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Problematic Issues of Institutional Development of Islamic Associations in Contemporary Ukraine

, 2020
The article analyzes the revival of the Islamic religion which began in Ukraine in the 1990s. The authors point to the problematic issues of the institutional establishment of Islamic associations in contemporary Ukraine.
Ismahilov, Serhii, Sagan, Galyna
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Kyiv in the Global Biblical World: Reflections of KTA Professors From the Second Half of the 19th and Early 20th Centuries [PDF]

, 2018
The focus of this article is the global and European experience of the reception, assimilation, and social application of the Bible, reproduced in the works of a number of prominent Kyiv Theological Academy (KTA) representatives from the second half of ...
Golovashchenko, Sergiy
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Phantasmic Encounters in the Arctic: Haunting Materialities Beyond the Ghosts of War

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the vast north, ghostly experiences are common for locals and outsiders alike. Here, we explore how cultural‐natural attributes, like remoteness and extreme seasonal variation, compound experiences of the haunting in visceral ways. This provides the Arctic region with an unusually pronounced baseline of other‐than‐human agency, which in the
Aki Hakonen, Oula Seitsonen
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The (Un)desirability of Immortality [PDF]

, 2020
While most people believe the best possible life they could lead would be an immortal one, so‐called “immortality curmudgeons” disagree. Following Bernard Williams, they argue that, at best, we have no prudential reason to live an immortal life, and at ...
Pereira, Felipe, Timmerman, Travis
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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How religion mediates the fertility response to maternity benefits

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference‐in‐differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who did and did not grow up in religious households ...
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
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METHODOLOGICAL FEATURES OF RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY

Bulletin of the Moscow State Regional University (Philosophy), 2020
Mikoshiba Michio, Yana V. Bondareva
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Beyond Negated Identity: Mediating the World History Classroom through Adorno's Negative Dialectics

Educational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article centers on Adorno's negative dialectics to account for experiences of alienation and marginalization within the world history classroom. It begins with the problem of how marginalization occurs in high school world history classrooms with predominantly Black and Latinx students.
Tadashi Dozono
wiley   +1 more source

Foundation governance for the purposeful ownership of enterprise

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Foundation‐owned companies are regarded as real‐world examples of commitment to a company purpose, and several world‐class companies have this ownership structure. They have been found to perform surprisingly well, given the accountability and incentive problems anticipated by conventional economic theories when nonprofit organizations own ...
Terry McNulty, Steen Thomsen
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The Past Requires Reconciliation

The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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