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a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities
She plans to pursue a masters degree in Jewish theology.
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Du Châtelet was searching for a grand synthesis of Newtonian, Cartesian, and Leibnizian ideas, in the way that Viennese visionaries of the nineteen-twenties hoped to unify all the sciences, and in the way that later thinkers tried to reconcile quantum physics with Einstein—and both with theology.
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
For example, Jack Lillie, a musician, deferred to his ambitious wife, R. S., a gifted medium who traveled the American west lecturing about Spiritualist theology.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Toward the end, the speakers fielded weighty questions from the audience that intertwined morality, theology and politics.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
To say more would spoil the film, but suffice it to say that never has pondering theology been so devilishly entertaining — and amen to that.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
For example, Jack Lillie, a musician, deferred to his ambitious wife, R. S., a gifted medium who traveled the American west lecturing about Spiritualist theology.
—Marissa C. Rhodes / Made By History, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Toward the end, the speakers fielded weighty questions from the audience that intertwined morality, theology and politics.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
To say more would spoil the film, but suffice it to say that never has pondering theology been so devilishly entertaining — and amen to that.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024
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Rather than just the building blocks of a digital product, design systems can be thought of as the visual language of a product, guided by a design philosophy that incorporates UI components, code snippets, design files, style guides, and other resources.William Mullane, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Numerous factors could be playing a role in the shifting operating philosophy of Moreno, who has long declined The Athletic’s interview requests.Sam Blum, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Randall Balmer, a religion professor at Dartmouth College, discusses why evangelical Christians turned away from social activism.Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
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What most self-publishers seemed to want to do back then was share their own stories to prove a point about politics, law, or religion.Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 11 Dec. 2024
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Read: The collapse of the Khamenei doctrine The end of the Axis is good news.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Russia updated its nuclear doctrine last month to justify a nuclear strike in response to an attack on Russia by a non-nuclear country, if they are backed by a nuclear-armed nation.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The State Department’s decision to update the J-1 Exchange Visitors Skills List may prevent many researchers from being pushed out of the United States due to immigration law.Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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To get money from the 2021 law, states and agencies must submit plans to an office run jointly by the Energy and Transportation departments.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Theology.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/theology. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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