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What is Religious Naturalism? A Preliminary Report of an Ongoing Conversation
Zygon, 2000 Religious naturalism is an emerging construct that relies greatly on science and yet affirms attitudes and practices that are distinctly religious in nature. This article explores the meaning of the term as it is used by various proponents, contrasts it
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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Naturalism and Christian Philosophy: Identifying Some Common Ground
Studia Philosophiae ChristianaeThe prospects for finding common ground between naturalists and Christian philosophers seems to be bleak. The typical naturalist is an anti-supernaturalist, the Christian philosopher would appear to be a supernaturalist par excellence, and we are told ...
Fiona Ellis
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From Loss to Transformation? Towards Pluralistic and Politicised Agrarian‐Climate Futures
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how actors perceive and anticipate future states of the world is gaining traction in climate change governance scholarship and related calls for sustainability transformations. However, smallholder farmers, indigenous groups, and local communities, who are expected to bear disproportionate burdens of loss and damage from climate ...
Joel Persson +4 more
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Naturalism Need Not Be “Made Safe”: A Response to William Rottschaefer's Misunderstandings
Zygon, 2001 In this article, I respond to William Rottschaefer's analysis of my writings on religion and science, especially my Religion, Science and Naturalism (1996).
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A Mall Intercept Survey on Religion and Worldview in the Cape Flats of Cape Town, South Africa [PDF]
Journal for the Study of ReligionThis study analyzes worldviews and religious beliefs and practices in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, South Africa, using a mall intercept survey of n=513 visitors to five shopping centers.
Thomas J. Farrar +4 more
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing upon a deprivationist account of the badness of death, Ingemar Patrick Linden advocates for a hypothetical state called “contingent immortality.” The future Linden champions is one in which every person would be able to live for as long as they would like, save for events like accidents or murder.
Andrew Moeller +2 more
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“THEISTIC PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY”: A THEOLOGICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CRITIQUE
Zygon, 2010 I take the APA publication A Spiritual Strategy for Counseling and Psychotherapy (Richards and Bergin 2005), along with a devoted issue of Journal of Psychology and Theology (Nelson and Slife 2006), as a paradigmatic example of a trend.
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Out of the dark – Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime
British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences.
Corinna Perchtold‐Stefan +5 more
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The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
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