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Applying Social Cognitive Theory to Understand Perspectives on Child Feeding Practices of Thai Female Caregivers With Young Children With Stunting

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Childhood stunting remains a public health challenge in Thailand. While national surveys provide prevalence estimates, there is limited understanding of the multilevel influences shaping child feeding practices. This qualitative study aimed to explore individual, familial, and socioenvironmental determinants of child feeding practices among ...
Thanit Vinitchagoon, Yaowalak Rooppat, Pornpan Sukboon, Takdanai Limvilai, Nuttaranuch Sivaboonyawong, Waraporn Somnuek, Mareeya Madtohsoh, Nisachol Cetthakrikul, Tippawan Pongcharoen   +8 more
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A Brief Discussion on Chan–Pure Land Syncretism in Dunhuang: Centered on Dunhuang Literature

Religions
This article investigates the convergence of Chan and Pure Land practices in medieval Dunhuang, highlighting a fluid and integrative religious phenomenon that challenges conventional sectarian boundaries.
Xiao Lin
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Between cultures and challenges: First‐generation British South Asian women's experiences of discrimination, intersectionality and woman‐to‐woman support in the workplace

Asian Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 28, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract Women from ethnically minoritised groups navigate challenges in the Western workforce using unique strategies. However, less is known about multicultural women's workplace experiences. The current study aimed to examine the research question: How do multicultural first‐generation British South Asian women experience intersectionality in the ...
Zebaish Shahbaz, Jamie Chan, Özden Melis Uluğ   +2 more
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The Coming of Secular Buddhism: a Synoptic View

, 2012
Secular Buddhism is coalescing today in response to two main factors. First, it rejects the incoherence of Buddhist modernism, a protean formation that accommodates elements as far afield as ancestral Buddhism and psychotherapies claiming the Buddhist ...
Higgins, W
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Semantic Restoration of Snake-Slaying in Chan Buddhist Koan

Religions
In the Chan Buddhism koan (gong’an 公案) tradition, the act of “slaying the snake” functions as a signature gesture imbued with complex, historically layered cultural meanings. Rather than merely examining its motivations, this paper emphasizes tracing the
Yun Wang, Yulu Lv
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Phenomenology of The Sublime Vibration as Word and Language

Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2019
Embodiment Within the state of open awareness, the openness of spaceous luminous awareness, we can enter the experience of light as energy through the sublime luminous vibrations. The experience of the unfolding of sublime awareness and the corresponding
Rudolph Bauer
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Calling on and thanking God: the role of faith and faith communities in disaster recovery

Disasters, Volume 49, Issue 4, October 2025.
Abstract Faith and faith communities play a critical role in post‐disaster recovery for at least three reasons. First, faith is a socially shared frame through which individuals understand a disaster and evaluate potential means of recovery. Second, faith is a driver or motivator of post‐disaster recovery, providing inspiration, encouragement, and ...
Virgil Henry Storr, Jordan K. Lofthouse, Nona Martin Storr   +2 more
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Methodological implications of the influence of Zhiyi’s meditation manuals on the development of Chan Buddhism [PDF]

, 2016
The paper elaborates on the meaning of the meditation techniques described by Zhiyi in the field of Chan Buddhist studies. In order to show the importance of considering these techniques in the study of Chan Buddhism, in the first part of the paper the ...
Nowak, Kamil
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The Discursive Formation of Silence in Lengqie Shizi Ji: Within the Context of the Huayan–Chan Interaction

Religions
This article traces the formation of silence as a tradition in early Chan Buddhism, focusing on its construction in the Lengqie Shizi Ji 楞伽師資記. Challenging later perceptions, it argues that silence was not an innate characteristic but a historically ...
Jingting Du
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A Spiritual Dimension of Human–Animal Relations?

Dialog, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 144-151, Autumn (Fall) 2025.
ABSTRACT A close relationship with nature and animals is widely acknowledged to support human physical, social, and mental health, but is more seldom considered relevant for human spirituality. Using theological resources, this paper argues that some human–animal relations may possess spiritual qualities.
Per T. Sangild, Pui Him Ip
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