Divine Love and Deep Connections: A Long-Term Followup of Patients Surviving Cardiac Surgery by Amy L. Ai, Daniel E. Hall

“…We examined experiencing divine love as an indicator of affective spiritual growth in a prospective cohort of 200 patients surviving cardiac surgery. …”
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Linking organisational life cycle models to church’s dual nature for effective management by Osward Sichula, Patrick Nanthambwe, Vhumani Magezi

“…Traditionally, the church has been viewed through dichotomous lenses as either a purely spiritual organism or a physical organisation, often leading to gaps in management practices. …”
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Augustine on angelic knowledge by Ovie Valentine Aghoghophia

“… Angelic beings are spiritual intellectual beings. They possess knowledge; however, they are not omniscient. …”
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The Concepts and Contextualization of Incantations in Nigerian Popular Music: Juju Music as Paradigm by Kayode Olusola

“… The Yoruba people like any other African tribe are enriched with magical and other traditional spiritual powers that are capable of invoking spirits and deities. …”
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Song of Songs and the charism of Mother Theresa of Calcutta (Cant 1:5-2:17) by Krzysztof Bardski

“…However, it seems that the intuitions of the Fathers of the Church may still be inspiring, especially for certain spiritual actualizations of the Scripture. In some contexts of the life of the Church, e.g. spiritual retreats, the symbolical and allegorical reading of the Bible can be still fruitful, especially in connection with new spiritualties emerging in modern times. …”
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Shall we dance? Choreographing hospitality as key to interpersonal transformation by G.W. Marchinkowski

“…Finally, the article formulates principles for the spiritual practice of hospitality for ordinary people in everyday life, by considering the contributions of contemporary spiritual writers, Barbara Brown Taylor and Christine Pohl. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTENTION OF HESYCHAST AND SUFISTIC PRACTICES OF FREEDOM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT by Yurii Y. Semchuk

“…It is proved that in the spiritual practices of Hesychasm and Sufism Set the true path to God. …”
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Rise of netholicism: A comprehensive review of internet addiction among today’s youth by Yogesh Kumar, Om P. Dhakar

“…As per the findings of the research, it has been observed that netholicism (or internet addiction) represents a complex and multifaceted phenomenon with the underlying factors contributing to internet addiction and its psychological, physical, social, and spiritual impacts. Socially, internet addiction hinders real-life connections and emotional intelligence, while ethically and spiritually, it raises concerns about identity and moral relativism in the digital realm. …”
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Implementasi diri sebagai hamba dalam aktivitas suluk tarekat naqsyabandiyah by Nurasiah Lubis, Jufri Naldo

“…Hasil dalam penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa Para siswa terlibat dalam berbagai praktik spiritual, termasuk dzikir (mengingat Allah) secara teratur, melakukan salat tambahan seperti tahajud dan dhuha, dan berpartisipasi dalam latihan spiritual seperti khalwat (mengurung diri untuk bermeditasi). …”
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BLESSED MARCELINA DAROWSKA – A NOTABLE EXAMPLE OF POLISH MYSTICISM OF THE 19TH CENTURY by Marek Chmielewski

“…She left a two-volume ascetic-mystical treatise, spiritual notes (“Diary”), many letters to spiritual directors and some sisters, as well as texts of retreats that she preached to students and various people. …”
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ILMU SABUKU, A LOCAL TAREKAT PRACTICED FOR CENTURIES BY THE BANJAR SOCIETY, SOUTHERN KALIMANTAN by Ahmad

“…Ilmu Sabuku is a spiritually nuanced Sufist from the Banjar community in southern Kalimantan, Indonesia. …”
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Naidoo, Marily (Ed.), Between the real and the ideal. Ministerial formation in South African churches by Lyzette Hoffman

“…Marily Naidoo, is the result of a research project on “spiritual formation and theological education” in South Africa. …”
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A REALITY OF MAN by Edmundas Krakauskas

“…This argument has been analyzed up to the present day and will continue to be analyzed in the future. Is man real as a spiritual being or is he with two natures: material and spiritual? …”
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PRACTICAL THEOLOGY AS A SNIPPET DISCIPLINE OF “VERBING AND DISPLAYING THE PRAXIS OF GOD” by D.J. Louw

“…It explores the notion of the “praxis of God” as a kind of cohesive factor in a practical teleology, framed by the Christian spiritual paradigm of the passio Dei. It is proposed that an “operative ecclesiology” should contribute to a kind of “spiritual humanism”, focusing on what one can call the “beautification” of life; practical theology as fides quaerens beatitudinem. …”
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METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING THE PROBLEM OF WAR AND PEACE IN PERSONAL RELIGIOUS BELIEFS by Z. V. Shwed

“…In the tradition of rethinking the vocation of man in the context of fundamentalist discourse, these ideas acquire the status of spiritually determined and politically achievable goals. …”
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Paupertas (poverty) in John Calvin's Institutes by R. M. Britz

“…Paupertas is also embedded in the theological context of the teaching of Scripture on the knowledge of the providentia Dei. In the spiritual sense, paupertas denotes the desperate aspect of spiritual poverty (i.e. …”
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L’écriture du monde (II). by Nicolas Perreaux

“…It is then deduced that the water was a pure and spiritual element that favored, like writing, the transitus – i.e. the passage from carnal to the spiritual ; meanwhile terra oscillated between rejection and hyper-valuation. …”
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Moral Foundations of the Theory of Education in Russian Neo-Kantianism by P. A. Vladimirov, A. V. Lebedeva

“…The relevance of the study is determined by the significance of spiritual and moral values in the context of institutional education. …”
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Productive Zakat Empowerment by Baznas in Improvement of Mustahiq’s Economy in Kotamobagu by Edi Gunawan, Sahari Sahari, Deden Afandi, Wira Purwadi

“…Zakat in Islamic principle, besides serving as a spiritually mandatory form of worship, can also be an alternativein poverty eradication process. …”
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Association between social capital and trajectories of cognitive function among Chinese older adults by Mengyun Xiong, Zhaojing Wen, Wanrui Ma, Xue Hu, Yan Tong, Zhizhong Wang

“…Social capital, including social cohesion, social interaction, civic participation, and spiritual capital, was assessed using a series of standard instruments at baseline. …”
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