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Atheists and Agnostics Are More Reflective than Religious Believers: Four Empirical Studies and a Meta-Analysis

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Individual differences in the mere willingness to think analytically has been shown to predict religious disbelief. Recently, however, it has been argued that analytic thinkers are not actually less religious; rather, the putative association may be a ...
Gordon Pennycook   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Salafi Ideology and the Question of Women Empowerment among Kenyan Muslims

open access: yesJurnal Kawistara
Muslim groups that promote strict religious norms like Salafis are often associated with male dominant culture. Such a patriarchal maybe put on a question in the context in the recent global trend that significantly altered the circumstances for Muslim ...
Fatuma Kassim Mwatamu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Islam as a Challenge to The Ideology of Religious Studies

open access: yesImplicit Religion, 2020
Why has Religious Studies failed to gain ground in Middle Eastern universities? This article aims to move beyond a lens of underdevelopment to think about the significance of Muslim opposition to the discipline. When we suppose that studying religion and religions is an obvious thing to do, we risk casting those who deliberately avoid it as somehow ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Cathedral of the Sacred Heart: Friday Mass [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Student perspectives on worship services from Instructor Jennifer Garvin-Sanchez\u27s Religious Studies 108 Human Spirituality course at Virginia Commonwealth ...
Booth, Marianna
core   +3 more sources

Lithium‐Charged Gold Nanoparticles: A New Powerful Tool for Lithium Delivery and Modulation of Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 Activity

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study introduces glutathione‐stabilized gold nanoparticles for targeted lithium delivery (LiG‐AuNPs), enabling the controlled modulation of Glycogen Synthase Kinase‐3 (GSK‐3β). These non‐toxic, 2‐nm particles release lithium intracellularly, effectively inhibiting GSK‐3β in the brain without significant plasma lithium alterations.
Antonio Buonerba   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversified Communication and Harmony of Chinese culture: a historical investigation into the religious-culture exchanges among the Hans, Tibetans, and Mongolians

open access: yesInternational Journal of Anthropology and Ethnology
How can harmonious communication, integration, and coexistence among different ethnicities with distinct cultures be achieved in a multi-ethnic country? What lessons can we draw from China’s multi-ethnic cultural exchanges throughout history?
Wuhu Sun, Dorje Banbur, Yue Li
doaj   +1 more source

Inter-religious Studies: Reconciling Theology and Religious Studies

open access: yes, 2014
This chapter introduces inter-religious studies as a sub-discipline related to both theology and religious studies. In a multi-cultural context, conventional theological approaches based merely on a particular religious tradition would not be adequate.
openaire   +1 more source

Bodhi Path Buddhist Center: Buddhist Temple [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Student perspectives on worship services from Instructor Jennifer Garvin-Sanchez\u27s Religious Studies 108 Human Spirituality course at Virginia Commonwealth ...
Booth, Annie
core   +1 more source

Introducing the modified paranormal belief scale: distinguishing between classic paranormal beliefs, religious paranormal beliefs and conventional religiosity among undergraduates in Northern Ireland and Wales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Previous empirical studies concerned with the association between paranormal beliefs and conventional religiosity have produced conflicting evidence. Drawing on Rice's (2003) distinction between classic paranormal beliefs and religious paranormal beliefs,
Francis, Leslie J.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

A Modular, Lego‐Like Microfluidic Platform for Multimodal Analysis of Biofilm Formation and Antimicrobial Response

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
A modular microfluidic platform with integrated electrodes enables real‐time, label‐free monitoring of biofilm formation, treatment, and regrowth. The system evaluates both antibiotic response and antimicrobial coating efficacy on P. aeruginosa. Its LEGO‐like design supports dynamic migration studies, offering a clinically relevant, scalable tool for ...
Deema Islayem   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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