Discernment: the message of the Bhagvad-Gita by K. Perumpallikunnel

“…Krishna instructs him that, when a person is capable of watching everything that happens within and around him dispassionately and acting with an attitude of detachment, he attains sthithaprajna (equanimity) and samadhai (liberation). …”
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FROM THE 1964 CABINET CRISIS TO THE 2014 CABINET IN MALAWI: by Q Jere

“…The Presbyterian Church (CCAP) in Malawi is one of the religious institutions that played a critical role in the nation’s liberation and fight for independence. Seven weeks into independence a cabinet crisis occured where some ministers were dismissed, while others resigned in support of their fired colleagues. …”
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A CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS OF CIVILIAN CONTROL OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY UNDER DEMOCRATIC DISPENSATIONS by MOHAMMED LAWAL TAFIDA

“…This paper conceptualises the nature of civilian control of the military in these dispensations by assessing the frameworks, challenges and outcomes. Using liberal-democratic prescriptions that define civilian control as conceptual framework, it employs the historical, constitutional, structural and institutional approaches as analytical tools. …”
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UNHEARD VOICES OF WOMEN IN THE BIBLE, WITH IMPLICATIONS OF EMPOWERMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF TODAY’S CHURCH by L.M. Mudimeli, J.D.N. Van der Westhuizen

“…As the empowerment of women is located within the discourses of gender equality, a gender lens, which is a biblical liberation hermeneutic of vhusadzi theology, is employed to reconstruct positive discourses regarding people’s perceptions about women in societies. …”
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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

“…The latter need to be confronted with liberation and decolonisation systems that reclaim African indigenous identities. …”
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Godsdiens: middel tot verslawing of tot heling? by W. C. Coetzer

“… There are two sides to religion, on the one hand the threat that implies emotional pain and addiction, on the other hand the healing and liberating effect of a balanced and healthy religion. …”
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Christian and secular values for sale: the religious apostasy of celebrity and Disney's "Hannah Montana" star Miley Cyrus by Sanchez Sabate, Gelabert Santané, Badilla Briones, Del Valle Rojas

“…A paradigmatic case is that of American singer Miley Cyrus, who went from being a famous religious role model for conservative American evangelical Christians to becoming a secular and liberal celebrity, playing in highly sexualized live shows and videos. …”
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Bevorworten, Befürworten. Postkoloniale Solidarität in Paratexten von Jean-Paul Sartre und Amilcar Cabral by Lisa Brunke, Christian Wimplinger

“…Am Beispiel von Jean-Paul Sartres Vorwort zu Frantz Fanons Les damnés de la terre (1961) und Amilcar Cabrals Vorwort zu Basil Davidsons The Liberation of Guiné (1969) zeigt sich, wie allographe Vorwörter in postkolonialen Kontexten politische und soziale Allianzen formen. …”
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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. …”
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Verlossing as socio-politieke bevryding? by P. Robinson

“…Widely different approaches have developed of which the one extreme position sees salvation as "saving souls" in a clearly individualistic and spiritualistic way while on the other extreme one has the demand for total socio-political liberation. In order to understand this radicalizing of such a central Biblical concept as "salvation" one has to take note of some developments in theology and society during the 20th century. …”
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Taphonomic variation in vascular remains from Mesozoic non-avian dinosaurs by M. H. Schweitzer, W. Zheng, E. Dickinson, J. Scannella, A. Hartstone-Rose, P. Sjövall, J. Lindgren

“…Here, we use a suite of micromorphological and molecular techniques to examine vessel-like material recovered from the skeletal remains of six non-avian dinosaurs, representing different taxa, depositional environments and geological ages, and we compare the data obtained from our analyses against vessels liberated from extant ostrich bone. The results of this in-depth, multi-faceted study present strong support for endogeneity of the fossil-derived vessels, although we also detect evidence of invasive microorganisms.…”
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The narrative of the woman caught in adultery (JN 7:53-8:1-11) re-read in the Nigerian context by C. U. Manus, J. C. Ukaga

“…The findings reveal abiding lessons adjudged relevant for a sustainable pro-life Christology and theology of the rescue and liberation of women from militant jihadists in north-eastern Nigeria. …”
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The multifaceted Montessori movement, and its pioneers by Christine Quarfood

“…I par­ticularly focus on their widely differing interpretations of Montessorism – the movement’s central creed about the child’s liberation. …”
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Sytuacja prawna dzieci w Polsce po 1945 r. Wybrane aspekty z A.S. Makarenką w tle by Sylwia Różycka-Jaroś

“…The analysis carried out in the text shows that the law established at that time was not only progressive in relation to the past, but it also kept up to date, about which, after the liberal breakthrough of 1989, we do not want to remember. …”
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A Program for PHD in Business Administration (By Research Only) (PHDBA- R) by Kabale University

“…Whereas the stiff competition in the business sector calls for development of a human capital base equipped with managerial competences to deal with the National, Regional, Africa and Worldwide trends of contemporary business, there is a remarkable increase in the demand of managerial skills in the wake of liberalized economies, elsewhere in developing countries. …”
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The external sector of the Serbian economy by Ristanović Vladimir

“…The causes of external imbalances should be sought in the absence of adequate export strategy, as well as in high speed of liberalization of foreign trade flows and exchange rate policy.…”
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Christian Doctrines and the Death of Osinachi: Social Work Intervention with Women in Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria. by Imafi, Kelly Alfred

“…The paper recommends social work profession that is capable of providing effective intervention to empower and liberate to women from abuse and all forms of religious and cultural oppression which has in the past rendered them voiceless and helpless.…”
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A’joot  : Ethics, Rights and Values Spoken from the Stomach and Heart by Araceli Rojas

“…Emphasis is given to the concept of dignity developed by the Zapatistas (Zapatista Army of National Liberation), which entails the recognition of present living without dignity while fighting to achieve it, as a scream-protest against invisibilisation and an ongoing development of its meaning.…”
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CONTEMPLATING ALLAN BOESAK’S FASCINATION WITH PREACHING “TRUTH TO POWER”

“…Boesak, as a son of liberation and Black theology, is known for aspiring to a new world through the biblical witness. …”
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Łaska w ikonach by Monika Wąchocka

“…In the western Church they suffered profound transformation, taking the form of holy pictures. They are liberated from the canons and techniques, depending only on the artist’s skills and fashions of the time. …”
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