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In the Beginning was the Work: Donald MacKinnon’s Metaphysics after Lenin

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 210-236, January 2026.
Abstract Donald MacKinnon expressed a distinctly realist and actualist metaphysic. One aspect of his metaphysics that is less frequently commented upon, however, is his reception of Vladimir Lenin. While not an unqualified admirer of Bolshevism, it is readily apparent that MacKinnon incorporated elements of Lenin’s philosophy and theories regarding ...
Khegan M. Delport, Dritëro Demjaha
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Neoclassical Theism and the Problem of Foreknowledge and Passibility

TheoLogica
Though it is often not recognized, there are multiple models of God being affirmed and debated throughout the history of philosophical theology. In contemporary discussion, we have developed labels for these models such as classical theism, neoclassical
Ryan T. Mullins
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The Extraordinary and the Ordinary: The Possibilities and Problems of Eberhard Jüngel’s Hermeneutics

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 66-81, January 2026.
Abstract Eberhard Jüngel insists on the absolute transcendence of God and on human language as the vehicle for that transcendence. In doing so, he makes claims both about the power of language and the limits of humanity in relation to language. In exploring this tension, the essay will examine whether Jüngel successfully navigates the tension between ...
Deborah Casewell
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Classical Theism, Interpersonal Relations, and the Receptivity of God

Religions
A central tenet of classical theism is that God is Pure Act. Among other things, this indicates that while God can act on creatures, he cannot be acted on by those creatures, for there is no receptivity in God.
James Kintz
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The Deconversion of Harriet Martineau: An Emotional History of Unbelief

Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 455-476, December 2025.
Conceptualising the ‘Victorian crisis of faith’ as a phenomenon fuelled by wider intellectual forces can only take us so far in our understanding of it. The loss of faith of many contemporaries did not merely entail an intellectual volte‐face, but also an affective impact. Scholarly accounts have been primarily written by privileging the role of ideas,
Petros Spanou
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Islamic Environmentalism and Epistemic Waste

Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 414-437, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Environmental ethics is concerned with how humans use and relate to the environment, including its conservation and protection. In recent decades, works on Islamic environmentalism have increased multiplied with efforts to ground an ethics based on the resources of the Islamic scholarly tradition.
Aysenur Cam
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Nothing Rather than Something: A Zhuangzian Reappraisal of Nihilism

Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 53, Issue 4, Page 483-502, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Nihilism comes from the Latin nihil, meaning “nothing.” It is the belief that nothing inherently governs existence: no values, principles, or ultimate meaning. Many philosophers treat this as an existential crisis: If there is no meaning to our lives and actions, why bother? This work challenges the assumption that nihilism is terrifying.
Christine Abigail L. Tan
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Lessons from the void: What Boltzmann brains teach

Analytic Philosophy, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 594-621, December 2025.
Abstract Some physical theories predict that almost all brains in the universe are Boltzmann brains, that is, short‐lived disembodied brains that are accidentally assembled as a result of thermodynamic or quantum fluctuations. Physicists and philosophers of physics widely regard this proliferation as unacceptable, and so take its prediction as a basis ...
Bradford Saad
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Nietzsche at the Deathbed: the Eternal Recurrence as a Counter to the ‘Preaching of Death’

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 66, Issue 6, Page 623-640, November 2025.
Abstract In recent scholarship, the dominant reading of Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal recurrence has been as a thought experiment. This paper responds to this in two ways. First, this paper relocates eternal recurrence in the context of Nietzsche’s abiding concern with the ‘preaching of death’, a powerful, life‐negating weapon of the ascetic ...
Mark Higgins
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Religiosity, Theism, Perceived Social Support, Resilience, and Well-Being of University Undergraduate Students in Singapore during the COVID-19 Pandemic. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2023
Gan SK, Wong SW, Jiao PD.
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