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Is Politics “Practicable” without Religion?
Social Research: An International Quarterly, 2013ABSTRACT: I challenge the "presupposition strain" in political theology—the thesis that politics needs religion, that politics presupposes religion, and that we cannot make sense of politics without an appeal to transcendent theological concepts. I do this by critically examining Simon Critchley's claim that politics is not practicable with religion ...
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‘Religions of Practice’: The Case of Japanese Religions
Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 2016‘Religions of practice’ are religions that prioritize ritual practice, with little concern for creeds and belief. In these religions, ethical obligations are communicated through ritual practices and aesthetic responses to symbols. Some theories of religion characterize ritual practice and religious aesthetics as secondary outcomes of religious ...
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The place of religion in nursing practice
British Journal of Nursing, 2009There are few topics more likely to raise the temperature of a conversation than religion. Whether you adhere to a faith or – like me – choose not to, you will have an opinion on its place in society, in education, or in the workplace.
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Religion and spirituality in psychiatric practice
Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 2011The role of religion and spirituality in psychiatric practice has long been a topic of discussion among mental health providers, patients, and faith communities. This review examines the recent findings in the literature that shape current dialogues on this topic and provide implications for patient care.An increasing body of evidence correlates ...
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Practical Religion and Spirituality
2021Religion was, and is, beside other functions a coping system. It deals with existential fear and with contingent experiences of groups and individuals. In traditional religions, enemies of the people must be fought, but harmony with the cosmos must also be maintained.
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Abstract This chapter enquires into the country's rich tapestry of lived religious traditions. Drawing on ethnographic accounts and anthropological scholarship, it examines religious sites and practices to argue that religion in contemporary India is best understood as a 'habitus' shaping the ethical and social lives of people and ...
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Profession and Practice of Religion
1991Abstract These last remarks apply with some force to the question of religion. Some conception of what amounts to a religion was outlined above. No doubt States will continue to deny the status of a religion to certain practices in order to evade obligations.
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