Iterativity, agency, and feminism in the Hindu Tij songs of Nepal by Basanti Timalsina, Victoria L. Bergvall

“…We study the iterative discursive forms of language (word choice, syntax, and semantics) and multimodal displays (as modern media spread audiovisuals in songs and dances) arising around the Nepali Hindu festival of Tij, where women gather, feast, then fast, sing, and dance to honor the union of goddess Parvati and god Shiva. Traditional Tij songs often lament women as suffering under parents, brothers, husbands, or in-laws – yet taking joy and solace in celebrating with other women, whereas newer genres of songs may focus on one’s beauty and adornment in new Tij attire available through consumer commodification. …”
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United Nations and Gender Equality in Nigeria: A Reference of 2010-2020 by IJE O. JAIRUS, AJIYA SARAH, KARUEJE UCHE CHRISTOPER

“…It finally recommends that women status can only be enhanced and can contribute meaningfully to the socio economic and political development of our society if all forms of gender biases are removed and women are not regarded as inferior beings but as people created with equal endowment by God. …”
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Cosmetic Surgery and the Christian Body: Comparative Ethical Reflections from Orthodox and Catholic Traditions by Angelos Mavropoulos

“…Both traditions uphold the sanctity of the human body as a creation of God, emphasizing the importance of maintaining its integrity and dignity. …”
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Possible Motivations for Christians to Preserve Creation by Andreas May

“…The three motivations are 1) the admiration and the praise of creation, 2) the personal relationship with the God of Christianity and 3) the planet Earth is precious because of Jesus Christ. …”
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The role of the Holy Spirit in Calvin's doctrine of the sacraments by I. J. Hesselink

“…The Word and faith are requisites for any  efficacious experience of the sacraments, but “whatever God offers us in the sacraments depends on the secret operation of his Spirit” (Calvin). …”
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NUZŪL AL-QUR’ĀN: GRADUALIZATION PROCESS AND LIVING GUIDELINES FOR INDONESIAN SOCIETY by Resa Khairunnisa, Nur Samsia Harahap, Siti Wida Adawiyah

“…The Quran is the word of God that has been delivered to the Prophet Muhammad for his people. …”
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CHRISTOPANGANISM: A RELIGION IN SEARCH OF RELEVANCE OR A CONTEXTUALIZED CHRISTIANITY IN NIGERIA? by Amos Francis Dike

“…She must seek to return to a God-Christ-centered message where the price paid by Jesus Christ is sufficient to be projected at the expense of all human sacrifice, dilemma, and family predicaments. …”
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RELIGIOUS SYNCRETISM IN THE LENSES OF JEWISH-BUDHHISM: A RELIGIOUS IDEA IN MODERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT WUKARI JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES by ZACHARIAH BULUS `` TAKORE, YAKUBU DOMINIC ALKALI, DANIEL BEM APUUIVOM

“… There are modern attempts to consider understanding God from similar perceptions while being accommodated to your deity. …”
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Die oudheid van die letter en die nuutheid van die Gees. Enkele opmerkings oor die Skrif as lewende Woord by P. F. Theron

“…This tension is the work of the Spirit as the auctor primarius of Scripture, through which the “dead letter” is transformed into the living Word. “The new which God works makes itself similar to the old, and thereby makes the old into a parable of the new” (Jüngel). …”
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L’espace dialogique chez Flaubert : la « cabane de l’Ermite » et le double pupitre des copistes by Rocky Penate

“…While Antoine addresses himself to God, Bouvard and Pécuchet speak with one another. …”
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Zwischen logos und icon by Ulrich Engel

“…For it reminds us that all positively painted images of God always need the theological negative sign, the aesthetic "empty space" in the image itself.   …”
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al-Taswîq Muta'addid al-Mustawayât al-Mustawayât fî Daw al-Maqâsîd al-Shar'iyyah al-Khâssah bi al-Mâl by Rais Abdullah, Rabiatul Adawiyah, Abdul Gafur

“…The significance of this study is because it bases its discussion on maqāṣid syari’a, which is a discipline that reveals the wisdom, and the ultimate goal of a rule set by God for humans. The results of the study confirm that multilevel marketing in practice violates the principles of maqāṣid syari’a relating to property; therefore, this study strengthens the opinion that prohibits the practice of multilevel marketing in economic Activities…”
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“Sacherklärungen” in biblischen texten - vorkommen und bedeutung für die Bibelübersetzung by C. Stenschke

“…Rather they left their message in its geographical, historical and cultural context and added the necessary information so that it nevertheless could be understood. This underlines God’s revelation to concrete people in history. …”
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“For mine is the bitter, the ale and the lager”: Parodic prayer and the spirituality of humour by A. Houck

“…They could also go further, speaking to the relationship with God that is at the heart of Christian spirituality. …”
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Visual Rhetoric of the Jewel with The Infant Jesus in the Setting of Arma Christi by Ewa Letkiewicz

“…It was sewn onto the ruby cloth of the image of the Mother of God in the monastery of the Pauline Fathers at Jasna Góra in Częstochowa. …”
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Digitalna baza zelenila grada Trebinja by Jugoslav Brujić, Boris Marković, Jovan Travar, Drago Petković

“… Kroz primjere iz grada Trebinja, čija je zelenilo na javnim površinama 2008. god. skoro potpuno snimlјeno, autori daju model izgradnje GIS-baze jednog grada. …”
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Religieuse Kommunikasie by Willem de Klerk

“…The transcendental explanation, namely the pre-scientific premise that God exists, is also discussed. Here, the accent for the communication science falls on responses which are divided into religious sensitivity, directional and expression responses. …”
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The biological foundations of fixation: a general theory by Robert A. Dielenberg

“…The second half of this article briefly examines religious fixations, the most pervasive in terms of cognition and behavior, focusing on how children give up belief in Santa Claus but retain belief in God into adulthood. The concept of a fixation network is used to explain the mechanism behind this phenomenon. …”
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„Humanae vitae” odpowiedzią na współczesne sporyfilozoficzno-teologiczne oraz przypomnieniem podstawowych prawdchrześcijańskiej wiary by Ryszard Moń

“…The encyclical shows that life is a gift from God, and not the effect of biological processes. …”
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“Ikwekwe yinja1 (a Boy is a Dog)” by Zukile Ngqeza

“…Notwithstanding, scholars like Marcia Bunge acknowledge that in the Judeo-Christian bible “infants and children are also whole and complete human beings made in the image of God” (2012:65). Many times, the ways in which children are treated in biblical texts (in so far as adults make decisions without their (children) approval, e.g., Abraham’s decision to sacrifice Isaac, Jephthah’s decision to kill her daughter in honour of his agreement with Yahweh, the killing of the boy children during the time of Pharoah and King Herod exhibit the idea that children are not fully human. …”
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