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Economic Analysis and Organised Religion [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
This chapter analyses some phenomena in organized religion from the point of view of economics. It is argued that religious activity derives from the individual's quest for sense and justification that molds institutional and other features of religious ...
Jones, Eric   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Synodal Process in the Dock: A Thematic Analysis of Grey Literature

open access: yesScientia
This article aimed to describe the contours of the current discourse on the synodal process from the perspectives of journalists. To achieve this goal, we collected a large sample of grey literature (N= 235) from six online Catholic newspapers.
Gemma Aboy   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Truth as value and duty: lessons of mathematics [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2008
I discuss some connotations of mathematical notion of "truth" in the context of humanistic ...
arxiv  

Considering the animating ethos of designing digital first unemployment services: On the motivation of others

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the animating ethos of digital unemployment services. Unlike human‐to‐human services, where the intention of policy is normally mediated by professionals, digital services are fully designed in the policy imagination. As a result, it is a pressing issue to understand the ethos that animates their development.
Ray Griffin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community music, identity and belonging among Dutchies in Australia: Comparing assimilation to multiculturalism

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses variations in the experiences of Dutch identity and belonging to a music‐making group in the Dutch migrant community in Melbourne, Australia. It answers the research question “Which variations of ‘Dutch identity’ are there for the participants and how does music‐making relate to this?”. Feelings of identity and belonging
Karien Dekker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SCIENCE AND RELIGION: Scientific Understanding and Mathematical Modeling of Emotions of the Spiritually Sublime [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2010
Science strives for a detailed understanding of reality even if this differentiation threatens individual synthesis, or the wholeness of psyche. Religion strives to maintain the wholeness of psyche, even if at the expense of a detailed understanding of the world and Self. This paper analyzes the cognitive forces driving us to achieve both.
arxiv  

How is therapeutic residential care constructed within key policy documents ?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
Abstract Therapeutic residential care (TRC) is a mode of delivering out‐of‐home care (OOHC) that can help meet the needs of some of Australia's most vulnerable young people and their families. TRC programmes aim to support young people to develop positive relationship experiences in a safe and stable environment.
Lynne McPherson   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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