Nafsanalysis: The Problem of Refinement in Sufi Ethics
Abstract The nafs is the spirit in its ordeal of embodiment. It is the veil through which separation from God becomes the condition of relation to Him. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork among practitioners of the Naqshbandia Awaisia Sufi order in Pakistan, this article approaches the nafs as the site of enjoyment that survives refinement ...
Muhammad Osama Imran
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Anti-COVID-19 Vaccine Narratives Among African and North American Neo-Pentecostals (Part 1): Evidence, Causes and Lessons. [PDF]
Orogun D.
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From Occupational Stigma to Mukti: Liberation, Place, and Agency Among Sex Workers in Sonagachi
ABSTRACT This article examines how former sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata, India, navigate occupational and place‐based stigma through spiritual repertoires, of which mukti (liberation) is a central tool. Drawing on critical, embedded ethnography across three fieldwork periods (2001, 2011, and 2019) with long‐term engagement in the Freeset community,
Edwina Pio +3 more
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Disability, spirituality and belonging in Africa: An intersectional and decolonial perspective. [PDF]
Ohajunwa C, Ebrahim A, Mayat N.
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The Origins of R. G. Collingwood's Philosophy of History in his Philosophy of Religion, 1916–1943
Abstract This article argues that R.G. Collingwood's philosophy of history was deeply rooted in his early philosophy of religion as expounded in Religion and Philosophy (1916). Although scholars have tended to separate Collingwood's early religious ideas from his later writings, this study demonstrates that his theory of history was informed by his ...
Jacob Donald Chatterjee
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The Promises and Pitfalls of Psychedelic Use Among Religious Leaders. [PDF]
Simonsson O, Goldberg SB.
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Penal‐Reparative Atonement: A Synthesis of Penal Substitution and Satisfaction Models
Abstract I will argue that through Jesus Christ's life, death, resurrection, and ascension—considered as an organic whole—Christ presented his humanity before the Father as the visible instantiation of both God's condemnation of sin and God's delighted acceptation of the Son.
Sean Luke
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Free will in the eyes of Muslims and Christians. [PDF]
Mehrez A, Machery E.
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Abstract This article considers John Betz's book Christ, the Logos of Creation as an exercise in the relation of doctrines within Christian systematic theology.
Andrew Davison
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Research theme mapping and future directions on corruption and religion: a bibliometric analysis. [PDF]
Salahudin +6 more
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