Tjieng Tjang Tjerries and other stories by Jolyn Phillips by Naledi Msimang

“…The stories in turn cover issues concerning domestic violence, drug abuse, poverty, mental health issues and religion, amongst others. While these are commonplace in many South African communities like Gansbaai, Phillips’ stories also, perhaps importantly, focus on interactions between families and amongst the community members, social attitudes towards each other, family secrets, taboos, colorism, death, town life/the geography of the town (the sea) that are peculiar to the town and to coloured people. …”
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Del pueblo elegido y el maná escondido. La minera en San Juan (Argentina) by Mirta Alejandra Antonelli

“…Este artículo aborda el desastre ambiental provocado en la mina Veladero, que explota la canadiense Barrick Gold, como implosión del núcleo duro del modelo de la megaminería metalífera en Argentina, que ha tenido como «religión y culto» a la cordillerana provincia de San Juan. …”
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SEXO Y CULTURA: DISPUTANDO EL SIGNIFICADO DEL MATRIMONIO Y LA FAMILIA by Elizabeth Maier, Guillermo Alonso Meneses

“…El análisis es un primer intento por identificar elementos conceptuales y contextuales que faciliten el entendimiento de las diferencias discursivas, situándolas en la constitución y movilización de los actores colectivos dentro del marco mayor de la tensión contemporánea entre visiones societales cosmopolitas y parroquiales, que últimamente remite a la relación entre Estado y religión.…”
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Sacredness of the Landscape of Vokė River in the Geography of Tatar Life Stories by Lina Leparskienė

“…The sacredness in the article is seen not only as a domain of religion, but also as a behaviour, a way of thinking about oneself, others and the surrounding environment. …”
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JUSTICE OF GOD IN KANT'S PHILOSOPHY: FOR A HUMAN BEING AND A STATE by Nerija Putinaitė

“… The paper is an inquiry into the concept of retributive justice in Kant's "Religion within the Bounds of Reason Alone" (1795). …”
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Reproductive health equity: demystifying unmet need for family planning among young women in Uttar Pradesh by Punit Mishra

“…Oaxaca decomposition results show that difference in rural and urban adolescent unmet need is explained by factors like wealth, religion and intra-state regions. Conclusion The results call for the need to implement culturally appropriate reproductive and sexual health literacy programs to increase uniform access to modern contraception and to raise women’s autonomy in the state of Uttar Pradesh.…”
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An investigation of the concept Religious Communication by Ansie Slabbert

“…In this study the construct, religious communication, is demarcated and defined by using a comparison between two forms of religion: Protestantism as found in the three Sisters Churches in South Africa and the New Age movement. …”
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Trajectoire mémorielle entre continuités et ruptures : l'exemple de la communauté grecque à Marseille au XIXe siècle by Michel Calapodis

“…On the one hand the archontal Generation (1825-1875) incorporated the long-term representations of the group (socio-historically determined legacies such as religion, language, kinship, and self-administration policy) into its main identification frame, the Community, on the other hand and at the same time, this Generation elaborated its own social model through a selective acquisition of local French values and representations. …”
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Trayectorias sociales y legitimidades político-religiosas en el Senado argentino a comienzos del siglo XXI by Gabriel Levita

“…De esta forma, aporta al conocimiento de los múltiples y complejos vínculos entre religión y política en las elites políticas de la Argentina actual.…”
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The Case of Hagia Sophia's Opening to Worship As an Example of Political “Anamnesis” by Deniz Ülke Arıbogan

“…It has been a monumental place that has important symbolic meanings for different religions and empires throughout history and has caused victories, sadness, joys, losses and collective traumas. …”
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Elemente de identitate românească în opera lui Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu by Gabriela Iliuţă

“…Les éléments de la spiritualité roumaine traversent le monde romanesque de Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu: le terroir, la religion orthodoxe, la liberté, les Tracs, les haïdouks, les montagnards, le château, l’oppresseur, le bidonville etc. …”
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Adolescencja współczesnej kultury zachodniej –kryzys tożsamościowy i sekularyzacja by Marcin Kłosowski

“…The article also contains some recent researches analysis from psychology of religion and spirituality perspective related to secularization process in contemporary times. …”
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Barriers to health equity in the United States of America: can they be overcome? by Allen M. Chen

“…In 1948, the inaugural Constitution of the newly founded World Health Organization clearly stated that “the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.” …”
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"The Horse on which Words Ride": Proverbial Narrative in Toyin Falola's A Mouth Sweeter than Salt by Felicia Ohwovoriole

“…Through the use of proverbial narration, Fa­Iola presents a tale replete with magic, religion, divination, spirituality and various folklore elements. …”
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Feminismo, fundamentalismo islámico y la política de la contrainsurgencia by Saba Mahmood, Charles Hirschkind

“…Saba Mahmood y Charles Hirschkind, de la Universidad de California en Berkeley, cuestionan los supuestos que guiaron la campaña de la Mayoría Feminista y exploran un prejuicio en contra de la religión y la tradición que nubla la visión occidental sobre el mundo islámico. …”
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Bypassing Islamism and Feminism: Women’s Resistance and Rebellion in Post-revolutionary Iran by Fatemeh Sadeghi

“…Such a notion challenges attitudes which relegate gender discrimination and social solutions to the purview of religion or secularism.…”
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The Character of the Neolithic ‘Imagery’ in the Upper Euphrates Valley and Konya Plain and Its Role in Discerning Changes in Religiosity by Weronika Stosik

“…These studies have been inspired by a series of innovative research concepts emerging from the fields of history and sociology of religion, coupled with the application of modern methods from the realm of digital humanities. …”
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REVISITING THE CONCEPT OF THE JAVANESE ISLAM: GENEALOGY, ACADEMIC REPRESENTATION, AND CULTURAL STRATEGY by Achmad Tohe

“…They were especially concerned about the universality of religion, the evolution of civilization, the hierarchy of religions, and the purity of religious doctrine. …”
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On the Way to a Secularized Theology: Why Today’s Disapproval of an Atemporal God Is Gaining Momentum? by Vladimir K. Shokhin

“…The ongoing secularization of religion, which is associated with the development of a “post-secular society,” also manifests itself in a major controversy in analytic theology, which not so long ago remained a stronghold of religious traditionalism. …”
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Examination of the effects of globalization over physical education and sports academies (sample of Ankara) by İmran Akdagcık, Suat Karakucuk

“…In other words, strong capital dominated policy and modernizing technology, religion, andnational identity, tradition, protection of cultural and linguistic differences on the resistance created. …”
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