Intersectoral action to transform health equity for women and girls globally. [PDF]
Sarri G +3 more
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“Me and God, We're Good”: Abortion Morality and Protestant Women Having Abortions in the South
ABSTRACT This study examines how 84 Protestant women in the South understand the morality of their abortion decisions, offering a nuanced perspective on the complex relationship between religion and abortion and revealing that many women navigate abortion decisions with theological depth, moral reasoning, and a profound sense of responsibility.
Rebecca Todd Peters
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What are 'biohackers' hacking? Identifying motivations and meaning-making frameworks. [PDF]
Lorrimar V.
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The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between Christian actors, practices, and sacred sites in US protests and demonstrations, focusing on how political ideology shapes conflict outcomes. Using event‐level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the analysis explores 63,000 protest events from 2020 to 2024 ...
Joel Day
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Disability, spirituality and the politics of belonging in postcolonial Zimbabwe. [PDF]
Sande N.
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The Paradoxes of the Spiritual Self: Disidentification as a Marker of Identity
ABSTRACT This study examines how practitioners of self‐spirituality conceptualize their spiritual identity. On the basis of 62 in‐depth interviews with secular Jewish Israelis engaged in various spiritual practices, we find that spiritual identity is constructed through a distinctive cultural logic we term disidentification—a systematic resistance to ...
Nurit Zaidman, Michal Pagis
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Work of Oliver R. Avison and His Ecumenical Spirit. [PDF]
Chung M.
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ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
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Sociological and religious interpretations of Adinkra symbols: qualitative analysis of the 2025 inaugural outfit of Ghana's president. [PDF]
Mensah RO +4 more
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White Religion, Politics, and Racial Resentment in the United States
ABSTRACT In popular American discourse, White conservative Christianity is nearly synonymous with both conservative politics and racial resentment. I argue that while White religious conservatives’ racial resentment comports with their politics, racial resentment should be more relevant to political differences among White religious moderates, liberals,
Philip Schwadel
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