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Animals, 2020 Yoga is a holistic discipline originating in ancient India. Yoga has links with Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism based on a shared philosophical framework of unity with all beings and belief in ahimsa, meaning non-harming.
Jenny L. Mace, Steven P. McCulloch
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Religious Diversity and Multi‐Religiosity in Singapore
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Can government‐mandated exposure to religious diversity both reinforce exclusive identities and cultivate “multi‐religiosity”? This study leverages the 2024 Global East Survey of Religion and Spirituality to investigate how Singapore's state‐mandated and managed pluralism impacts the religious lives of its citizens.
Corey Resweber, Bing Han, Fenggang Yang
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
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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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The Perspective of Conscience for Health Professionals in Various Religions Worldwide [PDF]
Journal of Research on History of MedicineThe concept of conscience among health professionals is decreasing worldwide in the current context. The theoretical aspect of conscience was explained by the renowned third-century philosopher Aristotle, while the practical side was discussed by the ...
Thorakkal Shamim
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Religious disbelief is increasing worldwide, yet its cognitive and cultural foundations remain debated. We examined how analytic thinking and cultural learning shape (dis)belief across generations and over time. Study 1 compared younger (18–39, n = 427) and older (40+, n = 639) Polish adults.
Paweł Łowicki +4 more
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" Rights of Spouses" A Comparative Study of Arthashastra and Islamic Jurisprudence
The Islamic Culture, 2015 According to Hinduism, marriage between two souls is a very sacred affair that stretches beyond one lifetime and may continue upto at least seven lives.
Dr. Abdul Qadus, Dr. Shezadi Pakeeza
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Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The present study examines how religion shapes partnership formation and religious homogamy among Syrian and Afghan male refugees who arrived in Germany during the 2015/16 influx. It provides new insights by focusing on a particularly vulnerable group of refugees who are culturally distant from the host society and comparing them to ...
Jana Kuhlemann +3 more
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Judaism, Philo, and Hegel's Theology
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Hegel displays consistent interest in Judaism, but his presentation seems to differ widely between his earlier and later writings. Contemporary scholarly interpretations of this apparent change also differ widely. In this article, I present the interpretive problem as one of continuity‐discontinuity, and place the major scholarly treatments ...
Reed Frey, C.O.
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of TheologyYoga represents both a philosophy and a practice, with the goal of liberation. Although ascetic practices existed previously, and the word yoga appears in the Vedas, the first definition is in the Kaṭha Upaniṣad, where it is described as ‘the steady ...
Zoë Slatoff
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