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Brown, Paula. "Spiritual development." Early Years Educator 14, no. 7 (November 2012): viii—ix. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/eyed.2012.14.7.viii.

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Delph, Ronald K. "From Venetian Visitor to Curial Humanist: The Development of Agostino Steuco's “Counter“-Reformation Thought*." Renaissance Quarterly 47, no. 1 (1994): 102–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2863113.

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The study of Italian humanism in the age of the Reformation has focused almost exclusively on the relationship between humanism and the Italian Spirituali. This emphasis can be traced back to the many works of Delio Cantimori. Cantimori persistently argued that humanism, with its emphasis on scriptural studies, philology, and spiritual and ecclesiastical renewal promoted evangelical spirituality and church reform among Italians. He saw the Spirituali—many of whom were humanists—as pious, devout individuals caught between their own evangelical convictions and the traditions of a spiritually unsatisfying and morally corrupt ecclesiastical system. It was the dynamics of this spiritual crisis, fueled by the clash between evangelism and the doctrines of the church, that formed the basis of many of Cantimori's works on humanism and reform in Italy.

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Longfellow, Sandra P. "Resources: Spiritual development—youth development." New Directions for Youth Development 2008, no. 118 (March 2008): 131–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/yd.267.

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Sperry, Len. "Mindfulness, soulfulness, and spiritual development in spiritually oriented psychotherapy." Spirituality in Clinical Practice 5, no. 4 (December 2018): 291–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/scp0000187.

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Sandage, Steven J., Peter J. Jankowski, and Deborah C. Link. "Quest and Spiritual Development Moderated by Spiritual Transformation." Journal of Psychology and Theology 38, no. 1 (March 2010): 15–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164711003800102.

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Hull, John M. "Competition and Spiritual Development." International Journal of Children's Spirituality 6, no. 3 (December 2001): 263–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13644360120100441.

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Puhakka, Kaisa. "Spiritual Development in Maturity." Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews 42, no. 1 (January 1997): 71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/000045.

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Qaxxarova, Matlyuba. "SOCIAL-SPIRITUAL ENVIRONMENT OF SOCIETY AND SPIRITUAL IDEAL." Oriental Journal of Social Sciences 01, no. 01 (May 22, 2021): 30–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/supsci-ojss-01-05.

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Agarwal, Varsha, and Chhavi Verma. "Exploring Development of Spiritual Intelligence among School Children’s." Journal of Advances and Scholarly Researches in Allied Education 15, no. 3 (May 1, 2018): 201–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.29070/15/57400.

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Grasmane, Ina, and Anita Pipere. "The Psychopedagogical Intervention for the Development of Children’s Spiritual Intelligence: The Quest for the Theoretical Framework." Acta Paedagogica Vilnensia 44 (September 1, 2020): 81–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.15388/actpaed.44.6.

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The scientific topicality of this study undergirds the demand for innovative, theoretically and empirically grounded program of psychopedagogical intervention for the development of children’s spiritual intelligence. The task for the spirituality research today is building of scientifically sound definitions, theoretical models and constructs of spiritual development. Currently the terminology in this field is rather vague; guidelines for the application of spiritually oriented terminology in research and intervention practice are missing. The paper aims toward the theoretical analysis of concepts like spirituality, spiritual intelligence and spiritual development as well as toward the description of the theoretical approaches determining the up-to-date research related to phenomena and processes in the field of spiritual development. The authors focus on cognitive-developmental, social ecology and dynamic systemic approach to the theoretical analysis of the spiritual development. Thus, the envisaged psychopedagogical intervention will be grounded on comprehensive investigation in relation to the concepts of spirituality, spiritual intelligence, and spiritual development as well as on determination of targets and methods for the development of spiritual intelligence.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Spiritual development"

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Rowan, Shirley Ann. "Promoting spiritual development." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2002. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10020397/.

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Wakaruk, Kathryn. "Spiritual development in the adolescent." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Chow, Hong-yu, and 周康宇. "Students' perception of spiritual development." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42553970.

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Dake, Charles S. "Spiritual development for church leadership." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Chow, Hong-yu. "Students' perception of spiritual development." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42553970.

