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Fan, HaiYan (LingLing), and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Medical encounters in "closed religious communities" : palliative care for Low German-Speaking Mennonite people." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropology and Health Sciences, 2011, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3079.

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This multi-sited ethnography focuses on beliefs and practices associated with death, dying, and palliative care among the Low German-Speaking (LGS) Mennonites. The qualitative data, collected through participant-observation fieldwork and interviews conducted in three LGS Mennonite communities in Mexico and Canada, show a gap between official definitions of palliative care and its practice in real life. The LGS Mennonites’ care for their dying members, in reality, is integrated into their community lives that emphasize or reinforce discipleship by promoting the practices of mutual aid, social n

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Chiragakis, Louise. "Reciprocity, revenge and religious imperatives : fighting in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea." Thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/113893.

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On 14th March 1993, Papua New Guinea's then Prime Minster, Mr Wingti announced the formation of a National Law, Order and Justice Council. Replacing all existing law and order committees, the new council was to be the sole coordinator of law and order issues. Mr Wingti noted that in the past there had been 'too many committees and too little action on the law and order question' (Post-Courier, 15 March, 1993). His predecessor, Mr Namaliu, instructed a previous Crime Summit, 'To come up with constructive and even radical solutions to the crime problems which are crippling the country ...

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Risk, Shannon M. "A Search For Sweet Serenity : The Diary Of Sarah Connell Ayer, 1805-1835." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 1996. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/RiskSM1996.pdf.

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Prado, Luis Antonio. "Patriarchy and machismo: Political, economic and social effects on women." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2623.

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This thesis focuses on patriarchy and machismo and the long lasting political, economic, and social effects that their practice has had on women in the United States and Latin America. It examines the role of the Catholic Church, political influences, social, cultural, economic and legal issues, historic issues (such as the Industrial Revolution), the importance of the family's preference for sons rather than daughters, and the differences in the raising of male and female children for their adult roles.

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Pyle, Rhonda. "Bad Blood: Impurity and Danger in the Early Modern Spanish Mentality." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30504/.

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The current work is an intellectual history of how blood permeated early modern Spaniards' conceptions of morality and purity. This paper examines Spanish intellectuals' references to blood in their medical, theological, demonological, and historical works. Through these excerpts, this thesis demonstrates how this language of blood played a role in buttressing the church's conception of good morals. This, in turn, will show that blood was used as a way to persecute Jews and Muslims, and ultimately define the early modern Spanish identity.

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Idoko, Victoria. "The Christian-Muslim conflict of Jos, Nigeria: causes and impact on development." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1010745.

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The aim of this study is to examine conflict and how it impinges on development. Conflict is an inevitable element of human existence since creation and has always affected human activities and endeavors in several ways. Understanding the dimensions of human conflict therefore provides blueprints on how to manage and resolve conflicts. This makes this study timely. In this research, some relevant related to conflict management approaches were examined. The research adopted a case study approach using the Jos Plateau conflict in the Plateau State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Data was col

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Peck, Nizaam. "Development of a Service Delivery Framework for South African Pilgrims Travelling to Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1573.

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Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Faculty of Business at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013<br>This thesis is concerned with the service delivery received by pilgrims based in South Africa, especially with regards to services and amenities that were paid for and promised in the contract, but which may not have materialized. The focus on Hajj travelling can be viewed as an aspect of religious tourism (so to speak). Currently there is a dearth of research on this particular spiritual jou

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Dirodi, Morgan. "Space, monuments, and religion : the Christianisation of urban space in the Late Antique Levant." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:67edfa1b-532b-4926-b010-6fd878c235c6.

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This thesis investigates the relationship between Christianity and urban monumental space in the late antique Levant. Through the analysis of both textual and archaeological evidence it seeks to clarify both the motives and the stages of the process of Christian takeover of the urban space of Levantine cities from the 4th to the 7th century AD. In doing so Christians were in essence both projecting their growth as the predominant religion and, at the same time, creating an entirely new monumental landscape. The case studies are presented in three separate groups, selected on the basis of the p

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Laveleye, Didier de. "Approche ethnologique d'un espace social métissé (région de Cururupú-mirinzal, Maranhao, Brésil." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211490.

