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ensoul
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en·soul  (n-sl) also in·soul (n-)
tr.v. en·souled also in·souled, en·soul·ing also in·soul·ing, en·souls also in·souls
1. To endow with a soul.
2. To place, receive, or cherish in the soul.
ensoul, insoul [ɪnˈsəʊl]
vb (tr)
1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) to endow with a soul
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) to cherish within the soul
ensoulment , insoulment n


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Wade; I am told that even most evangelicals were quietly liberal, basing their theology of ensoulment on Genesis 2:7--"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul"--and considering abortion a morally problematic but private choice.
After the Fall by Rachamim, Molly / Cross Currents
The oral "law" stresses absolutism regarding subjects that are irrelevant to the everyday functioning of our society (for example, evolution and homosexuality) and an absolutist ideology about the ensoulment of fetuses at conception that is neither traditional nor biblical.
The gift of the West by Mates, Thomas / The Humanist
The ghost in the machine [idea] lies behind the religious and cultural right--literally in the case of people who want to couch the stem cell debate in terms of when ensoulment occurs.
Biology vs. the Blank Slate: evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker ... by Gillespie, Nick / Reason
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