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Nafsanalysis: The Problem of Refinement in Sufi Ethics

open access: yesEthos, Volume 54, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract The nafs is the spirit in its ordeal of embodiment. It is the veil through which separation from God becomes the condition of relation to Him. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork among practitioners of the Naqshbandia Awaisia Sufi order in Pakistan, this article approaches the nafs as the site of enjoyment that survives refinement ...
Muhammad Osama Imran
wiley   +1 more source

Prosociality: Against Consequentialism and Towards Relationality

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Prosocial behaviour is a topic of concern within sociology and the social sciences more broadly. Though defined in various ways, the dominant theme of existing definitions of prosociality centres the causal power of an act in producing real or intended benefits for some other agents, at a cost to the agent that performed the act.
Maurice Bokanga
wiley   +1 more source

The role of religion and spirituality in HIV prevention: A systematic literature review and network analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Educ Health Promot
Tanri H   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Betwixt playing the waiting game and waiting in vain: Temporal governance and the thin alignment of care under universal health coverage in Kenya

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2026.
Abstract This article investigates how Kenyan citizens access healthcare within the framework of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) reforms. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, it reconceptualizes waiting as a politically structured phenomenon rather than a simple delay. The analysis shows that UHC reforms do not eliminate waiting but instead redistribute it,
Edwin Ambani Ameso
wiley   +1 more source

New Advances in Cognitive Science of Religion

open access: yesReligion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 5, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT The paper highlights a number of new developments in Cognitive Science of Religion (CSR): It discusses how recent approaches are more mindful of the influence of culture on religious cognition, put more focus on the social role of ritual behavior, and offer explanations for atheism.
Hans Van Eyghen
wiley   +1 more source

Voice Changes Related to Perceived Indoor Air Quality in Finnish Teachers: A Proof-of-Concept Field Study. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health
Vertanen-Greis H   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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