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Divine intimacy, frustration and the madness of the city: Changing transhuman kinship in China

open access: yesEthos, Volume 54, Issue 2, June 2026.
This essay shows the affective resonances of the collision of gods, humans, and rapidly shifting landscapes in a newly urbanized part of Suzhou, China. The first section discusses how ties to spirits are not just metaphors or projections of human kinship, but literal parts of a kinship system that invoke responsibilities of care, based on links of both
Keping Wu, Robert P. Weller
wiley   +1 more source

Trends in Spirituality and Spiritual Care in Nursing—A Discursive Paper

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, Volume 82, Issue 6, Page 6845-6856, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim This paper outlines key developments, innovations, and milestones in the field of spirituality and spiritual care in nursing. Design A discursive paper. Results Nursing scholars have significantly influenced the profession and contributed to the development of nursing knowledge, particularly in the field of spirituality and spiritual care.
Fiona Timmins   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Livelihood, Language or Self‐Identification? The Shifting Base of Sámi Representation in Finland

open access: yesScandinavian Political Studies, Volume 49, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of (i) the Finnish Eduskunta's enactment in June 2025 of a contentious change in the voting rules for elections to the Sámi Parliament and (ii) the publication in December 2025 of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission examining the historic discrimination practised against the Sámi population, this ...
David Arter
wiley   +1 more source

How religion mediates the fertility response to maternity benefits

open access: yesEconomic Inquiry, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 508-532, April 2026.
Abstract Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference‐in‐differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who did and did not grow up in religious households ...
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
wiley   +1 more source

Views of the orthodox clergy on the problem of national drunkenness and the need to fight for sobriety by the materials of Penza diocesan journal (the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries)

open access: yesИзвестия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Гуманитарные науки, 2023
Background. The relevance of the chosen topic is determined by the need of resistance the stable negative phenomena of Russian everyday life such as drunkenness and alcoholism.
Sergey V. Domnin
doaj   +1 more source

Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 1, Page 20-37, March 2026.
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
wiley   +1 more source

Mental horizons of the Volyn Orthodox clergy of the 20-30's of the XX century

open access: yesУкраїнське Pелігієзнавство, 2009
The Orthodox clergy of Volhynia played one of the major roles in the religious, cultural and political life of the region as part of the Second Commonwealth.
V.T. Borschevych
doaj   +1 more source

Immigrants’ Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 29-48, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes changes in religiosity of the migrant–origin population in Spain. Using data from the Spanish General Social Survey (ESGE) from four different years between 2013 and 2023, we compare people with migrant background with respect to the native‐born population in terms of religious affiliation (vs.
Jacobo Muñoz‐Comet   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

PARTICIPATION OF TAMBOV CLERGY IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AND STATE DUMA ACTIVITY OF 1-4 CONVOCATIONS (1906-1917)

open access: yesВестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2018
The analysis of participation of Orthodox clergy in the election process and State Duma activity of 1-4 convocations (1906-1917), and also attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church to carried out state reforms are presented.
V. Lisyunin
doaj  

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