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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
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An early Lord’s Prayer in a southern variety of Saami

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri
Among the holdings of the National Library of Sweden there is a manuscript titled Pater noſter: Varijs Linguis ‘Lord’s Prayer: in various languages’, which contains 20 translations of the Lord’s Prayer. The last page of this manuscript is very defective,
Ernesta Kazakėnaitė, Rogier Blokland
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The choice argument for proportional representation

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What electoral system should a democracy choose? I argue for proportional representation (PR). My main empirical premise is Duverger's law: Under PR there are more viable candidates in district‐level elections than there are under single‐member plurality (SMP) systems.
Adam Lovett
wiley   +1 more source

The Unbecoming Ghost: Spectropolitics in the Making and Unmaking of BHU's Bhoot Vidya Ayurveda Certificate Program

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
wiley   +1 more source

Accountability and Hyperaccountability in Child Protection Scandals

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The number of child abuse–related deaths has decreased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, but there remains public and political concern about the actual and perceived risk of child deaths, with resultant processes enacted to supervise child protection practice.
Robin Sen, John Devaney
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Navigating Ambiguity: Considerations When Making Decisions on Out‐Of‐Home Placement of Siblings

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy‐makers and professionals recognize the importance of relationships between children and their family system and between children and their siblings in out‐of‐home placement. However, it is not always possible to keep siblings together; separation may be necessary for the child's normal development and even to protect the child's well ...
Vered Shenar‐Golan, Hadas Doron, Tali‐Noy Hindi   +2 more
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Extreme weather and economic crisis in the 1430s in England, and the implications for tenurial change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1430s were characterized by extreme weather conditions, food and fodder shortages, and high mortalities among animals and humans, although the severity of events and their consequences in England have received limited attention. The economic downturn and the depressed customary land market in this decade marked the beginning of the Great ...
Mark Bailey
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Społeczne przesłanie prośby „chleba naszego powszedniego daj nam dzisiaj” w komentarzach Ojców Kościoła do Modlitwy Pańskiej

Vox Patrum, 2014
The article discusses the problem of social message of the Fourth Petition in the Lord’s Prayer: “Give us this day our daily bread”. As Fathers of the Church comment on the content of the request, they find its fulfillment “in the hands” of the ...
Paweł Wygralak
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Hunting for Hollanders: The community responsibility system, trade sanctions, and public debt in the late‐medieval Low Countries

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract To persuade creditors to lend, cities in the Low Countries relied on a community responsibility system that made all citizens personally liable for public debt. This exposed itinerant citizens to significant risks: their merchandise could be confiscated by creditors, and they could even be imprisoned for debt.
Jaco Zuijderduijn
wiley   +1 more source

How Noble the Lord's Prayer is

Spirituality Studies, 2017
The author deals with the issue of prayer and provides a brief interpretation of the the classical Christian prayer of the Our Farther from the point of view of mystical spirituality.
Míla Tomášová
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