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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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Gerotranscendence and Life Satisfaction: Studies of religious and secular Iranians and Turks

open access: yes, 2000
A possible relationship between gerotranscendence and life satisfaction was examined using the life narrative approach followed by thematic semi-structured interviews with religious and secular Iranians residing in Sweden and religious and secular Turks ...
Ahmadi Lewin, Fereshteh,
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Promoting spiritual development through religious education in the first school [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
The aim of this thesis is to explore what it means in practice for teachers of young children to promote spiritual development within the context of the National Curriculum and in the light of the guidelines given by the 1988 Education Reform Act.
Willows, Sarah Anne
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Building Community Amidst the Institutional Whiteness of Graduate Study: Black Joy and Maroon Moves in an Academic Marronage

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reflects on the construction of a supportive community of Black Afro‐diasporic graduate students and their supervisors researching issues relating to race in the field of education in Australia. It draws on the concept of marronage—a term rooted in the fugitive act of becoming a maroon, where enslaved people enacted an escape in ...
Hellen Magoi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Exploration for the Post-Pandemic Period of the Religious Lives of Individuals in Turkey Who Had Severe COVID-19 and Death Anxiety

open access: yesİlahiyat Tetkikleri Dergisi
Religion has emerged as a strong coping mechanism that has been employed by many people around the world during the chaotic atmosphere of the pandemic, and numerous studies have been conducted to investigate the relationship between religion and COVID-19.
Fatih Baş, Durali Karacan
doaj   +1 more source

On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

The Growth of “Islamic” Radical Books in Indonesia

open access: yes, 2006
More recently, at least some decades after the triumph of global communication, thousands of fundamental and radical books—whether politically, religiously or culturally based books—have already rapidly grown in the world-wide. This phenomena, culturally
Yusuf, Choirul Fuad; Office for Research and Development and Training, Ministry of Religious Affairs
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Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of Continuity and Change in Jewish Religious Life

open access: yes
Presents a group of distinguished scholars who examine key themes in Jewish religious life. Essays revolve around the dynamics of religious continuity and change.
Levine, Eric., Fishbane, Simcha.
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Religious affiliation, religiosity, and male and female fertility [PDF]

open access: yes
Religious studies of fertility typically focus on the effect of religious affiliation on fertility; the role of religiosity in determining fertility remains overlooked.
Li Zhang
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