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Genetics of infertility and “assisted fertilization” in the Bible: The case of Abraham and his family

open access: yesAndrology, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 641-650, March 2026.
Abstract Couple infertility is a very ancient medical condition. One of the first descriptions of familial infertility/subfertility is contained in the first book of the Bible, Genesis, written in the 10th century BC and reporting tales from the oral tradition even occurred about 800 years earlier.
Manuela Simoni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spiritual and religious information experiences: An Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) paper

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 40-61, January 2026.
Abstract This chapter examines the contours of the religious and spiritual information experiences subfield through a review and content analysis of selected contributions from the past two decades in both information science and related fields. The research question that guides this review is: How have spirituality and religion been conceptualized in ...
Nadia Caidi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Baccalaureate Services and Pluralism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The renewal of baccalaureate services in colleges and universities across the country has been met with increasingly diverse student populations. The manners in which schools approach this growing plurality of religious faiths are as diverse as the ...
Aaron White
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Was the Inca Economy Based on “Protomoney”? Or, Why Accounting Systems Should Not Be Conflated With Concepts of Exchange Value

open access: yesEconomic Anthropology, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT The khipu knotted string records in the ancient Andes were accounting systems, but they did not indicate any concepts of commensurability or exchange value. They were not incipient money; instead, monetized commerce appears to have predated the economic organization of the Inca society. The article begins by tracing the emergence of coinage in
Alf Hornborg
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: \u3ci\u3eHindu-Christian Epistolary Self-Disclosures: ‘Malabarian Correspondence’ between German Pietist Missionaries and South Indian Hindus (1712-1714).\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Book review of, Hindu-Christian Epistolary Self-Disclosures: ‘Malabarian Correspondence’ between German Pietist Missionaries and South Indian Hindus (1712-1714).
Ponniah, James
core   +2 more sources

A Comparative Study of the principle of Penal and Criminal Laws in Islam and Judaism [PDF]

open access: yesComparative Theology, 2013
In the field of religious studies, study of previous religions and orders is important, because divine religions have a one truth and essence; Judaism, Christianity and Islam are relative religions and have a common history.
Mohammad Reza Haji Esmaili   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Death, dying and informatics: misrepresenting religion on MedLine

open access: yesBMC Medical Ethics, 2005
Background The globalization of medical science carries for doctors worldwide a correlative duty to deepen their understanding of patients' cultural contexts and religious backgrounds, in order to satisfy each as a unique individual.
Fins Joseph J, Rodríguez del Pozo Pablo
doaj   +1 more source

Ancient and (Post)modern eschatological notions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Before discussing different eschatological notions, the author indicates that it is possible to argue both cyclical and linear conception of time. Cyclical conception of time is typical of mythic understanding of the world, Far Eastern religions and ...
Kindjic, Z.
core   +2 more sources

Intraducibilidad de los conceptos sagrados: una noción compleja en el contexto de los derechos de la mujer

open access: yesAltralang Journal
: The translation of religious concepts, especially those related to women and their rights, presents a particular complexity in the context of the three monotheistic religions: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism.
Karima AIT MEZIANE
doaj   +1 more source

Civilizational Convergence: An Analysis of Sacrifice and Jihad in the Teachings of Buddha and Their Qur’anic Critique (Strategies, Principles, Objectives, and Characteristics) [PDF]

open access: yesقرآن فرهنگ و تمدن
Self-sacrifice on the battlefield is one of the life-giving themes emphasized in many human schools of thought. Examining this concept in living non-monotheistic traditions such as Buddhism-which still has a considerable number of followers-shows that a ...
Hojjatollah Mehrabi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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