A Review of Toyin Falọla. Cultural Modernity in a Colonized World: The Writings of Chief Isaac Oluwole Delanọ. Pan-African University Press, 2020, 739 pages. Toyin Falọla and Micha... by Bọla Dauda

“…While Samuel Ajayi Crowther laid the foundation for the transition of Yoruba culture from oral to written literatures, Delanọ provided the guideline manuals, the methodological rubrics, and the compass and roadmaps for the studies and development of modern Yoruba orthography, linguistics, anthropological historiography, literatures, spirituality, and nation building. He was the first Administrative Secretary of the Ẹgbẹ Ọmọ Oduduwa, a cultural organization that became a political party in Nigeria at the dawn of Nigeria’s independence in the 1950s. …”
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The Missionary-Colonial Forms of Marriages and Sexualities Within African Pentecostalism: A Sankofa-De-Colonial Perspective by Themba Shingange

“…In Africa, marriage and sexuality had cultural, spiritual, and religious intersectionality. However, the advent of the missionary-colonial enterprise reconstructed the concepts of marriage and sexuality by imposing the supremacy of Christianity and Civilization agendas. …”
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تقنيات السير الذاتي في " تقرير إلى غريكو "لـ نيكوس كازانتزاكيس أنموذجا by Feghrour Hala

“…The narrative integrates elements of philosophy, poetry, spirituality, and history, reflecting Kazantzakis' profound contemplation of life and art. …”
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Ageing Healthy: Perceptions of Older Persons, Community Members, and Other Stakeholders in Uganda by Eunice L. Kyomugisha MA, Rachel King PhD, Rosalind Parkes-Ratanshi PhD, Susan Nakkazi MA, Carol Brayne PhD, Louise Lafortune PhD

“…Socio-economic included financial stability, medical accessibility, future planning and network engagement. Spirituality, ageing with dignity and knowledge of body changes were others. …”
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Factors Associated with Chronic Noncancer Pain in the Canadian Population by Saifudin Rashiq, Bruce D Dick

“…White race and the affirmation of an important role for spirituality or faith reduced CNCP risk. In contrast to some previous studies, female sex did not emerge as an independent CNCP risk. …”
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May Sinclair’s Romantic Corpus by Leslie de Bont

“…In Mary Olivier’s Bildung (Mary Olivier: A Life, 1919), for instance, Mary’s assimilation of Romantic poems deeply resonates with her discoveries of pantheism, sensuality and rebellion, true to Sinclair’s own interests in spirituality and philosophical idealism. Sinclair’s marked interest in Romantic poetry suggests a little-known continuum between Romanticism and Modernism. …”
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Evaluating the Role that Monastic Educational Principles Play in Education in Monastic Boy Schooling in Gauteng Province, South Africa by Gradidge Jason, Sepeng Mmalefikane Sylvia

“…Monastic education has a rich history rooted in discipline, community, intellectual pursuits and spirituality. Every year, parents all over South Africa are posed with the question of selecting a school for their children. …”
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How do health workers build resilience after family loss, covid-19 infection, and social stigma during the pandemic? by Nungky Taniasar, Seger Handoyo, Fendy Suhariadi, Fiona Niska Dinda Nadia

“…Findings reveal that social support, emotional regulation, self-efficacy, and spirituality played significant roles in resilience-building. …”
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The Beginning of Liturgical Formation in Romania: The First Liturgical Manual in the Romanian Language by Dumitru A. Vanca

“…While different political realities shaped the three Principalities (Moldova, Wallachia and Transylvania) that later formed Romania (1918), the spiritual unity of the Romanian people has been nourished since the Middle Ages by the Eastern Christian faith. …”
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Cultivating Well-being, Community Cohesion, and Sense of Purpose through African Contemplative Practices by Lucy Draper-Clarke, Caryn Green

“…In contrast to meditation practices drawn from Eastern wisdom traditions, practices embedded in African spirituality are sound- and movement-based and conducted in community settings. …”
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Segmenting tourism in rural area by emphasizing on motivational factors: Case study of Kolan river catchment area by Nasser Bayat, Seyed Ali Badri

