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Religious Extremism: The Good, The Bad, and The Deadly [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper challenges conventional views of violent religious extremism, particularly those that emphasize militant theology. We offer an alternative analysis that helps explain the persistent demand for religion, the different types of religious that ...
Laurence R. Iannaccone, Eli Berman
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Bioethics and the World Order: A Curious Coincidence Between Chinese and African Approaches

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The post‐1945 world order is standardly pictured as a Westphalian system, in which each state is equal under the law with sovereign authority over its territories. This paper argues that the Westphalian system is changing and examines the implications for bioethics. We show that cross‐border health, economic, ecologic, and sociopolitical risks
Nancy S. Jecker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“I Self‐Protect to Avoid Child Protection”: Transgender Parents' Fears of Help‐Seeking and Social Service Systems

open access: yesFamily Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This mixed‐methods study examined transgender (trans) parents' concerns about being targeted and reported to child protective services by schools, health care providers, neighbors, and family members. Background Trans people and parents specifically may be experiencing heightened fears about interfacing with sources of potential ...
Abbie E. Goldberg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Approaches to Deradicalize Religious Extremism: A Review of Some Literature

open access: yes, 2023
Religious extremism has been a pressing concern in the contemporary world in recent decades, posing a significant threat to the peace, security, and stability of various regions. Religious extremism is persistent global challenge, despite the presence of
Md Redowanul Karim, Tazul Islam
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Security, Religion, and Political Culture: A Defense of Weak Disestablishment

open access: yesReligions, 2019
Many, especially in the West, have long argued against state religious establishments on the ethical grounds of the rights of freedom of conscience and personal autonomy.
Joseph Prud’homme
doaj   +1 more source

“If Your Manhood Is Threatened, You Have to Fight Back”: A Review on Capitalist Masculinity and Mass Shooting Literature

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review examines how capitalist structures and gender ideologies combine to shape modern forms of masculine identity and contribute to the emergence of mass shootings in the United States. Integrating Connell's concept of hegemonic masculinity with Marx's theory of alienation and historical‐materialist feminist critiques, it introduces the
Ojonimi Salihu
wiley   +1 more source

Does subjective (un)happiness predict religious extremism?

open access: yes, 2021
With religious extremism being a destructive force in many parts of the world, the mission to understand and mitigate it is always actual. The current thesis tries to contribute to the knowledge of this phenomenon by investigating it through a very ...
Andersson, Pontus
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Religious islamist extremism legal and philosophical aspects

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Law, 2014
Examines the current problems associated with religious Islamic extremism in the Russian Federation and abroad. Indicated that the Russian national legislation given legal definition of extremism, which is enshrined in the Federal Law of the Russian ...
N V Volodina, P E Zhigotsky
doaj  

Collective Nostalgia Widens the Gap Between Obsessive and Harmonious Passion in Support for Political Violence

open access: yesJournal of Applied Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collective nostalgia—a longing for a group's shared past—carries both a sweet pull toward ingroup connection and a sour potential for outgroup hostility. We propose that these divergent associations depend on the form of passion people hold for their political cause. Drawing on the dualistic model of passion, we distinguished obsessive passion,
Jocelyn J. Bélanger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terrorism in central Asia: Security implications for Russia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
End of the cold war following the disintegration of the Soviet Union witnessed unprecedented increase in militancy and terrorism prompted by internal and external forces.
Mahalik, Debendra
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