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Baptism and Ecclesiology

The Ecumenical Review, 2002
openaire   +2 more sources

Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
Kati Tervo‐Niemelä, Pietari Hannikainen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The lived experiences of newly qualified midwives in supporting women during labor and birth: A hermeneutic phenomenological study in Malta. [PDF]

Eur J Midwifery
Gauci J, Parascandalo RP.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing the invisible in defense of the profession. [PDF]

Can Fam Physician
Allan M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Religio‐Racial Lines, Intimate Ties: Christian–Muslim Couples, Birth Rituals, and the Bounds of Belonging

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
wiley   +1 more source

Epidemiology of infertility and coping mechanisms in Ethiopia, 2025: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Reprod Health
Melesse YD, Amha H, Getnet A, Ewunetie AA, Abneh AA, Gedif G, Lamesgen A, Muluneh AA.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Self-Baptism in Late Antique Hagiography of Female Saints

Astarté
The 2nd century Acts of Paul and Thecla introduces a scene of self-baptism, a practice that garnered criticism from Tertullian in his De Baptismo. The text, describing the conversion, martyrdom, and liberation of a young non-Christian woman, serves as a
Ángel Narro
doaj  

“We Have Come to Offer Something Which (They) Were Not Even Looking for”: U.S. Christian Conservative Evangelical Faith Missions in the Ecuadorian Upper Amazon

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
Diego Mauricio Cortés
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Pluralism and Social Networks: How Exposure to Religious Pluralism Through Social Ties Influences Baptism Decisions

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A longstanding debate in the sociology of religion has focused on how religious pluralism affects religious participation. Existing research shows mixed findings, often relying on macro‐level measures that overlook how individuals are actually exposed to religious pluralism in their lives. This study shifts focus to the meso‐level by examining
Elis Carlberg Larsson
wiley   +1 more source