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The Arbitrariness of Faith-Based Medical Exemptions
Religions, 2023 There are a variety of reasons for which one might claim an exemption from a public health mandate such as a required COVID-19 vaccine. Good-faith exemption requests—for medical, religious, or other reasons—are generally recognized as legitimate and ...
Aaron Quinn
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Religions, 2023 In this study, I will analyse the position of the Orthodox Church(es) towards the ecumenical dialogue in accordance with the documents approved by the Synod of Crete (2016), but also with the social document For the Life of the World of the Ecumenical ...
Doru Marcu
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Dealing with Death in a Secular Society: The Case of Muslim Burials in Spain
Religions, 2023 Death is not only a universal biological fact; for the individual it is the “event horizon”. This fact has important symbolic meanings and complex social consequences. Any society, secular or not, must manage this reality.
Juan Luis De León, Iziar Basterretxea
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The Reception of the Mantra of Light in Republican Period Chinese Buddhism
Religions, 2023 This paper examines the utilization of the mantra of light and its associated maṇḍala practices by Wang Hongyuan 王弘願 (1876–1937), a Chinese Buddhist during the Republican Period, and his adherents, which has not yet been noticed by previous scholars ...
Saiping An
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Mystery and Humility in the Depths of Understanding of Reality
Religions, 2023 The scientific process of understanding natural phenomena such as evolution is an important tool for human progress, so it is good to know where it begins and where it ends, or where it leads.
Borut Pohar
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The Cultic Reformation Chiastic Structure in the Book of Kings
Religions, 2023 The Book of Kings presents religious reforms in ancient Israel and Judah in an elaborately designed pattern. Repetitive verbal and thematic parallels concerning reforms and political incidents reveal a systematic–concentric chiastic structure.
Yitzhak Lee-Sak
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“The Hour of Woman” and Edith Stein: Catholic New Feminist Responses to Essentialism
Religions, 2020 This article examines how Edith Stein’s philosophical and theological anthropology is foundational to the “new feminism” that both Paul VI and John Paul II called for in the wake of the Second Vatican Council.
Renée Köhler-Ryan
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Nostalgia and the ‘New Visibility’ of Religion
Religions, 2020 This article examines the role that religion plays in a sample of the lives and career journeys of eight academic staff or alumni at a British university. Using the ‘Nostalgia Interviews with Chris Deacy’ podcast as source material, the aim is to look at
Christopher Deacy
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Understanding the Letter to the Romans in the Sect-Cult Development of Early Churches
Religions, 2020 This article examines how the model of sect-cult development in antiquity helps us understand Paul’s discussion of Jewish traditions in the Letter to the Romans.
Jin Young Kim
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Eric Perl’s Theophanism: An Option for Agnostics?
Religions, 2020 Recent work in analytic philosophy of religion has seen increased interest in nontheistic, but still non-naturalist (indeed, broadly religious) worldview options. J.L. Schellenberg’s Ultimism has been among the most prominent of these.
Travis Dumsday
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