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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Tree‐planting initiatives are a crucial part of international sustainability and climate action efforts. Yet, many of these initiatives fail to achieve their long‐term sustainability and climate goals. The role of community value is an often‐overlooked factor in promoting the success of new tree plantings.
Claire L. Narraway +8 more
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Freedom from God: Periyar and Religion
Religions, 2019 This paper looks at South Indian rationalist and anti-caste leader Periyar EV Ramasamy’s approach to religion. Periyar saw Hinduism as a fundamental degradation of the non-Brahmin community in general, the Dalits in particular.
Karthick Ram Manoharan
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On Hindutva and a Hindu-Catholic, with a Moral for our Times [PDF]
, 1992 The purpose of this article is to comment on the term hindutva, viz. Hinduness, with special reference to a 19th century Bengali thinker who sought to indigenise his Christian faith, and to draw some topical conclusions.
Lipner, Julius
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract There is rising recognition of resource‐use rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs) within wildlife conservation. Historically, sociocultural institutions ensured wildlife sustainability in many IPLC areas. However, the future viability of such institutions is uncertain as IPLCs change in response to external pressures and ...
Sahil Nijhawan +5 more
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The Pursuit of Perfection [PDF]
, 2016 In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. Both Hinduism and Buddhism contain a specific characteristic that sets them apart from each other, but at the same time ties them together.
Perry, Jacob
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Narasimha, Lord of Transitions, Transformations, and Theater Festivals: God and Evil in Hindu Cosmology, Myth, and Practice [PDF]
, 2016 This paper focuses on the multi-faceted nature of the divine depicted in Narasimha and the unique perspectives on God and evil offered by the myths of Narasimha, which is also subliminally represented within the religious practice and performance ...
Vemsani, Lavanya
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Feature Article: ELT Materials
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract After providing a working definition of ELT materials that encompasses both commercial and noncommercial instructional resources, I differentiate between studies of materials content, consumption, and production, reviewing notable studies of each type, most of which have appeared in the pages of TQ.
Nigel Harwood
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Book Review: Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices [PDF]
, 1996 A review of Julius Lipner\u27s Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and ...
Coward, Harold
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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Logos and Purusha: A Comparative Study of Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Hinduism(s) through the Transcendental Argument for God [PDF]
Pharos Journal of TheologyIn a series of papers I seek to draw a comparison between Hinduism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Inspired by the Anthropic Principle, I have selected to ground the linked comparative principle of the Purusha, (the immobile cosmic principle of pure ...
Michael Searles
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