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Modern morality that gives life to vices: Glimpses of the image of moral decay in Bulgaria
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 This article examines phenomena that lead to the manifestation of modern morality in Bulgaria and how aspects of this morality broke down during political changes.
Ivelina Nikolova
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Interrogating the Contestations in Zimbabwe’s New Marriage Law and Arbitration in Family Disputes [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesThis study focuses on the new Marriages Act and arbitration in family disputes among the Shona people of Zimbabwe, who happen to be the largest ethnic group constituting about 75% of the Zimbabwean population.
Bernard Pindukai Humbe, Fortune Sibanda
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Economic Analysis and Organised Religion [PDF]
, 1995 This chapter analyses some phenomena in organized religion from the point of view of economics. It is argued that religious activity derives from the individual's quest for sense and justification that molds institutional and other features of religious ...
Schlicht, Ekkehart
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A Grammatical Investigation of Miracles
ReligionsWittgenstein claims that religious belief does not stand on evidence, that only those with a religious point of view can see an event as a miracle, and that experiencing a miracle can influence a person towards religious belief.
David Ellis
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Ethical and legal issues in mitochondrial transfer
EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2016 The US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine recently provided conditional endorsement for mitochondrial transfer. While its approach is more conservative in some respects than that of the United Kingdom (which passed its own ...
Ainsley J Newson +2 more
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Ethics & Global PoliticsRecently, there have been debates in Portugal regarding the morality of assisted death. One of the leading opponents in Portuguese society against assisted death are Catholics.
Luís Cordeiro-Rodrigues +1 more
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Education is a central mechanism for ensuring that Indigenous–State treaties are understood, supported and endure through political change. Public knowledge shapes the negotiation, acceptance, implementation and long‐term stability of agreements. In Australia, however, treaty knowledge remains fragmented.
Jacob Prehn, Harry Hobbs, Jessica Horton
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl +5 more
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The labour alienation of civil servants in Zimbabwe: Towards an ubuntu spirituality of work
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological StudiesThe alienation of labour is both classical and contemporary. In its classical form, it speaks to the potential dehumanisation of workers in capitalist societies.
Blazio M. Manobo
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