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The Prayer of Nabû-šuma-ukīn (BM.40474): An Anti-Witchcraft Prayer

Kaskal
In 1999 Irving Finkel published the editio princeps of The Prayer of Nabû-šuma-ukīn and argued that the text provides historical corroboration for the imprisonment of Amēl-Marduk (Evil-Merodach) prior to his brief rule over Babylon (561‑560 BCE).
Lenzi, Alan
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Moses, God, and the dynamics of intercessory prayer [PDF]

, 2003
The primary objective of this thesis is to reconsider the significance of the canonical portrayal of Moses the intercessor in the aftermath of "documentary" pentateuchal criticism.
Widmer, Michael
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Belief and the beast: Religion and attitudes towards tigers in Central India

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human perceptions of wildlife are critical to shaping conservation outcomes, particularly in landscapes where people coexist with large carnivores. Religion, a deeply rooted sociocultural force, remains underexplored in the context of human–wildlife conflict.
Sathvika Krishnan, Poonam Dhanwatey, Harshwardhan Dhanwatey, Andrew Gosler, Claudio Sillero‐Zubiri   +4 more
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Birds of many feathers? Examining perceptions among US birders following the American Ornithological Society's eponymous renaming decision

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2023, the American Ornithological Society announced it will phase out the English eponymous (honorific) names of 152 bird species in the United States and Canada, some of which are named after historical figures with racist, genocidal, or otherwise violent histories that serve as reminders of ornithology's exclusive origins.
Kirsten Vinyeta, J. M. Bacon, Graham Ward, Jordan Rowley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prayer Table

An artwork titled "Prayer Table" by artist Sunil Lama, entitled "Prayer Room – “पूजा कोठा”" in the Cora Stafford Gallery, South, UNT Art Building, 1201 W Mulberry St, Denton, TX 76201 from April 24 to April 27, 2024.
Lama, Sunil
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Pathways to care in pinyon–juniper woodlands: Insights from Indigenous‐led monitoring and a public survey

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation decisions often require navigating tensions among ecological, cultural, economic and social priorities. While debates frequently centre on single‐species outcomes, less is known about how care for landscapes may contribute to co‐stewardship.
Diana S. Macias, Thomas Gustie, Paul B. Burow, Brian Adkins, Ana Bacoch, Alexander B. Basaraba, Jacqueline C. Beidl, Benjamin Fillmore, Hunter Fillmore, Elise Holston, Rhiana Jones, Sally Manning, Marc Meyer, Samantha Meyering, Wilfred Nabahe, Emma Sage, Heather Stone, Yarrow Syskine, Alexandra K. Urza, Allison Weber, Noah Williams, Gabrielle Wong‐Parodi, Miranda D. Redmond   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

It's Debatable: Prayer in government

, 2013
Don May, an independent blogger on lubbockonline.com, and Arnold Loewy, the George Killam Professor of Criminal Law at the Texas Tech School of Law, debate Greece v.
Loewy, Arnold H.
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Determining the values of soil‐mediated contributions to people: A comparative European perspective

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Soil health is a fundamental element underpinning terrestrial ecosystems, yet it is persistently threatened by the ongoing process of land degradation, leading to detrimental impacts on human well‐being. However, there is a paucity of research on the extent to which humans are dependent on soils and the societal values attributed to their ...
Katja Schmidt, Daniel Johnson, Charlott Scholz, Lena Chowdhury, Alexandra Dehnhardt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Care through cultivation: Indigenous Swidden agriculture as forest care

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper argues that the agricultural practices of Bunong swidden cultivators in northeastern Cambodia constitute relational care for forests that is fundamentally misunderstood, misrecognized, and marginalized by dominant state policies, conservation, and development paradigms. Bringing together care theory, long‐term ethnographic research,
Esther Leemann
wiley   +1 more source

Prayer of Texas.

, 1892
Publication of the verse used in Judge G. Clark campaign for governor against Gov. James Hogg in 1892.Caption title. ''Save me from the snares of Hogg!
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