Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 149-162, June 2026.ABSTRACT Previous studies provide mixed empirical support for White's thesis that Christianity has contributed to the ecological crisis. This study aims to add nuance to White's thesis by examining different aspects of Christianity within the secularized context of the Netherlands.
Nienke P. M. Fortuin, Carl Sterkens
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Intersection of Religious Beliefs and Healthcare in Germany: A Guide to Integrating Religious Diversity in Medical Practice. [PDF]
CureusTekbaş A +6 more
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The Reputational Configuration and Dynamics of Christian Churches in Switzerland
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 217-228, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines how the reputation of Christian churches is configured, and which sociodemographic variables and experiences (personal or mediated) relate to it. It provides in‐depth insights into how the Swiss population evaluates Roman Catholic, Reformed Protestant, and Evangelical churches on the basis of various theories, such as ...
Rebekka Rieser +2 more
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A Couple's Religious Affiliation Status and Charitable Giving: A Closer Look
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 360-373, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines how religious dynamics in a household are connected to its giving patterns. Specifically, we test how a married or cohabitating heterosexual couple's religious affiliation status relates to the likelihood of donation by tracking the shifts using a three‐tiered classification: (1) general giving, (2) giving to religious and ...
Young‐Joo Lee, David P. King
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The magnitude of risky sexual behavior and its associated factors among students with disabilities in higher academic institutions of Debre Markos City, Ethiopia. [PDF]
SAGE Open MedSenishaw AF +5 more
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Public Administration, Volume 104, Issue 2, Page 359-370, June 2026.ABSTRACT The representative bureaucracy literature asserts that minority personnel in public organizations can promote their social group either through their own behavior or by influencing other staff members or focal citizens. However, these phenomena have not been examined in wartime settings in ethnically homogeneous and heterogeneous organizations.
Maayan Davidovitz, Chen Schechter
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Healthcare Facilities Established by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Questionnaire Survey. [PDF]
CureusAlexakis LC +6 more
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“I had to open my eyes”—A narrative approach to studying the process of adult belief change
Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 3, June 2026.Abstract Why do people, socialized and sedimented in their political beliefs, change their convictions in adulthood? Belief change has a long history of research in the social sciences. Yet, in quantitative research, belief change is studied largely through cognitive and behavioral lenses, that, however valuable, struggle to capture how people ...
Marcel van den Haak, Kamile Grusauskaite
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Local people's interaction with Wejig-Mahgo-Waren Massif Forest in Southern Tigray, Ethiopia. [PDF]
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Studies in Family Planning, Volume 57, Issue 2, Page 193-208, June 2026.Abstract Access to timely postpartum family planning (PPFP) helps safeguard women's reproductive autonomy and supports healthy birth spacing, yet little is known about how reproductive coercion (RC) shapes women's ability to initiate contraception after childbirth.
Jessica L. Dozier +4 more
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