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Introduction : mapping the sociology of religion
, 2010 In the modern world, religion, contrary to the conventional understanding of modernization as secularization, continues to play a major role in politics, society and culture. Indeed that role appears if anything to be increasing rather than decreasing
Turner, Bryan S. (R14744)
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Societal gender role norms play a crucial role in shaping men's and women's career aspirations. However, prior research documenting this key role of gendered norms has primarily focused on heterosexual women and men in the global North‐West. Previous studies documenting differences in career interests by sexual orientation suggest that gender ...
Katharina Block +136 more
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On things seen and unseen: enlarging the vision in sociology of religion [PDF]
, 2017 Our earliest sociological forebears gave us big ideas to think with and often turned their foundational questions to the analysis of religion. Durkheim (1964) asked how the energy of a gathered community became condensed into symbols that endure and bind
Ammerman, Nancy T.
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, 2011 This paper re-assesses a comparative sociology of kinship and friendship in East Africa with a particular focus on the Boorana Oromo of Kenya. It argues that the study of kinship dominated the developments of a comparative sociology during colonial times
Aguilar, Mario I, Mario I. Aguilar
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor +3 more
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Metaphorical Approaches to Postmodernity
Trakya University Journal of Social SciencesSociologists, seeking to understand and explain the social reality in which they live and the changes occurring within it, have approached the subject through various conceptualizations and typologies, thereby making significant contributions to the ...
Ömer Faruk Darende, Mehmet Ali Kirman
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Aftasten/Tantear: A sensorial, coalitional wayfinding among Muslim runners
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Muslim recreational runners in Muslim‐minority settings that take up running as their preferred form of leisure indicate that they feel they have to navigate a sense of exclusion when running outdoors. This article explores the process of exploration and sensing in public, represented by the Dutch verb aftasten, to investigate the way Muslim ...
Jasmijn Rana
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The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The unquenched thirst for emigration in Nigeria‐ and the increasing cost of migrating to the West‐has been established in the literature. Professionals, such as healthcare workers (HCWs), are poorly paid in Nigeria, making many seek better employment abroad.
Tunde A. Alabi +3 more
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, 2012 An introduction to contemporary sociology of religion, with a discussion of the post-secular ...
Sigurdson, Ola,
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Developing a Typology of Korean Women Leaders' Resistance to Their Token Status in the Workplace
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite remarkable economic development in South Korea (Korea), there are only a few women leaders, and they face challenges in the gendered workplace where organizational constraints and traditional values coexist. In a reanalysis of narratives of Korean women leaders (KWLs), using an ideal‐type analysis as a novel qualitative research method,
Yonjoo Cho +4 more
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