ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF VIOLIN INTERPRETATION by Cătălina GUŢANU

“…During the performance of a musical piece, any musician – regardless of whether he/she is a pianist, violinist or vocal singer, uses a full and profound sound that beautifies the interpretation and gives it more musicality, more feeling, warmth and spirituality. In order to render the character of a musical piece during interpretation, it is not enough to possess only the dynamic and timbral source (though it is important, of course), but still it is necessary to find a high quality sound that would coincide with the style, character and content of that particular piece. …”
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God's Holy Spirit: a back-story from the Joseph narrative (Genesis 37-50) by Barbara Green

“… The story of Judah within the longer Joseph story (Genesis 37-50) provides an apt place for readers to discern the work of the Holy Spirit and what is recognized in spirituality as the work of discernment. The character goes from venal and crass to empathetic and self-giving, and the question is how the narrative shows evidence of that process. …”
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In-house Shrines in Japanese Corporations and their Background by Nobumichi WATAHIKI, Luiza GATAN, Cristian VLAD, Nitin HINGARH, Saddam IQBAL

“…This paper illustrates the tradition of displaying an in-house shrine (kamidana) at Japanese organizations, focusing on the roles of spirituality and purpose in Japanese traditional organizations. …”
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Closing gaps in Open Distance Learning for theology students by E. Oliver

“…Student-centredness and blended learning are the main drivers behind the intense evaluation and planned upgrading of the courses taught within the Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology. The student profile showed that our students are indeed a unique group with diverse interests and expectations from the theological courses for which they enrolled. …”
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A NEXT GENERATION? YOUNG DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH MINISTERS AND THEIR VISION FOR THE CHURCH IN SOUTH AFRICA by G.J. Van Wyngaard

“…Questions on the faith, theology, and spirituality that made this theological and spiritual support possible have been analysed in detail over decades. …”
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Liturgical reform in the "breaking of the bread" in the Lord's Supper in the Palatinate and its resonance in the Heidelberg Catechism by E. de Boer

“…Changes in form reflect a changed spirituality. In the reformation of the sixteenth century the practice of the distribution of individual consecrated oblates to the kneeling communicant was replaced in the Palatinate by the breaking of a loaf of bread and the distribution of pieces to the congregation who received it standing or sitting. …”
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Giovanni Moioli's Theological Portrait. The 40th Anniversary of the Milanese Theologian's Deat by Jacek Węgrzyn

“…He left behind many theological works, especially on the theology of spirituality, Christology, sacramentology and eschatology. …”
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'n Hoofstuk in die (outo)biografie van die predikant (pastor?) by J-A. van den Berg

“… This article makes a further contribution (chapter) to the existing debate (book) about the office, personality and spirituality of the pastor. Voices from literature, those of various pastors (biographical) and that of the author (autobiographical) direct the process of Participatory Action Research and supply the text. …”
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El Greco's Italian paintings (1560-76) based on Bible texts by Estelle Alma Maré

“…Even during his years as an apprentice El Greco’s art is proof that he aspired to the highest humanly accessible values exemplified by Renaissance artistic theory, humanism and Christian spirituality — all of which later came to fruition in an unprecedented original combination in Toledo, Spain, where he settled permanently in 1577. …”
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SAWUBONA. A theo-ethic for everyday decolonial gestures by C.J. Kaunda

“…I underline that such an approach helps to perceive indigenous greetings such as Sawubona as dynamic philosophical terms saturated with incredible meanings deeply rooted in the pro-existential spirituality of care for life. …”
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Recurrent and current trends in the study of the Book of Psalms by N.L. deClaissé- Walford

“…In the late 20th nd early 21st centuries, other approaches to the Psalter emerged such as, among others, rhetorical criticism, liberation theology, feminist criticism, the psalms and spirituality, and so forth – the current trends. This article offers a summary of the current state of the form critical and the shape and shaping studies of the Psalter – the recurrent trends – and then moves on to examine a number of the 21st-century approaches to the book of Psalms – the current trends. …”
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Kroesbergen, H. 2019. The language of faith in Southern Africa: Spirit world, power, community, holism. by Mookgo S. Kgatle

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ESSENTIA OF HUMAN BEING AND ONTO-THEOLOGICAL ESSE OF METAPHYSICS: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT by N. V. Skrytska

“…After all in our world of cruelty, neglect, loss spirituality the main thing is not to lose the spiritual soil and the appeal to God.…”
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Jérémie et la « coupe de la colère de Dieu » : une miniature inédite, premier jalon d’un discours anti-judaïque à Cluny au xe siècle by Laura Attardo

“…Produced under the abbatiate of Maieul (954-994), the image presents a unique iconographic formula whose several levels of interpretation allow us to understand the spirituality and ecclesiology of the community’s monks in the mid-to-late 10th century. …”
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ESSENTIA OF HUMAN BEING AND ONTO-THEOLOGICAL ESSE OF METAPHYSICS: HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL CONTEXT by N. V. Skrytska

“…After all in our world of cruelty, neglect, loss spirituality the main thing is not to lose the spiritual soil and the appeal to God.…”
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African Indigenous Medicine Activities in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda by Godfrey, Barigye

“…It was established that most African indigenous healers were mainly practicing herbalism, midwifery/traditional birth attendance, spirituality/foretelling, bone-setters, snake poison healers and rain-makers. …”
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Ora sive labora? by Wojciech Zyzak

“…Since the accents can be optional, the Author claims that within the incarnational spirituality the lay Christians may identify themselves rather with the reverse order of this formula: “labora et ora”. …”
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Ọmọ Tí A Kò Kọ́: Globalization and Cultural Education among New Generation Nigerian Yorùbá by Michael O. Afolayan

“…The essay concludes that the spirituality and permanency of the kọ of the ́ child’s mind is diagonally opposed to the superficiality and transience of the kọ́ of the building, a mere structure with limited value. …”
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An ongoing search of constant and sustainable Lutheran Theological Education in South Africa in the 21st century. by K. Mashabela, M. Madise

“…There is a need to cultivate a culture of quality and equal education, spirituality, politics, and socio-economic systems for the service of South Africans. …”
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On being uniquely human in the world: a reflection on the contributions of J. Wentzel van Huyssteen by H. Musa

“…Van Huyssteen’s life and work have revolutionised the discussion on human life, the origin of religion, the quest for religion, and the constructive sense of rationality and spirituality as important ways of understanding the meaning and function of human uniqueness in terms of the reality of the image of God (imago Dei) in human beings. …”
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