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Myllys, Riikka. "Spiritual Yarning: Craft-making as Getting Along in Everyday Life." Journal of Religion in Europe 13, no. 1-2 (December 9, 2020): 121–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18748929-13010007.
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Abstract This article investigates how spirituality relates to craft-making. Spirituality is understood to have both religious and nonreligious content depending on the person. The data was collected in a one-year period of observation and interviews. The results show that spirituality related to craft-making may be both religious and nonreligious. It is noteworthy, however, that religious and nonreligious spirituality are related to different aspects of craft-making: the social and prosocial aspects of craft-making are mostly religiously spiritual, whereas individually centred aspects are not. Altogether, the spirituality of craft-making is largely immanent and wellbeing-oriented. As such, its focus is on getting along in everyday life.
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Fowler, Marsha D. "Religion, Bioethics and Nursing Practice." Nursing Ethics 16, no. 4 (June 15, 2009): 393–405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733009104604.
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This article calls nursing to engage in the study of religions and identifies six considerations that arise in religious studies and the ways in which religious faith is expressed. It argues that whole-person care cannot be realized, neither can there be a complete understanding of bioethics theory and decision making, without a rigorous understanding of religious-ethical systems. Because religious traditions differ in their cosmology, ontology, epistemology, aesthetic, and ethical methods, and because religious subtraditions interact with specific cultures, each religion and subtradition has something distinctive to offer to ethical discourse. A brief example is drawn from Native American religions, specifically their view of `speech' and `words'. Although the example is particular to an American context, it is intended to demonstrate a more general principle that an understanding of religion per se can yield new insights for bioethics.
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Fonneland, Trude, and Tiina Äikäs. "Introduction: The Making of Sámi Religion in Contemporary Society." Religions 11, no. 11 (October 23, 2020): 547. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel11110547.
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This Special Issue of Religions approaches “Sámi religion” from a long-term perspective seeing both the past religious practices and contemporary religious expressions as aspects of the same phenomena. This does not refer, however, to a focus on continuity or to a static or uniform understanding of Sámi religion. Sámi religion is an ambiguous concept that has to be understood as a pluralistic phenomenon consisting of multiple applications and associations and widely differing interpretations, and that highlights the complexities of processes of religion-making. In a historical perspective and in many contemporary contexts (such as museum displays, media stories, as well as educational programs) the term Sámi religion is mostly used as a reference to Sámi pre-Christian religious practices, to Laestadianism, a Lutheran revival movement that spread among the Sámi during the 19th Century, and last but not least to shamanism. In this issue, we particularly aim to look into contemporary contexts where Sámi religion is expressed, consumed, and promoted. We ask what role it plays in identity politics and heritagization processes, and how different actors connect with distant local religious pasts—in other words, in which contexts is Sámi religion activated, by whom, and for what?
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Valangattil Shamsudheen, Shinaj, and Saiful Azhar Rosly. "Towards conceptualizing ethical decision-making model in marketing." Journal of Islamic Marketing 10, no. 3 (September 9, 2019): 928–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jima-03-2018-0055.
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Purpose This paper aims to present a synthesized conceptual model for ethical decision-making in marketing that accommodates both humanistic and religious aspects. Design/methodology/approach A religious–humanistic approach is adopted on synthesizing. “Ferrell and Gresham’s (1985) contingency framework for ethical decision-making in marketing” and “Al-Ghazali’s ethical philosophy” are considered to be the theoretical base for the synthesized model. Findings Al-Ghazali’s ethical philosophy that stands for the religious dimension in this study was found appropriate for incorporating into the Ferrell and Gresham contingency framework for ethical decision-making in marketing. The approach (religious-humanistic) adopted for synthesizing the two aspects into one model was justified accordingly. Research limitations/implications A newly synthesized model is only conceptually validated. Statistical validity is required based on the variables included in the conceptual model. Future studies are recommended to attain the model fit. Practical implications The scale and model developed in the study should help the marketing-department authorities to assess and evaluate ethical aspects of existing individuals in the organization and potential candidates under the selection stage for employment. The research output derived by way of using the newly synthesized conceptual model should be able to pave the way for more in-depth research on actual ethical practices of “marketing practitioners” in the organization. To some extent, understanding of ethical standing of employees should help in improving efficiency and reduce costs from unethical behaviour. This should be able to improve governance from the top- to the lower-level management. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no literature has conceptualized a model that accommodates both materialistic and religious aspects into a single model to explain ethical decision-making of individuals in organizations. This is an initial and a humble attempt to conceptualize a model that incorporates ethical philosophy in Islam, with special reference to Al-Ghazali’s ethical philosophy.
