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In order to better cope with the pressures and stresses of the current day, modern psychology is anxiously seeking to find new therapies to address the increasing disorders within the human psyche. In the process new fields of research,... more
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      ReligionNew Religious MovementsComparative ReligionHistory
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      Critical TheoryReligionAbrahamic ReligionsChristianity
RENDERS, Helmut. Roots, projects, mentalities and perspectives of the “cordial” religion in Brazil: a journey in search of the Brazilian soul (Program for Religious Studies UFJF). Juiz de Fora, MG: Federal University of Juiz de Fora,... more
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      Jesuit historyTeresa of AvilaJesuitsBenedictine Spirituality
Contemporary approaches to integrating "self" and the "other"—such as multiculturalism, cultural diversity, race relations, inclusiveness strategies, or identity politics—are flawed from the perspective of traditional thought. At their... more
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      ReligionBuddhismNative American ReligionsComparative Religion
Contemporary psychology is in a state of confusion, claims this perennialist author and mental health clinician, because it cannot identify the 'self' or 'the unity of the personality'. This is because it "attempts to study what is beyond... more
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Ya man ismu-hu dawawa dhikru-hu shifa- .
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      ReligionBuddhismHinduismComparative Religion
I present a threefold hypothesis: First, I intend to show that the shape of the dominant heart religion in Brazilian culture justifies referring to it as a “cordial” religion in the sense that Holanda has applied to it: a religion that... more
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      John WesleyReligio CordisReligion of the heart
Images of Augustine and the Mass of Gregory and the construction of a masculine pitcorial discourse of the religio cordis in medieval times Abstract: Since colonial times the pictorial discourse of the religio cordis brasiliensis, a... more
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      Gregorian ReformAugustineBernard of ClairvauxGregory the Great
The translation of the Catholic book The human heart by J. E. Gossner (1812) by the Presbyterian A. Jensen (1914): the promotion of a Catholic imaginary or its Protestant review? Abstract This paper interprets The heart of man,... more
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      Emblem BooksReligio Cordis
Título do Projeto de Pesquisa: As linguagens imagéticas e emblemáticas da religião do coração nas igrejas no Brasil em sua articulação da relação entre sujeito religioso, igreja e sociedade (2013/2014) 1. Resumo: Finalizar uma... more
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      Public TheologyReligio Cordis
The Thesenblatt “The Jesuit world mission” from 1664: example of the importance of the religio cordis as language of religion in Jesuit iconography Abstract This article introduces to the iconography of Thesenblätter - posters... more
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      Brazilian HistoryColonial BrazilChristian IconographyVisual and Cultural Studies
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      Religio CordisReligion of the heart
Esta apresentação, na linha de estudos da cultura visual religiosa, pretende discutir um dos discursos iconográficos mais persistentes e performativos durante toda época colonial brasileira, porém, em geral, não relacionado com a... more
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      Portuguese StudiesHistory Portuguese and SpanishHistória Do Império PortuguêsReligio Cordis
Title: The origins of the emblem book The human heart by Johannes Evangelista Gossner: continuity and new readings of the religio cordis between the 16th and 19th century Abstract This paper investigates the textual and pictorial... more
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      Missiology and Mission TheologyEmblem BooksReligio Cordis
Title: The emblematic books of religio cordis: religious literature that formed the cordial man? Abstract This article discusses the impact of the circulation of a specific type of religious litera-ture, emblematic books of religio... more
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      Portuguese StudiesReligion and EmpireReligio CordisReligion of the heart