Die geheim van die prediking: om mondig te word by J. Cilliers

“…The main thrust of the argument is that preaching is constituted simultaneously by a deeply human and profoundly divine activity in the life of the church. …”
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A lesson in love: Farid al-Din Attar’s story of Sheikh San’an and the Christian girl by R. de Groot

“…The meeting between the sheikh and the Christian girl may be compared with the encounter between Rumi and Shamsoddin of Tabriz, in the sense that both are transformed by shock from an eminent scholar into a true lover of the divine. …”
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Newman’s Poetry: The Heart of a Victorian Renaissance Project  by Dampi Somoko

“…This is particularly true of the poetic dream in The Dream of Gerontius, which borrows characteristics from both the anonymous Old English poem The Dream of the Rood and Dante’s Divine Comedy. This creative recourse to old literary and aesthetic sources as an inspiration is marked by porosity, hybridity, and subversion when the mutation of the character takes place in a gradual process from de-personification to kenosis. …”
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From desperation to adoration: Reading Psalm 107 as a transforming spatial journey by G.T.M. Prinsloo

“…Psalm 107 hints at a continuous transforming spatial journey between present realities and the longed-for eschatological establishment of a universal, divine kingdom. …”
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A Tribute to Chief Raphael Ige Ibigbami (1939-2020): The Father of Modern Nigerian Ceramic Art by Olawole Famule

“… Awo kìí kú, Awo kìí rùn  Awo ńpa’pòódà ni B’Áwo bá p’èhìnd ̣ à tán K’éni máse s ̣ è’dárò Awo  The knowledgeable ones do not die and do not become rotten  They only transition to the spiritual realm of ancestors Therefore, when a knowledgeable one transitioned  Let no one mourn but rather celebrate the transition  Ìyè ̣rè ̣ Ifá dirge for a deceased Babaláwo, Ifá diviner (‘Father of ancient wisdom’). We celebrate the life of our knowledgeable and well accomplished retired Ceramics Professor at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Chief Raphael Ìgè Ibigbami, who transitioned to the realm of ancestors on August 26, 2020. …”
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Occultism of the Silver Age of Russian Culture in the Evaluation of Nikolai Berdyaev by Aleksander Posacki

“…Berdyaev emphasised that magic, as a form of deterministic control over the world, differs from mysticism, which leads to divine freedom. The philosopher criticised the fascination with occultism, perceiving it as lacking true freedom. …”
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Carl Gustav Jung et les Noces Chymiques by Véronique Liard

“…While the Christians expect divine grace through external influence, the alchemist seeks to accomplish the redeeming work by himself. …”
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Grafiti: exposición de la religiosidad de las pandillas de San Luis Potosí by Jaime Bernal Boyzo

“…This leads to the conclusion that these gangs, through this religious connection, try to cleanse their criminal actions in order to find a kind of divine acceptance that contrasts with the rejection they receive by the society around them. …”
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THE AESTHETICS OF COVID-19 WITHIN THE PANDEMIC OF THE CORONA CRISIS. by D.J. Louw

“…In this regard, the God-image of divine companionship, as framed by the ugliness of a “suffering God”, is discussed within the parameters of the praxis of hope care in pastoral ministry. …”
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Stuart Cloete's construction of Voortrekker religion in Turning Wheels by F. Hale

“…Among the thematic elements are belief in divine purpose and providence, postfigurative uses of the Pentateuchal characters Moses and Abraham, the image of the clergy, the failure of religious belief to maintain ethical norms among the Voortrekkers and the contribution of an ethnocentric distortion of Christianity to disharmonious relations with black Africans. …”
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Martha’s Dialogue with Jesus (John 11,21-27) in Light of the Psalms of Lament by Richard Francis D’Souza OCD

“…While the first part of the dialogue corresponds to the plea section of a lament psalm with the constituent elements of address, complaint, petition, and motivation (Jn 11,21-22), the second part mirrors the praise section of the psalm which consist of words of assurance and divine praise (Jn 11,23-27). The second part of the paper is a theological interpretation of the profound dialogue between Jesus and Martha. …”
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« It starts when you begin to overlook good manners. Any time you quit hearin Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight » : la jérémiade dans No Country for Old Men by François Gavillon

“…It has no less emphatically described the just retributions that divine wrath rains on apostates and sinful communities. …”
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Une « Laine d’Albâtre » : Quelques cas de surexposition dans la photographie américaine by Jean-Marc Victor

“…Originally considered a technical aberration, overexposure tends to mythify the American land (Timothy O’Sullivan), leading to forms of divinizing and mystical illumination in 19th century landscape photography. …”
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El Greco's representation of mystical ecstasy by Estelle Alma Maré

“…These figures, merging themselves in a divine vision, are depicted with distinctive vertical forms, gesturing heavenwards in a specific way. …”
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Saints et Sainteté dans le mormonisme de Joseph Smith et celui de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours by Chrystal Vanel

“…Thus, Mormonism takes the idea of saintliness even further, a word often considered to be a divine attribute.…”
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Once Again on ʾbk wdm in Ethiopian Sabaic by Aaron Michael Butts, Simcha Gross, Michael Hensley

“…Thus, the following formula is proposed: b-s¹qt DN(s) bn X, ‘by the protection of divine name(s) from X’. …”
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On the Edge of Space and Time: Evangelical Missionaries in the Post-Soviet Arctic by Laur Vallikivi

“…I suggest that the Baptists’ agenda is shaped, on the one hand, by the literal reading of the Bible, which allows them to be the divine instruments at the end times and, on the other hand, by the idea of Russia’s special role in God’s salvation plan. …”
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The weight of African native-centric ecology in eco-desacralization by Ikechukwu Monday Osebor

“…Abstract The ecological crisis is one of the environmental issues affecting the planet, and it is caused by eco-desacralization, a concept defined by environmental skepticism that relegates the divine identities of the environment. Doubts about the authenticity of environmental degradation or climate change and desert encroachment bear a strong anthropocentric view of nature. …”
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Theoretical Evaluation of Pluralism Concept in Architecture by Aya Shukri Mohammed, Kadhim Fathel Khalil

“…Pluralism as a manifestation of the universe and nature that is felt and understood by all human beings is not a new idea, but rather it could identify as a divine principle and eternal, Pluralism applies in all creation fields, especially in architecture, this paper discusses the term of pluralism in different fields such as philosophy, linguistic, literacy, art, until it reaches to the architectural field, and discusses the effect of the term in architecture. …”
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Réflexions sur Der Schwierige d’Hugo von Hofmannsthal by Pauline Belvèze

“…This mystery lies in the manifestation of a timeless and divine principle in each human being, which only an enduring relationship between two persons may reveal. …”
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