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Berg, Anna Lea. "From religious to secular place-making: How does the secular matter for religious place construction in the local?" Social Compass 66, no. 1 (January 17, 2019): 35–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0037768618813774.
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The literature on religious place-making has largely prioritized an emic perspective of religious actors often reducing the secular aspect of such place-making to a mere ‘emptying out’ of religion from public space. Based on ethnographic observations and in-depth interviews with political and religious representatives in Montreuil, one of the flagship towns of the ‘red belt’ of municipalities around Paris, this article looks at secular aspects of religious place construction. The discussion focusses on two practices of secular place-making: defining of religion ‘worthy’ of place and shifting the boundary between public and private space. Comparing the municipality’s interactions with Muslim groups on the one hand, and evangelical churches on the other, I show that politics and sensibilities of the secular towards the religious vary for different religious groups over time. Locality can thus be understood as dynamic mode of secularism, enabling a constant placing and re-placing of religion.
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Childers, Julie. "“God Will Heal My Foot”: Evaluating Religious Aspects of Medical Decision-Making." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 39, no. 2 (February 2010): 403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.11.306.
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Mulyani, Aty. "Model Pembelajaran Klasifikasi Fungi Berbasis Proyek Tertintegrasi R-STEM untuk Mengembangkan Sikap Religi dan Ilmiah Siswa MAN Insan Cendikia Jambi." PENDIPA Journal of Science Education 4, no. 2 (June 30, 2020): 101–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.33369/pendipa.4.2.101-106.
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The main objectives in learning science are (1) aspects of mastery of concepts related to cognitive learning outcomes, (2) aspects of scientific work skills; and (3) aspects of religious and scientific attitudes. At this time the aspect of developing scientific attitudes is not yet an important part of science teachers at this time, so students in the aspects of religious and scientific attitudes are still low, meaning the results of learning cognitive aspects and good skills, but have not been able to develop a religious attitude on God's greatness over his creation or scientific attitude related to curiosity and independence. This research will apply the R-STEM Integrated Project Based Fungi classification model for the development of religious attitudes and scientific attitudes of class X MIA 2 students at MAN Insan Cendekia Jambi with a total of 25 students. This research is a classroom action research with learning stages with integrated project-based R-STEM learning model with the topic of making Tape with local Fungi. In this study, as long as students undertake the tape-making project, data retrieval is carried out related to students' religious attitudes and scientific attitudes. Research data obtained using observation instruments, interviews, and questionnaires. The results of observational data obtained were analyzed descriptively qualitatively; and scoring religious and scientific attitudes using established assessment rubrics. The results of the research and discussion can be concluded that the integrated project-based learning function R-STEM classification is able to develop a religious attitude of God's greatness over his creation, curiosity, and attitudes of student independence; thus the learning model that has been developed is effective.
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Cochrane, Thomas I. "Religious Delusions and the Limits of Spirituality in Decision-Making." American Journal of Bioethics 7, no. 7 (July 13, 2007): 14–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15265160701399560.
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Sandis, Constantine. "Making Ourselves Understood." Wittgenstein-Studien 10, no. 1 (January 16, 2019): 241–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/witt-2019-0015.
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AbstractWittgenstein teaches us that, contrary to current philosophical and scientific trends, the understanding of others is not to be achieved through some kind of emotional tool providing an access-pass to otherwise hidden ‘mental contents’. This insight goes against the popular grain of empathy as a form of informational ‘mindreading’, founded upon John Locke’s assumption that understanding another is a matter of obtaining and decoding the stored in their mind. We would do best to replace this radically distorted account of what it takes to understand others with a stance that places priority on shared aspects of our lives. Only then can we even begin to try and tackle our moral, cultural, religious, and socio-political differences.
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Khushf, George. "When Religious Language Blocks Discussion About Health Care Decision Making." HEC Forum 31, no. 2 (April 5, 2019): 151–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10730-019-09371-x.
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Dourley, John P. "Jung, mysticism and a myth in the making." Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 30, no. 1 (March 2001): 65–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000842980103000106.
