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Christian beliefs and values have played an important role in the formulation of modern human rights. However, this influence does not hide the delays and some difficulties that Christian churches have experienced in this area.
Lluis Oviedo
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Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
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Christian spirituality: concept, nature and meaning
In religious studies, the issue of Christian spirituality is not sufficiently developed. In this regard, an interesting analysis of Christian spirituality in its connection with isihastic anthropology in the study of S. Khoruzhogo.
I. Petrova
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Abstract This article argues that power in gender relations within the Kambaata people of central Ethiopia is expressed through relational, mutual, and complementary dynamics rather than domination or control. It critiques Western liberal feminist frameworks—especially those emphasizing rights, equality, and resistance—for their limitations in ...
Desta Lorenso
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Crafting an Engaged Urban Anthropology [PDF]
There has been a growing recognition within anthropology over the past two decades about the need to more seriously engage with topics and issues that are of more direct relevance to the everyday realities of the general public.
Shalabi, Samir
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ABSTRACT Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) faces a unique cancer burden, characterized by a disproportionately high mortality‐to‐incidence ratio, a large share of infection‐related cancers, and distinct environmental exposures. Implementation of national policies on primary prevention is limited, and public literacy regarding cancer risk and curability remains ...
Anthony Kityo +14 more
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Death rites in Korea : the Confucian-Christian interplay [PDF]
This study examines Christian death rites in modem Korea in the light of the complex interplay of Confucian and Christian values. It is based on the fact that Korea, once the most thoroughly Confucianized state in East Asia, has become one of the most ...
Park, Chang-Won
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Mobilizing Presence across Borders: Devotion to Papua New Guinea's Blessed Peter To Rot in Australia
ABSTRACT This article engages with the conjunctures between migration and religion by focusing on the celebration of Papua New Guinea's ‘National Patron Saint’, the Blessed Peter To Rot, in the Australian diaspora. Both in Sydney and Brisbane, Catholic Papua New Guinea (PNG) migrants have been ‘relocating’ PNG shrines, regalia, relics and ritual ...
Anna‐Karina Hermkens
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