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The Religious Studies Aspect of Forensic Evaluation in Cases Involving Offense to Religious Beliefs and Sensibilities

open access: yesТеория и практика судебной экспертизы, 2017
The paper discusses the phenomenon of offense to religious beliefs and its social and cultural context from the perspective of religious studies. It corroborates the idea that public acts that demonstrate obvious disrespect towards a religion, and ...
S. N. Astapov
doaj   +1 more source

The Religious Schema Scale: Construction and Initial Validation of a Quantitative Measure for Religious Styles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Streib H, Hood RW, J, Klein C. The Religious Schema Scale: Construction and Initial Validation of a Quantitative Measure for Religious Styles. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.
Ralph W. Hood   +5 more
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Unravelling the Referendum: An Analysis of the 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum Outcomes Across Capital Cities

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
wiley   +1 more source

Taking faith seriously: Philosophical thoughts on religious education

open access: yes, 2009
Religious literacy is essential in a globalized and multicultural world that is characterized by religious resurgence and interfaith tensions. This article offers some philosophical thoughts on this topic by exploring, first, three main approaches to ...
Tan, Charlene
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The self and the sacred: exploring the relationships between experiences deemed spiritual or religious and beliefs using interpretative phenomenological analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Experiences deemed spiritual or religious play important but complex roles in the life narratives and meaning systems of many. The relationship between these experiences and individuals’ beliefs and worldviews is only partially understood.
Murphy, J.
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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Belief, Motivation and Moral Commitment [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Theology, 2015
There are two different approaches followed by moral philosophers regarding the motivational role of moral belief. Having restricted the motivating reasons to belief, the internalists consider the relationship between belief and ethical commitment ...
zahra khazaei
doaj   +1 more source

Finding a moral homeground: appropriately critical religious education and transmission of spiritual values [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Values-inspired issues remain an important part of the British school curriculum. Avoiding moral relativism while fostering enthusiasm for spiritual values and applying them to non-curricular learning such as school ethos or children's home lives are ...
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

The Relationship between Religious Beliefs and Behaviors and the Intention of Premarital Sexual Abstinence among Iranian Youths

open access: yesHealth, Spirituality and Medical Ethics, 2015
Background and objectives : Relatively little is known about the relationship between religion and abstinence. The aim of this study was to examine the correlation between religious beliefs and behaviors and the intention of premarital sexual abstinence ...
Mohtasham Ghaffari   +4 more
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