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A Jungian hermeneutic is helpful in the interpretation of shifts in contemporary religion and spirituality. Jung's thought on the psychogenesis of religious experience locates its origin in the unconscious and understands the history of revelation as that of compensation proffered to collective consciousness in the interests of its balance and totality. Jung perceives the unconscious to be currently engaged in the creation of a new myth or revelation containing the divine/human relation within the boundaries of the extended psyche. Such containment implies the relativization of God, and urges a quaternitarian cosmology which would extend the status of the sacred beyond Christian limits. Jung appeals to aspects of the Western mystical tradition itself as anticipating this shift. His appreciation and appropriation of Eckhart and Boehme ground the contemporary myth on an ongoing cycle of identity with the divine preceding divinity's fuller incarnation in consequent human consciousness. The process is natural, at once psychic and religious, and redemptive of both the human and divine.
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Hochstetler, Laurie. "Making Ministerial Marriage: The Social and Religious Legacy of the Dominion of New England." New England Quarterly 86, no. 3 (September 2013): 488–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/tneq_a_00298.
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Religion permeated all aspects of New England Puritans’ lives, but it was curiously absent from their marriage ceremonies. In response to political changes brought about by the Dominion of New England, however, colonists increasingly shunned secular weddings, now performed by Crown appointees rather than elected Bay officers, and embraced religious ceremonies performed by local ministers.
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Ardika Yasa, I. Made. "Nilai-Nilai Pendidikan Dalam Budaya Tarung Presean Di Lombok Barat (Perspektif Agama Hindu)." Jurnal Penelitian Agama Hindu 4, no. 1 (May 18, 2020): 34. http://dx.doi.org/10.25078/jpah.v4i1.1334.
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<p><em>Tarung Presean Culture in Batu Kumbung Village, Lingsar Subdistrict, West Lombok Regency, there are several components that can be examined in the presentation of results including: (a) Tarung Presean Culture is carried out by the Hindu Balinese who have long lived on the island of Lombok along with the Muslim Sasak tribe with a variety of social statuses but one goal is to ask for the gift of rain in order to obtain fertility and commemorate the services of the ancestors and as a form of thanks to the spirits of their ancestors who have fought to achieve independence and unite the archipelago. The culture of Tarung Presean in Batu Kumbung Village, Lingsar District, goes through several stages, namely; (1) preparations include making arenas, providing tools for Tarung Presean, and appointing referees (Pekembar), (2) Introduction marked by the beating of Sasak gamelan instruments accompanied by Sasak version of Pancasila songs, (3) the peak of the Ceremony designating an audience to be Pepadu and Tarung Presean begins after Pepadu is determined and ready to fight, (4) closing ceremony, a pair of Pepadu who have competed with each other / hugged each other and the committee gives gifts to fighters and gives closing words to the audience and fighters / Pepadu about the meaning contained in Tarung Presean. (b) In studying the values of Hindu religious education contained in the culture of Tarung Presean in the Batu Kumbung village of Lingsar sub-district, West Lombok Regency, using the Hindu Religious Concept which refers to the holy books, namely: Vedic Scriptures, Bhagavad Gita, Manawa Dharmasastra, and Sarascamuccaya. (c) In Tarung Presean in Lingsar Temple, Lingsar Subdistrict, West Lombok Regency, there are aesthetic aspects, logic aspects, and ethical aspects as well as very deep meaning, including; (1) Tarung Presean as Actualization of Self-Control, (2) Tarung Presean as a form of Sportmanship and Patriotism, and (3) Tarung Presean Application from Tri Hita Karana.</em></p>
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Myllys, Riikka. "Nowhere and Everywhere." Temenos - Nordic Journal of Comparative Religion 56, no. 1 (June 15, 2020): 53–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.33356/temenos.71104.
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This article investigates the intergenerational transmission of craft making, including the role religion and spirituality play in this transmission. The theoretical approach is based on everyday religion and Bengtson’s theory of intergenerational solidarity. The data for this qualitative study was collected in interviews. The results show that warm relationships and closeness between generations are at the heart of transmission: craft making brings different generations together, creates space for intimate relationships, and serves as a way of showing care for children and grandchildren. What about religion? At first glance it seems absent. However, a closer look reveals multiple religious aspects of this process, such as transmitted values and shared craft-making moments associated with religious memories and experiences. Above all, craft making is a venue for warmth and closeness between generations, which is at the heart of religious transmission.
