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Same‐Sex Marriage Legalization and Attitudes Toward Gays and Lesbians: Evidence From a Natural Experiment

Politics &Policy, Volume 53, Issue 5, October 2025.
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether policy changes aimed at elevating the status of historically negatively constructed groups can sway previously unfavorable social images, using the legalization of same‐sex marriage as a critical empirical case.
Hung‐Yi Hsu
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Veneration of the Buddhist Canon and National Integration in the Yuan Dynasty: Religious Policy and Cultural Convergence

Religions
Inheriting a tradition of religious tolerance from the Inner Asian Steppe, the Mongol Yuan Empire elevated Buddhism to a pivotal role in unifying its multiethnic and culturally diverse domain, with Tengriist ideology serving as the political foundation ...
Xiaobai Li
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Religious exemption and global history before 1300 – closing comments [PDF]

, 2017
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McClure, Julia
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Buddhism and sociocultural changes in Thailand: From Buddhist chant to rap

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 292-304, August 2025.
Abstract This study explores the intersection of Buddhism and sociocultural changes in Thailand, focusing on the transition from traditional Buddhist chant to contemporary rap. Employing Pierre Bourdieu's theories of cultural capital and the sociology of music, this article aims to show how this shift in Buddhist music mirrors broader transformations ...
Wai‐Chung Ho
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Buddhism, Beauty, and Virtue [PDF]

, 2017
The chapter challenges hyperbolic claims about the centrality of appreciation of beauty to Buddhism. Within the texts, attitudes are more mixed, except for a form of 'inner beauty' - the beauty found in the expression of virtues or wisdom in forms of ...
Cooper, David
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From modernity to memes: Reexamining visual culture as a Christian vehicle

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 305-317, August 2025.
Abstract This article examines the expanding field of research on religious memes. Alongside a brief overview of current scholarly directions, it proposes new methodological avenues for studying memes that converge at the intersection of religion and internet humour.
Jonathan W. Johnson
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Short‐Form Video Media Use Is Associated With Greater Inattentive Symptoms in Thai School‐Age Children: Insights From a Cross‐Sectional Survey

Brain and Behavior, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2025.
This survey examined the relationship between short‐form video use and attention in school‐age children. Analyzing responses from 528 participants, short‐form video use was linked to higher inattentive symptoms, with a stronger association in younger children.
Romteera Chiencharoenthanakij, Kachawan Yothamart, Naphat Chantathamma, Worachot Sukhumdecha, Saranyu Charoensri, Bhupa Thanyakulsajja, Krittisak Anuroj   +6 more
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Did Chinese Buddhists translate the old formula ‘him I call a Brahmin’? The reconstruction of Buddhism as the path of nirvāṇa in Early Chinese translations

Estudios de Traducción
At first, Chinese translators lacked a unified criterion for interpreting Buddhist scriptures. They employed various phonetic transliterations and gradually adopted etymological approaches as their understanding developed.
Efraín Villamor Herrero
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What makes you not a Buddhist? : a preliminary mapping of values [PDF]

, 2012
This study sets out to establish which Buddhist values contrasted with or were shared by adolescents from a non-Buddhist population. A survey of attitude toward a variety of Buddhist values was fielded in a sample of 352 non-Buddhist schoolchildren aged ...
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Interreligious Dialogue and Religious Nationalism

The Ecumenical Review, Volume 77, Issue 3-4, Page 292-304, July–October 2025.
Abstract Although the rise of religious nationalism problematizes interreligious dialogue and collaboration, progress may occur by emphasizing biblical precedents for engagement, correcting misconceptions about Christianity, and addressing common societal challenges.
Don Thorsen
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