This essay examines the Proto-Indo-European motif of the Divine Twins, as it has been interpreted in Scandinavia during the Bronze and Iron Ages. Because of the difference in opinion between archaeological researchers regarding when the Divine Twins disappeared, an examination of the material culture that has been connected to this motif is undertaken. Duality as a concept is used to discuss the relationship of mythological twins to, on one hand, likeness and closeness, and, on the other, opposing personalities, contrasting aspects and animosity. Based on the analysis of the Scandinavian material culture, it is concluded that the Divine Twins as a motif survived the debated Bronze Age collapse. Furthermore, the inclusion of Nordic ethnographic accounts from the 19th and 20th century may imply that the Divine Twins survived, at least in popular beliefs, well into the 1900s.

L'Expérience de Providence constitue l'appel propre d'une famille spirituelle née dans l'Église du Québec il y a une quinzaine d'années: Myriam Beth'léhem. Le présent travail, œuvre conjointe de trois membres de la Famille Myriam, se propose de présenter et d'approfondir l'intuition reçue par la fondatrice, S. Jeanne Bizier: intuition qui est à la source d'une spiritualité de communion. Cette spiritualité de communion est ici considérée sous l'angle des trois dimensions du sacerdoce baptismal: filiale, sacerdotale et ecclésiale. Elle est, dit la Fondatrice, « filiale par la confiance, pour être fils et fille comme le Fils, afin de se laisser transformer par la miséricorde dans l'abandon; sacerdotale par l'offrande, pour agir comme le Fils et pour devenir des serviteurs de miséricorde dans la joie; ecclésiale par l'unité, pour rassembler comme le Fils et devenir ainsi missionnaire de miséricorde dans la communion ». Introduisant à ce qui constitue le cœur du travail, les « Jalons préliminaires » présentent le contexte dans lequel s'inscrit cette spiritualité de communion. Cette partie renferme l'histoire de S. Jeanne et de la Famille Myriam, la synthèse de !'Expérience de Providence, l'explication des notions qui en constituent les assises bibliques et théologiques. C'est une fenêtre ouverte sur une spiritualité nouvelle!

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[pt] A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo principal estudar a salvação em Zc 8,1-8, apresentando uma leitura exegética desta unidade a partir do cenário de Zc 7,4-14, e demonstrar as inter-relações entre as unidades, construindo uma nova compreensão de Zc 8,1-8 em relação a Zc 7,4-14. A pesquisa considera que embora os textos de Zc 8,1-8 e Zc 7,4-14 possam sugerir, a princípio, uma relação de oposição, existe uma coerência temática, que torna justificável a sequência das duas unidades. A partir desta compreensão a implícita conexão entre Zc 8,1-8 e Zc 7,4-14 explica as relações de tensão presentes nos dois textos. A compreensão conjunta das duas unidades também permite revelar um sentido temático-teológico que evidencia a dinâmica da salvação e repreensão de Deus diante do comportamento de seu povo. Ambas as unidades textuais seguiram a mesma metodologia em suas etapas até o seu desenvolvimento final: os passos essenciais do Método Histórico Crítico, conjugando-os com a análise sincrônica dos textos em sua forma final e canônica. As unidades de Zc 8,1-8 e Zc 7,4-14, quando estudadas em conjunto, mostraram uma afinidade e um sentido teológico percebidos no agir divino diante da resposta da geração pré-exílica e da comunidade do profeta, que parece repetir os padrões do passado. YHWH reprovou o povo da geração passada por seu comportamento obstinado e desobediente (Zc 7,4-14). Por sua vez, ele resgatará novos grupos de exilados, que formarão o novo povo de Deus, pelo comportamento justo e obediente às suas palavras (Zc 8,1-8). / [en] The present survey has as principal purpose to study the salvation in Zech 8:1-8, revealing an exegetical reading of this unit from the scenario of Zech 7:4-14, and to evidence the inter-relations between the units, developing new knowledge of Zech 8:1-8 in relation to Zech 7:4-14. The survey takes into account that although the texts of Zech 8:1-8 and Zech 7:4-14 can promptly come up with a relation of opposition between them, there is a thematic coherence, which makes the sequence of the two units justifiable. From this understanding, one can see that there is a connection between Zech 8:1-8 and Zech 7:4-14, which justifies the tension relations in both texts. The joint understanding of the two units also reveals a thematic-theological sense that highlights the dynamics of salvation and rebuke of God in the face of the behaviour of his people. Both textual units followed the same methodology in their stages until their final development: the essential steps of the historical-critical method, combining them with the synchronic analysis of the texts in their final and canonical form. The units of Zech 8:1-8 and Zech 7:4-14 when studied together showed an affinity and theological sense, which are perceived in divine action in the face of the behaviour of the pre-exilic generation and in divine action before the answer of the community of the prophet, which seems to repeat the patterns from past. YHWH condemned the people of the past generation for their inflexible and rebellious behaviour (Zech 7:4-14). In turn, he will release new groups of exiles, who will create God s new people, through righteous behaviour and submissive to his words (Zech 8:1-8).

