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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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‘Let the dead bury the dead’ (Mt 8:22): An African theological funeral thought

Theologia Viatorum
In Africa, life, death and burial are issues of survival. There is a perceived connection and dialogue between the living and the dead; hence, life continues after death.
Rabson Hove, Elijah M. Baloyi
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Transhumanism and the Islamic Concept of Human Perfection: A Theological Inquiry [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
Transhumanism is an intellectual movement focused on eliminating bodily limitations through technology for enhancement, whether physical, cognitive, or expanding longevity.
Faizal Hamzah Lubis, Faiz Albar Nasution
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Aerial View of Lancaster Theological Seminary

, 2016
Aerial views of Lancaster Theological Seminary's campus plus interior footage from the Seminary's Santee Chapel and Dietz Refectory, captured November 2016. Digital video recording (mp4).
Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, Pa.)
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Introduction: Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI Introduction : vers une anthropologie linguistique de l'IA

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This essay introduces the themed cluster of articles, ‘Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI’. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in large language models capable of producing coherent discourse mimicking conversational interaction, is exerting unprecedented pressure on prevailing concepts of language, personhood, and the human ...
Webb Keane, Constantine V. Nakassis
wiley   +1 more source

And Finally… On Theological Libraries [PDF]

The Expository Times, 2018
New College Library is one of the UK’s foremost theological libraries, but what is the significance of its collections today? New College’s founders were passionate about the value of libraries for the mission of spreading the gospel. The books in the historic collections tell the story of not only of landmarks of religious change but of day to day ...
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Nick Peterson on Lancaster Theological Seminary

, 2015
Promotional video for Lancaster Theological Seminary created in February 2015. Pastor Nick Peterson, MDiv '13, talks about his experiences as a student at Lancaster Seminary. Digital video recording (mp4).
Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, Pa.)
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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
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Islam at the monastery: on infinity as subtractive truth L'islam au monastère : de l'infini comme vérité soustractive

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Based on ethnographic research at Rūm Orthodox Christian monasteries in Lebanon, the article studies scenes of Islam at the monastery as they intersect with anxious public debates on, and anthropological theorizations of, sectarianism and ‘Muslim–Christian’ relations in the Mashriq.
Aaron F. Eldridge
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Garrett Book on Lancaster Theological Seminary

, 2015
Promotional video for Lancaster Theological Seminary created in February 2015. Master of Divinity student Garrett Book, class of 2015, describes his experience studying at Lancaster Seminary and those qualities that make the seminary such a revered ...
Lancaster Theological Seminary (Lancaster, Pa.)
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