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Schueren, Eric Van der. "Les déserts de l'âme: approches sociologiques de la retraite spirituelle dans la France du XVIIe siècle." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/212769.

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Rodd, Robin. "The biocultural ecology of Piaroa shamanic practice." University of Western Australia. School of Social and Cultural Studies, 2005. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2005.0084.

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This thesis presents an analysis of Piaroa shamanic practices that combines elements of symbolic, psychobiological and phenomenological approaches. Theories from, and clinical findings in, neuroscience, pharmacology, psychology and psychoneuroimmunology are integrated with extended participant observation field study involving basic shamanic training to demonstrate how Piaroa shamans learn to understand and effect biopsychosocial adaptation and promote health. It is argued that Piaroa shamanism is a sophisticated means of interpreting ecological forces and emotional processes in the interests

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McAnally, Elizabeth Ann. "Toward a philosophy of water: Politics of the pollution and damming along the Ganges River." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2007. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3643/.

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This thesis sets out to develop a beginning of a philosophy of water by considering philosophical implications of ecological crises currently happening along the waters of the Ganges River. In my first chapter, I give a historical account of a philosophy of water. In my second chapter, I describe various natural and cultural representations of the Ganges, accounting for physical features of the river, Hindu myths and rituals involving the river, and ecological crises characterized by the pollution and damming of the river. In my third and final chapter, I look into the philosophical implicatio

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Freysen, Rouxle. "Die rol van gender in die huwelik as sosiale instelling : persepsies van blanke Afrikanerstudente." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4348.

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Thesis (MPhil (Political Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die vraag wat in hierdie tesis aangespreek word, is hoe genderrolle in die samelewing geskep word. Die rol van die huwelik as sosiale instelling word in diepte bespreek en die funksionaliteit van die instelling word bevraagteken. Genderrolle in die samelewing word deur sosialiseringsagente gekonstrueer. Die sosialiseringsagente sal in hierdie tesis onder die loep geneem word en van nader beskou word. Die studie wou die tendens navors dat die samelewing tans as meer liberaal en nie-tradisioneel g

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Busine, Aude. "Paroles d'Apollon: essai de contextualisation des pratiques et traditions oraculaires du IIe au VIe siècle." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211364.

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Saniotis, Arthur. "Sacred worlds : an analysis of mystical mastery of North Indian Faqirs." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2002. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs227.pdf.

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Biddle, Jeanette M. "The Blessingway : a woman's birth ritual." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/36393.

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This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges through narrative. Fifteen women participated in open-ended interviews. Thirteen of the women identified themselves as midwifes. Four major themes emerged from the data: (1) interconnectivity, (2) care, (3) change, and (4) power. The results of th

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MacNamara, Lawrence Trenholme. "Birth Control and the Good Life in America, 1900-1940." Thesis, 2015. https://doi.org/10.7916/D80R9N8G.

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This dissertation examines the roots of birth control's legitimacy in the United States. Americans were early adopters of fertility control: between 1790 and 1940, the average number of children born into U.S. families fell from seven to around two. During this period there were no major advances in contraceptive technology and very few outspoken advocates for reproductive rights. What changed were Americans' intimate ideas about the place of childrearing in a good life. The study uses letters, press items, and philanthropic field reports from the early twentieth century--when birthrates and b

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Ji, Yingchun. "Contraceptive sterilization in Canada : a reasonable choice." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/848.

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Sadarangani, Monique M. "Modernized Hinduism : domestic religious life and women." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/11946.

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Shedden, Rikardo. "Intersecting cosmologies : Kalinga morality, misfortune, ritual, and religious change." Phd thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/156416.

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This thesis examines a rural Kalinga, northern Luzon, people's contemporary religious assertions and practices. In particular it explores the cosmological principles that shape much of Kalinga quotidian domestic activity. Kalinga society is configured relative to an ethicized cosmology in which persistent sickness and serious injury are commonly taken as retribution from a transcendent Other (either indigenous spirits or God) for an individual's moral transgressions. The understanding that im/morality is linked to misfortune is so tightly woven into the fabric of social life that people define

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Valora, Amanda. "Food storage practices within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : an ethnographic comparison of discourses." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/33766.

