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Beyond Buddhism and animism:A psychometric test of the structure of Burmese Theravada Buddhism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Anthropologists and religious scholars have long debated the relationship between doctrinal Theravada Buddhism, so-called 'animism', and other folk practices in southeast Asian societies. A variety of models of this relationship have been proposed on the
Jong, Jonathan, Stanford, Mark
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Caste as a Social Kind

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

Not All Open Minds Think Alike: How Rational and Intuitive Open‐Mindedness Shape Responses to Religious Advertising

open access: yesPsychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how consumer responses to religious advertising are influenced by two dimensions of open‐mindedness: rational and intuitive. Across three experiments, participants viewed ads that varied in the strength of their religious cue.
Yeqing Bao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global religious changes and civil life in two Chinese societies: a comparison of Jiangsu and Taiwan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15570274.2015.1039305Published ...
Weller, Robert P.
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Justice in coexistence: Pastoralism and large carnivores on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The conflict between livestock husbandry and large carnivore conservation presents significant challenges in grassland ecosystems worldwide. Achieving sustainable coexistence among herders, livestock and large carnivores requires reconciling diverse perspectives and interests through equitable, inclusive and fair processes that address both ...
Yufang Gao, Yue Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Motivation and Practical Guidance of Volunteerism in The Royal Cremation Ceremony of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX

open access: yesJournal of International Buddhist Studies, 2018
Title of the research article is “Motivation and Practical Guidance of Volunteerism in The Royal Cremation Ceremony of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX”.
Thannapaporn Hongthong   +4 more
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Aspects and values of buddhism for the women of the west [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Living in India, which is not yet linked into the electronic autobahn at quite the screaming pace of the rest of the world, I received my information about this conference in two barely legible faxes, which arrived more than three weeks apart and ...
Napper, Elizabeth
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The Double-Movement Model of Forgiveness in Buddhist and Christian Rituals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We offer a model of moral reform and regeneration that involves a wrong-doer making two movements: on the one hand, he identifies with himself as the one who did the act, while he also intentionally moves away from that self (or set of desires and ...
Reasoner, Paul, Taliaferro, Charles
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The Coin's Third Side: Illiberal Money and the Sociality of a Community Currency

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Classic work in the analysis of money has emphasized the role of the state and the market in giving money its value. This article seeks to build on work that has emphasized the coin's “third side,” in which society serves as a source of monetary value.
Daromir Rudnyckyj
wiley   +1 more source

Jay L. Garfield, Engaging Buddhism: Why It Matters to Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Book review of Jay Garfield's Engaging Buddhism: Why It Matters to ...
Repetti, Rick
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