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The Road Less Travelled: Reading dr. Izzeldein Abuelaish’s I Shall Not Hate as Responsible Response to Trauma [PDF]
University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series, 2019 The political and cultural contexts are very important to the experience of trauma (individual or communal), and yet, ultimately every reaction to an event is unique, depending largely on individual positioning and psychic history.
Sudeshna Chakravorty
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Gandhi and Sustainability. An Attempt to Update Timeless Ideas
Religions, 2021 Linking Gandhi and sustainability may seem like a fashionable gimmick at first glance. However, if sustainability is understood in a holistic way, as a transformation of human–environment relations as well as of social and economic structures, this image
Wilhelm Guggenberger
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Why Evidence Is Not Enough: Power, Politics, and a Strategy Shift for Public Health
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Public health has lost political influence because of a mismatch between the forms of power primarily deployed in this field—knowledge and moral authority—and the forms of power that currently shape societal rules and health outcomes—economic, political, ideological, and physical.
JONATHAN C. HELLER
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Issues of War and Peace: Is Religion More of the Problem and What Are Mahatma Gandhi’s Insights?
Religions, 2022 When examining the history of religions and dominant religious narratives, institutions, cultures, ideologies, and practices in the contemporary world, one is tempted to conclude that religion is more of the problem in relating to diverse issues of war ...
Douglas Allen
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Research on how delinquent peer associations affect individuals’ life courses is limited. This paper addresses this gap by examining delinquent peer network characteristics and their impact on offending trajectories through social network analysis (SNA) and group‐based trajectory modeling (GBTM).
Daniel Trovato
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Religions, 2022 It is well-documented that patients’ religious characteristics may affect their health and health care experiences, correlating with better health and psychological well-being.
Brianne Donaldson
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Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonist use and violent crime among US adults
Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RAs), a class of medications widely prescribed for diabetes and obesity, have exhibited emerging effects on substance use, reward processing, and impulse control. This study examines whether current GLP‐1 RA use moderates established behavioral pathways to violent crime from impulsivity and ...
Daniel C. Semenza, Christopher Thomas
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Gandhi’s Use of Scriptures: A Hermeneutic of Nonviolence against Letters That Kill
Religions, 2022 Against the background of differing opinions about Gandhi’s views on the relationship between political action and religious inspiration, this paper examines his use of scriptures, if he made hermeneutical decisions and if so, what they were.
Ed Noort
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As hybrid threats blur the line between war and peace and challenge conventional deterrence logics, states increasingly turn to concepts of resilience, civil preparedness and whole‐of‐society as elements of their security strategies. This raises the question of how civilian agency can be viewed as an element of deterrence and what the ...
Agata Mazurkiewicz, Heljä Ossa
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Alexithymia in nonviolent offenders
Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 2020 AbstractBackgroundAlexithymia is a trait involving difficulties processing emotions. Existing data suggest it is associated with violent offending. In violent offender programmes, therefore, violent offenders are screened for alexithymia and it is attended to if necessary.
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