Le Miroir obscur du salut : perception et assurance de l’élection dans le puritanisme anglais by Cyril Selzner

“…Turning the salvation problem into an issue of perception was of course made possible by the predestination dogma inherited from the Reformation, which could promote in turn the search for reliable marks or signs of election, with paradoxically opposite consequences for some puritans, depending on whether the focus was on oneself or others. …”
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Interpretation of the key mythologems of Arthur legends within the novel series by Mary Stewart by Manitskaya Ekaterina Olegovna

“…Due to this the Sword and the Grail becom a Roman artifacts that Merlin is to give Arthur as real symbols of the power of predestination. Excalibur in this case becomes a symbol of the reunification of the country on both the political and the religious aspect. …”
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Educational socialization of post-graduates In the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia: problems and solutions by Filimonov O.V.

“…The main of them are as follows: lack of understanding by post-graduates of their future pedagogical predestination, which is the main barrier to educational socialization, and the target order, which does not imply the further use of graduates of the pedagogical profile of the post-graduate. …”
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Gnosis and mysticism as illustrated by Eugnostos the Blessed by Jørgen Podemann Sørensen

“…He starts by refuting three propositions about the nature of the world which to him represent the basic shortcomings of contemporary philosophy, or perhaps of philosophy as such: (1) the world is governed by itself, (2) by a providence, or (3) is subject to predestination. His refutation is neither philosophical in the proper sense of that word, nor does it deal with the implications of these propositions in detail: That which is from itself leads an empty life, providence is foolish, and that which is subject to destiny or fate is something that does not attain knowledge. …”
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The Book – the Author – the Reader in V. Rasputin’s Late Works by Nataliya Vadimovna Kovtun

“…In his final story Ivan’s Daughter, Ivan’s Mother, the writer has to state that the influence of culture on human history is overestimated, that reading stimulates imagination but sends him off the road to his family predestination. All the models of intellectual messianism retreat to the background when contrasted by the intuitively comprehended truth that the characters are granted suddenly by a superior force. …”
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Necessity and Determinism in Robert Grosseteste’s De libero arbitrio by Trepczyński Marcin

“…After showing the wide range of various kinds of determination discussed by him (connected with: (1) one’s knowledge about the future, (2) predestination, (3) fate, (4) grace, (5) sin and temptation), a different context of Grosseteste’s use of the notion of necessity is analyzed (within logical and metaphysical approaches). …”
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Islamic Civilization and Theological Causes of the Social Underdevelopment: A Traditionalist Reading of Modernist Theses by Asim Delibašić

“…Although it could be said that the author of this study does not err when he concludes that Ash’ari occasionalism stopped the development of science in Islam, he nevertheless errs when he claims that the doctrines of voluntarism, predestination, and uncreatedness of the Qur’an, were generators of injustice in Islamic society. …”
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THE TOPIC OF KINSHIP IN THE NEW TESTAMENT by E. YA. FEDOTOVA

“….; 3) the article contains evidence from the writingsof Fathers of the Church, early Christian and Qumran traditions, revealing relationsbetween lack of kinship, abnegation from family and predestination to higher ministry.The interpretation offered here does not rule out the traditional commentary to Matthew12. 46 ff. completely, but offers an additional way of interpreting the episod…”
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Ensuring a Certain State of Death in the Sunnah: An Objective Study by Khaled Mohamed Mahmoud Al-Shorman

“…The first consists of the definition of eagerness for a specific state of death, the legitimacy of being anxious for a specific state of death, and the relationship of eagerness for a specific state of death to predestination. The second topic deals with the legitimate reasons for being anxious about a specific state of death, and the manifestations of being anxious about the specific state of death. …”
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Locus of control in mate choice: Etno-Psychometric validation by Joaquin Alberto Padilla-Bautista, Rolando Díaz-Loving, Isabel Reyes-Lagunes, Christian Enrique Cruz-Torres, Nélida Padilla-Gámez

“…A second study sought to corroborate the theoretical factors using a principal component analysis, determining the following factors: Destiny-Predestination, Powerful Microcosm, and Internal Control factor, which explain 50.94% of the variance with 17 items. …”
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Explaining and Examining Mullā Ṣadrā's Response to the Doubt of Incompatibility of Concomitance of Satisfaction to Divine Decree with Satisfaction to Evil by Ruhollah Zeinali

“…Separation of decree and predestined thing is also not a solution due to the inability to prove the real difference. …”
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Missio Dei refuting the pactum salutis by Jonas S. Thinane

“…This doctrine is closely related to, or possibly overlaps with, the doctrine of predestination, as both involve the belief that God has already determined the object of his salvation. …”
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Constructing and deconstructing heroes. A Basque case study by Ludger Mees

“…Of similar, or even more importance, were other factors like historical situations of acute crises and popular distress, individual 'predestination' and even random incidents in the personal biography.…”
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De betekenis van A. Kuypers gemene gratie - leer voor vandag by J. Douma

“…The author explores Kuyper's harking back to predestination for a founding of general grace. This bestows meaning on everything, and the author subsequently explores this in more detail, looking at both main trends and by ways, and linking specific racial culture (according to Kuyper) very definitely with development. …”
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The Era of Uncertainty and Ethical Arrangement in Javanese Classical Texts: Disseminating Ranggawarsita’s Works as Source of Islamic Ethics in Islamic Higher Education by Zumrotul Mukaffa

“…To set free from uncertainty condition is possible through implementing four ethical doctrines in the social life, namely: Monotheistic behavior, active submission to God’s predestination, self-contemplation, and eling lan waspada (self-awareness and mindfulness). …”
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A study of hereafter in Islam by Ashimi, Tijani Ahmad

“…The concept of hereafter which is also known in Islam as (Yawm al Qiyamah) is one of the basic article of Islamic faith, along with belief in God, His angels, His books and His Messengers, divine decree and predestination. In fact, in the most serious note, after the doctrine of unity of God (Tawhid) and revelation (al-wahy), the concept of hereafter is the most repeated theme with all vigour in the Islamic scripture (Qur’an). …”
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Kesihatan mental, REBT dan Muslim by Masroom, Mohd. Nasir, Muhamad, Siti Norlina, Abd. Rahman, Siti Aisyah

“…The study found that Islamic values such as patience, contenting themselves, believe in predestination, easily forgive mistakes of others, self-acceptance and believe that beside each event has a wisdom and goodness, are values that should be used to replace irrational thinking. …”
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The Philosophical Lyrics of Eduard Mizhit by Lyudmila S. Mizhit

“…The task is to interpret Mizhit’s philosophical reflections on the meaning of life, truth, free will and predestination. The present study analyzes the book of poems in prose by E. …”
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Augustine’s <i>Enchiridion</i>: An Anti-Pelagian Interpretation of the Creed by David Burkhart Janssen

“…Simultaneously, Augustine directed his attention in the <i>Enchiridion</i> to questions and arguments which originate from the Pelagian controversy such as original sin, grace, baptism, remission of sin(s) and the theory of predestination. Thus, this article ponders the question of how Augustine reflected his Trinitarian doctrine within this anti-Pelagian soteriology. …”
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Entrepreneurship, Calvinist Ethic and Regional Development by Alejandra Elizabeth Urbiola Solís, Clara Escamilla Santana, María de la Luz Fernández Barros, Erika León Acevedo

“…The study uses a phenomenological qualitative methodology court, in order to understand the relationship between beliefs and economic actions,   as well as to understand   perception that individuals built about the predestination phenomena and the way that this construction is related with the entrepreneurship and the leadership. …”
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