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Ambiguous Boundaries of Religious Belief, Behavior, and Belonging in Japan: A Descriptive Analysis of Plural and Cultural Religiosity

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research note analyzes the ambiguous boundaries of religious identity, belief, and ritual behavior in Japan, drawing on data from a nationally representative postal survey conducted in 2024 (N = 3947). The findings reveal widespread participation in Buddhist and Shinto rituals even among individuals who identify as nonreligious or atheist,
Koki Shimizu, Yoshihide Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Reduced risk for metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance associated with ovo-lacto-vegetarian behavior in female Buddhists: a case-control study.

PLoS ONE, 2013
IntroductionThe association of vegetarian status with the risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is not clear. In Asia, Buddhists often have vegetarian behavior for religious rather than for health reasons.
Jui-Kun Chiang, Ying-Lung Lin, Chi-Ling Chen, Chung-Mei Ouyang, Ying-Tai Wu, Yu-Chiao Chi, Kuo-Chin Huang, Wei-Shiung Yang   +7 more
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Preliminary Practices: Bloody Knees, Calloused Palms, and the Transformative Nature of Women’s Labor

Religions, 2020
In this article, I explore the prostration accumulation portion of the Preliminary Practices of a specific group of Tibetan Buddhist women in Bongwa Mayma, a rural area of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province.
Kati Fitzgerald
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The life of Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche [PDF]

, 1999
Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche was presumably born in 1865 and died in 1951 and was one of the most famous female religious masters in traditional Tibet. Among her various religious roles were those of pilgrim, professional singer of manis (mani pa), healer, a ...
Havnevik, Hanna
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The Protestant Menace: Catholic Missionary Anti‐Protestantism during and after the First World War (1918–1922)*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Sante Lesti
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom

Teaching Theology &Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Religion on the Social Status of Women in India: Historical and Legal Overview

Law and Safety
The article is devoted to a retrospective study of the impact of religion on the social status of women in India. In particular, it is shown that throughout the long history of Indian civilisation, religion has shaped and changed the idea of women, their
I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko
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Beyond WEIRD societies: Global social identifications across 45 countries and their socio‐cultural and economic predictors

Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract In an increasingly globalized world challenged by multiple social problems, global social identifications (GSIs, e.g., with all humanity) are concepts of growing interest. Although such identifications can be affected by the cultural contexts in which they are manifested, research on them remains largely confined to Western, Educated ...
Katarzyna Hamer, Marta Penczek, Karolina Marcinkowska, Bartek Nowak, Katarzyna Branowska, David Sparkman, Laura S. Loy, Maria Baran, Ayu Okvitawanli, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Justin D. Hackett, Paul Bertin, Margarida Carmona, Rita Guerra, Anna Wlodarczyk, Grace Akello, Flavia Albarello, Mujeeba Ashraf, Maja Bednarowicz, Liang Beixiang, Nora Benningstad, Kinga Bierwiaczonek, Elirea Bornman, Janine Bosak, Ernest Darkwah, Sylvain Delouvée, Stephanie J. Eder, Violeta Enea, Augustin Espinosa, Edgardo Etchezahar, Laura J. Ferris, Alla A. Gudzovskaya, Keltouma Guerch, Joep Hofhuis, Matthew J. Hornsey, David Igbokwe, Manuel L. Ibarra, Shanmukh V. Kamble, Krzysztof Kaniasty, Gabriella J. Kengyel, Hamid Khanipour, Paul Labor, Aline Venceslau Vieira Lima, Oleksandra Loshenko, Karolina Mazurowska, Keren K. Mintz, Lucas Monzani, Satoshi Moriizumi, Andrew B. Moynihan, Mohammed Mubarique, Radó P. Nagy, Kenzo Nera, Boglárka Nyúl, James Osinde, Emrah Özsoy, Jorge Palacio, Ondrey Pešout, Anna‐Maija Pirttilä‐Backman, Vivien Pong, Erico Rentería, Dayana Restrepo, Adil Samekin, Hilah Segal‐Klein, Heyla A. Selim, Denis Sindic, Alexa Spence, Sabrina Stöckli, Kim‐Pong Tam, Joaquín Ungaretti, Beata Urbańska, Angela Wang, Illia Yahiiaiev, Yelena Yemelyanova   +72 more
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Leadership and Sustainability in a Globalized World: Emerging Trends, Global Contexts, Key Challenges, and Effective Strategies

Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 5081-5107, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This systematic review analyzes 109 studies from top business journals, exploring the connection between leadership and sustainability, including key leadership styles, emerging trends, and challenges in integrating sustainability into organizational strategies and operations.
Muzhar Javed, Bilal. Bilal, Nacef Mouri, Muhammad Faisal   +3 more
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The Discrimination of Women in Buddhism: An Ethical Analysis

OALib, 2017
Position of women in Buddhism has been debated for a long time. In my article, I will try to figure out the real situation of women in Buddhism. I will discuss something about sexism in Buddhist religion. There seem to be many difficulties that women following Buddhism are facing. I will highlight some of them in my article.
Archana Paudel, Qun Dong
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