Female Authority during the Knights’ Quest ? Recluses in the Queste del Saint Graal by Anastasija Ropa

“…Female recluses were prominent in the medieval spiritual landscapes, but, unlike hermits, these vigorously enclosed women are almost non-existent in medieval romance. …”
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De la campagne écossaise aux milieux aristocratiques londoniens : le déracinement de Thomas Carlyle? by Catherine Heyrendt

“…Yet both he and his wife failed to acquire a true sense of belonging to their new geographical, social and spiritual environment. Their letters to their families—arguably an attempt to fight gradual estrangement—bear witness to their often disapproving yet compelling fascination with London society. …”
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Positive models of suffering and psychiatry by Ahmed Samei Huda

“…In the positive model, suffering can contain an important message of needed change, indicate a response to a psychosocial predicament or be a route to spiritual enlightenment. This approach is briefly critiqued, and circumstances where patients might prefer this approach are described. …”
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Het getuigenis aangaande Jezus een pheumatologische verkenning by L. Floor

“…By explaining the work of the Holy Spirit John indicates that there is a close interaction between the doctrine of Jesus the Son of God and the spiritual life of believers. …”
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The image of women in the dialect dictionaries of the Prizren-Timok dialect area by Ilić Mirjana K.

“…The analysis shows how much the social status of a woman, her role in the social community, differs from that of today, but also points to the former ideal of female physical beauty, spiritual, psychological and moral characteristics.…”
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Pilgrimage and Pilgrim Hierarchies in Vernacular Discourse: Comparative Notes from the Camino de Santiago and Glastonbury by Tiina Sepp

“…This article is based on my fieldwork conducted in two important destinations in the spiritual landscape of European vernacular religion – the Camino de Santiago (pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela) in northern Spain, and Glastonbury in southwest England. …”
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You are what you don’t eat - fasting, ethics, and ethnography, in Serbia and beyond by Lackenby Nicholas

“…Food and fasting generate diverse reflections on the importance of rules, spiritual growth, hypocrisy, and sincerity. Thinking anthropologically, we see that people with range of viewpoints on the Church are in fact united in making ethical evaluations. …”
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Le sainct esprit a yci pourtrait au vif ... Calvin's understanding of the Holy Spirit's modus operandi in the life of believers in the light of the preface to his Commentary on the... by E. Kayayan

“…In the Preface, the Psalms are divinely inspired, life-giving words that enhance the experience of the readers similar to the experience lived and expressed by the authors.The testimonium internum Spiritu Sancti is the core of the Preface inasmuch as expressed by means of a necessary process of anatomy and dissection of all the affections of the soul. …”
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Parental Roles in Management of Pupils Discipline in Selected Batwa Community Primary Schools, Kanungu District. by Babiriisa, Enos

“…Usually, parents are looked at as the first step towards human growth and it is their role to nurture a child into a responsible society member by guidance on how to live with other people, to communicate with others, spiritual support as well as financial support.…”
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Paradigms in theology by W.J. Ouweneel

“… My present starting-point, not worked out here (cf. extensively Ouweneel 1993), is that all scientific activity, even all human action is founded in a central-religious ground-motive (fundamental driving-force of a religious-spiritual nature). It is my view that scientific, including theological activity necessarily demands such a ground-motive, and that every ground-motive roots in the human heart. …”
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Monges e mosteiros galegos em Portugal (séculos XII-XV) by Francisco Javier Pérez Rodríguez

“…Finally, a brief reference is made to the cultural and spiritual role of Galician monasteries in the neighbouring kingdom.…”
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The Torment of Preaching and Listening in a Pluralistic Society by Marian Šuráb

“…The preacher may suffer from a new cultural and religious circumstance, authority issues, impaired spirituality, personal difficulties, loss of enthusiasm and fear or excessive stage fright. …”
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L’incontinence de la chair by Julien Théry

“…The exercise of this control notably took the singular form of frequent investigative procedures against prelates who were accused of various « excesses » or « enormities », among which breaches of chastity, grouped under the name « incontinence of the flesh », were very frequently associated with faults in spiritual and temporal government. This paper examins the particular meaning of these accusations of lustful behavior in such a context.…”
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Book review: Holistic Special Education: Camphill Principles and Practice. Robin Jackson, editor by Jeremy Millar

“…Holistic Special Education: Camphill Principles and Practice is a story of a vision transcending the destruction and displacement of the Nazi era, and then bringing a holistic philosophical and spiritual approach to the care of children with special needs in the North East of Scotland. …”

The (possible) function of the beatitude of the poor in the context of the struggle against poverty by Joachim Kügler

“…A possible function of the beatitude of the poor in the struggle against poverty can be seen in the spiritual empowerment it gives to the poor themselves: Poverty is against God’s will; it is no divine punishment and does not separate from God. …”
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Images of India in the Lithuanian press of Catholic missions, 1927–1940 by Laurynas Kudijanovas

“…Based on the articles published in the Jesuit magazine “Misijos” and the Salesian magazine “Saleziečių žinios” in 3rd and 4th decades of the 20th century, three main images that represented India in Lithuania are examined: Indian spirituality and religiosity, social problems of society, primarily the caste system and women’s rights, and finally the ferocious nature of the land. …”
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Capital punishment or capitol forgiveness? The enduring message of Dead Man Walking by Frederick Hale

“…Although this question is treated in Dead Man Walking in an explicitly Roman Catholic context in the United States of America, the ethical and spiritual dimensions of its treatment on the screen transcend geographical and denominational borders and are particularly relevant to South Africa, where escalating violence in recent years has engendered a callousness and spirit of vengefulness in many quarters and where public support for the death penalty is strong. …”
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‘Everything is Plastic’:The Faith of Unity Movement and theMaking of a Post-Catholic Religion in Uganda by Asonzeh Ukah

“…Chidester uses an approach of multi-sensorial imagination of matter to investigate the plasticity and elasticity of religion to innovate and accommodate changing religious and spiritual desires and how such adaptions ensure the popularity of religious participation in a contemporary, technology-saturated society. …”
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Discerning the mystical wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and John of the Cross by C. Kourie

“… The 21st century is characterised by a global spirituality. Presently, and more than ever, access to the great religious traditions has enabled many to tap into the wisdom of other cultures. …”
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Ritual as mechanism for securing life and averting evil among the Krobo by G. Ossom-Batsa

“…This article studies four Krobo rituals to explore the ultimate meaning of life in Krobo worldview: material and spiritual wellbeing. The fight against sickness, misfortune, evil and other disasters provides the framework within which they express their dependence on their creator by means of rituals. …”
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