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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Spiritual Struggle"”.
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Spiritual Struggle and Gregory of Nyssa’s Theory of Perpetual Ascent: An Orthodox Christian Virtue Ethic
… by the particulars of this Orthodox model—spiritual struggle and perpetual progress, or <em>epektasis</em>. Spiritual struggle in this project, which ultimately shifts the emphasis from virtue’s <em>acquisition</em> to its <em>pursuit</em>, is defined as the exertion of effort in all …
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Oedipus Rex: metaphysics and the fundamental human struggle
<p>The fundamental human struggle is a spiritual struggle demonstrated by a metaphysical analysis of the drama <em>Oedipus Rex</em>. Drama presents a mimesis of human action and dramatic plots are comprised of these physical actions. This fundamental dramatic action consists of the embodied action …
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The Transcendent Victorianism of Gerard Manley Hopkins
… side. Meanwhile it was an interval of great spiritual struggle. A few months more and John Henry Newman was to break at last from that hopeless "via media," blazing the pathway for many other souls "from the shadow of uncertainty unto the Truth." All through Gerard’s childhood, and during his …
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Spiritual Direction with Women Who Have Autoimmune Diseases: A Model of Psychospiritual Care
… physical effects of these diseases, but psychospiritual dimensions of illness experiences are often neglected. Common autoimmune illness experiences include delayed diagnosis; chronic pain, fatigue, depression; and liminality (being neither healthy nor sick). Women with RA, MS, and lupus also …
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Blue Riders of the Apocalypse: Kandinsky and Marc in the German Apocalyptic Tradition
… one, which I address here, calling for a spiritual revolution. Many artists and intellectuals began to see such a revolution as necessary to change their world and create a better life. For the Russian artist, Vasily Kandinsky (1866-1944), and the German artist, Franz Marc (1880-1916), …