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Religious capital and religious rewards: A study in the economics of religious life

open access: yesPanoeconomicus, 2012
Religious life is studied by way suggested by the rational choice theory and the religious capital theory. The basic contentions of the theory on the nature of religious life having to do with an exchange upon a religious market, by firms offering compensators and rewards, and consumers, is considered.
openaire   +2 more sources

Fighting for Jesus on Ambon, Interpreting Religious Representations of Violent Conflict

open access: yes, 2011
Between 1999 and 2002 religion-related riots took place on the Maluku islands in Indonesia. After the first clash, in January 1999, the conflict disseminated rapidly along religious lines. Religious language was used in order to understand what was going
OFR - Religious Studies   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Coagulative Granular Hydrogels with an Enzyme Catalyzed Fibrin Network for Endogenous Tissue Regeneration

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Coagulative granular hydrogels are composed of packed thrombin‐functionalized microgels that catalyze the conversion of fibrinogen into a secondary fibrin network, filling the interstitial voids. This bio‐inspired approach stabilizes the biomaterial to match the robustness of bulk hydrogels without compromising injectability, mimicking the initial ...
Zhipeng Deng   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Levirate marriage amongst the Hebrews and widow's inheritance amongst the Yoruba: A comparative investigation

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia, 2014
In ancient Israel, even though widowhood was not something people were praying for, when it came, the people involved were protected by the legal and customary structures already in place.
Samson O. Olanisebe, Olusegun A. Oladosu
doaj   +1 more source

Microgel‐Based 3D Bioprinting: A Convergent Strategy Integrating Material Design, Jamming Dynamics, and Biological Function

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Microgel‐based 3D printed constructs represent a compelling and versatile innovation for engineering architecturally complex, dynamically remodelable, and biocompatible structures with high structural fidelity and bioactivity. By integrating material design, biofabrication, and biological function, these systems enable the development of adaptive ...
Elena Ghighină   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Comic at the Crossroads: The Semiotics of ‘Voodoo Storytelling’ in The Hole: Consumer Culture Vol. 1

open access: yesThe Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship, 2019
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
doaj   +2 more sources

Religious Studies in the Context of Religious Studies. Letter to D.Tabachnyk

open access: yesUkrainian Religious Studies, 2014
Report to the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Dm. TABACHNIKU In the Department of Religious Studies of the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, which is currently the only academic institution in the country, with great acceptance adopted the position of President Viktor Yanukovych initiated in his Annual
openaire   +3 more sources

Methanol‐Ethanol Discrimination and Selective Sensing Enabled by Molecular Sieving in Conductive MOFs

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Selective methanol sensors are achieved by coating carbon nanotube chemiresistors with two dimensional conductive metal–organic frameworks that incorporate intra‐pore clusters. These confined clusters increase the density of adsorption sites while restricting the transport of larger interfering molecules, particularly ethanol. This sensing architecture
Young‐Moo Jo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dynamics of Religion and Ecology in Indonesia: An Overview of Environmental Social Movements from 1990-2022

open access: yesJurnal Sosiologi Agama
In the longstanding debate over the relationship between religion and ecology, there are two major camps. One side argues that religion contributes to ecological destruction, while the other side argues that religion is a force for saving the ...
Ronald Adam   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frontier Zones and the Study of Religion

open access: yes, 2018
This article focuses on the concept of the frontier zone as a central critical term in Chidester's oeuvre. Understood as a site where difference is articulated, encountered, and governed, the frontier zone is a productive, insight-generating notion.
OFR - Religious Studies   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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