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Use of Distance Education by Religions of the World to Train, Edify, and Educate Adherents

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2004
Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Jewish, and Christian organizations are all experimenting with distance education for various reasons and to different extents, due to religious, economic, and political factors.
P. Clint Rogers, Scott L. Howell
doaj   +1 more source

European institutions and the contribution of studies of religious diversity to education for democratic citizenship: the international context [PDF]

open access: yes
Issues about the study of religion in public education are being discussed internationally as never before. The discussions include specialists in religion, but also many outside the professional field of religious education – politicians, civil servants,
Jackson, Robert
core  

The interpretive approach to religious education and the development of a community of practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The practitioners and researchers whose work is reported in this book have come together as a community of practice around particular principles and methods of education and research.
Jackson, Robert
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Defining institutions: taking history seriously [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper suggests an alternative list of institutions to that commonly encountered in the literature on institutional logics. This is done as a response to calls for greater clarity about basic terms.
Mutch, A
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Cult at the Athenian Agora

open access: yes, 2021
An agora was a communal space found in most Greek cities that contained religious structures alongside those with commercial and civic functions, but it can also be thought of as a quasi-religious space in its own right.
Gawlinski, Laura
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Promoting Healthier Drinking: Evidence From a Vignette Experiment on Contextual and Informational Drivers of Dealcoholized Wine Choices

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Growing demand for healthier beverages is driving innovation in the wine sector, with dealcoholized wine emerging as a promising alternative. However, little is known about the contextual conditions under which consumers would choose dealcoholized wine, particularly in countries with strong wine traditions. To fill this gap, this work examines
Giovanna Piracci   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Zombie Religious Institutions

open access: yes, 2018
This Article uncovers and names a phenomenon of pressing importance for healthcare policy and religious liberty law: the rise of zombie religious institutions—organizations that have contractual commitments to religious identity but lack actual ...
Elizabeth Sepper
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Morbidity Among the Aging Population in Northern Bangladesh: An Epidemiological Study

open access: yesAGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Multimorbidity (≥ 2 chronic diseases) is common among aging populations, yet evidence from Bangladesh remains limited. A cross‐sectional survey of 540 older adults in Northern Bangladesh (June–August 2022) assessed multimorbidity using interviews and logistic regression analysis. Multimorbidity prevalence was 75.74% (95% CI: 71.9%–79.3%).
Md. Abu Sayem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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