[pt] O sacrifício e o pathos divino, aproximações entre René Girard e Jürgen Moltamnn se inscreve entre as férteis articulações interdisciplinares da teologia deste tempo aberto e sensível ao falar de Deus na contemporaneidade. As pistas deixadas pela estranha relação entre a violência e a religião, que haviam inquietado de longa data a etnologia, mas que recentemente arrefeceram-se com respostas esparsas, receberam novo fôlego através das obras de Girard. Partindo da mesma chave hermenêutica sacrificial, mas usando categorias epistemológicas distintas, o pensamento de Girard e a teologia de Moltmann se fundem, demosntrando a inusitada unidade testemunhal dos Evangelhos como complementação definitiva da narrativa da história salvífica e demonstração plena do pathos de Deus em favor de toda a humanidade. Isso se deve não simplesmente porque o Crucificado esteja vindicado e inscrito na atrocidade e violência dissimulada, mas exatamente por ser ele a vítima menos provável de toda a história. / [en] Sacrifice and divine pathos, approximations between René Girard and Jürgen Moltamnn are inscribed among the fertile interdisciplinary articulations of the theology of this open and sensitive time when speaking of God in the contemporary world. The clues left by the strange relationship between violence and religion, which had long troubled ethnology, but which had recently cooled down with sparse responses, received fresh breath through the Girard s work. Starting from the same sacrificial hermeneutic key, but using distinct epistemological categories, Girard s thought and Moltmann s theology merge, demonstrating the unusual witnessing unity of the Gospels as a definitive complement to the narrative of salvific history and full demonstration of God s pathos in favor of all humanity. This is not simply because the Crucified is vindicated and inscribed in atrocity and covert violence, but precisely because he is the least probable victim of the whole story.

Text in English and Arabic / Bibliography: leaves 373-390 / The importance of this research on the life of Shaykh Yūsuf‟s life and legacy is eviden t from the depth of the reports on "Shaykh Yūsuf al-Maqassarī’s literary contribution with a special attention to his Maṭālib al-Sālikῑn [The Quests of the Spiritual Seekers].” We contend that without a comprehensive knowledge of it, some of the subtleties and nuances of the Shaykh as well as his treatises will remain concealed from us. I utilised the comprehensive religious historical and philological approaches following the methodology of Sultan, Nabilah Lubis, and Suleman Essop Dangor to complement al-Maqassarī‟s history, his literary contribution in general and to gain the essence of his Maṭālib al-Sālikῑn through commentaries. I also used hermeneutic‟s theory for interpreting some of the texts. Shaykh Yūsuf (1626-1699) is considered a national hero of Indonesia and South Africa. His movements from Gowa South Sulawesi to other countries including the Middle East were motivated by his wish to deepen his understanding of Islamic mysticism. This was supported by his local teachers and the needs of Gowa Kingdom for a qualified Islamic scholar to convert its animistic society into real and fervent Muslims. This responsibility fostered in him a sense of bravery and adventure, and he ended up wandering around the world in search of knowledge. In their purpose to rule the East Indian countries and remove his influence over his fellow citizens, the Dutch banished Shaykh Yūsuf initially to Ceylon and then to Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (1684-1699). He left behind a large body of literary contributions, many of them still preserved at UB Leiden and the National Library of Jakarta. His Maṭālib al-Sālikῑn holds a special place among his literary contributions. It discusses three important issues that are illustrated with parables which should be understood by spiritual seekers; namely tawḥῑd, ma‘rifa, and „ibāda {Divine Knowledge, Divine Recognition and Worship]. They constitute a tree with leaves, branches, and fruit. Its practitioners are directed to the Oneness of God and to none other. These teachings have become a foundation of his reformist ideas and a basis to build his Islamic community in South Africa and finally to be implemented in his own ṣūfī order, Ṭarīqat al-Yūsufiyya/Khalwatiyyat al-Yūsufiyya. / Religious Studies and Arabic / D. Litt. et Phil. (Islamic Studies)

