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- noun An activity that is nourishing to the soul; particularly fulfilling work or other activity
- noun Something that shapes and modifies one's soul or core being
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Examples
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I wrote a book long ago, read by dozens, called "Statecraft As Soulcraft: What Government Does" was the subtitle, and I argued that government cannot avoid soulcraft, that is worrying about the values of the people.
Restoration: Congress, Term Limits and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy 1992
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He relates Bush's new version of "soulcraft" to an old book of his, which I haven't read, but I'll bet it addresses Will's favorite formulation from Pat Moynihan:
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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He relates Bush's new version of "soulcraft" to an old book of his, which I haven't read, but I'll bet it addresses Will's favorite formulation from Pat Moynihan:
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They approve of the business acumen of America's "pastorpreneurs" and the product they sell, which is described as "soulcraft" - "religion's ability to offer a helping hand where help is lacking
Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk 2009
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Conceiving of economics as soulcraft, he aimed not only to nurture prosperity but also to create a highly diversified economy that would allow the citizens' "diversity of talents and dispositions" to develop to their full potential, "to cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise."
Hamilton's Shining House on a Hill Myron Magnet 2011
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And this widening out of the boundaries of our being is what turns statecraft into soulcraft.
Arianna Huffington: South American Diary, Chile: More Than Miners Are Being Rescued Arianna Huffington 2010
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And this widening out of the boundaries of our being is what turns statecraft into soulcraft.
Arianna Huffington: South American Diary, Chile: More Than Miners Are Being Rescued Arianna Huffington 2010
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And this widening out of the boundaries of our being is what turns statecraft into soulcraft.
Arianna Huffington: South American Diary, Chile: More Than Miners Are Being Rescued Arianna Huffington 2010
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That is, male urges must be given the soulcraft that leads to faithful marriage -- a profound moral exhortation, dwarfing mere prophylactics.
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I agree with George F Will that statecraft is soulcraft.
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