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Steppe productivity decline contributed to smallpox outbreak and the collapse of the last nomadic empire in the 1750s. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Tang W, Fang K, Linderholm HW, Boucher É, Mei Z, Li J, Lin S, Zhou F, Camarero J, Seppä H, Chen F.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Why Are Young Men Increasingly Drawn to Christianity? A Study of Finnish Young Men

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent surveys in the Global North suggest a possible reversal in established gender patterns of religiosity, with young men increasingly engaging with Christianity. This study examines this development in Finland, a highly secular country, drawing on qualitative individual and small‐group interviews with 30 men attracted to Christianity.
Kati Tervo‐Niemelä, Pietari Hannikainen   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sant'Andrea della valle dataset: Georeferenced 2D study models of a Theatine Church. [PDF]

Data Brief
Bianchini C, De Stefano F, Giuliani G, Griffo M, Porfiri F.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between Christian actors, practices, and sacred sites in US protests and demonstrations, focusing on how political ideology shapes conflict outcomes. Using event‐level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the analysis explores 63,000 protest events from 2020 to 2024 ...
Joel Day
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on Arctic security: an analysis of strategies, presence, and capabilities from ten Arctic and non-Arctic countries. [PDF]

Humanit Soc Sci Commun
Zhao Y, Hunt K, Zhuang J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond the Cut: Generative Refusal and the Reimagining of Jewish Affiliation in Contemporary Israel

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Jewish‐Israeli society, circumcision (brit milah) carries far‐reaching significance, symbolizing both the covenant between god and the Jewish people and serving as a key marker of communal affiliation and cultural continuity. Drawing on in‐depth interviews with Jewish‐Israeli parents who have chosen not to circumcise their sons and using ...
Nina Rageth
wiley   +1 more source

Sacred space in motion: geography, time, and texts in the historiography of Lingyan Temple. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Han B, Liu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond entertainment: how intangible cultural heritage in video games shapes youth cultural identity. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Chen Y, Wang Z, Chen J, Guo C, Wang Y, Hou Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

City of God and the Duty of Just Memory

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In a recent essay, Richard Miller claims that Augustine presumes a duty to remember justly in his City of God. However, Miller's brief reference to a presumed duty of “just memory” does not fully explain how Augustine conceptualizes this duty or how it relates to his theological concerns.
Zachary J. Taylor
wiley   +1 more source