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Ein ökumenisches Modell der Weiterbildung in Seelsorge: Geschichte und Ergebnisse der Evaluationsforschung der Weiterbildung

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Mental Health, 2012
Presenting a Model of Ecumenical Spiritual Counselling Studies and the Results of an Evaluation Research: The study gives an overview of the specialised postgraduate program in Spiritual Counselling founded and started by the Institute of Mental Health ...
Gábor Török   +6 more
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The Mediating Roles of Political Ideology, Dominion Belief, and Stewardship Belief in the Relationship Between Christianity and Environmentalism: Evaluating Lynn White's Thesis in the Netherlands

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous studies provide mixed empirical support for White's thesis that Christianity has contributed to the ecological crisis. This study aims to add nuance to White's thesis by examining different aspects of Christianity within the secularized context of the Netherlands.
Nienke P. M. Fortuin, Carl Sterkens
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers and challenges of RIS3‐related university engagement: Insights from five European regions

open access: yesRegional Science Policy &Practice, EarlyView., 2022
Abstract Universities have long been considered key players in regional innovation systems and innovation‐driven regional development. In addition, as part of the quadruple helix, they can play a major role in RIS3 design and implementation by acting as civic universities.
Sabrina Tomasi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religion and Black/White Residential Segregation: The Influence of Religious and Regional Context

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on religious tradition and residential segregation focuses on “open” versus “closed” civic orientations, but ignores the structural effects of religious fields as well as other relevant differences, such as Catholic immigrant parishes and the communal role of Black Protestantism in response to racial hostility in large northern cities
David Sikkink, Michael Emerson
wiley   +1 more source

The Reputational Configuration and Dynamics of Christian Churches in Switzerland

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the reputation of Christian churches is configured, and which sociodemographic variables and experiences (personal or mediated) relate to it. It provides in‐depth insights into how the Swiss population evaluates Roman Catholic, Reformed Protestant, and Evangelical churches on the basis of various theories, such as ...
Rebekka Rieser   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The VIA Inventory of Strengths, Positive Youth Development, and Moral Education [PDF]

open access: yes
The VIA Inventory of Strengths and the VIA model were originally developed to assess and study 24 character strengths. In this paper, I discuss how the VIA Inventory and its character strength model can be applied to the field of moral education with ...
Han, Hyemin
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Crowding Out the Market: State Religious Policy and Social Capital Among Religious Adherents

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do governments’ policies toward religion impact the relationship between citizens and civil society? A large body of literature examines the effect of social capital on democratic governance. Studies of State Religious Policy, or SRP, however, have shown complex and potentially contradictory effects on different types of social capital ...
Brendan Szendrő
wiley   +1 more source

How homonegative is the typical Anglican congregation? : applying the Robbins-Murray Religious Homonegative Orientation Scale (RHOS) [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper set out to assess and profile attitudes toward homosexuality within one typical Anglican congregation. The majority of attendees (n=65, 42% men and 58% women) completed the Robbins-Murray Religious Homonegative Orientation Scale (an instrument
Francis, Leslie J.   +3 more
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Neuroscience, Spiritual Formation, and Bodily Souls: A Critique of Christian Physicalism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The link between human nature and human flourishing is undeniable. "A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit" (Matt. 7:18).
Evans, C. Stephen, Rickabaugh, Brandon
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The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling

open access: yesJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
wiley   +1 more source

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