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The Reputational Configuration and Dynamics of Christian Churches in Switzerland

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 217-228, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the reputation of Christian churches is configured, and which sociodemographic variables and experiences (personal or mediated) relate to it. It provides in‐depth insights into how the Swiss population evaluates Roman Catholic, Reformed Protestant, and Evangelical churches on the basis of various theories, such as ...
Rebekka Rieser, Mark Eisenegger, Jörg Schneider   +2 more
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Outcomes in cardiac surgery in 500 consecutive Jehovah's Witness patients: 21 year Experience [PDF]

, 2012
Background Refusal of heterogenic blood products can be for religious reasons as in Jehovah's Witnesses or otherwise or as requested by an increasing number of patients.
Chedid Antoine, Michon Herve, Abbas Philippe, Robine Bruno, Franck Lagneau, Bruno Robine, Philippe Abbas, Kasanin Nicolas, Vaislic Claude D, Ba Maguette, Michel Sportiche, Oliver Ponzio, Nicolas Kasanin, Ruat Jean-Michel, Maguette Ba, Claude D Vaislic, Herve Michon, Jean-Michel Ruat, Sportiche Michel, Eric Jugan, Michel Habis, Dalibon Nicolas, Lagneau Franck, Georges Chaoul, Baget Francois, Dupuy Christiane, Maribas Philippe, Habis Michel, Chaoul Georges, Didier Gaillard, Philippe Maribas, Gaillard Didier, Ponzio Oliver, Jugan Eric, Antoine Chedid, Yves Olliver, Olliver Yves, Nicolas Dalibon, Christiane Dupuy, Touhami Bouharaoua, Bouharaoua Touhami, Francois Baget   +41 more
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Repeat Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement for Recurrent Mitral Stenosis after OMC in Patients Who Decline Blood Product Transfusion for Religious Reasons

Case Reports in Surgery, 2015
Cardiac surgery for Jehovah’s Witness (JW) patients is considered to be high risk because of patients’ refusal to receive blood transfusion. We report a successful mitral valve replacement for recurrent mitral stenosis after OMC with minimally invasive ...
Yujiro Ito, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Osamu Tagusari, Shigehiko Yoshida   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Successful treatment of severe anemia using erythropoietin in a Jehovah Witness with non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Hematology Reports, 2014
Blood transfusion many times works in a life-saving way when a patient is facing a critical situation. However, some patients, such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, may refuse their administration because it opposes to their religion beliefs. Thus, clinicians are
Alexandra Agapidou, Sophia Vakalopoulou, Theodosia Papadopoulou, Cristina Chadjiaggelidou, Vasileia Garypidou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Couple's Religious Affiliation Status and Charitable Giving: A Closer Look

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 360-373, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how religious dynamics in a household are connected to its giving patterns. Specifically, we test how a married or cohabitating heterosexual couple's religious affiliation status relates to the likelihood of donation by tracking the shifts using a three‐tiered classification: (1) general giving, (2) giving to religious and ...
Young‐Joo Lee, David P. King
wiley   +1 more source

Mediastinal mature teratoma in a Jehovah's Witness: Discrepancy between imaging and intraoperative findings [PDF]

, 2012
IntroductionPrimary mediastinal germ cell tumors are exceedingly rare but may present with a wide spectrum of elements. The occasional mediastinal teratoma that presents completely comprised of mature elements is a benign tumor but the appearance on ...
Wei Feng, Larry R. Kaiser, Kaiser, Larry R., Feng, Wei, Schniederjan, Ryan, Farzaneh Banki, Ryan Schniederjan, Banki, Farzaneh   +7 more
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Intraoperative cell salvage during radical prostatectomy: a safe technique for Jehovahs witnesses

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2004
Radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) is an operation historically associated with the potential for significant blood loss. Patients who refuse a blood transfusion, such as Jehovahs witnesses, may be only offered radiation therapy as potentially ...
Alan M. Nieder, Michael A. Simon, Sandy S. Kim, Murugesan Manoharan, Mark S. Soloway   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

“I had to open my eyes”—A narrative approach to studying the process of adult belief change

Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract Why do people, socialized and sedimented in their political beliefs, change their convictions in adulthood? Belief change has a long history of research in the social sciences. Yet, in quantitative research, belief change is studied largely through cognitive and behavioral lenses, that, however valuable, struggle to capture how people ...
Marcel van den Haak, Kamile Grusauskaite
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching Theology and Law in the Australian Secular Law School: Lessons From the Adelaide Law School

Teaching Theology &Religion, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 2-10, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The Adelaide Law School introduced Law and Religion into its suite of elective courses in 2012, the culmination of a long process of encouraging both the institution and individual faculty members to accept that this sub‐discipline, at the time already well‐recognized in the United States and Europe, properly belonged as a scholarly pursuit in
P. T. Babie
wiley   +1 more source

Erythropoietin and desmopressin obviated transfusion in a thromboasthenic Jehovah's Witness undergoing scoliosis surgery [PDF]

, 1996
A 13-year-old female Jehovah's Witness with thromboasthenia was scheduled for scoliosis surgery. To reduce the risk of heterologous transfusion, she was given erythropoietin for 2 weeks preoperatively.
Karlsson, Magnus K., Lethagen, Stefan
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