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van Oorschot, Frederike. "‘Making Public Theology Operational’: Public Theology and the Church." International Journal of Public Theology 13, no. 2 (July 1, 2019): 203–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697320-12341572.
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AbstractThis article examines how public theologians aim to bring their theology into the practice of the church. In the first part it analyses the references to the church in the work of contemporary public theologians from the United States and Germany and suggests four different categories for the relations explored (explicit function, implicit function, public church, church as public). In the second part, it discusses three systematic aspects of these relations. First, following Kuyper, it defines the term ‘church’ more accurately. Second, it offers insights into liturgical research in order to help to sharpen the places where and means by which the implicit shaping of individual ethical behaviour in the church takes place, as exemplified in the work of Dirk Smit. Third, it discusses the task of pastors as mediators between church and theology.
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Laack, Isabel, Esther-Maria Guggenmos, and Sebastian Schüler. "Agency and the Senses in the Context of Museality from the Perspective of Aesthetics of Religion." Journal of Religion in Europe 4, no. 1 (2011): 102–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187489210x553511.
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AbstractThe aim of this paper is to apply the perspective of aesthetics of religion to the context of museality, focusing on notions of the agent and the senses. After sketching different roles of agency in the field of museality and suggesting some theoretically interesting links to research on European history of religions, the notion of agency will be extended to aesthetic, sensual, bodily, cognitive, and other aspects of experience, perception, sense-making, and interpretation of objects and media in the context of museality. Furthermore, questions of how specific cultural and religious sense hierarchies affect the interaction of agents with museality are raised. Finally, the insights gained are applied to a discussion of the analytical value of the concept of 'museality.'
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Barbey, Aron, Lawrence Barsalou, W. Kyle Simmons, and Ava Santos. "Embodiment in Religious Knowledge." Journal of Cognition and Culture 5, no. 1-2 (2005): 14–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1568537054068624.
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AbstractIncreasing evidence suggests that mundane knowledge about objects, people, and events is grounded in the brain's modality-specific systems. The modality-specific representations that become active to represent these entities in actual experience are later used to simulate them in their absence. In particular, simulations of perception, action, and mental states often appear to underlie the representation of knowledge, making it embodied and situated. Findings that support this conclusion are briefly reviewed from cognitive psychology, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. A similar representational process may underlie religious knowledge. In support of this conjecture, embodied knowledge appears central to three aspects of religious experience: religious visions, religious beliefs, and religious rituals. In religious visions, the process of simulation offers a natural account of how these experiences are produced. In religious beliefs, knowledge about the body and the environment are typically central in religious frameworks, and are likely to affect the perception of daily experience. In religious rituals, embodiments appear central to conveying religious ideas metaphorically and to establishing them in memory. To the extent that religious knowledge is like non-religious knowledge, embodiment is likely to play central roles.
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Lee, Guozhang. "Navigating complex end-of-life decisions in a family-centric society." Nursing Ethics 27, no. 4 (October 23, 2019): 1003–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733019876304.
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End-of-life decision making frequently involves a complex balancing of clinical, cultural, social, ethical, religious and economic considerations. Achieving a happy balance of these sometimes-competing interests, however, can be particularly fraught in a family-centric society like Singapore where the family unit often retains significant involvement in care determinations necessitating careful consideration of the family’s position during the decision-making process. While various decision-making tools such as relational autonomy, best interests principle and welfare-based models have been proposed to help navigate such difficult decision-making processes, their application in practical terms, however, is dubious at best. This case report is presented to highlight these issues and explore the utility of these frameworks within the Singapore end-of-life care context when the interests of the family may be dissonant from those of the patient.
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Lategan, Bernard. "Questing or Sense-Making? Some Thoughts on the Nature of Historiography." Biblical Interpretation 11, no. 3 (2003): 588–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156851503322566958.
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AbstractThe broadening of theoretical reflection to account for all aspects of textual communication has led to a renewed interest in the historical dimension of biblical texts, both with regard to the relationship author—text and text—reader. However, the nature of this renewed interest differs in both these relationships. The former is still hampered by the legacy of positivism, while the latter finds it problematic to deal with history from a postmodern perspective. It is suggested that a reconsideration of the nature or historiography could be of value in this regard. The telling and writing of history is a sense-making process that mediates between past and future and presupposes a unity between experience and interpretation. The implications of this approach are briefly discussed.
