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Religious Participation After Covid‐19: Evidence From US Catholic Dioceses and Smartphone Data

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do religious rules and regulations affect behavior? We examine this question using changes in Catholic regulations during the Covid‐19 pandemic combined with mobility data from 15 million smartphone users from 2019 to 2022. We first document overall trends: Total religious attendance declined sharply in March 2020 and thereafter recovered ...
Angela Cools, Carlos Esparza S.J., Jiwon Park   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relational work with distressing voices mirroring experiences of discrimination and marginalisation: Three illustrative cases of an extended form of AVATAR therapy (AV‐EXT)

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background For voice‐hearers from minoritised communities, voices may reflect interpersonal and societal discrimination, including experiences of feeling silenced or ‘voiceless’. AVATAR therapy is a relational approach involving facilitated dialogues between a voice‐hearer and a digital embodiment of their main distressing voice (the avatar ...
Thomas Ward, Hannah Ball, Alice Montague, Nikos Xanidis, Chanelle Myrie, Isobel Murcutt, Edward Oshodi, Clementine Edwards, Amy Hardy, Moya Clancy, Jeffrey McDonnell, Mar Rus‐Calafell, Hamish McLeod, Philippa Garety, Thomas Craig   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of military base closures on young adults

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how young adults respond to local labor market disruptions caused by military base closures in Sweden between 1998 and 2005. The results show substantial differences in responses between men and women, reflecting the sharp gender imbalance in military roles.
David Sandberg
wiley   +1 more source

Open-Heart Surgery and Jehovah's Witnesses [PDF]

, 2006
The religious community of Jehovah's Witnesses holds that blood transfusion is against God's law. Therefore, surgical treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses is a great challenge for every surgeon, especially for cardiac surgeons because blood transfusion is ...
Szokol, J., Vaszily, M., Peterffy, A., Horvath, G., Herczeg, L.   +4 more
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Successful Treatment of Primary Mediastinal Seminoma With Radiotherapy Following Chemotherapy Under a Bloodless Treatment Policy Based on Patient's Religious Sentiments

IJU Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Primary mediastinal seminoma is rare with a favorable prognosis when appropriately treated, and surgical resection after chemotherapy is the standard treatment. However, refusal of blood transfusion for religious reasons can limit curative surgical management. Case Presentation A 47‐year‐old Jehovah's Witness man was found to have
Eisuke Fujii, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Kentaro Takezawa, Koji Hatano, Yoichi Kakuta, Atsunari Kawashima, Norio Nonomura, Taigo Kato   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Being there for mom: The strengths of daughtering

Family Relations, Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 1703-1718, July 2026.
Abstract Objective Daughters undertake daughtering, or the everyday role portrayal of contributing to a meaningful family relationship with their mothers, but the labor of it is often invisible. Background Using a strengths‐based approach, we investigated what daughters do well in their relationships with mothers.
Allison M. Alford, Kaitlin E. Phillips, Luke V. Stipanovic, Cayd A. Rocha‐Barnette, Michelle Miller‐Day   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses [PDF]

, 1985
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.
Chaloupka, Janet, 1935-
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Wittgenstein On Moral Certainty

Philosophical Investigations, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 267-278, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Moral certainty is a growing research area in philosophy with implications for current debates on hinge epistemology, moral change and deep moral disagreements. Despite several distinctive lines of disagreement, two assumptions are shared in the current discussion of moral certainty.
Cecilie Eriksen, Anne‐Marie Søndergaard Christensen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Exploration of the Divergence in ‘Honour’‐Based Abuse Characteristics Across Geographical Origins

Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling, Volume 23, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The prevalence of ‘honour'‐based abuse (HBA) in the United Kingdom (UK) continues to rise. However, identifying HBA is difficult due to survivor's cultural secrecy and low awareness among professional organisations. As the concept of ‘honour’ varies across cultures, this study examined HBA characteristics in relation to survivor's geographical
Rebecca Ritchie, Louise Almond, Afrah Qassim, Michelle McManus, Khatidja Chantler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

Journal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 175-195, June 2026.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
wiley   +1 more source