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'But Following the Literal Sense, the Jews Refuse to Understand': Hermeneutic Conflicts in the Nicholas of Cusa's De Pace Fidei [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the midst of the De pace fidei’s imagined heavenly conference on the theme of the possibility of religious harmony, Nicholas of Cusa has Saint Peter acknowledge to the Persian interlocutor that it will be difficult to bring Jews to the acceptance of ...
Aleksander, Jason
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Saving the Planet, Saving the Team, and Shouting Down the Messenger: The Relationships Among Narcissism Subtypes and Misreporting of Emissions

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how three subtypes of narcissism—communal, antagonistic, and collective—relate to sustainability team members' willingness to misreport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Using survey‐based online experiments with experienced professionals from the United States and United Kingdom, we assess whether narcissistic traits predict
Eric N. Johnson, Matthias Sohn
wiley   +1 more source

Efik traditional marriage rites- A gender perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This paper investigated Efik marriage rites from a gender perspective. Marriage in Africa is a union between a man and a woman (monogamy) or mainly between a man and women (polygyny), or between a woman and men (polyandry), though this is very rare.
Ubong Ekpenyong, E. Y. O.
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Citizenship education and gender equality: A critique of action plans in Greek secondary schools

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In the sociology of education, gender education follows current policies developed and promoted through citizenship education. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations addressing global social inequalities include gender equality (SDG 5).
Aikaterini Peleki   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The indigenization of catholicism on Flores [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
From the very outset of European expansion, scholars have been preoccupied with the impact of proselytization and colonization on non-European societies. Anthropologists such as Margaret Mead and Bronislaw Malinowski, who witnessed these processes at the
Schröter, Susanne
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Pathological Eating Patterns in Adults Displaying Obsessive‐Compulsive Symptoms: A Scoping Review

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim Numerous studies have now shown that those with eating disorders have statistically higher rates of obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD). However, much less is known about the eating behaviours of adults with OCD. This scoping review aimed to identify and synthesise the existing literature describing pathological eating behaviours in adults
Sonay Kucukterzi‐Ali   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cheia de axé (full of axé): Spirituality, resistance, and repair in Pernambuco's Afro‐Brazilian traditional communities

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
wiley   +1 more source

Being in the zone and vital subjectivity: On the liminal sources of sport and art [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
With the aim of re-contextualising the social dimensions of Being in the Zone whilst retaining its psychological resonance, this contribution thinks Bitz alongside van Gennep's notion of liminality and Turner's notion of the liminoid.
Stenner, Paul
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Queer configurations: The female divine, regional identity, and Queer‐religious belonging in South India

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
wiley   +1 more source

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