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Personal preparedness and self-��reliance have been themes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-��day Saints since its early days as an organized religion. These themes are still strong and vibrant today and one of their key aspects is the practice of food storage. Personal and familial preparation for problems that may be encountered in the course of life are an integral part of the discourse around food storage, as well as the need to be obedient to the admonitions of their church leaders. Though most informants involved in this study would agree that obedience is a key aspect behin

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Van, der Westhuizen Linda Lorette. "Histories-argeologiese studie oor swangerskap en baring in antieke Egipte." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18808.

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Text in Afrikaans<br>Die politieke struktuur van antieke Egipte en ons eie politieke geskiedenis het meegebring dat aspekte rakende die vrou, vir baie jare oor die hoof gesien was, veral in die literatuur. Met antieke Egipte, waar mans hoofsaaklik verantwoordelik vir die samestelling van geskrewe materiaal was, en in Suid-Afrika waar daar in navorsing meer op onderwerpe wat mans interesseer gefokus was, het daar soveel vrae rakende die vrou onbeantwoord gebly. Die mans kon nie, het nie of wou nie, verslag doen oor wat gedurende swangerskap en baring gebeur het nie. Met behulp van ‘n uitgebrei

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Opong, Andrew Kwasi. "The religious significance of ritual practices conducted at births, weddings and funerals in Lesotho." Diss., 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15719.

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This dissertation aims at finding out the religious significance of Basotho ritual practices at births, weddings and funerals in Lesotho. The researcher combines literature review of scholars who have studied the Basotho socio-cultural life, with personal field study through dissemination of questionnaires, interviews and personal observations. Through this approach he finds out the various ritual practices that dot the Basotho life through the rites of passage, and then studies their religiousness in terms of traditional beliefs. He also finds out how these ritual practices have persisted i

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Sigaba, Avis Lumka. "A marriage enrichment programme : a study of the proposed contribution of a modern pastoral care and counselling model to urbanised Xhosa communities with special reference to the congregants at Umtata Methodist Church, Eastern Cape." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3359.

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This study was done to explore how modern Pastoral Care and Counselling models could be in dialogue with some valuable Xhosa traditional practices in the urbanised context around Umtata in the Eastern Cape. The intention is to provide a marriage enrichment programme to the congregants of the Methodist Church in this region. This has been offered in response to increase in the rate of divorce, separation and emotional distress experienced by many couples in the area. Chapter one offers the methodological framework for the entire theoretical and practical study. The second chapter explores vario

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Mensah-Aborampah, Osei. "Women in transition : a socio-religious study of the changing role of rural Hlubi women." Diss., 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17435.

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The study examines the socio-religious role of women in traditional African societies using the Hlubi of Qumbu, Transkei as a case study. Qualitative methodology was used to look at Hlubi women holistically in their past and the situations in which they find themselves today. Primary sources of African traditional religion such as myths, proverbs and taboos were also used in assessing the socio-religious role of Hlubi women. The following observations were made about Hlubi women: 1. They do not constitute an homogenous group. 2. Sexual division of labour allocates to women the responsi

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Mkasi, Lindiwe P. "A threat to Zulu patriarchy and the continuation of community : a queer analysis of same sex relationships amongst female traditional healers at Inanda and KwaNgcolosi." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9838.

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Through a case study of female traditional healers who practice same sex relationships, this study attempts to provide some reasons for the opposition to same sex-relationships in Africa. The main question that the study grapples with is: If traditional healers practice same sex relationships, why does the Zulu community (and African communities in general) insist that same sex relationships are “un-African?” Given that homosexuality has been labeled as “un-African” and “un-cultural”, how does one explain the existence of homosexual relationships amongst Zulu sangomas, who are considered the c

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Kanana, Aron Set. "Changing the patriarchal attitude of Ovawambo men : can the Bible help?" Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3529.

