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Exploring Disney's Worlds Through Religious Studies
Religion Compass, Volume 18, Issue 11-12, December 2024.ABSTRACT Over the course of the last century (1923–2023), the Walt Disney Company has both catalyzed and reflected dizzying changes in the American cultural landscape—including religious ones. Scholars of Disney and religion often take one of three tactics to analyze this pairing: 1) Disney as religion 2) Disney depicting religion, or 3) Disney as ...
Jodi Eichler‐Levine
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Avengers assemble: Avenger philanthropy as the new gift opportunity for nonprofit organizations
Psychology &Marketing, Volume 41, Issue 9, Page 2095-2106, September 2024.Abstract This conceptual paper extends theories of gift giving behavior through identifying and defining the emerging phenomenon of Avenger Philanthropy. This manifests when people make individual monetary donations to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) to achieve a collective sense of moral grandstanding, usually underpinned by humor.
Sarah‐Louise Mitchell
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Directed broadcasting with mobility prediction for vehicular sensor networks
Int. J. Distributed Sens. Networks, 2016 This article suggests a new directed broadcasting method with mobility prediction of moving vehicles in vehicular sensor networks (VSNs). VSNs can play a critical role to ensure prompt delivery of real-time sensing data and be able to prevent various ...
S. Cha, Jong-Eon Lee, Min-Woo Ryu
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Elite Christianity and Spiritual Nationalism [PDF]
, 2013 This paper explores the intersection of spiritual renewal and grassroots nationalism within contemporary Chinese Christianity through the case of an emerging group of Christian businessmen who have spearheaded the growth of independent churches in the ...
Cao, N
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Citizenship, Immigration and Race Relations in Lambeth Palace Library Archives
Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 3, Page 287-303, September 2024.Lambeth Palace Library's primary function is to preserve the records of the Church of England, but there are ample opportunities for researchers to use these archives to better understand Britain's histories of citizenship, race relations, and migration in the twentieth century.
Hannah Elias
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Soft power and its audiences: Tweeting the Olympics from London 2012 to Sochi 2014 [PDF]
, 2015 The ‘Tweeting the Olympics’ project (the subject of this special section of Participations) must be understood in the context of efforts by host states, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other actors involved in the Games to cultivate and ...
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Creationism in Europe: facts, gaps and prospects [PDF]
, 2013 The purpose of the paper is threefold. First, we present and discuss the extant literature on creationism in Europe (the “facts”). Within this section, we offer a review of the literature as well as an overview of the most remarkable developments and ...
Blancke, Stefaan +3 more
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Public Media and Political Independence: Lessons for the Future of Journalism From Around the World [PDF]
, 2011 Profiles how fourteen nations fund and protect the autonomy of public media via multiyear funding, public-linked funding structures, charters, laws, and agencies or boards designed to limit political influence and ensure spending in the public ...
Matthew Powers, Rodney Benson
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New imperialisms, old stereotypes [PDF]
, 2016 This chapter assesses the shift from a Cold War-driven news agenda concerning Africa’s relations with global superpowers to a post- Cold War agenda that camouflages a no less imperialistic and exploitative modernity.
Paterson, CA
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Picturing Paul against empire: the Gospel of the apostle to the gentiles in imperial perspective [PDF]
, 2006 Presented at Vancouver School of Theology, 14 N ...
Maier, Harry
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