« A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy by Yves Davo

“…This article focuses on Cormac McCarthy’s religious viewpoint in The Road (2006) and highlights the biblical metaphors and images that bring about a new vision of the apocalypse. Finding God in a godless world lies at the core of McCarthy’s project. …”
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'Gelukkig hij die uw kinderen zal grijpen' by H. G. L. Peels

“…Hermeneutical and biblical-theological positioning of the Old Testament imprecations The Old Testament contains many prayers for the shaming,   punishment or destruction of the godless, especially in the Psalms. This imprecatory prayer, which still forms one of the most troublesome dimensions of Scripture for modern Bible-readers, is usually explained very negatively as a human but intolerable expression of personal or national rancour/hostility, and as such put in sharp contrast with the New Testament message of love for the enemy. …”
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Sacraliser le territoire américain : Mount Shasta, quand les dieux viennent instruire les humains by Bernadette Rigal-Cellard

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Western European Intellectual Practices of a New Type in Russian Everyday Life at Early 18th Century (case of Feofan Prokopovich) by I. Yu. Khruleva

“…The intellectual movement of the religious Enlightenment sought to reconcile the natural philosophy of the 17th-18th centuries with a religious worldview, while trying to overcome the extremes of religious fanaticism, on the one hand, and nihilism and godlessness, on the other. The process of forming a new intellectual environment is marked by the coexistence and mutual influence of the most diverse, sometimes poorly compatible traditions, their transformation and modification. …”
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„... nenábožnost nynějšího věku ...“ Proměny zbožnosti ve druhé polovině 19. století očima katolických kněží by Hana Stoklasová

“…The writers mentioned specific, constantly repeating and strengthening phenomena which showed the godlessness of the majority population. Above all, it was a very half-hearted approach to religious education in the family which planted the seeds of shallow faith. …”
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