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Practical theology: A new sensibility for theological education

, 1998
Practical theology is emerging as a key theme in recent literature concerned with the future of theological education. This essay explores this new orientation as a vital attempt to bring theological education into serious engagement with the socio ...
Veling, Terence
core  

The Cross and Conflict: How Do Christians Impact Protest Dynamics?

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between Christian actors, practices, and sacred sites in US protests and demonstrations, focusing on how political ideology shapes conflict outcomes. Using event‐level data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the analysis explores 63,000 protest events from 2020 to 2024 ...
Joel Day
wiley   +1 more source

Digital religion and hybrid religious authority in algorithmically mediated environments. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Akhmetova A, Rakhimova G, Onngar Y, Issakhan M, Baitenova N.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Religio‐Racial Lines, Intimate Ties: Christian–Muslim Couples, Birth Rituals, and the Bounds of Belonging

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Building on scholarship that conceptualizes race and religion as co‐constitutive forces within a “race‐religion constellation,” this article explores how this entanglement—profoundly infused and structured by secularity—is lived and negotiated in everyday life.
Deniz Aktaş
wiley   +1 more source

Authority, trust, and healthcare communication in a religious minority: the case of the Haredi community in Israel during COVID-19. [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Zalcberg S, Chen Y, Zalcberg-Block S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Code and Creed: The Construction of AI‐Islamic Discourse in Singapore's Media Landscape

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how Singapore's mainstream media shapes public understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) in Islamic contexts through analysis of newspaper coverage from 1989 to 2024. Drawing on computational analysis of over 620,000 articles from The Straits Times and The Business Times, we develop the concept of “double mediation” to ...
Reza Shaker
wiley   +1 more source

Disability, spirituality and belonging in Africa: An intersectional and decolonial perspective. [PDF]

Afr J Disabil
Ohajunwa C, Ebrahim A, Mayat N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Religious Pluralism and Social Networks: How Exposure to Religious Pluralism Through Social Ties Influences Baptism Decisions

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A longstanding debate in the sociology of religion has focused on how religious pluralism affects religious participation. Existing research shows mixed findings, often relying on macro‐level measures that overlook how individuals are actually exposed to religious pluralism in their lives. This study shifts focus to the meso‐level by examining
Elis Carlberg Larsson
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating faith in a hospital bed: A qualitative exploration of barriers to prayer (<i>Solah</i>) among hospitalised Muslim orthopaedic patients in Malaysia. [PDF]

Belitung Nurs J
Sharifudin MA, Yusop YM, Taib MNA, Omar MF, Ibrahim AH, Yunus AM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Community as Catalyst for Change: Factors Contributing to US Catholic Sisters Engaging in Environmental Activism

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Much of the activism on environmental issues within the US Catholic Church is not coming from those with institutional power (like bishops and diocesan priests), but rather from sisters, who have no formal power. What factors facilitate sisters’ environmental activism?
Sabrina Danielsen, Ellie Simmons
wiley   +1 more source