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Gilson, Gregory C. "Spiritual development by personality type." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Smith, Mary Clare. "Relationships among Cognitive, Spiritual, and Wisdom Development in Adults." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1340804343.

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Hinrichs, Diane. "Comparing spiritual development theory to homosexual identity development theory." Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/1298.

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Stinson, Joseph David. "Spiritual renewal through the development of spiritual lives of men in the congregation." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0622.

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Gray, Franklin Henry. "A study of character formation in spiritual leaders." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1994. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p030-0050.

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Books on the topic "Spiritual development"

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L, Benson Peter, Roehlkepartain Eugene C. 1962-, and Hong Kathryn L, eds. Spiritual development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2008.

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Astrology and spiritual development. San Rafael, CA: Cassandra Press, 1989.

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Spiritual passages: The psychology of spiritual development. New York, NY: Crossroad, 1987.

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Spiritual development: An interdisciplinary study. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1987.

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Khan, Inayat. The development of spiritual healing. San Bernardino, Calif: Borgo Press, 1985.

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Spiritual development of St. Paul. New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1985.

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Spiritual direction and midlife development. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1985.

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Eaude, Tony. New perspectives on spiritual development. Birmingham: National Primary Trust, 2003.

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Garrett, Betsy. Spiritual development of young people. Leicester: National Council for Voluntary Youth Services, 1990.

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David Smith April 29, 2008. Making sense of spiritual development. Nottingham: Stapleford Centre, 1999.

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Book chapters on the topic "Spiritual development"

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Good, Marie, and Teena Willoughby. "Spiritual Development." In Encyclopedia of Adolescence, 2824–35. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_32.

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Good, Marie, and Teena Willoughby. "Spiritual Development." In Encyclopedia of Adolescence, 3745–58. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33228-4_32.

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McKay, Nurse. "Spiritual Development." In Babies Growing Up, 194–97. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003328995-40.

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El-Ali, Leena. "A Spiritual Journey." In Sustainable Development Goals Series, 3–10. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83582-8_1.

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AbstractThere is often a gap between the Qur’an and what is labelled “Islamic”. In fact, most egregious claims within Islam can be attributed not to the Qur’an but to hadith, the collection of reports about the sayings and actions of the prophet Muhammad. Consider that the most highly regarded collection of hadith, by Bukhari, had required the venerable man to sift through no less than 600,000 reports as part of his monumental effort (which took him 16 years), and the fact that Bukhari was born 178 years after the Prophet’s passing. This is no small technicality, for all schools of Islamic jurisprudence draw heavily on hadith in formulating their moral guidelines (sharia) and establishing their Islamic laws (aka sharia law).

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Ulluwishewa, Rohana. "Identifying Global Socio-Spiritual Classes." In Spirituality and Sustainable Development, 49–59. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137382764_5.

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Cupit, C. Glenn. "The Dynamics of Spiritual Development." In International Handbooks of Religion and Education, 291–309. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9018-9_16.

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Shi, Qinghua, and Yan Gao. "Community Outlook and Spiritual Civilisation." In Sustainable Development of Rural Household Economy, 343–76. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2747-0_10.

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Mahaffey, Patrick J. "Integrating Spiritual Awakening and Psychological Development." In Integrative Spirituality, 177–202. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781138610408-9.

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Tan, Charlene. "Reflection for Spiritual Development in Adolescents." In International Handbooks of Religion and Education, 397–413. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9018-9_22.

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Selzer, Lou. "Spiritual Mentoring for Healthy Family Development." In Ministering Spiritually to Families, 45–70. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13302-7_3.

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Conference papers on the topic "Spiritual development"

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Nopembri, Soni, Ahmad Rithaudin, Mr Saryono, and Yoshio Sugiyama. "Spiritual Development through Elementary Physical Education Classes." In Proceedings of the 2nd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science (YISHPESS 2018) and 1st Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports (CoIS 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.35.

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Shrivastava, Puja, Susanta Kumar Satpathy, and Kapil Kumar Nagwanshi. "Development of an Expert System as Spiritual Guru." In 2010 Second International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing. IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icmlc.2010.20.

