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Multidimensionality of Spirituality: A Qualitative Study among Secular Individuals
Religions, 2019 This study examines the multidimensionality of spirituality by comparing the applicability of two models—the five-dimensional model of religiosity by Huber that we have extended with a sixth dimension of ethics and the three-dimensional ...
Sarah Demmrich, Stefan Huber
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Religion as a communicative element in the stratification system of society
Українське Pелігієзнавство, 2017 Investigating religion as a social phenomenon (a social institution), sociology of religion goes to its communication function, revealing the communicative nature of each of its elements.
Vitaliy Docush
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How to Measure Baha’i Religiosity: The CRSi-20 for Baha’is as a First Reliable and Valid Measurement
Religions, 2020 The concepts and measurements in psychology of religion often adhere to its Judeo-Christian roots, which causes problems when measuring non-Christian religiosity. In this paper, two successive studies are presented.
Sarah Demmrich
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Identity among Turkish Shi’is: An Ethnographic Study
Religions, 2023 This article examines the cultural identity of Turkish Shi’is in a border province in East Turkey and how their ethnic and religious identities are positioned within the political and cultural context of Turkey.
Mehmet Ali Sevgi
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This manuscript centers on the experiences of caretakers of minors in Honduran transnational families (TNFs) in which one or both parents emigrated, and of the schoolteachers, professional psychologists, and spiritual leaders working with these families.
Marco Gemignani +2 more
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Religious Healing in the Modern World: Faith, Culture, and Social Dynamics
ReligionsPhysical and mental health are fundamental human needs, yet modern medicine cannot always preserve them. At this point, alternative and complementary medical approaches sometimes offer significant contributions.
Figen Balamir, Selman Yılmaz
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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The Methodology of Ali Shari’ati: A Comparison with Durkheim’s and Weber’s Sociology of Religion
IIUM JOURNAL OF HUMAN SCIENCES, 2019 Ali Shari’ati was an ideologue par excellence, who through his writings and fiery speeches was able to attract the young intelligentsia of Iran and prepare them for the cataclysmic movement that took place in 1979.
Y. Ahmed, Z. H. Subhani
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Public Understanding of Science, 2020 Within science and technology studies, there is an established tradition of examining publics’ knowledge of, trust in, access to and engagement with science, but less attention has been paid to whether and why publics identify with science. While this is
Stephen H. Jones +3 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
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