Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research note analyzes the ambiguous boundaries of religious identity, belief, and ritual behavior in Japan, drawing on data from a nationally representative postal survey conducted in 2024 (N = 3947). The findings reveal widespread participation in Buddhist and Shinto rituals even among individuals who identify as nonreligious or atheist,
Koki Shimizu, Yoshihide Sakurai
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'If You Cut Me, I'd Probably Bleed Coca-Cola': A Qualitative Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Type 2 Diabetes Management Among Chinese Adults in the UK. [PDF]
J Diabetes ResSehmbi T, Cao R, Sapkota R, Pardhan S.
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Multi‐Religiosity Among Asian Americans and Non‐Asian Americans
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article reports key findings of a split‐sample experiment comparing conventional measures of single‐choice religion and new measures of multi‐religiosity. Although conventional measures implicitly assume congruence among religious affiliation, belief, and practice within a single religion, the new measures are designed to capture multi ...
Fenggang Yang, Joey Marshall
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Evidence of prevailing practice of home slaughter in Iran revealed by bioeconomic modeling of small ruminants slaughtered in and outside registered abattoirs. [PDF]
PLoS OneEbrahimipour M +3 more
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Gregorini v. Shyamalan: Can Access Trump Similarity in a Globalised Digital Age?
The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.Abstract On the 20th February 2025, the final judgement of Gregorini v. Shyamalan rejected director Gregorini's claims that the show ‘Servant’ produced by Apple TV+ copied her independent film ‘The Truth About Emanuel’. Infringement can be established by proving substantial similarity and access to the work.
Anna Monnereau
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Balancing tradition and animal welfare: Adapting an animal-involving festival to climate change in Fukushima, Japan. [PDF]
One HealthHarada F, Takita M, Shibuya K.
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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
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Food and plastic waste generation at a large-scale religious festival and implications for sustainable management. [PDF]
Waste Manag ResKadum H +4 more
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City of God and the Duty of Just Memory
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In a recent essay, Richard Miller claims that Augustine presumes a duty to remember justly in his City of God. However, Miller's brief reference to a presumed duty of “just memory” does not fully explain how Augustine conceptualizes this duty or how it relates to his theological concerns.
Zachary J. Taylor
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Community power in tobacco cessation: sustainable solutions for low- and middle-income countries. [PDF]
Ann Med Surg (Lond)Akhter J +4 more
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