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Noviyanty, Hielda, Zainab Ismail, Salasiah Binti Hanin Hamjah, and Abu Dardaa Mohamad. "Spiritual Psychotherapy and Mental Health: The Forgiveness Therapy in Achieving Spiritual Well-Being of Drug Addicts with Depression Disorders." In Second International Conference on Public Policy, Social Computing and Development (ICOPOSDEV 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220204.002.

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Wediawati, Besse, and Rike Setiawati. "Spiritual Intermediation in Islamic Microfinance: Evidence from Indonesia." In International Conference, Integrated Microfinance Management for Sustainable Community Development(IMM 2016). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/imm-16.2016.24.

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Klomkul, Dr Lampong, Phramaha Prasit Kaewsri, and Phrapalad Raphin Duangloi. "Applying Educational Psychology for Spiritual Teacher Development in Thailand." In The International Conference on Research in Psychology. Acavent, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.33422/icrpconf.2019.03.134.

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Suarnaya, I. Putu. "Hindu Illumination Learning Model Development Based Spiritual Tour Guide." In 3rd International Conference on Education and Training (ICET 2017). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/icet-17.2017.57.

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Kuz'micheva, L. N., and O. V. Zagorskaya. "Spiritual and moral development and education of the individual." In Scientific dialogue: Questions of philosophy, sociology, history, political science. ЦНК МОАН, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/spc-01-06-2020-02.

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Yavkina, Tatyana Anatolyevna. "Spiritual factors as a base of Human Ecology development." In X International Scientific and Practical Conference. TSNS Interaktiv Plus, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.21661/r-116451.

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Afidah, Ida, N. Sausan Muhammadd Sholeh, Rodliyah Khuza’i, and Asep Ahmad Siddiq. "Sufistic Approach Psychotherapy as a Mental-Spiritual Development Effort." In 4th Social and Humanities Research Symposium (SoRes 2021). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220407.075.

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Mursidi and R. Iqbal Robbie. "Morning Spiritual Gathering (MSG) Leadership: A New Leadership Style?" In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2019). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/iccd-19.2019.97.

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Reports on the topic "Spiritual development"

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Lingley, Audrey. Seeing Crucibles: Legitimizing Spiritual Development in the Middle Grades Through Critical Historiography. Portland State University Library, January 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.15760/etd.1048.

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Contreras, Claudia Torres, Lina María Vargas Escobar, Jorge Yecid Triana Rodríguez, and Wilson Cañon-Montañez. Spiritual Care Competency in Nursing: An Integrative Literature Review Protocol. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, November 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2021.11.0081.

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Review question / Objective: To review studies with perspectives and intervention strategies for the formation and education in spiritual care for both professionals and nursing students. Condition being studied: Development of empirical studies in the field of nursing education that allow to visualize the developments in the formation of competence in spiritual care, investigating the educational interventions and pedagogical strategies implemented in the formation of nursing professionals and nurses in this specific field. Information sources: Electronic databases: Medline (via PubMed), ProQuest (via EBSCO), Scopus, LILACS and BDENF (via Biblioteca Virtual en Salud – BVS) and SciELO. Scopus, Medline (via PubMed) and LILACS.

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TOTROVA, Z. H. ON THE ISSUE OF WORLDVIEW AS AN INDICATOR OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT. Science and Innovation Center Publishing House, April 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.12731/2077-1770-2021-14-1-2-38-46.

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The anthropological theme is updated during periods of paradigm instability, which is characteristic of the modern period of history. The purpose of the article is to consider the worldview as an indicator of personality development, which involves solving problems of defining concepts: personality, the structure of the worldview and the factors of its formation. Research methods are philosophical and general logical. Research results. Worldview, as the highest stage of human development, is characterized by consistency and theoretical justification. Among the factors that create a personality, the person himself is decisive, making himself the object of critical analysis, becoming a formative subject, which indicates his spiritual (personal) maturity.

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Lyzanchuk, Vasyl. THE CHARITABLE ENERGY OF THE JOURNALISTIC WORD. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, February 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vjo.2022.51.11415.

