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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

Book Review: \u3ci\u3eConstructing Indian Christianities: Culture, Conversion, and Caste\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Book review of Constructing Indian Christianities: Culture, Conversion, and Caste. Edited by Chad M. Bauman and Richard Fox Young.
Schmalz, Mathew N.
core   +2 more sources

Racial Inequality, Growth and Distribution

open access: yesMetroeconomica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A post‐Keynesian‐Kaleckian model along structuralist lines is developed to incorporate the issue of racial inequality into the analysis of growth and distribution. It draws on ideas presented in the literature about the relationship between class inequality between capitalists and workers, and racial inequality between White and Black workers,
Amitava Krishna Dutt
wiley   +1 more source

A Forced Union: Exploring the Consequences of India's Removal of Jammu and Kashmir's Special Status

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article adds to academic literature interested in two core questions: What happens to residents as a result of an annexation? And how do aggressor states maintain control over an annexed territory where there is a history of insurgency and mobilization for independence?
Serena Hussain
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: \u3cem\u3eDalit Theology and Christian Anarchism\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A review of Dalit Theology and Christian Anarchism by Keith ...
Locklin, Reid B.
core   +2 more sources

User Acceptance and Perceptions of Earthquake Early Warning Systems as a Function of Information Type: The Case of Postearthquake Nepal

open access: yesEarthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
What drives user perceptions and acceptance of earthquake early warning systems (EEWS) as an emerging technology? Do distinct types of transparency into EEWS affect users’ perceptions of the system's usefulness and desirability differently? To address these questions, we focus on Nepal, an earthquake‐prone country with no active public EEWS ...
Shana Scogin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disciplinary power and practices of body politics: an evaluation of Dalit women in Bama’s Sangati and P. Sivakami’s The Grip of Change through Foucauldian discourse analysis

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021
Through a Foucauldian reading of Bama’s Sangati (2005) and P. Sivakami’s The Grip of Change (2006a, 2006b), this paper attempts to delineate the permeation and maintenance of disciplinary power in the social structure and assertion of patriarchal ...
Aditya Ghosh
doaj   +1 more source

Women's Labor Force Participation After Disasters: The Case of Nurdağı, Türkiye, Following Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes

open access: yesEarthquake Spectra, Volume 42, Issue 2, May 2026.
Economic functionality is essential for the recovery of cities and communities following disasters. A crucial factor in reducing business disruptions and guaranteeing their continuity is the capacity of employees to resume work. Facilitating the reintegration of employees into the workforce can expedite their post‐disaster recovery process and assist ...
Ezgi Orhan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coastal pedagogy as a framework for inclusive education: Reimagining practice in India through a village‐based intervention in the Trivandrum district of Kerala

open access: yesSupport for Learning, Volume 41, Issue 2, May 2026.
Abstract This paper explores an ocean arts project aimed at enhancing the learning outcomes of the Mukkuvar—coastal community children in India, where inclusive education often overlooks cultural and linguistic diversity. By integrating Indigenous and Local Knowledge with scientific knowledge, the project created culturally relevant curriculum ...
Johnson Jament, Lisba Yesudas
wiley   +1 more source

Decasticization, Dignity, and ‘Dirty Work’ at the Intersections of Caste, Memory, and Disaster

open access: yes, 2019
In this qualitative study we examine the role of caste, class, and Dalit janitorial labor in the aftermath of floods in Chennai, India, in 2015. Drawing from a variety of sources including interviews, social media, and news coverage, we studied how Dalit
Jagannathan, Srinath   +2 more
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