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It is the feeling of the author of this thesis that in Oshiwambo society power and authority in families is invested on the male head. This act has caused the society to be a patriarchal society. In most cases women and children are taken for granted by men that they are there to serve men's interests. This patriarchal society emerged from culture and tradition of Oshiwambo people. Women discrimination starts at birth, when every member ofthe family is sorry that the baby is a girl. Also the way a baby boy is raised is different from the way of a girl. The boy is treated with a great respect w

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Ncube, Vitus Sipho. "Towards a theology of ukugula nokuphumula ngoxolo (sickness unto death and rest in peace) in times of HIV-AIDS with a special reference to Zulu concepts of ukubhula (divination) nokuthakatha (witchcraft)." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3526.

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The driving force behind this study is to unconventionaly state that the cultural anthropological insight of Zulu people and pastoral - theological practice of Christianity can contribute in the sadness caused by mv - AIDS. This calls for conversion, transformation and healing of the many factors that confront the society. Hence a need of ownership on issues that confront Africans as they engage in global affairs.<br>Thesis (M.Th.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2002.

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Plaatjie, Bulelwa. "The impact of HIV and AIDS on planned parenthood in the area of Mthatha." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3092.

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"The effects of biblical and cultural patriarchy on the lives of married Damara women in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN)." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/161.

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This study aims to analyse the links between patriarchy in the bible, the Damara culture, and the ecclesiological practices of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCN). Using empirical research (interviews) and socio-historical methodology, the study demonstrates how biblical patriarchy affects married Damara women and evaluates the consequent roles of women in the religious context of the church, in the light of the biblical and cultural patriarchy which Damara women are subjected to.<br>Thesis (M.Th.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.

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Titoce, Isaias Paulo. "Understanding Tsonga tradicional [i.e. traditional] medicine in the light of Jesus' healings." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3275.

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Religion and culture always go together. From the very first day a new person is brought out into this world, s/he starts learning how to live with her or his people, and starts learning their beliefs and values. The person grows up with this knowledge, and it forms a part of his/her life. These beliefs and values are unquestionable from the perspective of that person. They are accepted as natural and normative. If s/he, for example, is brought up in a culture in which kneeling is a form of showing respect, s/he will internalise this, and will always kneel when the act of showing respect is re

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Creason, Joshua Allen. "An empirical exploration of the use of narrative, symbol, and ritual in creating Christian marital memorials." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/404.

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Among other images, Scripture uses marriage as a picture of God's relationship to his people. Scripture also prescribes numerous ways for that people to build their relationship with him. In order to give Christian marriages as many tools as possible for bolstering of the relationship, this dissertation examines narrative, symbol, ritual, and memorials as a selection of Scripture's methods for "heart writing" or relationship building. These methods correspond to various uses of the Hebrew root zakhar, for "remember." Following the examination of Scripture's methods of "heart writing" through

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Soucy, Alexander Duncan. "The Buddha's blessing : gender and Buddhist practice in Hanoi." Phd thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/110255.

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On the fourteenth day of the lunar month, a few minutes before eight o'clock, Quán Sử Pagoda - the most important pagoda in Hanoi - is crowded. Middle-aged and old women are everywhere, wearing the brown robes and the Buddhist rosaries that mark them as dệ tử- laydevotees of the Buddha. In the large, main hall there are nearly two hundred devotees, sitting on grass mats that flow out the doors and onto the balcony that surrounds the pagoda. They are waiting for the sutra recital to begin, and some of them have been waiting for as long as an hour in order to get a good place, close to t

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Siwila, Lilian Cheelo. "African women, hospitality and HIV/AIDS : the case of the Mothers' Union of St. Margaret's United Church of Zambia." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/4778.

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The problem of African women's hospitality has not been well handled in most churches in Africa. Although many churches seem to attach great value to African women's hospitality, there are still a lot of situations related to African women's hospitality that have been dehumanising and oppressive to African women both in the church and in the society. Issues such as the HIV/AIDS pandemic, economic hardship and sexuality have all affected African women's practice of hospitality. The fact that problems related with African women's hospitality surface within the church goes to show that this kind

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Soleimani, Kamal. "Islam and Competing Nationalisms: The Kurds and the Turks in the late Ottoman Era." Thesis, 2014. https://doi.org/10.7916/D83N21GZ.

