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Is Religion an Evolutionary Adaptation? [PDF]

Religious people talk about things that cannot be seen, stories that cannot be verified, and beings and forces beyond the ordinary. Perhaps their gods are truly at work, or perhaps in human nature there is an impulse to proclaim religious knowledge.
James Dow
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Death and life after death: Children’s concepts and their place in religious education [PDF]

, 2007
The thesis addresses the issue of what are primary school age children's concepts of death and life after death and explores their place in the teaching of Religious Education in the UK.A synopsis of the doctrines and death rite practices of the six ...
Jepson, Rachel M. E., Jepson, Rachel M E
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Paul Feyerabend’s Epistemological Anarchism and Its Relevance to the Methodology of Religious Studies

Islamic Thought Review
The dominance of rigid textual and monolithic methodological approaches in religious studies has increasingly limited the scope of critical and contextual inquiry.
Alfiyan Chasanul Muna, Muhammad Rikza Muqtada   +1 more
doaj  

To What Extent Do Australian Government Metrics Align With Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Conceptualisations of Wellbeing? A Scoping Review of Wellbeing Frameworks

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Indigenous wellbeing theories offer potential to better measure social and cultural determinants. This scoping review aimed to identify the types of metrics used by the Australian government to assess wellbeing and evaluate the alignment of current frameworks against Indigenous and non‐Indigenous conceptualisations of wellbeing.
Sophie Wright‐Pedersen, Edward J. O'Connor, Megan Rebuli, Tiana Thorne, Naomi Kakoschke, Ray Mahoney   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religious competition, Creole identities, and economic development : foundations of competitive diversity in early Victorian Cape Town

, 2010
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-276).What kind of economic development trajectory can be expected in cosmopolitan cities that display a high degree of cultural, religious, ethnic and social diversity?
Jechoutek, Karl G
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The study of religion as passionate engagement: The visionary sensibility of talal asad

Journal for the Study of Religion
As interpreted by this essay, Asad locates the key features of the secular perspective as residing in representation, quantification and the autonomy of the individual.
Auwais Rafudeen
doaj  

Biofilm Exoproteins From Staphylococcus Species Impede Re‐Epithelialization of Nasal Epithelial Cells During Wound Healing and Cease Ciliary Beat Frequency

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is an inflammatory disease with many different contributing factors, including bacterial infection. CRS patients are typically managed with medical therapies; however, these treatments frequently fail, leaving surgery as the only viable option.
Sintayehu Ambachew, Mahnaz Ramezanpour, Clare M. Cooksley, Emma F. Barry, Lindsay Durr, Kevin Aaron Fenix, P. J. Wormald, Alkis J. Psaltis, Sarah Vreugde   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A linguistic study of Islamic religious discourse: conceptual metaphors in the prophetic tradition

, 2011
PhDThis study examines the emergence of metaphorical language in the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and tradition. It principally argues that the selection of metaphors in the Prophetic discourse is chiefly governed by the rhetorical aim of persuasion ...
El-Sharif, Ahmad
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IDA PEDANDA KANIA: THE DOMINATION OF WOMEN IN HINDU RELIGIOUS RITUALS IN BALI

E-Journal of Cultural Studies
The dominance of power does not solely belong to men.  The Balinese Hindu community is familiar with the participation of women in various fields of life, especially in matters of religious rituals.
Ida Ayu Putu Citta Mandala Keniten, I Wayan Suardiana, Nanang Sutrisno   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Communication Actions of Muslim Employees in Indonesian Catholic Institutions: A Study of Message Meaning in Organizational Culture

Society
The study focuses on communication actions and organizational culture that prioritize the meaning of organizational members whose values differ from those of their organization.
Yuli Nugraheni, Henri Subiakto, Santi Isnaini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source