Dangling between death and hope: An HIV and AIDS gender-sensitive re-reading of Psalm 6 by Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele), V. Ndikhokele N. Mtshiselwa

“…It was also typified by hope as some of the prophets such as Jeremiah could prophesy both doom (read: death) and salvation (read: hope). If there is any crisis that people of African descent, particularly those located within the sub-Saharan continent, have ever come to experience it is the crisis brought by the pandemic of HIV and AIDS. …”
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The <i>Dhāraṇī</i> Coffin from the Nongso Tomb and the Cult of Shattering Hell during the Koryŏ Dynasty by Seunghye Lee

“…The <i>dhāraṇī</i> coffins from Koryŏ and Liao tombs attest that the Buddhists made use of mantras and <i>dhāraṇīs</i> promising salvation of the deceased from hell during their lifetime and beyond. …”
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A justificação pela fé e pelas obras no humanismo renascentista português de João de Barros e Diogo de Sá / Justification for faith and its actions n the Portuguese humanism of Joã... by Samuel Fernando Rodrigues Dimas

“…Distinctly to Luther, who defended the fatality of original sin and faith as an exclusive form of salvation, these thinkers highlight the importance of human collaboration for exercising free arbitration within the mystery of redemption, which has as its end not only the forgiveness of sins but also participation in the glory of immortal life through the mystery of resurrection. …”
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Konsep Kebenaran Allah Menurut Rasul Paulus di dalam Surat Roma by David Alinurdin

“…How God justifies believers in the process of salvation is still under debate within Christianity. …”
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Књижевни портрети Аода, Деворе, Варака и Самсона у Књизи о судијама by Vladimir Pekić

“…An important question that permeates the entire narrative of Samson is whether he is aware of the fact that he brings salvation to Israel in God’s name. His deeds cannot be compared to any of other judges. …”
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How COVID-19 has impacted access to healthcare and social resources among individuals experiencing homelessness in Canada: a scoping review by Jane A Buxton, Maxine Maretzki, Rachael Geiger

“…We performed a scoping review to identify from the published literature how access to services has changed for Canadian IEH during the pandemic.Data sources OVID Medline, Web of Science, Sociological Abstracts, CINAHL and OVID EmCare databases, and websites for the Salvation Army, Homeless Hub, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness, Canadian Network for the Health and Housing of People Experiencing Homelessness and BC Centre for Disease Control.Study design We used the scoping review methodology developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute framework and defined access to healthcare and social services using the 10-component Levesque framework. …”
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Synthesis of the Theological Doctrine of the Icon in the Works of St. John of Damascus by Viktoria Golovei

“…According to Damascus, images are not only intermediaries that provide a link between the spiritual and the material, the Divine and the human, but also authoritative representatives of the Divine Word, full of grace, which opens the way to salvation. The theologian determines the meaning and veneration of the icon not only by the relationship of similarity between the image and the original, but primarily by its involvement to the existence of the archetype. …”
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Mutation spectrum of retinoblastoma patients in Vietnam by Dao Nguyen Ha Linh, Nguyen Van Huy, Phuoc‐Dung Nguyen, Phuong Le Thi, Hoang Anh Tuan, Trong Van Nguyen, Thu Ha Tran, Hai Anh Tran, Thanh Dat Ta, Tuan L. A. Pham, The‐Hung Bui, Thinh Huy Tran, Thanh Van Ta, Van‐Khanh Tran

“…Conclusion A higher rate of RB patients carrying heterozygous germline mutation and highly prevalent with pathogenic truncated mutation, hence, early detection of RB is essential for vision salvation and genetic counselling.…”
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Fideizm Jana Kalwina w doktrynie podwójnej predestynacji by Antoni SZWED

“…The chief claim of this doctrine is that: God intended one part of humanity for salvation; and the other one for damnation. This conclusion was supported with numerous quotations from the Old and the New Testament, and followed from the accepted exegetic principle that all words of the Holy Scripture are to be understood literally. …”
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Attention in Simone Weil's Thought by Zahra Qasemzadeh, Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Azam, Ehsan Momtahen

“…And along with divine grace, she considers attention as an antidote which is necessary for man's salvation.…”
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Internal Secularisation at the Festival of Saint Rosalia by Rossana M. Salerno