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Islam and Competing Nationalisms: The Kurds and the Turks in the late Ottoman Era is a work, which traces how religion was intimately intertwined with nationalism during the crucial period of the late nineteenth century in the Modern Middle East. In this approach, I call into question the extent to which the principle of secularism and ethnicity serve as the only foundations of the modern nation state. Within the context of the late Ottoman Empire, my research foregrounds the differences between interpretations of Islam at the center and the myriad understandings of Islam adopted by those on t

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Mnisi, T. B. S. "The African process of mourning for African women : a challenge to pastoral care." Diss., 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24721.

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"Islam, tourism, and changing foodways among the Utsat of Hainan island." 2010. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5894336.

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Wu, Huanyu.<br>Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-170).<br>Abstracts in English and Chinese; includes Chinese.<br>Illustrations --- p.vi<br>Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1<br>Chapter 1. --- Research Question --- p.4<br>Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.5<br>Chapter 2.1 --- "Theoretical Background: Tradition, Modernity, and Social Change" --- p.5<br>Chapter 2.2. --- Research Perspective: Food studies --- p.11<br>Chapter 2.3. --- Utsat Studies --- p.15<br>Chapter 3. --- Methodology --- p.17<br>Chapter 4

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Maurer, Anna C. ""Churches in the Vanguard:" Margaret Sanger and the Morality of Birth Control in the 1920s." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/7908.

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Many religious leaders in the early 1900s were afraid of the immoral associations and repercussions of birth control. The Catholic Church and some Protestants never accepted contraception, or accepted it much later, but many mainline Protestants leaders did change their tune dramatically between the years of 1920 and 1931. This investigation seeks to understand how Margaret Sanger was able to use her rhetoric to move her reform from the leftist outskirts and decadent, sexual connotations into the mainstream of family-friendly, morally virtuous, and even conservative religious approval. Secu

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Dhaske, Govind Ganpati. "The lived experience of women affected wtih matted hair in southwestern India." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/6230.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>Descriptions about the matting of hair given by medical practitioners show a significant commonality indicating it as a historic health problem prevalent across the globe, however with less clarity about its etiopathogenesis. In southwestern India, the emergence of matting of hair is considered a deific phenomenon; consequently, people worship the emerged matted hair and restrict its removal. Superstitious beliefs impose a ritualistic lifestyle on affected women depriving them of health and well-being, further leading to stigma, soci

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McCaslin, Brianna Jean. "Thou Shalt Not: Experiences of Contraceptive Use and Religious Identity Negotiation Among Married Catholic Women." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/8363.

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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)<br>The Catholic Church is widely known for its opposition to birth control. Yet statistics show that the vast majority of American Catholics use birth control. While multiple studies have been conducted on a larger quantitative scale about the use or attitudes of American Catholics toward birth control, there have not been qualitative studies to understand the experiences of Catholics who use contraception. This study is particularly timely given the recent Catholic opposition to the Affordable Care Act’s mandate of employee healthcare

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Armit, Ian. "Headhunting and the body in Iron Age Europe." 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5813.

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Phaswana, Ntavhanyeni Sampson. "Marital problems in religiously mixed marriages amongst the Vhavenda people of South Africa : an African-Christian perspective." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15765.

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Marriages with differences in religion are a source of misunderstanding, friction, and disharmony, and as a result, such marriages are exposed to a breakdown. Religion is not merely a set of beliefs, but a way of living and thinking. When this differs, it causes misunderstanding in the family and may cause marriage failure as adjustments to each other becomes compocated. D vorce is much more common in mixed marriages whether of different culture, religious or socio-economic background than when the backgrounds are similar. Religious similarity is linked to marital du

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Bhana, Jyoti. "A social constructionist understanding of mourning : Indian widows' experiences." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1808.

