Discursive Study of Religion: From States of the Mind to Communication and Action.

• Authors : Von Stuckrad, Kocku¹

Subjects: *RELIGIOUS studies; *COMMUNICATION; *THEOLOGY

• Source: Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 2003, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p255-271. 17p.

• Abstract: This article addresses the predicament of the academic study of religions and directs the debate into more fruitful fields of research. After a brief account ... Copyright of Method & Theory in the Study of Religion is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may ...

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Cognitive Science of Religion and the Study of Islam: Rethinking Islamic Theology, Law, Education, and Mysticism Using the Works of al-Ghazālī.

• Authors : Nakissa, Aria¹ (AUTHOR)

Subjects: *ISLAMIC theology; *MYSTICISM; *ISLAM

• Source: Method & Theory in the Study of Religion. 2020, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p205-232. 28p.

• Abstract: Specialists in Islamic studies have taken virtually no interest in the influential and rapidly developing field of Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR). The present article ... Copyright of Method & Theory in the Study of Religion is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may ...

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Attentiveness to Nature in Learning Qigong in Norway.

• Authors : Sagli, Gry¹

Subjects: *QI gong; *CHINESE medicine; *EDUCATION

• Source: Asian Medicine. 2017, Vol. 12 Issue 1/2, p56-85. 30p.

• Abstract: This article discusses a style of medical qigong, called “Biyun qigong” 碧雲氣功 (Azure blue clouds qigong), that has become popular in Norway ... Copyright of Asian Medicine is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed ...

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Chapter Fourteen: PLURALISM AND DEMOCRACY: INDIVIDUALISM BY ANOTHER NAME?

• Authors : McKenna, Erin¹

• Source: Education for a Democratic Society; 2007, p143-153, 11p

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Epicurus on 'Free Volition' and the Atomic Swerve.

• Authors : Purinton, Jeffrey S.

Subjects: *ATOMIC swerve (Philosophy); *ANCIENT philosophy; *METAPHYSICAL cosmology

• Source: Phronesis. Nov99, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p253-299. 47p.

• Abstract: The central thesis of this paper is that Epicurus held that swerves of the constituent atoms of agents' minds cause the ... Copyright of Phronesis is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or emailed to ...

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Chapter Six: JOHN DEWEY'S POST-TRADITIONAL NOTION OF COMMUNITY.

• Authors : Jörke, Dirk¹

• Source: Education for a Democratic Society; 2007, p53-63, 11p

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Chinese Perceptions of American Democracy: Late Qing Observers and Their Experiences with the Chinese Exclusion Act.

• Authors : Wong, Sam¹ ; Wong, Brian²

Subjects: *CONFUCIANISM; *DEMOCRACY; *CHRISTIANITYTWAIN, Mark, 1835-1910

• Source: Journal of American-East Asian Relations. 2020, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p315-346. 32p.

• Abstract: Analysis of the writings of Kuang Qizhao and other Chinese self-strengtheners suggests that their emphasis on promoting education before democracy and ... Copyright of Journal of American-East Asian Relations is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be ...

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The Educational Qurʾan: "Maybe Youp Will Understand (laʿallakum taʿqilūn)".

• Authors : Christiansen, Johanne Louise¹

Subjects: *ETYMOLOGY; *HISTORICAL lexicology; *ASCETICS

• Source: Numen: International Review for the History of Religions. Oct2019, Vol. 66 Issue 5/6, p550-579. 30p. 6 Charts.

• Abstract: This article addresses the Qurʾan in light of Peter Sloterdijk's etymologically founded understanding and elaboration of askēsis as "training" or "exercise." Approaching asceticism ... Copyright of Numen: International Review for the History of Religions is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content ...

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From Boxes and Cabinets to the Bibliotheca: Building the Jewish Library of the Ex-Conversos in Amsterdam, 1620–1665.

• Authors : Fisher, Benjamin

Subjects: *JEWISH libraries; *MARRANOS; *JEWSNETHERLANDS; AMSTERDAM (Netherlands)

• Source: European Journal of Jewish Studies. 2019, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p43-76. 34p.

• Abstract: In the early seventeenth century, members of Amsterdam's Portuguese Jewish community assembled a significant collection of Jewish—and especially Sephardi—literature that served as a ... Copyright of European Journal of Jewish Studies is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be ...

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Sowing Dragon's Teeth and Harvesting Fleas? – A Historical Inquiry into China's Education-Aid Programs since the 1970s.

• Authors : Liu, Yun¹

Subjects: *EDUCATIONAL change; *CHINESE national character; *FEDERAL governmentCHINA

• Source: African & Asian Studies. 2018, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p394-415. 22p.

• Abstract: This paper reviews the historical evolution of China's education-aid programs. These specific programs are seemingly consistent with China's Copyright of African & Asian Studies is the property of Brill Academic Publishers and its content may not be copied or ...

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