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On the question of confessional identification of Jehovah’s Witnesses [PDF]

The article offers an analysis of three frequency settings present in the works of researchers and insiders regarding the solution to the issue of confessional identification of Jehovah’s Witnesses. We are talking about their attribution either to cults (
Сарапін, Олександр
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Discovering the Self: A Grounded Theory of Women's Recovery From Gender‐Based Religious Harm

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim(s) This study defines adverse religious experiences (AREs), describes how these gendered harms affect women and develops a Classical Grounded Theory (CGT) model of women's recovery and inform trauma‐ and gender‐responsive nursing practice.
Beth K. Schwartz, Pamela H. Cone
wiley   +1 more source

Mass media as a means of discrimination and propaganda – based on the example of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the USSR [PDF]

, 2017
Jehovah’s Witnesses were banned as a religious community in the USSR. It was only after the collapse of the Soviet Union that the first registrations of the recognized religious communities followed in the territory of the Soviet Republics. In the Soviet
Haas, Justyna, Justyna Haas
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USE OF SYMBOLS IN THE HISTORY OF THE JEHOVAH'S WITNESS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION

Освітній дискурс
Urgency of the research. The topic of religious symbolism is relevant among many Christian denominations. While in traditional churches symbolism is given great importance and sacred meaning, Protestant churches attach less importance to it, but use ...
Ivan Ostashchuk, Mariia Ovchar
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LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES PATIENTS IN A CENTER OF NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2013
Context Liver transplantation has been accepted as a therapeutic option for patients with end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. Currently, Brazil has a well-established public organ transplant program, performing 7,425 solid organs transplants
José Huygens Parente GARCIA, Gustavo Rego COELHO, Bartolomeu Alves FEITOSA NETO, Emmanuel Almeida NOGUEIRA, Cayo César Góis TEIXEIRA, Denissa Ferreira Gomes MESQUITA   +5 more
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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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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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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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(Re)inventing Genocide: Legal and Political Implications of the “Genocide of Soviet People” in (Post‐)Soviet Russia

The Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the emergence and instrumentalization of the concept of the “genocide of the Soviet people” in both Soviet and post‐Soviet contexts, tracing its historical evolution and contemporary use in chronological perspective.
Dmitry Dubrovskiy, Irina Rebrova
wiley   +1 more source

Bloodless surgery and gynecological patients among Jehovah's Witnesses

, 2021
Objective: The aim of this research is to present our experiences with the surgical treatment of gynecological patients among Jehovah’s Witnesses. Moreover, the medical, moral, and ethical problems in this regard have been highlighted.
Pilka, Radovan, Kudela, Milan, Dzvinčuk, Petr, Marek, Radim, Klementová, Olga   +4 more
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