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Al-Abodi, Iman Khudhair Oda. "A Linguistic Study of Praise with Reference to Arabic Religious Texts." Journal of University of Human Development 5, no. 3 (July 23, 2019): 108. http://dx.doi.org/10.21928/juhd.v5n3y2019.pp108-115.
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This study explores praise as one of the expressive acts in Arabic. The love of praise is part of human nature and a sincere praise is an important tool in giving people confidence and hence making them feel happy and satisfied. The problem may increase when the speaker expresses his praise by using words of blame which might create some sort of ambiguity to the reader because he might understand it as blame rather than praise. For the sake of presenting and discussing the act of praising in Arabic, the present study aims at proving the linguistic devices of praise focusing on three aspects: pragmatic, semantic and syntactic in some religious texts. The theoretical part deals with investigating the pragmatic, semantic and syntactic aspects of praise as well as its types. The practical part deals with analyzing some religious texts taken from different aayas from different suras in the Glorious Quran. It is concluded that praise can be applied to religious texts depending on three aspects of language and Arabic language is distinguished by its heavy use of explicit and implicit forms expressing praise.
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Bainbridge, William Sims. "Neural Network Models of Religious Belief." Sociological Perspectives 38, no. 4 (December 1995): 483–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1389269.
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This paper applies neural network technology, a standard approach in computer science that has been unaccountably ignored by sociologists, to the problem of developing rigorous sociological theories. A simulation program employing a “varimax” model of human learning and decision-making models central elements of the Stark-Bainbridge theory of religion. Individuals in a micro-society of 24 simulated people learn which categories of potential exchange partners to seek for each of four material rewards which in fact can be provided by other actors in the society. However, when they seek eternal life, they are unable to find suitable human exchange partners who can provide it to them, so they postulate the existence of supernatural exchange partners as substitutes. The explanation of how the particular neural net works, including reference to modulo arithmetic, introduces some aspects of this new technology to sociology, and this paper invites readers to explore the wide range of other neural net techniques that may be of value for social scientists
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Morgan, Robert. "Historical and Canonical Aspects of a New Testament Theology." Biblical Interpretation 11, no. 3 (2003): 629–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/156851503790507954.
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AbstractIn nineteenth-century discussions of the scope and methods of New Testament theology more attention was paid to the new historical methods than to the reasons for this discipline. Its independence from dogmatics was new, but it was the role of Scripture in the life of the Church which made it important in educating clergy. Theological interpretation of any passage of Scripture might serve as a source of Christian faith and theology, but for Scripture to be a norm, a survey of the whole New Testament is needed. New Testament theologies using historical exegesis and attending to all the canonical writings can offer (or imply) proposals about the identity of Christianity, and in the conversation between such proposals a measure of consensus can be expected where there is agreement to respect textual intention. Most Christian reading of Scripture to nourish and communicate faith is done through translations and without asking about authorial intention, but theologians making proposals about the identity of Christianity which accord with the witness of Scripture are subject to more constraints for the sake of consensus. They need to survey the whole New Testament using critical historical exegesis and background knowledge of the ancient world to inform a perspective derived from their contemporary understandings of Christianity. Such theologically interested surveys are properly called New Testament theologies.
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Tytarenko, Vita, and Liudmyla O. Fylypovych. "Problematic aspects interdenominational and state-denominational relations in the socio-political situation in Ukraine." Religious Freedom, no. 24 (March 31, 2020): 55–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.32420/rs.2020.24.1782.
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This article examines the socio-political situation in Ukraine in its interconfessional and state-confessional aspects and problems.
The article substantiates the connection between the socio-political situation and security in Ukraine, analyze the effects of Russian aggression, particularly in the humanitarian sphere, where religion becomes an element of hybrid warfare. The religious component is manifested in the desire of the aggressor country to keep Ukraine in the orbit of its interests, making it part of the "Russian world".
The authors identify and substantiate the external and internal risks that hold the potential to change the vector of movement of the religious situation in the country, determine its nature, structure, functioning and so on.
On the basis of wide statistical material presented by the sociological service of the Oleksandr Razumkov Center, the changes in social and religious consciousness were investigated, its dependence on the influence of the military conflict in the East of Ukraine and annexation of the Crimea were analyzed, the changes in the attitude of the religious community. Modern Church-confessional changes are characterized by a decrease in the authority of the UOC (MP) and the number of its believers. Therefore, the technologies of the UOC (MP) (more precisely the ROCinU), which hinder the transition of the UOC (MP) communities to the OCU and the destabilization of inter-denominational and state-denominational relations, are studied.
