Toward Inculturated Preaching by Michael E. Connors

“…We then turn to a theology of inculturation as it has been developing in recent decades, a theology that frames the interaction of the Christian message with culture in terms of both adaptation and liberation. Drawing upon the work of Robert Schreiter and others in understanding the formation of local theologies, the essay advances some methodological considerations in order for the church to move toward the possibility of authentically inculturated preaching. …”
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Plotinus’ νοητή ουσία means substance paths to the Absolute by Robert Warchał

“…The sensual world, represented by the κόσμος αισθητός, can be an obstacle to learning about one's own nature and realizing the path toward liberation from the yoke of the animal self. Of course, being, understood in a spiritual context, has ontological priority here. …”
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Gendered Cartographies in Melissa Scott’s Science Fiction: Queering Shadow Man (1995) by Beatriz Hermida Ramos

“…In this article, I draw from different academic fields such as science fiction studies, space studies and feminist and queer studies to explore how the speculative elements of the novel influence the construal of gender identity, and I question whether Scott’s narrative can be interpreted as a hopeful space for queer liberation in the face of hostility. I analyse how the economic relations between both spaces, Hara and the Concord worlds, shape the understanding of gender and sexuality, and I focus on how the friction between the two systems highlights the power of the nation-state to mark certain bodies as foreign, undesirable and abjected. …”
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African Socialism, the Economy of Affection, and a Concern for Foreign Affairs by Prolific S. Mataruse

“… Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania, is known as the ‘Mwalimu’ (the Great Teacher) for his roles and expansive thinking about the liberation of Africa. While he belongs to an older generation of politicians, it is opportune to reflect on his philosophical contributions at a time of extreme poverty and inequality in developing countries, and as Africa largely takes a backseat on the Russia-Ukraine war. …”
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Nkunimdie Christology: An Akan contextual expression of the Christus Victor motif of atonement by I. Boaheng

“…This research is based on literature involving theological and ethical analyses of, and reflections on the Christus Victor model of atonement and how it can address the Akan Christian need for spiritual protection and economic liberation. The resulting theology is a contextual theology that incorporates the biblical world view, the Akan world view, and the Christus Victor model of atonement. …”
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The Appearance and Disappearance of Exocomet Gas Absorption by Barry Y. Welsh, Sharon L. Montgomery

“…This variability is due to the liberation of gas from falling evaporating bodies (the so-called FEBs activity) on the grazing approach of exocomets towards their parent star. …”
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Excerpt from Moore’s Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies, and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe by David B. Moore

“…Surprisingly (to me), none of them mentioned in other than laudatory mode Mugabe’s learning many of his trade’s tricks during Zimbabwe’s liberation war. I tried to remedy some of such lacunae at the end of the interviews on that September 6, 2019 morning, but when writing the book discovered writer Percy Zvomuya’s historical delving reflected my interests. …”
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Research Advancements in Food Satiety and Its Testing Methods by YAO Mengli, HAN Xiaofeng, WANG Ruoyong, HAN Xiaowei, HAN Zhong, ZENG Xin’an, HUANG Jingmei, LIU Yifeng, YUAN Peng, LIU Jia, DUAN Shenglin

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Origen and Plato on the Superiority and Perfection of the Soul by Zhimeng Lin

“…He emphasized that the perfection of the soul requires liberation from the dominance of the senses, using Plato’s dialectical method and drawing inspiration from the Holy Spirit to achieve comprehensive knowledge and spiritual maturity. …”
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Marriage by Proxy: A Remedy to Divorce and Single Parenting as Presented in Ifá Ogbèdí Divination Poetry by Samuel Kayode Olaleye

“…However today, some people have attributed the problem of marriage breakup to abandoned culture and modernity through Western education, foreign culture, and religions, while others premise it on women’s liberation. Yet, the latter argument may not be strong enough since many prominent women were successful in their business enterprises and marriage even in times of the gods such as Ajé who had 200 slaves that helped her to take her wares to the market. …”
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Race, racialisation and colour-caste by George Hull

“…The same facts confronted the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) – a mid-20th-century South African liberation movement – with an organisational and theoretical challenge. …”
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Development of Gus Dur's perspective religious moderation education module at Ma'had Al-Jami'ah UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang by Shuhadak Shuhadak, Nurul Hikmah, Makhi Ulil Kirom, M Rofik Fitrotulloh

“…This idea is known as the nine main values of Gus Dur including monotheism, humanity, justice, equality, brotherhood, liberation, simplicity, chivalry and local wisdom. The purpose of this study is to increase the availability of learning media for insight into moderate values in religion while at the same time helping educators in ma'had, namely the board of caregivers, murrobi/ah and musyrif/ah in providing students with an understanding of moderate Islamic values in the context of religion and Indonesia. …”
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Modernity and interreligious dialogue. Difficulties posed by the ideological translation of religious categories by María A. Corpas-Aguirre

“…On the other, because Modernity has been associated with the evolution of the liberal State and democracy, whose bases are deeply relativistic. …”
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Contemporary information social risks in the post-modern era by L. V. Tcerkasevich, E. A. Makarenko

“…A different, own interpretation of historical events, the liberation of historical knowledge from politicisation and mythologisation can lead to risks of distortion of historical memory and even to conflicting situations of interpretation of the past. …”
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Cardioprotective Effect of Nec-1 in Rats Subjected to MI/R: Downregulation of Autophagy-Like Cell Death by Liang Wang, Xuebai Lv, Jue Tian, Xiaoliang Wang, Ye Wu, Hui Rong Liu

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Effects of Fungi-Mediated Solid-State Fermentation on Phenolic Contents and Antioxidant Activity of Brown and White Teff (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter) Grains by Yoseph Asmelash Gebru, Desta Berhe Sbhatu

“…Such changes are suggested to be attributed to activities of fungal enzymes such as amylases, xylanases, and proteases that induce structural breakdown of grain components including cell walls leading to the liberation or synthesis of a variety of phenolic compounds. …”
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From sick old man to mythical hero by Sandra Pitcher, Tammy Frankland, Nicola Jones

“…However, it can be noted that Mandela and the ANC carefully built up his symbolic power in the press and media to represent him as “some kind of Messiah” (Ottaway, 1993:11) who had led South Africa to freedom almost single-handedly, and in doing so cemented his ideals of liberation, peace and non-racialisation in the imagination of the world. …”
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The new media as monitors of democracy by Dumisani Moyo

“…What is clear is that these new forms of communication are fast eroding the monopoly of incumbent politicians over the communications landscape, undercutting the liberation discourse that has had a stranglehold on election processes, and signalling the possibility of more open political spaces where divergent views can coexist. …”
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Development of Ukrainian statehood and authorities of Carpathian Ukraine by S. Yu. Ivanov

“…It is emphasised that the declaration of the Act of Independence of Carpathian Ukraine on 15 March 1939 strengthened the liberation ideas, inspiring the struggle for the independence of Ukrainians in all ethnic areas and creating the necessary international preconditions for the reunification of the region with other Ukrainian territories in the future.…”
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Embarking on Friendship: Exploring Early Soviet-Indian Relations by S. I. Lunev

“…During the wartime, the USSR underestimated the advantages of forging close ties with Indian left-wing centrists, favoring instead communists who provided the Kremlin with falsified data on the national liberation movement in the country.The article examines how bilateral relations evolved and strengthened as mutual knowledge grew. …”
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