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Contemporary Jesuit Epistemological Interests, James G. Murphy
Contemporary Jesuit Epistemological Interests, James G. Murphy
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Apart from an orientation to and interest in the discernment of spirits as laid out in St Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises, there does not exist a Jesuit epistemology as such. Compared to the numbers of Jesuit systematic theologians, scripture scholars, metaphysicians, and ethicists, there have been few Jesuit epistemologists.2 In metaphysics, Jesuits have been Thomist or Suarezian, even Platonist. In ethics, they have ranged from proportionalist through deontologist to virtue ethicist. No similar distinctive Jesuit presence is to be found in epistemology....
Meaning-Making And Coping Experiences Of Religiously Affiliated Female Sexual Abuse Survivors, Shawntae Jones
Meaning-Making And Coping Experiences Of Religiously Affiliated Female Sexual Abuse Survivors, Shawntae Jones
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The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the role of religion in the coping and meaning-making experiences of adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The current study was approached from the constructivist philosophical paradigm. A purposive sample of 21 female childhood sexual abuse survivors was solicited and recruited from a professional listserv of a multifaith organization that is nationally recognized in the area of religion and abuse. Data were primarily collected through semi-structured in-depth individual interviews. The data were analyzed using Giorgis Descriptive Phenomenological Method. This particular research strategy was utilized to develop a description of the …