“…Based on the results of factor analysis were identified even major factor in tourists' motivations at the regional level, including: Rurality, sense of place and place belonging, rest and relaxation, nature-based tourist activities, group outdoor recreational activities, purchase the rural production, excitement and novelty, spirituality and solitude. According to this motivational factors final result of tourism segmentation shows that tourism demand in the market consisted 7 difference segments. cluster 1 with a diverse motivation of 12%, cluster 2 with togetherness motivation 17%, third cluster as a younger age group with adventure motivation 18.5%, cluster 4 with rurality motivation 15%, fifth cluster whit shopping motivation 10%, sixth cluster with sense of place and desire for comfort and rest 19.5%, and seventh cluster with a particular tendency to sense of place 7.5% of the sample population as a whole. …”
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Ecological wisdom in the legend of Otak Aiq Tojang: An ecocritical analysis by Hubbi Saufan Hilmi, Andayani Andayani, Nugraheni Eko Wardani

“…This study examines the Legend of Otak Aiq Tojang to explore ecological wisdom and spirituality within the Sasak people. Otak Aiq Tojang is a spring sacred to the Sasak people in Lendang Nangka village. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the cultural identity of the Amazonian indigenous Waorani by Aldrin Espín-León, María Luisa Pertegal-Felices, Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla, Juan Guzmán-Montalvo

“…However, in the ideological, religious, beliefs, and spirituality domains, there was a significant decline in scores after COVID-19.…”
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La maison aux esprits : configurations spatiales, pluralité religieuse et syncrétismes dans l’espace domestique afro-cubain by Katerina Kerestetzi

“…Moreover, Cuban households of mixed spirituality are centers of intense rituality. By rituality I am referring to private ritual actions performed on a daily basis but also to the collective ceremonies that bring together the whole religious community. …”
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Shaping a Collective Identity through Self-Representation: Early Suffrage Autobiographies and the Militant Experience by Chloé Clément

“…Therefore, My Own Story and Prisons and Prisoners not only act as platforms to share one’s story of the suffrage movement but also demonstrate the political power of personal experiences in creating a spirituality that included personal militant experiences into a greater collective environment. …”
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M. T. Ramírez. The body by itself. From the phenomenology of the body to an ontology of the embodied self / trans. from Span. А. К. Zhaparova by А. К. Zhaparova

“…It parts from the revaluation of the body undertaken by Nietzsche against a tradition that probably emphasized too much the spirituality of the soul, ripping it from the body. …”
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Semiotic insights on the socio-cultural influence of the San Sebastian Church architectural facade, Lumban, Laguna, Philippines by Ronald Allan S. delos Reyes, Jomel Paulo G. Ebron, Jhona N. Gamez, Christie C. Amores, Ma Rovilla C. Sudaprasert

“…Through semiotic analysis, the meanings of the symbols and designs found in San Sebastian Church have been corroborated to have played a role in the formation of the values and norms of the people indicating that spirituality and religion are significant facets of the human persona. …”
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JEAN BODIN'S NOTION OFSOVEREIGNTY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND NTHE QUEST FOR SOCIOPOLITICALADVANCEMENT IN NIGER by EKUASE INNOCENT O., COLLINS OKONKWO, EDOGIAWERIE MORRIS K.O.

“…The church is supposed to be a sacred institution which should concern itself with issues that pertain to spirituality, theology, heaven, etc.Bodin does not concur with the idea where church fathers (Priests) would be directly involved with matters that do not concern the church and its administration but focus on issues that concern thestate and its administration. …”
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An inquary on how to apply the approach of of Residents in Codification of conceptual concepts of the Persistent Iranian Neighbourhood updated with uses the Grounded theory meth... by Ensie Goharinasab, Hossein Zabihi, Shirin Toghyani

“…The parameters of security, sense of place, social status, spirituality and modern technology are one of the most important criteria for the survival of residents. …”
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The resilience instrument for older adults: scale development and preliminary validation by Chun Hu, Chun-Qing Zhang, Jingdong Liu, Yiqun Gan

“…In Study 2, seven factors were identified to construct resilience with 27 items: perseverance, self-reliance, spirituality, social support, living in the moment, environmental support, and meaningfulness, reflecting internal, external and existential dimensions. …”
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