The dissertation is a study of the origins, development and contemporary manifestations of Christian retreats. It traces origins from the Biblical record until current retreats. Christian retreat is a period of withdrawal from usual activities to experience encounter with God through Christian prayer. Jesus' pattern of engagement in ministry and withdrawal is a vital basis for retreat. Other Biblical descriptions of retreat are studied. There is an examination of retreat experiences in Church history with a particular focus on monasticism, as a major expression of retreat life, and Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the modern retreat movement. Varieties of subsequent retreat types in the spiritualities of different traditions from the Protestant Reformation onwards are considered. The spectrum of study includes Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Pentecostal spiritualities. The study culminates in focusing on current Ignatian and other retreats in their many forms. This includes private devotions to lengthy periods of retreat. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / M.Th. (Christian Spirituality)

Le réveil de la question de l’Être fut le grand leitmotiv de la pensée de Martin Heidegger. Or cette question ne trouve pas la même formulation de Sein und Zeit jusqu’aux derniers écrits. En effet, si l’œuvre maîtresse du penseur prépare le terrain pour un questionnement sur le langage et la parole authentique, elle ne rattache pas explicitement la problématique de l’Être à celle de la poésie. À partir du milieu des années trente, un tournant se fera jour : la poésie deviendra un partenaire privilégié dans la mise en œuvre de la question de l’Être. Cette tendance de pensée se radicalisera dans les décennies ultérieures, où la compréhension du langage véritable comme poème deviendra de plus en plus centrale. À quoi tient ce rôle imparti au discours poétique dans l’œuvre de Heidegger? Quelle place occupe le dire poétique dans le cadre plus large d’une herméneutique philosophique tournée vers l’aspect langagier de toute existence? Comment comprendre le lien entre une pensée de l’Ereignis, du Quadriparti et de la fondation de l’Être à travers le dire du poète? Enfin, quels parallèles faut-il dresser entre les tâches respectives du penseur et du poète dans le contexte d’un dialogue authentique? Ces questions guideront notre parcours et traceront la voie d’une interprétation dont l’accent portera sur les thèmes privilégiés du dépassement du langage conceptuel de la philosophie, de la place déterminante du Sacré et de la responsabilité insigne du poète et du penseur dans le projet de la garde de l’Être. Notre objectif sera d’éclaircir le sens de ce recours à la poésie afin de mieux comprendre en quoi Heidegger a pu trouver dans un tel dialogue les ressources nécessaires qui alimenteront l’élan de son unique quête : une approche authentique du sens de l’Être, de son alètheia et de son topos. On sait l’importance de ce dialogue : estimant que la métaphysique s’était caractérisée par un « oubli de l’être » (Seinsvergessenheit), Heidegger juge qu’une autre pensée (das andere Denken) reste malgré tout possible, mais qu’elle aurait à se déployer en tant que dialogue entre pensée et poésie. / The awakening of the question of Being was the great leitmotiv in Heidegger’s thought. This question does not exactly present a uniformity of formulation from Sein und Zeit to the last writings. In fact, if the main work of our thinker prepares the ground for a questioning of language and authentic speech, it does not yet explicitly link the problematic of Being to that of poetry. However, starting in the thirties, a turn will take place: poetry will become a privileged partner in the implementation of the question of Being. This tendency will become more radical in the subsequent decades, when the understanding of true language as poem will become increasingly focal. What lies behind this role allotted to poetic discourse in the work of Heidegger? What place has been reserved to the poetic saying in the larger frame of a philosophical hermeneutics directed towards the linguistic aspect of all existence? How shall one understand the link between a thought of the Ereignis, a quadripartite conception of the world and the foundation of Being through the saying of the poets? What parallels shall one draw between the respective tasks of the thinkers and poets in the context of an authentic dialogue? These questions will guide our journey and therefore trace the path for an interpretation with a particular emphasis on the privileged themes of the overstepping of traditional philosophy’s conceptual language, of the determining place of the Sacred and of the decisive responsibility of poets and thinkers in the project of the care of Being. Our aim will be to clarify the meaning of this recourse to poetry for a better understanding of how Heidegger has found in such a dialogue the conceptual resources that will fuel the momentum of his unique quest: an authentic approach of Being. The importance of this dialogue is indubitable: knowing that the history of metaphysics was characterized by the “forgetfulness of being” (Seinsvergessenheit), Heidegger thinks that another thought (das andere Denken) is still possible, but that it would have to unfold as a dialogue between thinking and poetry.

