« Entrer dans l’immobilité » : les défunts en position assise du second âge du Fer by Valérie Delattre, Laure Pecqueur

“…This position seems to transcend the community liturgies and suggests that these selected bodies found on the margin of cemeteries were isolated on purpose from the common mortals: chosen and laid out for the eternity, they now on seem to approach the divine and its expression modalities.…”
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Calvyn oor die leiding van die Heilige Gees in die verklaring van die Skrif by P. C. Potgieter

“…While he firmly believed in the divine inspiration and clarity (claritas) of the Bible, he also recognised the total depravity of mankind. …”
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“Supplications in Mathnawī: A Narratological and Rhetorical Interpretation” by Hamidreza Tavakkoli

“…This study suggests that a narratological perspective on supplications in Mawlānā Rūmī’s Mathnawī reveals not only several artistic characteristics of the prayers, but also the poet’s views on certain aspects of the dialogue between mankind and the Divine Creator. Most of the supplications in Mathnawī appear unexpectedly. …”
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Truth and Error of Conscience According to the Magisterium of the Church by Josef Spindelböck

“…A focus is laid on the dimension of virtue education since this helps the persons involved not only to grasp the truth of relevant moral values but also to realise morally good acts with the help of Divine grace. Even in situations of personal limitation, there is always a light of God telling the person how to know and do the good. …”
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Freedom in the sense of the Heidelberg Catechism - an orientation in the problems of modern liberty by E. Busch

“…The reason for this is that real freedom is founded in the gift of the divine liberator, who loves us only along with our neighbours. …”
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Cântecul lui Ioasaf şi verşul Sfântului Alexie, omul lui Dumnezeu. O abordare literară by Cristina-Ioana Dima

“…This constatation allows us to suggest in the second part of our paper that the real message of our text is the glorification of any kind of the sacred space which terrifies and offers, in the same time, the opportunity of meeting the divinity. Hereby, the poem is included in the hymnographic genre.…”
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Faire connaissance avec une mulier religiosa dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux du xiiie siècle by Anne-Laure Méril-Bellini delle Stelle

“…Thus, behind the topoi of the reputation of holiness and the divine intercession exerted through them, a range of social practices and of specific relationship emerge as a watermark of these scenes.…”
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Vergifnis in die gebed van Daniël (Dan. 9:4-19) by D. F. O'Kennedy

“…In this article the understanding of divine forgiveness is studied and the following important elements are emphasised: (1) Forgiveness cannot be limited to one specific historical context; (2) The motivation for forgiveness does not lie in the people’s obedience, but in God’s grace and mercy; (3) The structure and content of the prayer implies that confession of guilt is an important element in the process of forgiveness. …”
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Communal discernment in the early church by Pieter G. R. de Villiers

“…It analyses how discernment takes place mostly in times of ambiguity and crisis in which a faith community is challenged to seek the divine will. The article then investigates the way in which discernment takes place: it is first and foremost a communal matter which brings together all parties in order to participate in intense debate and weighing of possibilities. …”
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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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Les Syriens en mer Rouge et en Arabie du Sud aux premiers siècles de notre ère : apports de l’iconographie by Jean-François Breton

“…These two are completed by a stone relief from Shabwa, the capital of the kingdom of Hadhramawt, depicting an armored divinity, also nimbed. These three bas-reliefs raise unprecedented questions about the presence of Syrian (oriental) gods in South Arabia, frequented by Syrian merchants, and indirectly about the existence of places of worship or sanctuaries that archeology does not have discovered yet.…”
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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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