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In die SkrifligPublic pastoral care, as practised by churches and communities, can play a crucial role in helping African couples navigate the tensions that arise between African marriage traditions and Western cultural influences.
Primrose Makumbini +2 more
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Pastoral Care Regarding Sexual Addictions within the Context of the Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches in South Africa [PDF]
E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social SciencesThe practice of pastoral care is concerned with humanity’s total welfare encompassing the emotional, spiritual, psychological, and personal spheres as they pertain to, but are not limited to, sexuality-related matters.
Mmamajoro Phalatsi-Shilubana
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Classroom boundaries and teacher agency: Challenges of implementing Ireland's new primary curriculum
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article reports on a doctoral study examining teacher agency in one Irish primary school at a timely moment ahead of the implementation of the new Primary Curriculum Framework in September 2025. The framework embeds teacher agency as a central professional principle, yet findings from this study reveal a more cautious and bounded reality.
Máiréad Nally +2 more
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Pre‐industrial land‐use limits contemporary shrub encroachment in the French Alps
Ecography, EarlyView.Shrub encroachment has become a global phenomenon in recent decades. While global warming in the Arctic is often cited as the primary cause, human‐managed mountain regions have experienced intense historical land‐use that may also play a considerable role.
Baptiste Nicoud +6 more
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Hot spots or hot moments? Contextualizing the spatio‐temporal scale of research on animal inputs
Ecography, EarlyView.Mammals play important roles in redistributing elements across ecosystems, concentrating biogeochemical inputs across both space and time. However, research on zoogeochemical inputs is often constrained by logistical considerations, potentially limiting our knowledge of mammals' impacts on biogeochemical patterns and processes.
Kristy M. Ferraro +3 more
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The role of the dean in the pastoral care structure of a secondary school
, 2014 Pastoral care structures in New Zealand schools often include a middle management role of dean. This position has existed in New Zealand schools for decades, influenced by the existing systems and structures adopted from the United Kingdom.
Fraser, Jennifer Harriet
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Land is fundamental to livelihoods and ecosystem health but faces mounting pressure from human activities, climate change, and competing development demands. Science–policy interfaces (SPIs)—platforms that connect experts and policymakers—are vital for co‐producing knowledge to inform coherent, sustainable land‐use governance.
Sara Velander +1 more
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Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.Enterocin‐producing Enterococcus faecium RSCUDR7 from camel milk exhibited strong probiotic and antimicrobial properties, along with stability in skim milk. Its suitability as a safe and effective dairy starter highlights its potential for developing functional probiotic dairy products.
Rahul Singhal +4 more
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Verbum et EcclesiaThis article offers a pastoral-theological critique of the emerging phenomenon of ‘stokvel ecclesiology’ – a model in which financial contribution increasingly determines ecclesial belonging, access to pastoral care and participation in church life. This
Gift T. Baloyi
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