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Death is one of the few certainties in life. It comes to all of us, but the way in which we deal with it will vary according to a range of social and cultural factors. Based on my mother's experiences since being widowed, this dissertation has undertaken a qualitative research method to examine how Hindu widows express their mourning in their context, thereby defining their experiences of widowhood. The aim of this dissertation is to give voice to the mourning experiences of Hindu widows. By examining these constructions of mourning experiences, one is able to gain an understanding of grief fr

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Byford, Julia. "Dealing with death beginning with birth : women's health and childbirth on Misima Island, Papua New Guinea." Phd thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147467.

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Chitlango, Andre Jonas. "Ntumbuluko and Christian faith : an evangelical perspective on some aspects of a Tsonga worldview and the implication for Christian mission in southern Mozambique." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2106.

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This thesis consists of a detailed study of ntumbuluko (Tsonga life force or worldview) as it emerges from field research which investigated Tsonga traditionalists, academics, artists, Christian practitioners and Bible translators to establish the meaning and use of ntumbuluko. The aim of the thesis is to uncover the impact of ntumbuluko in Tsonga Christianity by assessing its relationship with the gospel and to discern its influence in the apprehension of Christian faith among the Tsonga people of Mozambique; and finally to propose an evangelical perspective on the encounter between gospel an

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Ndoga, Sampson S. "The contemporary significance of home based nurturing with reference to wisdom poems in the Book of Proverbs and Shona traditional culture." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/569.

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There is presumed dialogue between the book of Proverbs and Shona wisdom poems in dealing with the subject of home based nurturing towards societal stability. The underlying principle in both approaches, it seems, is that preparation for life begins in the home. Its negligence could account for societal breakdown. This study seeks to explore, on the one hand, the contemporary validity of home based nurturing as observed in these traditional settings, and on the other, to investigate whether this dialogue yields a methodological approach of using Africa to interpret the Old Testament. Th

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"冀中鄉村禮俗中的鼓吹樂社: 音樂會". 2001. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6073809.

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張振濤.<br>論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2001.<br>參考文獻 (p. 286-295)<br>中英文摘要.<br>Available also through the Internet via Dissertations & theses @ Chinese University of Hong Kong.<br>Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.<br>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.<br>Mode of access: World Wide Web.<br>Zhang Zhentao.<br>Lun wen (Zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2001.<

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Oriedo, Simon John. "The theological education by extension (T.E.E.) programme of the Anglican church of Kenya." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3994.

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This evaluation study was conducted to determine whether or not the Theological Education by Extension (TEE) Programme, of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) is a suitable means of training lay church workers for pastoral ministry. The research was carried out to asses the TEE Programme already in progress. As the Anglican Church of Kenya continues to grow, there is need for training of church workers, using a cost effective programme, without compromising the quality of the church workers. The research sampled five out of the twenty-nine ACK Dioceses, in which the TEE Programme is vibrant. I

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Wilhelm, Hans-Martin. "African Christian leadership : cultures and theologies in dialogue." Diss., 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16480.

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Spiritual leadership for the church in Africa is facing a crisis. While much of traditional African leadership shares the same basic values found in the Scriptures; modern manifestations of African leadership have been corrupted by various influences. This has resulted in traditional African leadership being grossly misunderstood and culturally unappreciated. Through the use of dialogue between cultures and theologies, and utilizing leadership theory as analytical tools and a frame of reference, this study looks at biblical leadership models, and aims toward a rediscovery, an appreciation, an

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Price, Sara (Sara Nicole). "(Re)-conceiving birthing spaces in India : exploring NGO promotion of institutional delivery in Rajasthan, India." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30204.

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In India, globalized flows of bio-medical discourse, practices and technologies are reshaping the field of reproductive healthcare, and the performance of childbirth more specifically. These projects aim to produce institutional delivery rooms that are "safe and modernized" by equating the utilization of westernized, obstetric techniques for managing delivery with better birth outcomes. Yet, these projects often evoke dynamic tensions between the imagined labor rooms NGOs seek to produce and the lived realties of labor in a local context. In this thesis, I examine the ways NGOs market and diss

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