Putting Indian christianities into context: Biographies of christian conversion in a leprosy colony [PDF]
Gandhian and Hindutva-inspired discourses around conversions to Christianity in India over-simplify the historical nexus of relations between missionaries, converts and the colonial state.
Staples, J
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The case of Radio Maranatha [PDF]
The author focuses on a Christian broadcaster in Parakou, northern Benin, and analyses its main production structures, its programming, and the actors and their motives involved.
Grätz, Tilo
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The Apollo 8 Genesis Reading and Religion in the Space Age [PDF]
Between January 1969 and the summer of 1975, NASA received over eight million letters and petition signatures supporting the right of American astronauts to free religious expression in space.
Kendrick Oliver
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Development of Mass Communication Strategies for Church Growth: Engaging American Culture [PDF]
In this analysis, methods of mass communication employed by the church throughout its history will be reviewed. The context for this church study is specifically within American culture.
Hines, Abby
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The Development of 'Pro-Life' NGOs in Argentina: Three strategic movements [PDF]
In Latin America, the agenda of sexual and reproductive rights advocated by the feminist and LGBTI movements has challenged the hegemony of the sexual order held by traditionalist sectors, especially the hierarchy of the Catholic Church and conservative ...
Moran Faundes, Jose Manuel Ferrucio
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Media and democracy in Brazil [PDF]
The Latin American media environment currently faces serious challenges which range from historical factors to regional political problems and gradual shifts in cultural attitudes.
Matos, C.
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‘We Can Win this Fight Together’: Memory and Cross‐Occupational Coordination
Abstract While scholars have studied coordination across occupational lines, they have yet to theorize how the memories held by those involved in such coordination might influence it. In this paper, we frame occupational groups as mnemonic communities – collectives for whom a shared understanding of the past constitutes their character – to explore the
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Nationalist–Feminine Bifurcation: The Construction of National Morality Through Gender Regimes
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of nationalist–feminine bifurcation to analyse how nationalist–populist regimes construct moral orders through gendered representations. It explores how women are simultaneously portrayed as the idealized ‘national woman’ and the excluded ‘moral threat’. Through a comparative discourse analysis of four cases—
Muhammed Ramazan Demirci
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Evangelical Christians in Canadian National Television News, 1994–2004: A Frame Analysis [PDF]
Recent surveys have shown that most evangelical Christians in Canada believe that the news media treat them unfairly. This study empirically tested the validity of the evangelicals’ charge against the media by examining the frames used in the nightly ...
Haskell, David M.
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Disaster risk reduction and Evangelical Christianity: a case for pluriversality in practice
Abstract As climate change increases the probability and intensity of major disasters, urgent action is required to prepare for and address the underlying causes of disaster. The disaster risk reduction (DRR) framework was adopted to focus national and international attention on the social production of vulnerability to disaster risk, yet it faces ...
Scott D. Watson
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