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From ‘Congregations’ to ‘Small Group Community Building’: Localizing the Bahá’í Faith in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China [PDF]
, 2013 In the second half of the 20th century, the Bahá’í faith experienced rapid growth in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Consolidating large numbers of new believers into viable communities has presented great challenges to Bahá’í institutions, including ...
Palmer, DA
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The Retributive Proportionality and Islamic Punishment of Diyyah
الإيضاح, 2020 Western Penal theory of ‘Retribution’ is based upon the philosophy of proportional punishment for a crime. The research focuses on the practical application of a philosophical idea in the Islamic punishment of diyyah.
Salman Farooq
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Religious and Spiritual Education: the Way Forward. [PDF]
, 1989 An updating of an article formerly published as "Religious Education for the 1990". A postscript assesses how much was done and what the author believes the new agenda will be.
Bigger, Stephen
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Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, EarlyView.Abstract Medicine is a compound field composed of science and art. The (necessary) degree to which the latter is involved opens medicine, in particular, to the introduction of ideas which do not, by their very nature, submit to confirmation or confutation as do the various methods of traditional science.
Steven K. Baker
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Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development (Review Article) [PDF]
, 2007 This is a large volume with around 300 entries and 130 contributors, mostly from the USA. The editors are child developmental psychologists. ‘Spiritual development’ is taken to be ‘aboutbecoming a whole person, someone who stands for something that ...
Bigger, Stephen
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‘Zionism as the Legacy of Cyrus’: (Online) Proxy Nationalism of Diasporic Iranians
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper focuses on examining the online activities of a group of diasporic Iranians who exhibit Israeli proxy nationalism online by openly expressing support for Israel and Zionism. By analysing posts, reposts and comments made on X after the Hamas‐led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 using the hashtag #IraniansStandWithIsrael, the paper ...
Ladan Rahbari
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 81, Issue 6, Page 2929-2945, June 2025.ABSTRACT Aim To map the existing evidence and identify research gaps regarding the self‐management of prediabetes or type 2 diabetes among first‐generation immigrants ≥ 18 years. Design A scoping review followed the JBI guidelines and was in accordance with the PRISMA extension for Scoping Reviews.
Min Zhang +3 more
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The Bahá’í Sense of Human Unity [PDF]
, 2003 This paper for a conference on Faith, Feelings and Identity at Roehampton University in 2003 is an investigation conducted with members of the Bahá’í Faith community in the UK.
Bigger, Stephen
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Ecological Management &Restoration, Volume 26, Issue 2, May 2025.ABSTRACT Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and cultural spiritual associations, including religions, have recently gained acceptance as making important contributions to conservation practice, decision‐making and science. The decline of TEK in the Pacific and Papua New Guinea (PNG) has highlighted the need to examine how modern
Challis Pulotu +4 more
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Intermittent Fasting Regimes Reduce Gingival Inflammation: A Three‐Arm Clinical Trial
Journal of Clinical Periodontology, Volume 52, Issue 5, Page 681-694, May 2025.ABSTRACT Aim To evaluate the effect of religious Bahá'í dry fasting (BF) or 16:8 time‐restricted eating (TRE) compared with a regular diet (CG) on periodontal parameters during a modified experimentally induced gingivitis. Material and Methods All participants were asked to refrain from oral hygiene (3 sextant) for 9 days (T1–T2) and were followed for ...
C. L. Pappe +10 more
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