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Obligation, Exemption and Remission: The Multi‐Layered Functioning of the Poll Tax (Cizye) in Ottoman Governance during the Long Eighteenth Century

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the poll tax (Ottoman Turkish cizye; Arabic jizya) levied on non‐Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire, not as a fixed, one‐dimensional tax item within the Ottoman fiscal system but as a multi‐layered administrative instrument organized around obligation, exemption and remission.
ÖZLEM BAŞARIR
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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The Pan‐Orthodox Celebration of the 1600th Anniversary of the Council of Nicaea in 1925

open access: yesThe Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the attempts to organize a Pan‐Orthodox Council in the years following the First World War that could gather in 1925 on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. While some of these efforts were remarkably ambitious, and although they were not always feasible or fully realized, they
Natallia Vasilevich
wiley   +1 more source

Romanian Orthodox Church in the first decades of Carol I’s Reign (1866-1885) [PDF]

open access: yesCodrul Cosminului, 2011
The early reign of Carol I (1866-1885) was, in terms of church life, a long series of steps to normalize relations between the internal high clergy members, between these and the Patriarchate of Constantinople and between the political power and the ...
Laurenţiu Nicolae Stamatin
doaj  

Family Representation in Contemporary Turkish Cinema: A Longitudinal Corpus Analysis, 1996–2024

open access: yesSociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Family has long occupied a central place in contemporary cinema in Turkey, yet existing scholarship has largely examined its representation through close readings of selected films or specific themes. This article adopts a different perspective by analyzing family representations across a longitudinal corpus of 850 films produced between 1996 ...
Defne Tüzün   +7 more
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Rola czynnika religijnego w stosunkach międzynarodowych. Przypadek jurysdykcji prawosławnych w Estonii

open access: yesPoliteja
THE ROLE OF THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE CASE OF ORTHODOX JURISDICTIONS IN ESTONIA The research objective of this article was to analyse the role of the religious factor in international relations using the example of the ...
Dorota Maj
doaj   +1 more source

TO THE LOGIC OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE METROPOLITANATE OF KYIV

open access: yesSophia. Human and Religious Studies Bulletin, 2022
To overcome the crisis in modern Ukrainian Orthodoxy and the formation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine – canonical in content and national in form of life – it is necessary, above all, a deep understanding of the formation and development of the Kyiv metropolitanate and its interaction with the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Anatolii Konverskyi   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

Professional Segmentation as a Barrier to Reform in Turkish Nursing

open access: yesNursing Inquiry, Volume 33, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that segmentation within Turkish nursing is a major factor holding back the modernisation of nurse management. Since the millennium Türkiye's healthcare system has been transformed by NPM‐style reforms that changed financing mechanisms and strengthened aspects of performance management, but had only limited impact on nursing ...
Zuleyha Inceoz, David Hughes
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