VOLUME 6(4) • 2018
Spirituality and the dimensions of personality
ABSTRACT. Starting from the Five-Factor model of personality we wonder whether spirituality and religiousness fit in the model, and then whether they could predict the disfunctions and disorders of personality – to conclude that antisocial, narcissistic, schizotypal and even borderline personality d..
Sudden cardiac death in athletes
ABSTRACT. Sudden cardiac death is a tragedy at any age and under any circumstances, but it is perhaps more tragic when it appears in the athlete, a person who has a healthy lifestyle. Regular physical activity and physical performance training ensure a good functioning of the cardiovascular system. ..
Tribulations, pain and suffering – forms of God’s merciful love
ABSTRACT. Being ultimately rooted in the ancestral sin and amplified by personal sins, the “involuntary” sufferings are signs of the Heavenly Father’s merciful love and evidences of His all-wisedom as well as of His desire to redeem the human race from sin and to save the man. The Holy Eastern Fathe..
God’s love, His righteousness and the Last Judgment, the Dreadful Day of Judgment. Ex meditationibus patristicis
ABSTRACT. Everything that can be stated about God’s infinite love is apodictically certain. God is not willing to rebuke, to punish as we might be tempted to imagine or to believe. He expects all of us with open arms, eagerly looking forward to being communion with us, but He will never compel us to..
Different versions of the Lord’s prayer. A comparative approach
ABSTRACT. As a musical production, the Lord’s Prayer occupies a large area of the liturgical answers of the choir. In printed books we will find its polyphonical harmonic versions, which are closer or further, from the point of view of the composition, to the church spirit. Some variants were writte..
Masculinity in the western genre
ABSTRACT. In the following pages I discuss the appearance of the western genre as a counter-reaction to the sentimental novel of the 19th century. Then I explain why the western genre has been regarded as “a masculine construction.” I analyze the characteristics of the westerner as a warrior with ex..