James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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Arts as a resource in global mental health: a mixed-methods exploratory study of therapeutic arts, photography and cultural archiving with formerly captured Yazidi women. [PDF]
Sajnani N +7 more
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Abstract This article discusses the concept of the Judeo‐Islamic God as a substantive and defensible alternative to the problematic concept of the “Judeo‐Christian God” in popular, political, and academic Western discourses. It argues that the transcendent monotheistic deity of Islam, Allāh, is a direct continuation of the composite deity of Rabbinic ...
Jeffry R. Halverson
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Integrating health humanities in medical education: a narrative scoping review of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences and global perspectives. [PDF]
Mohseni S, Moradi S, Amuei F.
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Deepfake-induced harm and AI accountability: a layered civil-liability framework for generative models, platforms, and digital identity. [PDF]
Abousud EA.
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Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories
ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
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Higher dietary antioxidant quality is linked to reduced diabetic nephropathy risk in type 2 diabetes: a case-control study. [PDF]
Jafarieh F, Mahmoudieh L, Abbasi B.
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
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