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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1975 The myth of the recurrence of the golden age after a period of accelerating miseries ("messianic woes") in the near future is of course not peculiar to the chiliasm of the European later middle ages.
Erik af Edholm
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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Religião e SociedadeResumo: Este artigo faz uma reflexão sobre as relações entre perspectivas políticas e expectativas milenaristas na obra El reino de este mundo (1949) de Alejo Carpentier.
Daniel Rocha
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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2006 In this article the author develops some of the points he has made elsewhere regarding the role of what may be termed ‘crises of charismatic authority’ in producing volatility or even violence within marginal apocalyptic religious groups.
John Walliss
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Rapture or risk: Signs of the end or symptoms of world risk society? [PDF]
, 2014 This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Culture and Religion on 11 December 2014 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14755610.2014.982670In this article I argue that elements of contemporary ...
Steve Knowles, van Harskamp A.
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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The Ubiquity of Strange Frontiers: Minor Eschatology in Richard Powers’s The Echo Maker
Transatlantica, 2017 Frontiers are ubiquitous in Richard Powers’s The Echo Maker (2006). This essay first considers the recurring epistemological frontiers in American literature and culture, including within the scholarly American Studies tradition that located ever-present
Zachary Tavlin
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Problematic Use of Revelation in Dispensational Theologies [PDF]
, 2015 In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. Dispensationalist theologies that use the Book of Revelation as their primary source of evidence are exegetically and hermeneutically problematic.
DeRaddo, Joseph
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Semi‐automated assessment for NatureServe subnational conservation status ranks for state floras
Applications in Plant Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Conservation status ranks measure the potential risk of extinction for species at global, national, and subnational levels, taking into account rarity, threats, and trends. These assessments are largely incomplete due to funding and resource limitations.
Julia H. Prins, Joey Shaw
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The Kingdom of God on Earth: John Eliot’s Millenarian Vision for Native America
ReligionsThis study demonstrates that John Eliot’s mission to Native Americans was fundamentally driven by his millenarian understanding of the Kingdom of God.
JM (Jooman) Na
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