Multi‐Religiosity Among Asian Americans and Non‐Asian Americans
ABSTRACT This article reports key findings of a split‐sample experiment comparing conventional measures of single‐choice religion and new measures of multi‐religiosity. Although conventional measures implicitly assume congruence among religious affiliation, belief, and practice within a single religion, the new measures are designed to capture multi ...
Fenggang Yang, Joey Marshall
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Qur’anic Memorisation Schools in The Gambia : An Innovation in Islamic Education [PDF]
International audienceThe “Qur’anic memorisation schools” – to translate literally from the Arabic – aim to lead their pupils to rapid mastery (typically, in about four years) of the correct oral recitation from memory of the entire Qur’an; they differ ...
Tamari, Tal
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Turbat al-Ḥusayn: Modern Presentation of an Early Shīʿī Practice
This article explores the historical and contemporary evolution of turbat al-ḥusayn, the sacred soil of Karbala, as a central element in shaping Shīʿī identity and ritual practices.
S. M. Hadi Gerami, Zinab Aghagolizadeh
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Spiritual intelligence: a qur’anic alternative approach [PDF]
Despite the efforts made to produce universal models of spiritual intelligence reflecting diverse beliefs, values and cultures, they fall short of appreciating the inner depth of many religious and cultural experiences.
Machouche, Salah, Bensaid, Benaouda
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Insider/Outsider/Transsiders of Transnational Migration
ABSTRACT Migration is individually and collectively a challenging but also a transformative praxis and process. In my proposal, I present these in the context of transnational migration of two multigenerational families whose pioneers originally migrated from Turkey to Germany.
Halil Can
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LIBERAL THOUGHT IN QUR’ANIC STUDIES: Tracing Humanistic Approach to Sacred Text in Islamic Scholarship [PDF]
Literary approach to the Qur’an developed by al-Khuli created deep critiques from its opponents, in whose opinion, the usage of literary paradigm to the study of the Qur’an, according to them, implied a consequence of treating the Qur’an as a human text ...
M. Nur Kholis Setiawan +1 more
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Revitalization of Qur’anic Values in Islamic Education (Study of Surah Al-‘Alaq Verses 1–5)
Islamic education in Indonesia has experienced significant progress in line with the rapid development of technology; however, this progress is also part of Western globalization strategies to disseminate their cultural values.
Fitrah Sugiarto, Ahlan
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Quranic and Narrative Solutions for Balancing Exclusion with the Concept of Tolerance in Multicultural Societies [PDF]
One of the teachings of Islam is "excommunication," which means hostility towards the enemies of God and the people of falsehood, which, as a fundamental pillar of faith, shapes the religious identity of Muslims and has a special place in the Islamic ...
ali ghazanfari, maryam hoseini
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Aging and the Division of Labor of Theory of Mind Skills in Metaphor Comprehension
Abstract While some aspects of pragmatic competence are known to decline with age, for metaphor skills the evidence is inconclusive, possibly due to heterogeneity in the assessment tools. Furthermore, the previous literature on age‐related changes in pragmatic skills has rarely considered the role of Theory of Mind (ToM), which is described as one of ...
Irene Ceccato +6 more
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EFL learning, religious faith and globalization in Indonesia's pesantren
Abstract Increasing global demands to teach and learn English in religious educational institutions remain high, yet little EFL research has been conducted in such contexts. Using Indonesia's Islamic educational institutions (i.e., the pesantren) as a focus of analysis, this article seeks to narrow that gap by examining the key factors driving EFL ...
Muhammad Jauhari Sofi +1 more
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