Drexel’s life and virtues to establish why she became a saint.
Hughes, Cheryl Christine Dempsey
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Mafisa: Communion ecclesiology of Acts 2:42–47 in action

open access: yesIn die Skriflig
The Batswana people practise a cultural tradition known as mafisa, which involves borrowing and lending as a way of poverty alleviation within the community. Its main purpose is to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor.
Kelebogile T. Resane
doaj   +1 more source

Eros as the Meeting of Ecstasies in Christ: The Eucharistic Link between Divine and Human Love in Dionysius the Areopagite

open access: yesInternational Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Dionysius's vision of eros as a meeting of reciprocal ecstasies – where lover and beloved each pass out of themselves and into the other – has often been read as unifying dimensions of love otherwise thought to stand in tension, such as giving and receiving.
Noah Karger
wiley   +1 more source

Zur bleibenden Bedeutung

open access: yesHoryzonty Wychowania, 2017
Educational teaching is an inventive idea of combining upbringing and education, which was fi rst developed by Johann Friedrich Herbart, a 19th-century German philosopher and pedagogue.
Dietrich Benner
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The Doctrine of Original Sin in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church: A Study Based on Haimanot Abew 52:16-18

open access: yesРоссийский журнал истории Церкви
This study investigates the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church’s distinctive interpretation of original sin, with particular reference to Haimanot Abew 52:16-18.
F. Bazezew
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Genres of Paradoxical IS Theorising: Of Chaos–Puzzles and Spear–Shields

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Paradox is a powerful lens for theorising information systems (IS) phenomena. However, as scholars apply the term to fundamentally different phenomena, ‘paradox’ risks dilution. Much confusion stems from conflating two concepts under the same English label ‘paradox’: chaos–puzzles (seemingly impossible ideas, aligned with the Chinese term ‘bei
Blair Wang   +2 more
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Caring as a Generative Principle: Reconfiguring the Metaparadigm and Operative Mechanisms in Nursing Theory

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim(s) To develop a comparative meta‐theory of nine caring theories by explicating their assumptions, operative mechanisms and consequences for nursing. Design Qualitative meta‐theoretical document analysis. Methods Canonical texts were analysed using an intra‐source strategy.
Aarón Muñoz Devesa   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some sacramental and pastoral approaches to forgiveness [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
This thesis gathers a variety of perspectives on forgiveness. It steps outside the Christian tradition to seek the contribution of the social sciences as well as considering biblical data and theological debate. It suggests forgiveness has wide meanings,
Burns, Stephen
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Dissertation Abstract: Biblical and Theological Evaluation of Donald G. Bloesch’s View on the Communion of Saints

open access: yesPan-African Journal of Theology
Researcher:                 Alexander Mwita Primary Adviser:         Gabriel Masfa, PhD Date Completed:         April 2024 Communion of saints is a doctrinal view that asserts that there is communication between living believers and the saints ...
Alexander Mwita
doaj  

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