À très peu de philosophes l’histoire de la pensée occidentale a accordé une place aussi significative qu’à Socrate : nous apprenons tout naturellement à l’édifier comme héros de la rationalité et à reconnaître en lui la figure même du philosophe critique. À plusieurs égards, cette représentation élogieuse nous paraît justifiée, bien que, d’un autre point de vue, elle puisse nous faire sombrer dans la confusion, dès lors que notre regard porte simultanément, et comme pour produire un contraste, sur l’image d’un Socrate se soumettant au daimonion, son étrange signe divin. Comment pouvons-nous justifier, à partir du corpus platonicien, à la fois l’engagement de Socrate vis-à-vis de la rationalité et sa soumission à un phénomène en apparence irrationnel ? De cette question troublante est née la présente étude qui se consacre donc au problème de l’articulation entre le rapport de Socrate aux dieux et son rapport à la raison critique. Plus précisément, nous avons cherché à déterminer s’il existait, sur le plan épistémologique, une hiérarchie entre le daimonion et la méthode d’investigation rationnelle propre à Socrate, l’elenchos. Une telle étude exégétique nécessitait, dans un premier temps, une analyse systématique et approfondie des quelques passages sur le signe divin. Nous avons ensuite exposé deux solutions paradigmatiques au problème du double engagement contradictoire de Socrate, celle de G. Vlastos ainsi que celle de T.C. Brickhouse et N.D. Smith. Enfin, nous avons augmenté cette seconde partie d’un examen spécifique du Phèdre et du Timée, de même que d’un survol des modes de divination pour satisfaire un triple objectif : situer le signe divin en regard de la mantique traditionnelle, déterminer le rôle attribué par Platon à la raison dans le processus divinatoire, et être ainsi en mesure de trancher notre question principale. / To very few philosophers the history of the Western thought granted a place as significant as to Socrates: we quite naturally learn how to identify him as a hero of rationality and to recognize in him the very figure of the critical philosopher. In several respects, this representation of praise appears justified to us, although, from another point of view, it can make us sink in confusion, since our glance carries simultaneously, and like producing a contrast, on the image of Socrates obeying to the daimonion, his uncanny divine sign. How can we justify, starting from the Platonic corpus, both the engagement of Socrates with respect to rationality and his subordination to a seemingly irrational phenomenon? From this disconcerting question was born the present study which is thus devoted to the problem of the articulation between the relation of Socrates to the gods and his relation to the critical reason. More precisely, we sought to determine if there existed, on the epistemological level, a hierarchy between the daimonion and the method of rational investigation peculiar to Socrates, the elenchos. Such an exegetic study required, initially, a systematic and thorough analysis of the few passages related to the divine sign. We then adduced two paradigmatic solutions, that of G. Vlastos as well as that of T.C. Brickhouse and N.D. Smith. Lastly, we added to this second part besides a specific examination of Phaedrus and Timaeus, also a broad survey of the modes of divination, satisfying a triple aim: to make sense of the divine sign in comparison with the traditional art of mantic, to determine the role allotted by Plato to the reason in the divinatory process, and thus to be able to solve our principal question.

In spite of the large amount of criticism written about T. S. Eliot, no attempt has been made to point out the great debt that Eliot owes to Dante Alighieri, and the pervasive influence of The Divine Comedy on Eliot's poetical works. This thesis endeavors to illustrate the extent of that debt and influence.