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The article investigates the immortality of books, collections, including those, translated into foreign languages, composed of the publications of publications of worldview journalism. It deals with top analytics on simulated training of journalists, the study of events and phenomena at the macro level, which enables the qualitative forecast of world development trends in the appropriate contexts for a long time. Key words: top, analytics, book, worldview journalism, culture, arguments, forecast.The article is characterized intellectual-spiritual, moral-aesthetic and information-educational values of of scientific and journalistic works of Professor Mykola Hryhorchuk “Where are you going, Ukraine?” and “Freedom at the Barricades”. Mykola Ivanovych’s creative informational and educational communication are reviews, reviews, reviews and current works of writers, poets, publicists. Such as Maria Matios, Vira Vovk, Roman Ivanychuk, Dmytro Pavlychko, Yuriy Shcherban, Bohdan Korsak, Hryhoriy Huseynov, Vasyl Ruban, Yaroslav Melnyk, Sofia Andrukhovych. His journalistic reflections are about memorable events of the recent past for Ukrainians and historical figures are connected with them. It is emphasized that in his books Mykola Hryhorchuk convincingly illuminates the way to develop a stable Ukrainian immunity, national identity, development and strengthening of the conciliar independent state in the fight against the eternal Moscow enemy. Among the defining ideological and political realization of the National Idea of Ukrainian statehood, which are mentioned in the scientific and journalistic works of M. Hryhorchuk, the fundamental ones – linguistic and religious – are singled out. Israel and Poland are a clear example for Ukrainians. In these states, language and religion were absolutized and it is thanks to this understanding of the essence of state-building and national identity that it is contrary to many difficulties achieve the desired life-affirming goal. The author emphasizes that any information in the broadest and narrow sense can be perceived without testing for compliance with the moral and spiritual mission of man, the fundamental values of the Ukrainian ethnic group, putting moral and spiritual values in the basis of state building. The outstanding Ukrainian philosopher Hryhoriy Skovoroda emphasized: “Faith is the light that sees in the darkness…” Books by physicist Mykola Hryhorchuk “Where are you going, Ukraine?” and “Freedom at the Barricades” are illuminated by faith in the Victory over the bloody centuries-old Moscow darkness.

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Halych, Valentyna. SERHII YEFREMOV’S COOPERATION WITH THE WESTERN UKRAINIAN PRESS: MEMORIAL RECEPTION. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, February 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.30970/vjo.2021.49.11055.

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The subject of the study is the cooperation of S. Efremov with Western Ukrainian periodicals as a page in the history of Ukrainian journalism which covers the relationship of journalists and scientists of Eastern and Western Ukraine at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. Research methods (biographical, historical, comparative, axiological, statistical, discursive) develop the comprehensive disclosure of the article. As a result of scientific research, the origins of Ukrainocentrism in the personality of S. Efremov were clarified; his person as a public figure, journalist, publisher, literary critic is multifaceted; taking into account the specifics of the memoir genre and with the involvement of the historical context, the turning points in the destiny of the author of memoirs are interpreted, revealing cooperation with Western Ukrainian magazines and newspapers. The publications ‘Zoria’, ‘Narod’, ‘Pravda’, ‘Bukovyna’, ‘Dzvinok’, are secretly got into sub-Russian Ukraine, became for S. Efremov a spiritual basis in understanding the specifics of the national (Ukrainian) mass media, ideas of education in culture of Ukraine at the end of XIX century, its territorial integrity, and state independence. Memoirs of S. Efremov on cooperation with the iconic Galician journals ‘Notes of the Scientific Society after the name Shevchenko’ and ‘Literary-Scientific Bulletin’, testify to an important stage in the formation of the author’s worldview, the expansion of the genre boundaries of his journalism, active development as a literary critic. S. Yefremov collaborated most fruitfully and for a long time with the Literary-Scientific Bulletin, and he was impressed by the democratic position of this publication. The author’s comments reveal a long-running controversy over the publication of a review of the new edition of Kobzar and thematically related discussions around his other literary criticism, in which the talent of the demanding critic was forged. S. Efremov steadfastly defended the main principles of literary criticism: objectivity and freedom of author’s thought. The names of the allies of the Ukrainian idea L. Skochkovskyi, O. Lototskyi, O. Konyskyi, P. Zhytskyi, M. Hrushevskyi in S. Efremov’s memoirs unfold in multifaceted portrait descriptions and function as historical and cultural facts that document the pages of the author’s biography, record his activities in space and time. The results of the study give grounds to characterize S. Efremov as the first professional Ukrainian-speaking journalist.

