Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 413: A New Stream of Spiritual Literature: Bei Cun’s The Baptizing River

Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 413: A New Stream of Spiritual Literature: Bei Cun’s The Baptizing River Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10070413 Authors: Starr This essay traces the emergence of new categories of “spiritual writing” in Chinese literature, before offering an interpretation of Bei Cun’s 1992 novel The Baptizing River (Shixi de he 施洗的河) as an exemplar. Bei Cun’s first novel as a “Christian author” attracted much critical...

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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 412: Boundary Crossing: Meaningfully Engaging Religious Traditions and Religious Institutions in Public Health

Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 412: Boundary Crossing: Meaningfully Engaging Religious Traditions and Religious Institutions in Public Health Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10070412 Authors: Katelyn N.G. Long Ryan J. Gregg Tyler J. VanderWeele Doug Oman Lance D. Laird Interest in religion and spirituality continues to grow among public health practitioners, researchers, and scholars. While there have been several recent landmark publications and efforts to understand the intersections...

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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 410: FIX IT BLACK JESUS: The Iconography of Christ in Good Times

Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 410: FIX IT BLACK JESUS: The Iconography of Christ in Good Times Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10070410 Authors: Coleman Lawrence “[I]f images from the past spring to legibility in the present, it is because they speak to its concerns”—Margaret Cohen, Profane Illumination: Walter Benjamin and the Paris of Surrealist Revolution (Cohen 1993 p. 11). Good Times is primarily remembered for the situation comedy that it became, rather...

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Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 411: New Monasticism: An Answer to the Contemporary Challenges of Catholic Monasticism?

Religions, Vol. 10, Pages 411: New Monasticism: An Answer to the Contemporary Challenges of Catholic Monasticism? Religions doi: 10.3390/rel10070411 Authors: Palmisano Jewdokimow New Monasticism has been interpreted by its protagonists as an answer to the challenges of the future of Christian monasticism. New Monastic Communities can be defined as groups of people (at least some of whom have taken religious vows) living together permanently and possessing two main characteristics:...

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