Applying Durkheim to Elvis by Mark Duffett

“…In this article I argue that although Elvis fans are not substituting him for a deity, we can use one mechanism from Emile Durkheim’s theory of totemic religion to understand the human chemistry of his phenomenon. …”
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Paganism in Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Jude the Obscure: The Possibility of Faith and Ethics in a Darwinian World by Marie Panter

“…Through the pagan theme, his late works show that man may replace God by nature, and that religion, though needing to be deeply renewed, remains necessary for humanity to be able to found an ethical society. …”
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Mercy, love and salvatioin in orthodox spirituality by N. Dumitrascu

“…For the Christians, mercy is not limited to members of one’s own community, but includes others, regardless of race, social class or even religion. It is a form of love which is not wasted in temporary and sentimental effusions, but actualised in concrete deeds, with the ultimate example supplied by Christ. …”
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South Africa: the arduous task of facing our religious past by E. Oliver

“…With Christians totalling more than 80% of the population and the Church recognised as the strongest non-government organization, one apparent exception to these differences is religion. However, incapacitated by their past, Afrikaners were unable to respond positively during the critical stages of transformation and find themselves marginalized, at the edge of the ‘rainbow nation’. …”
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Re-interpretation as transformation. Perspectives and challenges for Old Testament interpretation by D.J. Human

“… This contribution explains that the re-interpretation of theological motifs or ideas leads to transforming theology and religion.  This phenomenon takes place within the corpus and boundaries of the Old Testament. …”
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Construcción de una identidad latinoamericana en el exilio a través de la práctica religiosa: la comunidad de Riches Claires, en Bruselas, Bélgica by William Elvis Plata, Andrea Rodríguez Arévalo

“…A través de la historia de la comunidad católica hispanoparlante de Riches Claires, en Bruselas, Bélgica, el artículo explora las relaciones entre religión y migración, planteando las hipótesis de que, gracias a su presencia internacional, el catolicismo se ha convertido en instrumento y medio para la protección y la integración del migrante al nuevo contexto, la conformación de redes trasnacionales y la conformación de una identidad “latinoamericana” en el exilio, reuniendo e integrando en un nuevo contexto prácticas religiosas y tradiciones culturales de distintos orígenes.…”
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EMPIRE, TRINITY, AND IRONY: RHETORIC AND THE BOOK OF REVELATION by Rian Venter

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The "turn" to spirituality by C. Kourie

“…Post-patriarchal and telluric, contemporary spirituality affects all areas of society, including the business world, education, health care, the arts, ecology, politics, religion and particularly the academy, where new programmes in spirituality are attracting a large number of students. …”
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The Art of Goodbye: Exploring Health Concerns by Lynda Spence

“…The condition and culture of the patient and family, religion, spirituality, education, occupation, social class, friends, and personal preferences can affect end-of-life care. …”
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A lesson in love: Farid al-Din Attar’s story of Sheikh San’an and the Christian girl by R. de Groot

“…Only with the help of outrageous means of humiliation, inflicted upon him by a girl of another faith, including the rejection of his own religion as he knows it, is he able to bring his path to perfection. …”
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Asenet se drievoudige transformasie. Vergelykende momente in die apokriewe verhaal "Josef en Asenet" en die Pauliniese corpus by J. A. du Rand

“… Among theologians the apocryphal story of “Joseph and Aseneth” has in the majority of cases been interpreted as a narrative of transformation of Aseneth from a pagan to the Jewish religion of the God of Joseph. This one sided interpretation has dealt with the religious and cultural transformation but not with the gender transformation as such, namely the transformation of the woman from pagan reclusion, becoming a queen in her own right. …”
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L’éducation spirituelle ou l’autre de la pédagogie ? by Philippe Filliot

“…Research developments, in a multi-referential way, concern four ways, considered from a pedagogic point of view: yoga, Chinese wisdoms, zen Buddhism, and Christian religion. Our hypothesis is that there is, in this spiritualities which are in the same time dissimilar and coherent, a specific philosophy of education -even though there is no such philosophy yet – that remains to be updated. …”
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Introduction to the Festschrift for Prof. D.F. (Francois) Tolmie by L. Sutton, N.E. Müller van Velden

“…In the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of the Free State, Prof. …”
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Mission among the Jews by A. van de Beek

“…Although both Jews and Christians reject the idea and (more so) mission among the Jews, the author strongly argues for its need, for mission is not the expansion of ideas or cultures, but the telling of the good news of Christ’s death and resurrection. Religion is not based on a doctrine but on an event that must be communicated to all and, first, to the people of God. …”
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Surviving in Overijssel. An Analysis of Life Expectancy, 1812–1912. by Sander Wennemers, Hilde Bras

“…The article shows that birth cohort, urbanisation, and gender had an important relation with life expectancy in 19th-century Overijssel, while industrialisation, religion, and inheritance customs were not associated with age at death.…”
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Beyond the rainbow: Attitudes of Brazilian consumers regarding homoaffective advertisements by Estela Maria Hoffmann, Maria José Barbosa de Souza, Melanie Morrison, Todd Morrison

“…When analyzing religiosity and homonegativity by gender in attitudes towards the advertisement, brand, and purchase intention, it is observed that, for men, religion does not interfere in the attitude towards the brand and in the purchase intention. …”
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Interacciones docente-estudiantes y maltrato infantil: análisis microgenético desde la perspectiva sociocultural/ Teacher-Student Interactions and Child Abuse: Microgenetic Analysi... by María Natalia Rodríguez, Julian David Torres, Mónica Roncancio

“…Los resultados indican que las significaciones del maltrato infantil, que emergen en la práctica educativa de la educadora, están permeadas por un sistema cultural más amplio, a saber, la religión católica, y que a través de lo religioso se comunica con sus estudiantes para alinear sus objetivos a los de ellos. …”
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Christian vs liberal conceptions of human rights by Piotr Mazurkiewicz

“…The liberal concept of neutrality and the privatization of religion reopen the question of the axiological foundations of the state. …”
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Pattern and Predictors of Maternal Healthcare Services Utilization among Women of Reproductive Age in Lagos, Nigeria by Esther Oluwakemi Oluwole, Alero Ann Roberts, Ifeoma Peace Okafor, Victoria Oluwasola Yesufu

“…Similarly, Christian religion (AOR: 2.326; CI: 1.426–3.796), self-employment status of spouses (AOR: 3.111; CI: 1.633–5.929), and having health insurance (AOR: 5.327; CI: 1.229–23.080) were predictors for use of healthcare facilities for childbirth. …”
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José Olallo Valdés: a Cuban male nurse to be remembered by Onassys Barreiro Alberdi, Yanet Blanco Fleites

“…He was a missionary who devoted his life to relief other people´s pain, no matter their religion, race, or social status, with no material profits for himself. …”
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