Results 21 to 30 of about 3,369 (194)

Religions and migrations – old and new

Quaderni di Sociologia, 2019
Some of the most interesting and contentious issues that arise in connection with migration centre on religions and identities. This article begins by outlining the ways in which sociological research has already provided valuable insights into the ...
James A. Beckford
doaj   +1 more source

Contestation Between the State, Oil and Fishers in Trinidad and Tobago: (Re)producing ‘Edge’ Populations on the Post‐Plantation Extraction Frontier

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Successive waves of extraction in the Caribbean—from plantation monocultures to oil and gas—have reshaped overlapping agrarian, coastal and marine environments, undermining the socio‐ecological foundations of small‐scale fisher livelihoods and generating ongoing conflict between the state, energy sector and fishing communities. Yet despite the
Merisa Thompson
wiley   +1 more source

‘Let's Go to the Land Instead’: Indigenous Perspectives on Biodiversity and the Possibilities of Regenerative Capital

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract The land has been a source of capital accumulation since colonization through extractive activities like mining and industrial agriculture. Indigenous peoples have profoundly different relationships with the land, which are more relational than extractive. However, their knowledge has been subjugated by and systematically excluded from Western
Diane‐Laure Arjaliès, Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee   +1 more
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

Exploring Orientalism and Moral Ambiguity in William Beckford’s Vathek

Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
William Beckford's Vathek (1786) is a significant piece in the Orientalist literary genre. It combines beautiful Eastern art with deep questions about morality and the mind.
Abbas Jaafar Mutar
doaj   +1 more source

Il viaggio nell’inconscio e la messa in scena del desiderio nell’opera ‘notturna’ di E.T.A. Hoffmann e W. Beckford

Between, 2013
Il fantastico non è un mero ‘genere’ con motivi tipici ricorrenti, ma piuttosto un modo letterario di esprimere, obliquamente e allusivamente, in maniera quasi seduttiva e onirica, il confronto gnoseologico con l’ineffabile inesplicabilità dell ...
Stefania Acciaioli
doaj   +1 more source

Ecologia e espiritualidades na modernidade tardia

Ciencias Sociales y Religión, 2020
O propósito do presente artigo é considerar a afinidade entre ecologia e espiritualidade na modernidade tardia. Procuramos compreender como os conteúdos ecológicos se tornam referências fundamentais da experiência religiosa no âmbito da espiritualidade ...
João Paulo de Paula Silveira, Flávio Munhoz Sofiati   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Black Humanism: Sameness and Difference in Being Human and Being Black in the United Kingdom

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This essay outlines a variety of responses to a central question pertaining to Black humanism: namely, what does it mean to be a Black human, given the existence of systemic racism within the Body of Christ and in many White majority societies in the African Diaspora, in this case, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain?
Anthony G. Reddie
wiley   +1 more source

Les Vies authentiques de peintres imaginaires de Beckford [PDF]

, 2023
La première chose qui frappe lorsqu’on commence à s’intéresser aux Vies authentiques de peintres imaginaires [VAPI] que Beckford publie en 1780, à vingt ans, c’est l’aura de mystère qui entoure le texte. L’œuvre constitue une sorte d’énigme. On en trouve
Ruiz, Luc
core   +1 more source

Diversidad no es lo mismo que pluralismo: cambios en el campo religioso argentino (1985-2000) y lucha de los evangélicos por sus derechos religiosos Diversity is not the same as pluralism: changes in Argentina's religious field (1985-2000) and the evangelicals' fight for their religious rights

Sociedade e Estado, 2008
El trabajo argumentará que, para entender adecuadamente las modificaciones del campo religioso argentino, es necesario también incluir las resistencias sociales a esos cambios debido a las consecuencias que traen para la práctica y el desarrollo de las ...
Alejandro Frigerio, Hilario Wynarczyk
doaj   +1 more source