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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"spiritual beings"”.
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Testing the Spirits: A Biblical Assessment of the Islamic Jibril
… of biblically derived criteria for identifying spiritual beings and by comparing the representations of the Islamic Jibril with the representations of the biblical Gabriel. Gabriel is one of two angels named in canonical Scripture. He stands in God’s presence and serves as God’s messenger. He is …
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Heavenly choirs in early medieval England: A study of topoi in their contexts
… it poses the question of what it meant for spiritual beings to form a heavenly choir, and establishes the major themes and questions that will be pursued throughout the remainder of the study. Chapters two and three follow the developments in two of the topoi that are found most frequently …
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So-journeying: creating sacred space in education
… education, curriculum theory as well as spirituality in education. The results of this inquiry suggest: 1) The role of spirituality in education needs to be reexamined so that the spirit of life can become the focus of school, education, teaching, and curriculum. 2) An African/African …
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Spirituality in psychotherapy : a hidden dimension : an exploratory study
Many in the caring professions consider spirituality to be a fundamental dimension of human experience and identity. Consequently, some claim that this dimension cannot be ignored in disciplines such as psychotherapy that deals with the human being and with human experience. Moreover, the increase …
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"She speaks with wisdom and faithful instruction...": the influence of a religio-spiritual epistemology on the academic knowledge, pedagogy, and theorizing of Black women university teachers
… study was to consider the influence a religio-spiritual epistemology has on their academic understandings, theorizing, and pedagogical practices. Data collected for this study included recorded conversations, field notes, researcher journals, classroom observations, and personal narratives …
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A Reexamination of Pastoral Theology and Practice Concerning Children and Conversion
… provide confirmation that indeed children are spiritual beings who have the capacity, as drawn by the Spirit of God, to be converted. Having established that, the study then turns to the cognitive and social development of the child, which is the topic of chapter 3. Recognized experts in the …
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Reanimalizing religion: Hegel, habit, and the nature of spirit
… replacing these drives with those of another, spiritual nature. However, we will find that the transition from nature to spirit cannot be accomplished through habit alone; it depends upon an encounter with the infinite or death, wherein the subject realizes her own in/finitude. In chapter 4, we …
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The Negotiation of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Identification in American Heathenry
… often more so, than any relationship with spiritual beings, religious practices, or cultural identities.</p> <p>By means of historical and textual analysis of both scholarship on Heathenry and contemporary Heathen blog discourses this dissertation will show how Heathen evasions (or denials) …