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Educational Activity of the “Christian Commonwealth of Student Youth” in St Petersburg (1903–1916) [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2016
The Christian Commonwealth of Student Youth is a unique phenomenon in the life of the Orthodox Church in the early ХХ century. The article considers the prerequisites for the Commonwealth to emerge, its goals and objectives, its membership as well as its
Anna Safronova
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Spirituality and spiritual changes in people living with dying [PDF]

, 2014
This study investigated spirituality and the spiritual changes people living with dying may experience. The study was based on a phenomenological perspective where the centrality of the participant’s personal worldview and experiences was highlighted ...
Du Toit, Deidre
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The activities of the Roman Catholic Church Archdiocese of Lviv in the area of pastoral, psychological and social support for victims of the war in Ukraine

The Person and the Challenges
The full-scale war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, has brought pain and grief into the lives of Ukrainians and caused an outburst — indeed, an explosion — of needs that have affected every sphere of human life.
Oleg Salamon
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Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
Kati Tervo‐Niemelä, Pietari Hannikainen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Participation After Covid‐19: Evidence From US Catholic Dioceses and Smartphone Data

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do religious rules and regulations affect behavior? We examine this question using changes in Catholic regulations during the Covid‐19 pandemic combined with mobility data from 15 million smartphone users from 2019 to 2022. We first document overall trends: Total religious attendance declined sharply in March 2020 and thereafter recovered ...
Angela Cools, Carlos Esparza S.J., Jiwon Park   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“We always heal like this”: Illness management and identity expression in Latin American migrants in Spain

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The following article seeks to explore and analyze the use of lay and traditional medicines among Latin migrants in Spain, and the way in which these forms of treatment are accompanied by identity discourses and collective representations.
Muriel Lamarque
wiley   +1 more source

Santa Gertrudis: a mystical theologian

Teoliterária: Revista Brasileira de Literaturas e Teologias, 2015
St. Gertrude is situated in the turning point when traditional unity between theology and spiritual life is beginning to weaken. Contemporary as she is to the development of scholasticism, she belongs, however, to monastic world, where integration ...
Ana Laura Forastieri, OCSO
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Diet and leishmaniasis in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In Ecuador's Amazon, Indigenous communities affected by leishmaniasis often modify their diets as part of their health‐seeking practices. Drawing on qualitative research with sixty‐eight participants from seven Indigenous groups, this study explores how and why patients’ diets shift in pursuit of healing from leishmaniasis.
Veronica Cristina Vargas Roman
wiley   +1 more source

Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
wiley   +1 more source

Spiritual Well-being in Cancer Patients who Undergo Chemotherapy [PDF]

Objective: Spiritual well-being harmonizes several dimensions of human's life and is essential for coping with diseases. Chronic illnesses such as cancer cause crisis in physical, psychological and spiritual dimensions of ones life.
حبیبی, عقیل, سوادپور, محمدتقی   +1 more
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