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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

Regional CKD Prevalence and Possible Environmental Risk Factors in Jamaica. [PDF]

Kidney Int Rep
Bikbov B.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Pioneer Preaching Point to Urban Parishes

, 1963
It has been my aim in tracing the development of Methodist Churches of Decatur, Illinois, to place their development in the framework of national and local growth in order to give the best possible picture of the development of a pioneer preaching point ...
Foster \u2763, Stephen
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Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
wiley   +1 more source

AI-Driven Tuberculosis Hotspot Mapping to Optimize Active Case-Finding: Implementing the Epi-Control Platform in Uganda. [PDF]

Trop Med Infect Dis
Amanya G, Hashmi S, Stow JS, Tumwesigye P, Nkhata B, Mubiru KR, Budts AL, Potgieter MG, Balcha SD, Bamuloba M, Zitho A, Henry L, Nabukenya-Mudiope MG, Van Cauwelaert C.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Sacred Canopy to Sacred Umbrellas: Cultural Characteristics of Parishes that Thrive [PDF]

The Catholic parish in the west has not fared well owing to the secularising dismantling of the ‘sacred canopy’, most pronounced since the 1960s. With the help of historical philosopher, Charles Taylor, I define the secular landscape that has emerged in ...
Vaughan-Spruce, Hannah
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Inhabiting the White Church: Divinized Diversity and Antiracist Projects in Progressive Religious Organizations

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on 3 years of qualitative fieldwork at a United Methodist church and a Catholic parish in Minneapolis‐St. Paul, I analyze how White, liberal congregations translated race‐conscious ideals into organizational practice in the wake of the 2020 police murder of George Floyd.
Daniel Cueto‐Villalobos
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial and social determinants of the 1857 yellow fever epidemic in Lisbon. [PDF]

PLoS Negl Trop Dis
Bates IH, Li SL, Parag KV, Gaythorpe KAM, Abecasis AB, Smallman-Raynor M, Faria NR.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Religious Participation After Covid‐19: Evidence From US Catholic Dioceses and Smartphone Data

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do religious rules and regulations affect behavior? We examine this question using changes in Catholic regulations during the Covid‐19 pandemic combined with mobility data from 15 million smartphone users from 2019 to 2022. We first document overall trends: Total religious attendance declined sharply in March 2020 and thereafter recovered ...
Angela Cools, Carlos Esparza S.J., Jiwon Park   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

JOSEPHS’ STARTING POINTS TO ESTABLISH PARISHES AND THEIR REALIZATION IN THE DIOCESE OF SENJ-MODRUŠA

, 2007
U Senjsko-modruškoj biskupiji nastalo je u razdoblju jozefinizma 86 novih župa. Jozefinizmom su bili sigurno zadojeni biskup Pijo Manzador (1764.-1773.) i biskup Ivan Krstitelj Ježić (1789.- 1833.).
Hoško, Franjo Emanuel, Franjo Emanuel Hoško   +1 more
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