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RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN AN AGE OF GLOBALIZATION, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This study reveals the two dimensions of religious freedom – religious groups and individuals – with empirical data, and it offers theoretical arguments on how these two dimensions are different.
Zhang, Lihui
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Publicly funded private schools and academic achievement: A comparative analysis of PISA data in European countries

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Life as an ethnic minority (EM) university student: Comparing mental health challenges among local and international EM students in Hong Kong

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract University students globally face growing mental health challenges, with ethnic minority (EM) students—both local and international—being particularly vulnerable. Yet, limited research compares their experiences or identifies shared and distinct stressors, especially in non‐Western contexts.
Wang Xinyi, Naubahar Sharif
wiley   +1 more source

News from Freedom House (June 1, 1981)

open access: yes, 1981
This material from the personal archives of Professor M. Mobin Shorish is made available by the University of Arizona Libraries as part of the Afghanistan Digital Collections.
Freedom House (U.S.)
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Religious Freedom and the Common Good: A Symposium of the Religious Freedom Project

open access: yes, 2016
To mark our six-year partnership with the John Templeton Foundation, the Religious Freedom Project hosted this capstone conference to explore the wide-ranging political, economic, and social dimensions of religious freedom and their enduring impact on ...

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‘…It was my choice to see how I can acquire this Western world education… and I'm happy…’: Structuration and the dialectic nature of being a Nigerian university student in the UK

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
wiley   +1 more source

Kefahaman belia Muslim terhadap konsep kebebasan beragama dengan isu keluar agama dalam Islam: kajian di Institut Pengajian Tinggi Selangor

open access: yesal-Irsyad: Journal of Islamic and Contemporary Issues, 2017
The issue of apostasy in Islam is part of the right of religious freedom. The article aims to identify the Muslim youth understanding on the definition (concept) of religious freedom, their understanding on the issue of apostasy and the relationship between those two.
Ismail, Nazneen   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Rising from the Margins: The Formation of the Institutional Features of Religious Organizations—A Case Study of the Development of Chan Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism in the Early Tang Dynasty

open access: yesReligions
How are the institutional features of religious organizations formed? In seeking to explain religious change and development, an increasing number of sociologists of religion emphasize the importance of organizational features. However, few scholars have
Qixin Yang, Yanfei Sun
doaj   +1 more source

The critical role of teacher educators in promoting socially just mathematics teaching

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper focuses on the enablers and constraints that shape mathematics teacher educators' agency in addressing social justice issues within their practice and how these can be harnessed or overcome. Given the potential impact of teacher educators on the student/practising teachers they work with, and consequently on the agency of classroom ...
Pete Wright   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

DEFINITIONS AND PRACTICES OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PORTUGUESE STATE: WAYS OF INSTRUMENTALIZATION BY THE MAJORITY

open access: yesÚltimo Andar, 2017
Over the last quarter of the 20th century, the newborn democratic regime of Portugal sought not to antagonize the Catholic hierarchy. Aware of the clerical weakened position (after the April Revolution in 1974), the left-wing political forces that gained
Paulo Mendes Pinto
doaj   +1 more source

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