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Faith and Religious Beliefs in an Outpatient Military Population

Southern Medical Journal, 2010
This study of outpatients at a military medical center seeks to evaluate the extent that this population relies on religion and spirituality to cope with health-related stress. This study also assesses outpatients' desire for spiritual intervention in the context of their medical appointments.A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a convenience ...
Sandra S, McLaughlin, Andrew D, McLaughlin, John A, Van Slyke   +2 more
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Contraception and Religiousness in a General Practice Population in Israel

Family Practice, 1984
One hundred and seventy-three Jewish women of child-bearing age attending their family doctor were asked about their contraceptive practices and attitudes. Medical means of contraception were used by 42% of the women and coitus interruptus by 44%. Although coitus interruptus is prohibited by Jewish ritual law, its use in fact applies to all age groups ...
A, Sandiuk, M A, Weingarten, J, Hart
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Religious Practices and Alcoholism in a Southern Adult Population

Psychiatric Services, 1994
The study examined associations between religious variables and alcohol abuse and dependence among 2,969 North Carolina residents aged 18 to 97 who participated in the 1983-1984 National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area survey at its Piedmont location.Six-month and lifetime prevalence of alcohol disorders were compared among ...
H G, Koenig, L K, George, K G, Meador, D G, Blazer, S M, Ford   +4 more
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Religiousness and obsessive–compulsive cognitions and symptoms in an Italian population

Behaviour Research and Therapy, 2002
Fifty-four individuals with a high degree of religiosity, 47 with a medium degree of religiosity and 64 with low religiosity completed anonymously the Italian versions of well-established measures of obsessive-compulsive (OC) cognitions and symptoms, depression and anxiety.
SICA C., NOVARA, CATERINA, SANAVIO, EZIO
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Religious Influence and Population Pressures

2002
Religious factors affect the occurrence and toleration of high population densities. This may be temporarily acceptable at focal sites like Mecca or Lourdes but not in people’s home areas. The density of population in a monastery may be high but there are institutional arrangements which control the resulting stress.
Ralph Tanner, Colin Mitchell
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The Religious Sources of Russian Populism

Russian Review, 1942
c p)OPULISM" is etymologically the correct English translation of J "Narodnichestvo," but the full original meaning of the word is untranslatable. Nowhere, outside Russia, is an analogous movement or state of mind to be found. In Russia, however, it covers a very extensive field of thought, of life, of ethical and political activity and gives a key to ...
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Religious populism in Israel: The case of Shas

2022
Since the 1990s, populism has become increasingly prevalent in Israeli politics. While scholars and commentators have often focused on the populist rhetoric used by Benjamin Netanyahu, his is hardly the only manifestation of populism within Israel. For example, Shas, a right-wing populist party which seeks to represent Sephardic and Haredi interests ...
Ihsan Yilmaz, Nicholas Morieson
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Religious Populism and Radicalization in Indonesia

This report is derived from the third event of The European Center for Populism Studies’ (ECPS) monthly Mapping Global Populism panel series which was conducted online in Brussels on May 25, 2023. The panel, themed “Religious Populism and Radicalization in Indonesia,” convened five distinguished scholars specializing in populism to delve into various ...
Zhanyl Ashirbekova, Neo Sithole
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Digital Authoritarianism and Religious Populism in Turkey

SSRN Electronic Journal
This article explores the interplay between religious populism, religious justification and the systematic attempts to control cyberspace by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey. Drawing from an array of scholarly sources, media reports, and legislative developments, the study unravels the multifaceted strategies employed by the ruling AKP
Bulent Kenes, Ihsan Yilmaz
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Religious Extremism, Clubs, and Civil Liberties: A Model of Religious Populations [PDF]

, 2009
This paper extends the club model of religion to better account for observed patterns of extremism. We adapt existing models to a multi-agent framework and analyze the distribution of agents and clubs. We find that extremism is more successful when religious groups are able to produce close substitutes for standard goods and that increased access to ...
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