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This article focuses on the use of religious semiology in the 2008 Black graphic novel The Hole: Consumer Culture Vol. 1 by Damian Duffy and John Jennings.
Lisa Kottas, Martin Schwarzenbacher
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Religious Competition, Culture and Domestic Violence: Evidence from Colombia [PDF]
This paper studies how religious competition, as measured by the emergence of religious organizations with innovative worship styles and cultural practices, impacts domestic violence. Using data from Colombia, the study estimates a two-way fixed-effects model and reveals that the establishment of the first non-Catholic church in a predominantly ...
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Community resilience to crime: A study of the 2011 Brisbane flood
Abstract Understanding and enhancing community resilience is a global priority as societies encounter a rising number of extreme weather events. Given that these events are typically both sudden and unexpected, community resilience is typically examined after the disaster so there can be no before and after comparisons.
Rebecca Wickes+3 more
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Correction: The Seven Steps: Building the DiGA Thesaurus
This article details a correction to: Autiero, S., Elwert, F., Moscatelli, C., & Pons, J. (2023). The Seven Steps: Building the DiGA Thesaurus. Journal of Open Humanities Data, 9. https://doi.org/10.5334/johd.111.
Serena Autiero+3 more
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The term ‘religion’ as a discursive term occupies a dominant, but neglected feature of Muslim intellectual reflections since the 19th century. Intellectuals from Muḥammad ʿAbduh (he died in 1905) to recent scholars like Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd (he died in ...
A. Tayob
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Religijotyros sekcijoje perskaityta 11 pranešimų: „Krikščionybės kritikos pirmtakai Lietuvoje“ (J. Barzdaitis), „Marksistinis ateizmas Lietuvoje 1917–1940 m.“ (P. Mikuckas), „Marksistinės JAV lietuvių ateizmo srovės susidarymo klausimas“ (J. Sakalauskas). J.
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Religious literacy in the context of Theology and Religious Studies [PDF]
‘Theology and Religious Studies’ has become, in the UK, a catch-all phrase for the academic study of religion. Several universities have a ‘Department of Theology and Religious Studies’ (Kings College London, Nottingham, Leeds, Chester, Glasgow, and several others), advocacy for the field is carried out by a body called ‘Theology and Religious Studies ...
Higton, Mike, Ford, David
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“A Little Baby is on the Way:” Botho/Ubuntu and Community-Building in Gaborone Baby Showers
The expectation and arrival of a baby has always played a significant role in many societies across the globe. For simple reasons, babies are perceived as blessings from God.
Motswapong Elizabeth P.+5 more
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Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses of Religiosity. A Four-Factor Conceptual Model [PDF]
We describe an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis of the International Social Survey Programme Religion Cumulation (1991-1998-2008) data set, to identify the factors of individual religiosity and their interrelations in quantitative terms. The exploratory factor analysis was performed using data from the first two waves (1991 and 1998), and ...
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Religious Studies in Latin America
This article critically reviews recent contributions to religious research in Latin America. Social scientists have long considered religion to be a structuring feature of culture and local society. Owing to the centrality of Catholicism in Latin America,
R. D. L. Torre, E. Martín
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