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Knocking on Heaven's Door? Protestantism and Suicide
Social Science Research Network, 2011 We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for differences in religious-community integration, views about man’s impact on God’s grace, and the possibility of confessing sins.
Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Many sea turtle populations face severe declines in the Asia‐Pacific region and, although threats are widely recognised, drivers are practically unknown, especially in Indonesia. We surveyed 140 respondents at three sites in Sumatra, Indonesia (Padang, Mentawai, Nias) to identify how sociodemographic and cultural characteristics across these ...
Adela Hemelikova +8 more
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English Reformer John Frith on Catholic Theology of Purgatory
Научный диалог, 2020 The Catholic theology of purgatory and its refutation in the works of the ideologists of Protestantism in the first third of the XVI century is analyzed in the article.
T. G. Chugunova +2 more
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Erving Goffman at 100: A Chameleon Seen as a Rorschach Test within a Kaleidoscope
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.The 100th anniversary of Erving Goffman's birth was in 2022. Drawing on his work, the Goffman archives, the secondary literature, and personal experiences with him and those in his university of Chicago cohort, I reflect on some implications of his work and life, and the inseparable issues of understanding society.
Gary T. Marx
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Protestantism in the light of the conceptual foundations of diversification theory
Українське Pелігієзнавство, 2014 Protestantism in the light of the conceptual foundations of diversification theory. Current article considers Protestantism from the perspective of the main principles of the theory of diversification, including a change and forms variability as a ...
Ganna Tregub
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Adopting a New Religion: The Case of Protestantism in 16th Century Germany
, 2012 Using a rich dataset of territories and cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century, this paper investigates the determinants of adoption and diffusion of Protestantism as a state religion.
Davide Cantoni
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Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro +5 more
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Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History [PDF]
, 2007 Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to ...
Ludger Wößmann +3 more
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What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States?
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In this article we consider what it will take for a woman to be elected President of the United States. We examine the available data from the 2024 election, in comparison to previous elections; we inspect the main findings from the feminist political science of political parties, candidate selection and gendered barriers to elected leadership;
Rosie Campbell, Joni Lovenduski
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Protestantism and Education: Reading (the Bible) and Other Skills
Social Science Research Network, 2011 During industrialization, Protestants were more literate than Catholics. This paper investigates whether this fact may be led back to the intrinsic motivation of Protestants to read the bible and whether other education motives were involved as well.
Timo Boppart, J. Falkinger, V. Grossmann
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