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The Paradoxes of the Spiritual Self: Disidentification as a Marker of Identity

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how practitioners of self‐spirituality conceptualize their spiritual identity. On the basis of 62 in‐depth interviews with secular Jewish Israelis engaged in various spiritual practices, we find that spiritual identity is constructed through a distinctive cultural logic we term disidentification—a systematic resistance to ...
Nurit Zaidman, Michal Pagis
wiley   +1 more source

Why Do Prosocial People Dislike Markets in Some Countries and Like Them in Others?

open access: yesKyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on the doux commerce thesis, which suggests that people in market‐oriented societies hold stronger prosocial values than those in less market‐oriented ones, one can expect prosocial and pro‐market values to be positively associated. The fact that the association holds for cross‐country observations but does not universally hold for cross‐
Pál Czeglédi
wiley   +1 more source

Positive institutions for language learning

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Positive psychology has been flourishing within applied linguistics, providing new insights into the role of concepts such as positive emotion, grit, and well‐being. The founders of positive psychology envisioned three pillars on which it stood, positive emotions, character traits, and positive institutions.
Peter D. MacIntyre
wiley   +1 more source

Urban vertical farming: innovation for food security and social impact? [PDF]

open access: yesPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Kluczkovski A   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From obligation to opportunity: Language coaching as a positive institutional strategy in a public body

open access: yesThe Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how positive psychology interventions enhanced staff confidence and well‐being in fulfilling official languages (OL) obligations within an Irish university. The 14‐month participatory action research (PAR) study aimed to address challenges relating to language anxiety and foster a more collaborative and empowering language ...
Deirdre Ní Loingsigh
wiley   +1 more source

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