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Is Religion an Evolutionary Adaptation? [PDF]

Religious people talk about things that cannot be seen, stories that cannot be verified, and beings and forces beyond the ordinary. Perhaps their gods are truly at work, or perhaps in human nature there is an impulse to proclaim religious knowledge.
James Dow
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Santería Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion

, 2005
Gonzalez reviews Santeria Enthroned: Art, Ritual, and Innovation in an Afro-Cuban Religion by David H ...
Gonzalez, Michelle A
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Migrant success in UK Education: Are there lessons for government social mobility policy?

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The school achievement and career aspirations of 23 sixth form students at a multi‐cultural urban academy in the UK are explored through interviews. The sample includes 16 s‐generation migrants, 6 UK‐born students with migrant parents and 1 UK‐born student, selected to represent a cohort of over 300 post‐16 learners.
Bernard Barker, Kate Hoskins
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The Islam in Islamic art history: secularism and public discourse [PDF]

Journal of Art Historiography, 2012
Despite the apparent affiliation between religion and art implied in the nomenclature ‘Islamic art history,’ the field has to date relied primarily on secular methodologies.
Wendy Shaw
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Lessons from primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence school connectedness

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract School connectedness is critical to improving students' health, development and wellbeing. Research into primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence their sense of connectedness is essential for identifying practices that promote success.
Jordana F. Hoenig, Therese M. Cumming
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Rationalization of the Sacred: The Experiences of Alevi Dedes in Transmitting Their Beliefs and Values to Young People

Religions
The main purpose of the current study is to investigate how the beliefs and values of Alevism are transmitted to young people in the city and to examine the problems that arise in the process, drawing on the daily life experiences and perspectives of ...
Ahmet Özalp, Emre Şimşir
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The Malawi Religion Project: [PDF]

Scholars have recently become increasingly interested in the role religion plays in the responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we present the Malawi Religion Project (MRP), which provides data to examine the relationship between ...
Jenny Trinitapoli, Jimi Adams
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Opportunities for learning amidst concerns of misuse: Secondary teachers' uses and perceptions of artificial intelligence

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has a growing influence on planning, teaching and assessment practices in education. In New Zealand, the Ministry of Education (2024) has acknowledged AI's expanding role in schools; nevertheless, limited data exist on teachers' practices and perspectives regarding its implementation.
Mohammed Tashmeer, Maree J. Davies, Jason M. Stephens   +2 more
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MICHAEL POLANYI ON ART AND RELIGION: SOME CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON MEANING

Zygon, 1982
This paper is a critique of the theory of meaning in art and religion that Michael Polanyi developed in his last work entitled Meaning. After giving a brief summary of Polanyi's theory of art, I raise two serious difficulties, not with the theory itself,
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Virtually real : problems of authenticity in religion on the internet

, 2003
Bibliography: leaves 205-213.This study explores the vexed problem of authenticity in religion. In making that exploration, the study uses for its data the multitude of diverse and disparate religious formations found in the relatively disordered and ...
Alberts, Thomas
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