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Buddhist Realism for Modern Times

Ars & Humanitas, 2022
In the early 1930s, when the project of scientific modernization was in full swing in Chinese Buddhist circles, Dharma Master Taixu wrote a series of essays on “Realism” (Xianshi zhuyi 現實主義, 1928–1931).
Jan Vrhovski
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Religiosity and Debt Maturity: International Evidence

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the association between country‐level religiosity and corporate debt maturity. We develop competing predictions reflecting creditor‐ and borrower‐side channels through which religiosity may favor either shorter or longer maturity. Using 407,399 firm‐year observations from 56 countries and territories over 1996–2021, we find
Xingyu Chen, Dequan Jiang, Xin Liu, Changqiu Yu, Steven Xiaofan Zheng   +4 more
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Exploring Work Experience, Job Satisfaction, Motivation and Intention to Stay Among Gig and Locum Nurses: A Mixed Methods Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To examine temporary registered nurses' job satisfaction, motivation, intent to stay and work experiences of gig or locum nursing roles. Design A two‐phase mixed methods study. Methods Participants were temporary registered nurses who engaged in gig or locum roles. In Phase I, a cross‐sectional quantitative study was carried out to examine
Yi Shu Kenric Tan, Khun Hean Choy, Joko Gunawan, Khairul Dzakirin Bin Rusli, Vivien K. G. Lim, Wei Ling Chua, Sok Ying Liaw, Wei How Darryl Ang   +7 more
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How Alternative Management Ideas Are Realized for the Public Good: Performative Fabrics of Humanistic Practices

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Repurposing management for the public good involves realizing alternative ideas to serve societal interests. Humanistic management is centred on such ideas as human dignity and well‐being. Realization refers to the generation and maintenance of social realities corresponding to these ideas.
Oliver Laasch, Reut Livne‐Tarandach, Qing Qu, Pingping Fu, Michael Pirson   +4 more
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The Historical Transformation and Crisis of the Hyper-Stable Institutional Order of the Traditional Chinese “Saṅgha Forest” (叢林 Conglin) from the 10th to the First Half of the 20th Century

Religions
Buddhism has long maintained a fine tradition of establishing and preserving a hyper-stable institutional order. Historically, the Vinaya served as the institutional literature for the monasteries, but it gradually evolved into a sacred symbol of the ...
Dawei Wang, Mingjun Jin
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
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Ascetical and mystical experience in Chinese Buddhism [PDF]

Kom: Časopis za Religijske Nauke
The oldest religious beliefs of the ancient China were characterized by personification of natural phenomena, cult of ancestors with a developed magical element and frequent practice of alchemical experimentation. Sorcery continues to exist in later ages,
Dabetić Ilija
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Navigating troubled waters: Posthumanist vulnerability and entanglement in Richard Powers's Playground (2024)

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Richard Powers's most recent novels to date—The Overstory (2018), Bewilderment (2021), and Playground (2024)—engage with some of the environmental and technological threats that loom over our planet, such as deforestation, species loss, the degradation of the ocean bottom, and the risks associated with the development of generative AI ...
Carmen Laguarta‐Bueno
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Re‐evaluating the Rise of Anglophone Malaysian Historical Fiction in the Twenty‐First Century

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, anglophone Malaysian historical fiction has gained significant global recognition, so much so that it has become the dominant genre. However, notwithstanding this enviable evolution in the country's English‐language literature, it is not without issues, due to the genre's somewhat orientalist representation of ...
Andrew Hock Soon Ng
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Health‐Related Quality of Life in The Chinese Cultural Context: A Scoping Review Protocol

Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims While numerous measures of health‐related quality of life have been developed, most are grounded in Western perspectives and may not fully capture culturally specific values and beliefs. In Chinese culture, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism shape people's perceptions of well‐being, health, and quality of life.
Shiwen Liu, Helen Rawson, Victoria Team
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