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HEFNER, Robert. IHSAN ETHICS AND POLITICAL REVITALIZATION Appreciating Muqtedar Khan’s Islam and Good Governance. IIIT, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.47816/01.001.20.

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Ours is an age of pervasive political turbulence, and the scale of the challenge requires new thinking on politics as well as public ethics for our world. In Western countries, the specter of Islamophobia, alt-right populism, along with racialized violence has shaken public confidence in long-secure assumptions rooted in democracy, diversity, and citizenship. The tragic denouement of so many of the Arab uprisings together with the ascendance of apocalyptic extremists like Daesh and Boko Haram have caused an even greater sense of alarm in large parts of the Muslim-majority world. It is against this backdrop that M.A. Muqtedar Khan has written a book of breathtaking range and ethical beauty. The author explores the history and sociology of the Muslim world, both classic and contemporary. He does so, however, not merely to chronicle the phases of its development, but to explore just why the message of compassion, mercy, and ethical beauty so prominent in the Quran and Sunna of the Prophet came over time to be displaced by a narrow legalism that emphasized jurisprudence, punishment, and social control. In the modern era, Western Orientalists and Islamists alike have pushed the juridification and interpretive reification of Islamic ethical traditions even further. Each group has asserted that the essence of Islam lies in jurisprudence (fiqh), and both have tended to imagine this legal heritage on the model of Western positive law, according to which law is authorized, codified, and enforced by a leviathan state. “Reification of Shariah and equating of Islam and Shariah has a rather emaciating effect on Islam,” Khan rightly argues. It leads its proponents to overlook “the depth and heights of Islamic faith, mysticism, philosophy or even emotions such as divine love (Muhabba)” (13). As the sociologist of Islamic law, Sami Zubaida, has similarly observed, in all these developments one sees evidence, not of a traditionalist reassertion of Muslim values, but a “triumph of Western models” of religion and state (Zubaida 2003:135). To counteract these impoverishing trends, Khan presents a far-reaching analysis that “seeks to move away from the now failed vision of Islamic states without demanding radical secularization” (2). He does so by positioning himself squarely within the ethical and mystical legacy of the Qur’an and traditions of the Prophet. As the book’s title makes clear, the key to this effort of religious recovery is “the cosmology of Ihsan and the worldview of Al-Tasawwuf, the science of Islamic mysticism” (1-2). For Islamist activists whose models of Islam have more to do with contemporary identity politics than a deep reading of Islamic traditions, Khan’s foregrounding of Ihsan may seem unfamiliar or baffling. But one of the many achievements of this book is the skill with which it plumbs the depth of scripture, classical commentaries, and tasawwuf practices to recover and confirm the ethic that lies at their heart. “The Quran promises that God is with those who do beautiful things,” the author reminds us (Khan 2019:1). The concept of Ihsan appears 191 times in 175 verses in the Quran (110). The concept is given its richest elaboration, Khan explains, in the famous hadith of the Angel Gabriel. This tradition recounts that when Gabriel appeared before the Prophet he asked, “What is Ihsan?” Both Gabriel’s question and the Prophet’s response make clear that Ihsan is an ideal at the center of the Qur’an and Sunna of the Prophet, and that it enjoins “perfection, goodness, to better, to do beautiful things and to do righteous deeds” (3). It is this cosmological ethic that Khan argues must be restored and implemented “to develop a political philosophy … that emphasizes love over law” (2). In its expansive exploration of Islamic ethics and civilization, Khan’s Islam and Good Governance will remind some readers of the late Shahab Ahmed’s remarkable book, What is Islam? The Importance of Being Islamic (Ahmed 2016). Both are works of impressive range and spiritual depth. But whereas Ahmed stood in the humanities wing of Islamic studies, Khan is an intellectual polymath who moves easily across the Islamic sciences, social theory, and comparative politics. He brings the full weight of his effort to conclusion with policy recommendations for how “to combine Sufism with political theory” (6), and to do so in a way that recommends specific “Islamic principles that encourage good governance, and politics in pursuit of goodness” (8).

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