Results 71 to 80 of about 25,493 (226)
The autonomy of the United Wa State Army of Myanmar today is said to be based on the egalitarianism of Wa communities in the past. The analysis of commensuration in kinship, sacrifice, and war challenges these portrayals of autonomy and egalitarianism.
Hans Steinmüller
wiley +1 more source
ABSTRACT This work reflects on the presence of a desacralized Buddha statue in the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography, established in Parma, Italy, in 1901 by Xaverian missionaries. The Buddha's hollowed back is a potent trace of the transnational interactions between these Roman Catholic missionaries and folk believers from the Henan region ...
Valentina Gamberi
wiley +1 more source
ABSTRACT Objective Existing evidence on eating disorders (EDs) among migrant groups across the Global North is sparse and mixed, possibly reflecting the heterogeneity of these populations. This qualitative study explored experiences among patients with a migration background in Swedish specialist ED treatment, with a focus on barriers to treatment ...
Mattias Strand +2 more
wiley +1 more source
So far religious encounters in migratory settings have been largely examined in relation to the pluralizing of religious cultures, the emerging of syncretisms as well as religious conversions. However, many migrants choose to live more than one religion
Heike Drotbohm
doaj +1 more source
Two Regimes of Waste and Value: ‘Post‐Disaster’ Landscapes in a New India
ABSTRACT In this age of ‘disaster capitalism’, catastrophes are neither ‘natural’ nor ‘external’. They are political events mediating and vitally shaping the unequal and exploitative use of environmental resources. India's ‘post‐disaster’ landscapes at the turn of the new millennium powerfully demonstrate how visions of the new‐normal can be imposed in
Vasudha Chhotray, David Singh
wiley +1 more source
Why dialogue? Christian engagement in interfaith relations [PDF]
For nearly 2000 years the primary stance of Christianity and Christians towards other faiths and their peoples was to treat them as radically ‘other’ and the targets of evangelical mission. During the 20th century a sequence of dramatic changes occurred,
Pratt, Douglas
core +1 more source
Book Review: \u3cem\u3eHindu Christian Faqir: Modern Monks, Global Christianity, and Indian Sainthood\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
Book Review of Hindu Christian Faqir: Modern Monks, Global Christianity, and Indian Sainthood. Timothy S. Dobe.
Corigliano, Stephanie
core +2 more sources
ABSTRACT The aim of this research was to understand racial influences on the practices of organizing spaces of sociability by Black Brazilian women. We discuss practice‐based studies (PBS) and racial studies, based on Black feminist, emphasizing race as the basis of organizational practices, especially in organizational spaces in which sociability is a
Josiane Silva de Oliveira +1 more
wiley +1 more source
Model Relasi Islam Dan Negara Di Indonesia
This article discusses how the relationship between Indonesia and the Islamic community in Indonesia is represented by Islamic affiliated organizations in early independence until the reformation period in 1998.
Dadang Darmawan
doaj +1 more source

