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Congregational bonding social capital and psychological type : an empirical enquiry among Australian churchgoers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study explores the variation in levels of bonding social capital experienced by individual churchgoers, drawing on data generated by the Australian National Church Life Survey, and employing a five-item measure of church-related bonding social ...
Baker C   +27 more
core   +1 more source

Predicting Major Depression Among Diverse Online Gamers: The Role of Internet Addiction and Spirituality

open access: yesJournal of Addictions &Offender Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyzed whether religious or spiritual affiliation and therapy enrollment protect against symptoms meeting Major Depressive Disorder criteria beyond demographic, Internet addiction, and described therapy enrollment. Findings illustrated one risk factor and one protective factor associated with experiencing symptoms that meet Major ...
Lindsay A. Lundeen, John R. McCall
wiley   +1 more source

Jødekristen identitet som ambivalens i israelsmisjonene i Norge, Sverige og Danmark 1890-1914 [PDF]

open access: yesNorsk Tidsskrift for Misjonsvitenskap, 2019
Chaim Jedidjah Pollak and Isaac Lichtenstein were both Jews born in Eastern or Central Europe in the 19th century, and who both embraced the Christian faith. Their attitudes to Judaism and Christianity were, however, different from most Jews who accepted
Raymond Lillevik
doaj  

The relation of God’s mission and the mission of the church in Ephesians

open access: yesMissionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2016
A separation between the mission of God and mission of the church occurred post Willingren 1952 through an introduction of the term and concept missio Dei. In the Pauline corpus the letter to the Ephesians makes an invaluable contribution to mission.
Van Aarde, Timothy Alexander
doaj   +1 more source

Community and Social Interaction in Digital Religious Discourse in Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Since the advent of the Internet, religion has maintained a very strong online presence. This study examines how African Christianity is negotiated and practised on the Internet. The main objectives are to investigate to what extent online worshippers in
Chiluwa, Innocent
core   +1 more source

Caste as a Social Kind

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

Theology: Also (Green) Religious Experience Seeking Understanding [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Religious experience in contemporary theological epistemology is a theme broad enough to allow for many approaches. This essay grants the concept of \u27religious experience\u27 tentative validity, subject to later qualification.
Hughson, Thomas
core   +1 more source

The impact of physical activity on psychological distress in young people: An analysis of longitudinal data from the Millennium Cohort Study using causal machine learning

open access: yesJCPP Advances, EarlyView.
Using causal machine learning, we estimated the causal effect of meeting government guidelines on physical activity on psychological distress in young people. Whilst observing no overall impact, we did identify some groups who benefit relatively more from meeting the physical activity guidelines, including males.
Lewis W. Paton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kirkelandskapet i Norge i endring - utfordringer til Den norske kirke [PDF]

open access: yesNorsk Tidsskrift for Misjonsvitenskap, 2019
The religious scene in Norway undergoes changes. Since 2012 the majority church, The Church of Norway, is no longer a state church. Still, nearly 70 % of the population are members of the church (of Lutheran Confession).
Erling Birkedal, Turid Skorpe Lannem:
doaj  

Wholl be a witness for my Lord? Witnessing as an Ecclesiological and Missiological paradigm

open access: yesMissionalia: Southern African Journal of Missiology, 2016
The Christian churchs expansive zeal has often, throughout its history, walked hand-in-hand with the colonial pursuits of empires and nation-states.
Suderman, Andrew G.
doaj   +1 more source

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