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Religious Participation After Covid‐19: Evidence From US Catholic Dioceses and Smartphone Data

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do religious rules and regulations affect behavior? We examine this question using changes in Catholic regulations during the Covid‐19 pandemic combined with mobility data from 15 million smartphone users from 2019 to 2022. We first document overall trends: Total religious attendance declined sharply in March 2020 and thereafter recovered ...
Angela Cools, Carlos Esparza S.J., Jiwon Park   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The US Religious Public and Radical Human Enhancements

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A radical enhancement to the human body or brain is defined as giving human capabilities that no past or present human has possessed. These are being developed by scientists and bioengineers and backed by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. This article reports on the first study of the US religious public's views of radical enhancements using a ...
John H. Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Letters of Pope Paul VI and pope John Paul II concerning the veneration of the virgin Mary: a study in ecumenical development [PDF]

, 1991
As seen from the outside, the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Churches appear to have many things in common. Among these is the veneration of the Virgin Mary, which is part of their common heritage of over 1000 years, though the Orthodox would insist ...
De Trana, Mary Ann
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Liturgy and Apophaticism

Religions, 2021
The Orthodox liturgy is a religious phenomenon that can be analyzed phenomenologically and theologically alike, given the emphasis that both phenomenology and Orthodox theology place on experience.
Nicolae Turcan
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the Cut: Generative Refusal and the Reimagining of Jewish Affiliation in Contemporary Israel

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Jewish‐Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far‐reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affiliation and cultural continuity. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Jewish‐Israeli parents who have chosen not to circumcise their sons and using ...
Nina Rageth
wiley   +1 more source

Towards the mutual recognition of sacraments between the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church

Ephata
The main task in this research is to find the solution for bilateral recognition of sacraments between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church.
Marek Blaza
doaj   +1 more source

Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
wiley   +1 more source

The orthodox patristic teaching on the human embryo and the ethical repercussions on abortion and related issues [PDF]

, 1998
Abortion and related issues have caused a conflict between Medical progress and Religious ethics. Historically, the life of the embryo was subordinated to the interest of the State in ancient Greece and of the father in ancient Rome (even though the ...
Televantos, FR Anastasios
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Crucified and Glorified Art : Lutheran and Orthodox Theology of the Image by Six Prominent Theologians of the Twentieth Century [PDF]

, 2022
This study concerns the theology of image, artworks, and icons. My study is ecumenical: I analyze questions, possibilities, and tensions between Lutheran and Orthodox theologies of images.
Korhonen, Timi
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A Historical Overview of Eastern Orthodox Theology on the Doctrine of the Three Offices of Christ

, 2012
This thesis deals with the dogma of the threefold office of Christ that constitutes an integral component of the Christian doctrine of justification and reconciliation in the West.
Bandura, Anatoliy
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