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Late adolescents' accounts of marginalization in India: Towards a ground‐up intersectional framework

Journal of Research on Adolescence, Volume 36, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract Within the broader context of limited published literature on identity‐based marginalization in Majority World communities, research on adolescent experiences of marginalization in a diverse country like India is particularly scarce. The purpose of this study was to explore college‐going adolescents' perceptions of commonly marginalized ...
Ritika Rastogi, Jasmine Sachdeva, Nadia Al‐Dajani, Yamini Negi, Melissa Dora Kyndiah, Mohd Afsar, Lakshmi Balakrishnan, Vaishali V. Raval   +7 more
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Aloha Buddha-the secularization of ethnic Japanese-American Buddhism

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015
The relations between religion, migration, transnationalism, pluralism, and ethnicity have gained increasing focus in religious, cultural, sociological, and anthropological studies. With its manifold transfigurations across time and location, Buddhism is
Jørn Borup
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Ambiguous Boundaries of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Belonging in Japan: A Descriptive Analysis of Plural and Cultural Religiosity

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 480-488, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This research note analyzes the ambiguous boundaries of religious identity, belief, and ritual behavior in Japan, drawing on data from a nationally representative postal survey conducted in 2024 (N = 3947). The findings reveal widespread participation in Buddhist and Shinto rituals even among individuals who identify as nonreligious or atheist,
Koki Shimizu, Yoshihide Sakurai
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Introduction: Measuring Religiosity and Multi‐Religiosity in East and West

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 467-471, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The introduction to the spotlight set of research notes that are based on the Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality briefly explains why we believe it is necessary to develop new measures of religiosity, the process of developing the questionnaire, and the key findings in this set of research notes, including the common phenomenon of
Fenggang Yang
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Identifying Effective Informal Mindfulness Practices in Daily Activities

Journal of International Buddhist Studies, 2018
Mindfulness is a state of consciousness that entails regulating attention to focus on the moment-to-moment experience with an open orientation. The ability to evoke and sustain this state can be cultivated by both formal and informal meditation practices.
Ke Zhang
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Renewed Optimism in Persons through South-East Comparative Philosophy

Journal of World Philosophies, 2016
Though the term “comparative philosophy” often brings to mind the relatively recent “East-West” encounter, the experience of cultural difference has helped to invigorate philosophical inquiry throughout human history.
Geoff Ashton
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Can Mindful Politics Be Meaningful Politics? Socially Engaged Buddhism as a Political Project within a Liberal Political Order

Religions
Throughout the Western political world, and particularly in the United States, contemporary Buddhist political thought has largely become synonymous with the movement of mindful politics, also known as Socially Engaged Buddhism.
Cory Sukala
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Wang Chuan’s Abstract Painting: A Contemporary Expression of Chinese Zen Ink Painting

Contemporary Social Sciences, 2021
“Zen ink painting” is the art school formed under the confluence of the sectarian “Zen” and the Chinese traditional art form “ink painting” after Buddhism was introduced to China. It emphasizes the belief that Buddhism practitioners could reveal their
Yue Zhaomin and Shi Chenggang
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Buddhism in Australia: An Emerging Field of Study

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015
In 2006, Paul D. Numrich (2008) posed the question of whether contemporary scholarship on North American Buddhism constituted a distinct "field of study" and identified several factors that defined both academic disciplines and fields. This paper applies
Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick, Kim Lam
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Mindfulness in Action: Buddhist Environmental Activism of Earth Holder Berlin

Religions
This study explores the intersection of mindfulness practice and environmental activism within the Earth Holder Berlin (EHB) group, a part of the Order of Interbeing (O of I) inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh.
Hanyi Zhang, Ruotong Shi
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