Folk Religion in Discourse and Practice by James Alexander Kapaló

“…‘Folk religion’ is a contested category within the study of religions, with scholars increasingly advocating its abandonment. This paper encourages a new critical engagement with ‘folk religion’ as both a category of analysis and as a field of practice. …”
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Engaged Scholarship and Its Discontents by Tebeje Molla

“…These pitfalls create an environment where scholars may hesitate to engage fully, despite the pressing need for their contributions to public discourse. …”
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Ulama's Role in Addressing Public Health Needs: The Case for or Against Breast Milk Banks? by Misbachussurur, ‪Luqman Rico Khashogi

“…The contrasting views of ash-Shiddieqy and Hubeis illustrate the ongoing debate within the scholarly community about how modern practices intersect with traditional Islamic values. …”
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The Congress of Mongolologists-Philologists In Ulanbaatar (1959) in the Ideological Contexts of the Cold War by Tatiana I. Yusupova

“…Its aim was to promote Mongolian Studies and strengthen contacts between scholars. The forum brought together researchers from a number of countries, including those having been separated by the Cold War Iron Curtain. …”
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TEICHI and the Tools Paradox by Sebastian Pape, Christof Schöch, Lutz Wegner

“…This paper presents a newly developed framework for online publishing of scholarly text editions based on the TEI Guidelines. …”
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Regarding the Issue on Multidisciplinary Forensic Examinations to Establish the Fact of Contact Interaction by K. P. Sylenok, O. Y. Hrosheva

“…We adhere to a different opinion of scholars and believe that a trace reflects both a particular property of a specific contact area and many interconnected properties of all objects in contact, and most important: the mechanism of trace formation. …”
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Bibliometric Mapping of Scientific Production and Conceptual Structure of Cyber Sextortion in Cybersecurity by Fani Moses Radebe, Kennedy Njenga

“…In addition, among other themes, adolescents, mental health, and dating violence are receiving interest among scholars in this field. Additionally, institutions and prolific scholars from countries such as the United States of America, Australia, and the United Kingdom have established research collaborations to improve understanding in this field. …”
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Intervention in the Domestic Affairs: Questioning Definitions by V. I. Bartenev

“…The last decades have seen a proliferation of internationalized internal disputes and a steady growth in scholarly interest in interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign states. …”
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The Promise and Failure of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process in 1990s: A Literature Review by V. M. Morozov, E. O. Shebalina, S. V. Melnikova

“…Initially, the commencement of the Oslo negotiations was met with optimism in the academic community, with scholars highlighting the pivotal role of individual leaders in successfully launching the process. …”
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Rethinking the <i>Unio Mystica</i>: From McGinn to Ibn ʿArabī by Arjun Nair

“…Research into the <i>unio mystica</i> has revealed what seems to be an area of “real discussion” between scholars of different traditions of mysticism, particularly those of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. …”
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«Danger: Security»! Securitization Theory and the Paris School of International Security Studies by O. S. Gaidaev

“…Can there be too much security? The scholars of the Copenhagen School: O. Wæver and B. …”
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The Concept of Ḥiyāl in Marriage: A Preliminary Review by Ahmad Syakir Mohd Nassuruddin, Mohd Zain Mubarak, Zulfaqar Mamat, A’inaa Lyana Amanina Mohd Zaim

“…Data collection for this study draws from multiple sources, including classical Islamic jurisprudence texts, contemporary scholarly works, academic journal articles, theses, scholarly publications, and research reports. …”
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Silencing Mechanisms in Academia: Towards Collaborative Innovation to Support Critical Social Science by Mustafa F. Özbilgin, Cihat Erbil

“…As a result, CSS and scholars in this tradition have been the target of backlash that seeks to silence CSS in academia. …”
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ULAMA, EDUCATION, PUBLIC SPHERE, AND LOCAL TOLERANCE IN LANGSA ACEH by Mustamar Iqbal Siregar, Budi Juliandi

“…Second, the perspective of these scholars reconstructs the meaning of tolerance which was originally universal in a direction that is local and contextual.…”
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Money as a coordinating device of a commodity economy: old and new, Russian and French readings of Marx by Nikolay Nenovsky

“…Our reconstruction starts with Marx although other approaches are also possible. Each of the four scholars under review offered his own methods of solving the issue of coordination. …”
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Entering the field: initiating liturgical research in an African Independent Church (AIC) by C. Wepener, M. Barnard

“… African Independent Churches (AICs) have been studied by scholars from various disciplines, especially Missiology and Anthropology, making use of various methods including participatory observation. …”
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Women in Obasá’s Poetry by Ayoola Oladunnke Aransi, Hakeem Olawale

“… Obasá’s creativity cuts across virtually all aspects of Yorùbá socio-cultural ̣ settings and his works have attracted the attention of various scholars. It is evident that his poems are laden with topical issues that are of national interest. …”
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Kroesbergen, H. 2019. The language of faith in Southern Africa: Spirit world, power, community, holism. by Mookgo S. Kgatle

“…The main argument in the bookis that even with careful consideration, scholars sometimes misunderstand the language of faith in Africa and end up falling into the trap of interpreting African religious experiences as strange. …”
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State-media relations in post-apartheid South Africa by Adrian Hadland

“…The theory, like the models it makes use of, has a high degree of relevance for South African media scholars. Primarily, the theory investigates the relationship between the state and the media, an interconnection of profound significance in the South African context, yet one that has not been explored sufficiently by scholars. …”
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Resilience: why should we think with care? by Catia Gregoratti, Mikael Linnell, Martina Angela Caretta

“…Against this background, we argue that expressions of resilience from above and below firmly guided by principles of care can be seen as serving socially and environmentally just ends. We thus encourage scholars, particularly feminist scholars, to continue engaging and engaging more courageously with these two concepts in a collective effort to reclaim resilience as a transformatory device.…”
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