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The Contradiction of the Presence of Jehovah’s Witnesess as Christian Denomination in Yogyakarta

Analisa: Jurnal Pengkajian Masalah Sosial Keagamaan, 2012
The Presence of Jehovah’s Witnesses which has contradictory concepts has harassed mostly Christian people, but it attracts many people to join this group. Even nowadays this denomination has a significant progress in number of population.
Arifuddin Ismail
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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
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Actual Problems of the Orthodox Mission among Members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses Religious Organization in Modern Russia [PDF]

Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института, 2016
The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a serious spiritual crisis among many Russians. Quite a few of them responded to the missionary activity of Western preachers including Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Larisa Yasonova
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Managing acute promyelocytic leukemia in patients belonging to the Jehovah’s Witness congregation

Hematology Reports, 2017
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is a hyper-acute leukemia and presents with cytopenias and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Jehovah’s Witnesses with APL offer a unique challenge during induction by refusing transfusion and pose a difficult ...
Anand P. Jillella, Martha L. Arellano, Leonard T. Heffner, Manila Gaddh, Amelia A. Langston, Hanna J. Khoury, Abhishek Mangoankar, Vamsi K. Kota   +7 more
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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
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Perioperative management including dual cell salvage in a Jehovah's Witness patient undergoing major urological surgery

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Complex surgery associated with major hemorrhage presents particular risks for Jehovah's Witnesses who do not accept transfusion of blood products. Intraoperative use of two cell saver machines simultaneously can maximize the yield of salvaged blood from
Thomas G. Smith, Irina Anastasescu, James M. Wight, Anicee Danaee, Rajesh Nair, Tim S. O'Brien   +5 more
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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
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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses began as an informal Bible study group in the 1870s that sought to recover first-century Christian beliefs and practices. They disseminated literature announcing the expected reign of God's Kingdom and called themselves Bible Students.
Chu, Jolene, Peltonen, Ollimatti
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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
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A Jehovah’s Witness with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Successfully Treated with an Epigenetic Drug, Azacitidine: A Clue for Development of Anti-AML Therapy Requiring Minimum Blood Transfusions

Case Reports in Hematology, 2014
Therapy for acute leukemia in Jehovah’s Witnesses patients is very challenging because of their refusal to accept blood transfusions, a fundamental supportive therapy for this disease.
Yumi Yamamoto, Akihito Kawashima, Eri Kashiwagi, Kiyoyuki Ogata   +3 more
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