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The interpretive approach to religious education : challenging Thompson's interpretation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In a recent book chapter, Matthew Thompson makes some criticisms of my work, including the interpretive approach to religious education and the research and activity of Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit. Against the background of a discussion
Jackson, Robert
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Measuring religious social capital: the scale properties of the Williams Religious Social Capital Index (WRSCI) among cathedral congregations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The theoretical construct of social capital remains contested in terms of conceptualisation and measurement. The present paper follows the convention of distinguishing between trust, bonding, bridging and linking social capital, to conceptualise how ...
Williams, Emyr
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Challenges of Religious Literacy in Education : Islam and the Governance of Religious Diversity in Multi-faith Schools [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This chapter seeks take part in an emerging research where religion is approached as a whole school endeavor. Previous research and policy recommendations typically focused on teaching about religion in school, but the accommodation of religious ...
Sakaranaho, Tuula   +5 more
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AI-Mediated Islamic Preaching in Kazakhstan: Rethinking Religious Authority in the Digital Age

open access: yesReligions
The growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping religious communication, including Islamic preaching. However, little is known about how AI-mediated preaching transforms religious authority, particularly in post-Soviet Muslim contexts ...
Shamshadin Kerim   +3 more
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A Religious Tolerance and Harmony the Qur'anic Perspective

open access: yes, 2016
The religious tolerance and harmony is something necessary to develop due to the need of global security and peace today. For this purpose, all religions have to be fairly “tolerant” to others.
Yusuf, Choirul Fuad; Office for Research and Development and Training, Ministry of Religious Affairs
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The role of Yupa inscription as Yantra in Shiva worship: interpreting stone relics through contemporary practices in Kutai Kartanegara

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
Yupa or Lesong batu is a historical relic in Kutai Kartanegara that the community uses to honor King Mulawarman.The study aimed to reveal Yupa’s role as Yantra for ancestral and Shiva worship, historically and in the contemporary context. The use of Yupa
I. Gusti Bagus Wirawan   +5 more
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The Historical Transformation and Crisis of the Hyper-Stable Institutional Order of the Traditional Chinese “Saṅgha Forest” (叢林 Conglin) from the 10th to the First Half of the 20th Century

open access: yesReligions
Buddhism has long maintained a fine tradition of establishing and preserving a hyper-stable institutional order. Historically, the Vinaya served as the institutional literature for the monasteries, but it gradually evolved into a sacred symbol of the ...
Dawei Wang, Mingjun Jin
doaj   +1 more source

“Survivor Heroes” and Rising Heroes. Discrepancies in the Contemporary Hero Cult

open access: yesTraditiones, 2017
Author illustrates the phenomenon where some socialist heroes (“survivors”) have not disappeared together with their fellows, but have remained popular with the examples of the cult of János Kádár and Imre Nagy in Hungary.
István Povedák
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Reconsidering Ecological Civilization from a Chinese Christian Perspective

open access: yesReligions, 2020
As part of the global effort to alleviate the ecological crisis, ecological civilization has become a dominant movement in China due to the state policy.
Bryan K. M. Mok
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An Overview of the Weiyi (威儀 Dignified Liturgies) of Taoism

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Dignified liturgies (weiyi 威儀), one of the fundamental concepts in the Taoist scriptures, shows the overall image of Taoism displayed at the altar of the retreat (zhai 齋) and offering (jiao 醮) rituals.
Zehong Zhang, Yang Luo
doaj   +1 more source

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