“…When the sacred is located within the institutional dimension of a salvation religion presided over by an institution, it appears separate from any purely mechanical (and therefore magical) dimension, while the territory becomes a variable in which a multiplicity of factors are contained. …”
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„Verrückte Sprache und ausgeschmückte Worte“ – Zum buddhistischen Diskurs über den Wert der Literatur im Rahmen der Genji-Rezeption des 12. Jahrhunderts by Sebastian Balmes

“…When in the second half of the 12th century the belief spread that Murasaki Shikibu had fallen into hell for writing her famous work of fiction, the Genji monogatari, a Buddhist ritual seemed to be the only way of ensuring her salvation. This ritual, which is described in the liturgical text Genji ipponkyō [kuyō hyōbyaku] by the Tendai monk Chōken, focuses even more on Murasaki’s listeners and readers than on the author herself. …”
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Christianity and Its Impact on the Lives of Kallars in Tamil Nadu Who Embraced the Faith, in Comparison to Those Who Did Not: Special Reference to Kallar Tamil Lutheran Christians... by Jayabalan Murthy

“…Both the German and Swedish Mission offered the Gospel of a new religion to not only the subaltern people but also the possibility of secular salvation. The history of Lutherans needs to be understood as a part of Christian subaltern history (Analysing the Indian mission history from the native perspective). …”
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The Labarum – from Crux Dissimulata and Chi-Rho to the Open Image Cross by Sławomir Bralewski

“…In the account of the bishop of Caesarea, on the other hand, Constantine’s supposed vision included a triumphal sign in the form of a luminous cross, or the symbol of the trophy of salvation. Numismatic evidence also cannot be ignored. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Views of Shiite and Sunni Exegetes on How the Purpose of Creation is Actualized in Verse 56 of al-Ḍariyat by Sayedmahdi Rahmati, Fatima Haji Akbari

“…Among them, some have sought to eliminate this problem through credible efforts while another group has freed itself from the proposed theoretical problem through a contemporary approach and considering the doctrine of worship as being redemptive and by regarding worship as desirable and its important role in the strengthening of faith, they have considered the salvation of the addressees in the two worlds (this and the next) to be God’s intent from this revelatory proposition.…”
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A RECONQUISTA COMO MISSÃO DO PRÍNCIPE CASTELHANO SEGUNDO A PRIMERA CRÓNICA GENERAL DE ESPAÑA - DOI 10.5752/P.1983-2478.2014v9n16p453 by Jémerson Quirino de Almeida, Ligia Cristina Carvalho

“…Iberian Reconquest. King. Salvation.…”
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தமிழ் இலக்கியங்களில் அறம், நீதி, முறைமை - அறத்தொடு நிற்றல் / Virtue, Justice, System in Tamil Literature – Araththodu Nirral (With Charity)... by முனைவர் ம.தனப்பிரியா / Dr. M. Dhanapriya

“…The article provides details of the Tamil concept of life-based on the fourfold reality like Virtue (Aram), Material (Porul), Pleasure (Inban) and Salvation (Veeduperu). Knowing and following the virtues in the life of human society leads to living as an individual. …”
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Exploring a narrative approach through music as a pastoral care means to human flourishing by Juanita Meyer, Hané Fourie

“…This article views Christian salvation through the lens of human flourishing and explores the unique ways in which music therapy – as a narrative approach to therapy – can assist society through the empowerment of the individual, to share in the kingdom of God, by actively participating in activities that will enhance people’s sense of well-being and flourishing. …”
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Didactics of Psalm 78 (77 LXX) in the Sources of Jewish and Christian Exegesis by Hieromonk Iriney (Pikovskiy)

“…This leads to the conclusion that both exegetical traditions drew material not only from the biblical text, but also from similar traditions, which maintained their stability due to the constant repetition of the “story of salvation” from Egyptian slavery. As the article states, there are relatively few publications on a comparative analysis of the hermeneutics of these religious cultures in Russia, for this reason the expansion of ideas about how didactic techniques and theological conclusions correlate with each other in the writings of the exegetes of the first millennium seems relevant.…”
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The Fate of the Deficient Souls from the View of Avicenna by Zahra Kahrizi, Abbas Ali Mansouri, Mojtaba Biglari

“…Sometimes he agrees to those who believe that these souls join to heavens (al-aflak), sometimes he refers the fate of the deficient souls to the vast divine mercy, sometimes he places the deficient souls in the group of the prosperous, sometimes he believes these souls will not be assigned either to bliss or damnation and sometimes he generalizes the concept of the deficient souls and ‘the synthesis of his optimistic vision and the problem of salvation he situates majority of people within this concept. …”
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