The Problem of Evil: by A.S. Antombikums

“…This study argues that the open-theistic notion of divine power is reductionistic because it does not consider coercive power as part of divine power. …”
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Lipomas in Patients of Gynecomastia: Is It of Any Relevance? by Sudhanshu Punia, Aakanksha Goel, Amit Gupta

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Die Bybel is steeds in diskussie: 'n dekade later by F. B. Doubell

“…In 1990 criticism was divided between those who overemphasized the divine aspect and those who emphasized both the divine and the human aspects. …”
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IF GOD IS EVERYWHERE, IS GOD IN A BLACK HOLE? A THEOLOGY-SCIENCE DISCUSSION ON OMNIPRESENCE by W. Bentley

“… This article explores the question of divine omnipresence in light of the recent visual representations of a black hole. …”
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Transformation in love in Paul's letter to the Galatians by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“…After a discussion of the polemical nature of the letter, the article analyses Paul’s presentation of divine love in the letter as the origin of God’s salvific and transformative action and of love as a divine characteristic, and how divine love marks the identity of the believing community. …”
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Discernment in 1 Kings 19:1-18: biblical spirituality in works of art by Anne-Marie Bos

“…It is a story about a divine-human relational process of Elijah and his God, but also a story that draws the reader into a divine-human relational process. …”
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The transformative potential of the Apocalypse of John by Paul B. Decock

“…The transformation in view is not merely an individual and temporary one, but a cosmic, social and divine-human one in which perseverance in doing the works of Jesus to the end and holding on to the witness to/of Jesus (Rev 2:26; 12:17) play a crucial role. …”
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Contours of biblical spirituality as a discipline by Huub Welzen

“…A definition is given: Biblical spirituality is about the divine human relational process in the Bible and about the Bible in the divine human relational process. …”
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Mercy, love and salvatioin in orthodox spirituality by N. Dumitrascu

“…In the Jewish tradition, non-observance of mercy was perceived as a transgression against a divine command which could potentially bring divine retribution on the entire community. …”
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EMPIRE, TRINITY, AND IRONY: RHETORIC AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION by Rian Venter

“…The creative portrayal of the Divine enabled afflicted communities to navigate a way of life resistant of empire.     …”
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Conrad's allegorical reading of 1 Samuel 14: an analysis of a sermon by Conrad of Saint George on the worthy reception of the blessed sacrament by Jos Huls

“…Modern readers will have to discover anew the divine address in the text, again and again. …”
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Peace in the spirituality of Thomas á Kempis. An aesthetic perspective on the Imitatio Christi 4.25 by P.G.R. de Villiers

“…The article then analyses the two main aspects of peace that emanate from an aesthetic analysis of the chapter, namely its divine nature as spiritual gift. A second section analyses the interiorising of peace as the human response to the divine gift and, finally, examines the mystical quality of the chapter in its discussion about the heart of peace as resting in God. …”
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Spiritualiteit in het Lucasevangelie: geschiedenis en bevrijding by H. Welzen

“…The liberating character of this divine initiative is revealed in the ministry of Jesus as a Davidic king and as a prophet. …”
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ONCE AGAIN THE TERM MA???’ IN ZECHARIAH 9:1; 12:1 AND IN MALACHI 1:1: WHAT IS ITS SIGNIFICANCE? by K W Weyde

“…bar yhwh, which follows this term, gives authority to this phenomenon, as do the frequent occurrences of formulas marking divine speech in the Book of Malachi, and to some degree in Zechariah 9-14. …”
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Matka naszego Pana czy Królowa Męczenników by Wojciech Życiński

“…She did not construe her Divine Motherhood as expression of sovereignty but declared herself servant of the Lord worshiping the one God and completely given to service for His plan o salvation. …”
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Łaska w ikonach by Monika Wąchocka

“…They must also bring truly its recipient closer to Divine Persons, biblical events or scenes from the lives of the saints. …”
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IN SEARCH OF THE ORIGINS OF ISRAELITE ANICONISM by S I Kang

“…Aniconism refers to the absence or repudiation of divine images. Such a tradition was inconceivable to Israel’s neighbours, where the care, feeding, and clothing of a deity, represented in the form of a divine statue, played a central role in national cults (Jacobsen 1987:15-32; Berlejung 1997:45-72; Walker & Dick 2001; Roth 1992:113-147; Roth 1993:57-79). …”
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Essai de recherche d’une typologie de la sainte mystique dans l’islam et le christianisme à partir de l’étude de cas de Rabia Adawiyya by Claude-Brigitte Carcenac

“…The study focuses on a noteworthy eighth-century figure of Sufism, Rabia al-Adawiyya, and examines her case in four aspects : the hagiographic account of a saint’s life in its three main stages (birth, the taking up of a saintly life, death), the forms that the quest for divine love takes, the manifestations of the divine calling, and finally, the place of mysticism in a man-centered environment.…”
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Christianity and medical science: A historical quest for remedy in time of epidemics by V.U. Iheanacho

“… On 27 March 2020, Pope Francis led a special prayer to seek divine intervention for the cessation of the global corona virus pandemic. …”
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Paupertas (poverty) in John Calvin's Institutes by R. M. Britz

“…In referring to poverty, or to the victim of poverty, Calvin neither argues that the providentia Dei is a passive perpetual divine determinism nor that it is sacrificed to a temporal interim divine involvement. …”
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