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TAX IMMUNITY FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP OF ANY RELIGION: BETWEEN THE PROTECTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE INSTITUTIONAL SOCIAL FUNCTION, AND THE CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES OF OVERSIGHT AND DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY

open access: yesArtefactum - revista de estudos interdisciplinares
The tax immunity granted to temples of any creed by Article 150, section VI, item "b" of the Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988 constitutes one of the most legally dense and provocative institutes in the national legal order. This article proposes a critical and humanized reinterpretation of this right, investigating its philosophical-historical ...
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A'mmomat and weshu processing as a mechanism of balancing gender power relations among the Kambaata community of Central Ethiopia

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that power in gender relations within the Kambaata people of central Ethiopia is expressed through relational, mutual, and complementary dynamics rather than domination or control. It critiques Western liberal feminist frameworks—especially those emphasizing rights, equality, and resistance—for their limitations in ...
Desta Lorenso
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Religious Hospitals and Poorer Health Outcomes: A Case Study Using Hospital Performance Ratings

open access: yesInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Amid state and federal initiatives to bolster healthcare practitioners’ religious freedom, the impact of hospital religious affiliations on health outcomes has become a pertinent question.
Justin Huft MA, Katrina Guardino BA
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Economic and Religious Choice: A Case-Study from Early Christian Communities [PDF]

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The aim of this paper is to elaborate an evaluative framework of religious choice within the early Christian communities reconstructed through the narrative of a New Testament Epistle, 2Peter, based on an economic approach to moral dilemmas identified in
Gotsis, George, Drakopoulos, Stavros A.
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Justice for biodiversity: an X‐curve transformation pathway for a sustainable future

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Decades of conservation action have failed to stem biodiversity loss, stimulating heated debates over which conservation strategies are the most effective. Do we focus on preserving sufficient wilderness, maintaining services from nature for societal well‐being, or protecting vulnerable socioecologies from injustice?
Camille PA Venier‐Cambron
wiley   +1 more source

Internet of Things and blockchain applications in food audit, authenticity, and traceability: A systematic review

open access: yesFood Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Abstract This review evaluates the integrated applications of the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technologies in enhancing food audit systems, authenticity verification, and supply chain traceability, transparency, and data reliability. Following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses guidelines, a systematic review
S. Sriranjani   +1 more
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Health and Economic Impacts of an Early Labor Induction Policy for High‐BMI Mothers

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We expand the literature on marginal returns to birth interventions by studying a common intervention: early induction of labor for a growing share of pregnancies, high‐Body Mass Index (BMI) women. We exploit Danish guidelines which recommend routine induction at 7 days after the expected due date instead of 10–13 days after for mothers with a
Louis Freget, Maria Koch Gregersen
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The Unintended Consequences of Sugar‐Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Sales and Prices of Beer Beverages

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates the causal effect of Berkeley's sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) tax on beer purchases and prices using retail scanner data from 2014 to 2015. Applying both synthetic control and difference‐in‐differences (DID) approaches, we find that the tax reduced beer purchases within Berkeley by 8.9%, while having a negligible effect ...
Lei Pan, Xiaoyong Zheng
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Relevansi Anarki Epistemologis Paul Fayerabend Bagi Studi Agama

open access: yesFarabi, 2016
The development of science is a complex process of individual creativity. Because of that science should not be described or regulated by any form of regulation or legal system.
Taufik Ajuba
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Baptist Contributions to Religious Freedom: A Conversation with Rick Warren, Ken Starr, and Russell Moore

open access: yes, 2015
On March 4, 2015, the Religious Freedom Project, in partnership with Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, hosted a conversation featuring three renowned American evangelical leaders from the Baptist tradition: Pastor Rick Warren ...

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