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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Sacred texts"”.
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Printing as Practice: Innovation and Imagination in the Making of Tibetan Buddhist Sacred Texts in California
… an exploration of how one brings a Tibetan sacred text to being — and to voice — in the unfamiliar, and perhaps unlikely, landscape of Northern California. Through 16 months’ fieldwork with a Nyingma Buddhist community based in Berkeley, California I ask how the production of the sacred is …
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If It Wasn’t for the Women: An Exploration of Works by Renita Weems, Wil Gafney, & Kelly Brown Douglas
… understood within and as a result of biblical texts. Weems, Douglas, and Gafney’s work has asked the tough questions of Christianity, and bravely tackled taboo topics like sexuality, abuse, and racism. Their aim has been to interrogate whose voices have not been present in popular Christian …
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Bhaṭṭa Jayanta on Sentence Meaning: A Study in the second half of the 5th book of Nyāyamañjarī
… between language and reality; the validity of sacred texts; whether or not sacred texts can instigate us independently of any consideration for the result; the difference between agency and eligibility and how they affect interpretations of causality. Hence an attempt has been made to explore …
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Die Reinkarnation Des Lesers Als Autor: Ein Rezeptions Geschichtlicher Versuch Ueber Den Einfluss Der Altindischen Literatur Auf Deutsche Schriftsteller Um 1900. (German Text)
… has been an analysis of the influence of the sacred texts of India on German literature. The result was a refusal to acknowledge the writing of the Germans as a creative process. Their works were viewed as distortions of the original texts.
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A study of English-language sacred solo literature by selected twentieth-century composers
… facilitates the study of twentieth-century sacred solo literature for the voice in the English language, providing a survey of English and American composers who have made significant contributions to the sacred solo repertoire. This work also serves as a reference tool for singers and voice …
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Comparative Literalisms: An Assessment of Protestant Christian and Sunni Muslim Fundamentalist Scriptural Hermeneutics through the Writings of Falwell, Rushdoony, Qutb, and al-Maqdisi
… approach towards the interpretation of their sacred texts, the Bible and the Qur’an. They are particularly singled out for their preference for hermeneutic ‘literalism’. For that matter, in this comparative study, I explore the concept of ‘literalism’, its meaning and methodological …
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The American dream and literature: how the themes of self-reliance and individualism in American literature are relevant in preserving both the aesthetics and the ideals of the American dream
… the paper will demonstrate how these works are sacred texts because they are rooted in the themes of self-actualization and individualism, and because they provide examples of all the possibilities the American dream offers when given the opportunity to pursue it. By weaving and tracing the …
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The dilemma of justice : how religion influences the political environment of post-1948 Israel and Palestine.
… section examines the values enshrined in the sacred texts of each monotheistic tradition and the extent to which such have influenced the political engagement between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Israel and Palestine. It concludes that because religion can be used as a political tool of …
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The golden rule in Islam : ethics of reciprocity in Islamic traditions.
… like to be treated. The principle exists in the sacred texts of the world’s religions as well as the writings of secular philosophers. Due to its ubiquity in many contexts, it has become an important focal point for interfaith dialogue and the development of international human rights norms. …
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Svāminārāyaṇa’s interpretation of 'Dharma' as it appears in the Shrimad Bhagavad Gita
… he also presented distinct readings of sacred texts. Among these readings, in “Va-canāmṛta Gaḍhaḍā Madhya 9” he put forth a unique interpretation of ‘dharma’ as it appears in verse 2.40 of the Śrīmadbhagavadgītā. Based on this reading and the Svāminārāyaṇabhāṣyam’s corresponding …
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Haydn's Creation as a Musical Response to the Enlightenment
… that cross normative standards for setting sacred texts. The analysis of text-music relationships in Creation builds on theoretical constructs of Danuser and Kramer, focusing on smaller- to larger-level musical sections that demonstrate the contrast in style and values represented by the …
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A portfolio of compositions developing notational and compositional techniques in neo-liturgical music including handpan
… neo-liturgical music, that is, music inspired by sacred texts or topics, but intended for performance in a concert setting instead of a religious venue. The primary readership for this research is composers and performers writing music for handpan, who would benefit from both the repository of …
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An Analysis of Filial Relations in the Teachings of Jesus and Muhammad from the Perspective of Comparative Ethics and Scriptural Reasoning
… methods for interpreting and comparing religious texts, but it is less clear when it comes to defining the purpose of comparison. The aim of this thesis is to build on the strengths of interreligious dialogue and comparative ethics by providing a hermeneutical-dialogical analysis of textual …
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Blood, death and desert: engaging with radical theology through art practice, history, and theory
… another connection, the desert plays a role in sacred texts as both a place of tribulation and refreshment. A landscape with deep ties to the roots of Christianity, the desert operates as both subject matter and a means for articulating the sacred. The sacred and social landscape of the American …
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Buddhist Śūnyatā and Christian Apophaticism : A Typology of Negativity with Special Reference to Derridean Khôra and Différance
… and examined within the specific structures of sacred texts within the traditions. Furthermore, Derridean deconstruction provides the crux of the analytical argument because a deconstructed language of negativity, as it applies to a specific context within Buddhism and Christianity, opens new …
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The Influence of Cultural Beliefs on Same-Sex Marriages in the Vhembe District
… for re-examining and interpretations of sacred texts within their communities.
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A phenomenological inquiry into sacred time in Hinduism
<p>In this work, I examine the nature of sacred time in religious experience. Applying the methodology of phenomenology of religion, I inspect the ways in which human beings experience sacred time in Hinduism and present an argument against Mircea Eliade’s understanding of the nature of sacred time …
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BELIEFS ABOUT RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY AMONG HELPING PROFESSIONALS IN A GROUP HOME
… of prayer or meditation, reading or studying of sacred texts, meetings such as prayer meetings or other ritual activities, and a number of other questions regarding the ways in which religion and spirituality are manifested among residents in a group home setting.</p> <p>The study also inquired …
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The Influence of the “Final Cause Doctrine” on Anatomists of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Concerning Selected Anatomical Structures of the Head and Neck.
… had its own revealed sources of knowledge and sacred texts such as Galen’s. Vesalius’ Fabrica and the woodcuts established with suddenness the beginning of modern observational science and art as the direct and faithful representation of natural phenomena. They displayed the human body in a way …
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