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The carnal dimension of love of Catholic spouses

open access: yesThe Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II
According to the Encyclical Humanae vitae of Pope Paul VI, conjugal love should be human (sensual and spiritual), full, faithful and exclusive, and fruitful. Human sexuality has a purpose and meaning.
Emilia Lichtenberg-Kokoszka   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Views from the East: changing attitudes to Venice in late Byzantium

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the changing attitudes towards Venice in late Byzantine texts. It argues that, along with the strengthening of political and cultural ties between Byzantium and Venice, the Byzantines' perspectives evolved from rejection to admiration. As scholars like Demetrios Kydones and Manuel Chrysoloras began to teach Greek in Venice,
Florin Leonte
wiley   +1 more source

Language, Cultural Identity, and Spirituality —A Case Study of the Representation of Minority Ethnic Subjects in Chinese Ethnographic Documentary

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Abstract Since the 1990s, there has been a surge in ethnographic films by Han directors in China, highlighting the complex interplay of power dynamics between these filmmakers and the minority communities they portray. This study examines these dynamics through the lens of spirituality and cultural representation, focusing on the film “Ashiq: The Last ...
Ruohan Tang, Yi Zou
wiley   +1 more source

6. Ian T. Ramsey

open access: yes, 1958
In view of the requirement of verifiability that is demanded by certain philosophical schools, there seems little justification for what are conventionally recognized as theological statements.
Bloom, Robert L.   +6 more
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Sympathy in Hume's social epistemology

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract According to the reductionist interpretation of Hume on testimony, we come to believe what others tell us for the same kind of reason as we come to believe that the sun will rise tomorrow—both beliefs grounded in our experience of the respective regularities of testifiers and planetary motion.
Dan O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

“They Have Mouths, But Do Not Speak”: The Efficacy of Communicative Language Teaching Methods in Biblical Hebrew Education Within the UK University Context

open access: yesTeaching Theology &Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the findings from a survey of the methods used by Biblical Hebrew teachers in UK universities, particularly the degree to which they incorporate some techniques characteristic of Communicative Language Teaching alongside traditional grammar‐translation techniques to form best practice approaches.
Marian Kelsey
wiley   +1 more source

Nietzsche as Optimistic Nutritionist: Reading Ecce Homo as a Practical Guide to a Spinozistic Ethics of Self‐Preservation

open access: yesTheoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In his From Bondage to Freedom, Michael LeBuffe argues that Spinoza's theory of ethics hinges on a figure that he calls the optimistic nutritionist. LeBuffe sets up the optimistic nutritionist as a thought experiment useful for illustrating how Spinoza's ethical theory can be put into practice.
Johan Dahlbeck
wiley   +1 more source

The training and development of Muslim faith leaders: current practice and future possibilities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
"There were three broad aims [of the review]: 1. To research and evaluate the current training provisions for imams and scholars provided by seminaries and other imam-training institutions in the UK; to explore the strengths and weaknesses of current ...
Chowdhary, Ashfaque   +3 more
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