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The Right to Mission in Human Rights Law, “Mission to Amish People” and “Jews for Jesus” [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper examines the position of international human rights law towards missionary or proselytizing activities with a special focus on the American context.
Martino, Maria Grazia
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Utilizing acute normovolemic hemodilution for blood conservation in myomectomy for Jehovah’s Witnesses: A case report

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports
Myomectomy for Jehovah’s Witnesses presents a unique challenge because of their religious beliefs against blood transfusions. In this case report, we describe the successful management of a Jehovah’s Witness patient with 22-week-sized uterine fibroids ...
Qudus O Lawal   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Religion and the Cell-Only Population [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Compares the religious affiliations, church attendance, and religious salience of the cell phone-only, landline, and combined cell/landline samples, and explores the extent to which the differences are due to the relative youth of the cell-only ...
Allison Pond, Daniel Cox, Gregory Smith
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Major surgery in an osteosarcoma patient refusing blood transfusion: case report

open access: yesWorld Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2010
We describe an unusual case of osteosarcoma in a Jehovah's Witness patient who underwent chemotherapy and major surgery without the need for blood transfusion.
Shanmugam Rukmanikanthan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Djurić-Milovanović\u27s Double Minorities in Serbia: Distinctive Aspects of the Religion and Ethnicity of the Romanians in Vojvodina - Book Review

open access: yes, 2015
Dr. Aleksandra Djurić -Milovanović\u27s new book, Double Minorities in Serbia, refers to that population which is both Romanian and belonging to a religious minority within the borders of Serbia’s province of ...
Kracun, Danijela
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Religious experience: a sociological perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The usual idea of a religious experience is conceived in largely individual terms. It is generally seen as an uninduced, unanticipated and most probably sudden sense of some force, power, or mood which transcends everyday comprehension, and which is ...
Wilson, Bryan
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Is Brazil really a catholic country? What opinions about abortion, sex between individuals who are not married to each other, and homosexuality say about the meaning of catholicism in three Brazilian cities [PDF]

open access: yes
The idea of being a Catholic country is quite widespread throughout the nation. What does it mean to be Catholic in Brazil? Do Catholics follow the Catholic Doctrine?
Christopher G. Ellison   +3 more
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The Case for an Autonomy-Centred View of Physician-Assisted Death [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Most people who defend physician-assisted death (PAD) endorse the Joint View, which holds that two conditions—autonomy and welfare—must be satisfied for PAD to be justified. In this paper, we defend an Autonomy Only view.
Davis, Jeremy, Mathison, Eric
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The Intertwining of Religion and Nation: The Russian Administration’s Approach to Religious Life and National Identity

open access: yes, 2019
Excerpt: The relationship between religion and nation that is promoted by a state will have tremendous effects on religious minority groups. For religious minorities in Russia, the forms that are most utilized by the state are exclusion and strong ...
Admiraal, Beth
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