Investigating the search / constitution / restoration of the identity of Ukrainian churches in modern conditions, the authors highlight the phenomena of a global nature and internal factors, under the influence of which a gradual "crystallization" of this identity takes place.
In the context of the general paradigm of religious freedom within which the research is conducted, objective prerequisites have been established that should provide the country with the standards of religious freedom and religion that are necessary for a democratic state (real religious pluralism, traditionally tolerant attitude of Ukrainians from representatives of different denominations, in the collective Ukrainian identity) and the risks involved in the exercise of religious freedom.
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Lefebvre, Solange. "Space, Religious Diversity, and Negotiation Processes." Social Inclusion 8, no. 3 (August 20, 2020): 251–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/si.v8i3.3260.
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After a literature review of space, urbanity, and religion, this article identifies some descriptive categories and analytical frameworks to theorize problems faced by religious minorities, especially Muslims, in obtaining space for their cemeteries and places of worship. A second section focuses on debates and an analysis related to these themes in the province of Quebec (Canada), especially in the City of Montreal, showing that while spatial dimensions rarely constitute an analytical category, this aspect is nevertheless a continual source of tension. The article illustrates how dysfunctional administrative processes have dominated the public scene in recent years. A case study shows how a few actors are exploiting provincial regulations in order to oppose public decisions that seek to accommodate the needs of Muslims, using a process for approving amendments to zoning bylaws by way of referendum. After a brief examination of the case related to a Muslim cemetery in a village near Quebec City, to shed light on the recent debates surrounding regulations, the article analyzes the decision-making process resulting in a failure to modify zoning regulations in order to welcome new places of worship in a borough of Montreal. While analyzing administrative and legal aspects, the article also exposes the complexity of the social and spatial dynamics at stake. Our conclusion is that any successful public policy on diversity must employ multilayered strategies, particularly to support space regulations with foundational intercultural and interreligious initiatives. It also brings attention to the perverse effect of some local participatory procedures, whereby a few actors maneuver to mobilize citizens, in order to resist the religious pluralization of space.
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Peedu, Indrek. "What Game Are We Playing?: A New Look at the Identity and Beginning of the Study of Religion." Numen 65, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 88–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341488.
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AbstractThis article aims to analyze how scholars of religions have studied the history of the discipline itself, with particular emphasis on the question of its beginning. Although situating the beginning of the discipline in the late 19th century is prevalent, there are dissenting voices in this debate. Interestingly, a similar discussion exists in the history of science. There, Andrew Cunningham has argued in favor of understanding scientific practice as a human activity and thus writing histories of science as histories of an activity. The latter part of this article explains how implementing Cunningham’s approach can be useful for the study of the history of religious studies, making it possible to study the intellectual and institutional aspects as parts of one whole. I will draw attention to how this approach can help us analyze the question of the beginnings of the discipline.
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Chakraborty, Rajshekhar, Areej R. El-Jawahri, Mark R. Litzow, Karen L. Syrjala, Aric D. Parnes, and Shahrukh K. Hashmi. "A systematic review of religious beliefs about major end-of-life issues in the five major world religions." Palliative and Supportive Care 15, no. 5 (January 19, 2017): 609–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1478951516001061.
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ABSTRACTObjective:The objective of this study was to examine the religious/spiritual beliefs of followers of the five major world religions about frequently encountered medical situations at the end of life (EoL).Method:This was a systematic review of observational studies on the religious aspects of commonly encountered EoL situations. The databases used for retrieving studies were: Ovid MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations, Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid EMBASE, Ovid PsycINFO, Ovid Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Ovid Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus. Observational studies, including surveys from healthcare providers or the general population, and case studies were included for review. Articles written from a purely theoretical or philosophical perspective were excluded.Results:Our search strategy generated 968 references, 40 of which were included for review, while 5 studies were added from reference lists. Whenever possible, we organized the results into five categories that would be clinically meaningful for palliative care practices at the EoL: advanced directives, euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, physical requirements (artificial nutrition, hydration, and pain management), autopsy practices, and other EoL religious considerations. A wide degree of heterogeneity was observed within religions, depending on the country of origin, level of education, and degree of intrinsic religiosity.Significance of results:Our review describes the religious practices pertaining to major EoL issues and explains the variations in EoL decision making by clinicians and patients based on their religious teachings and beliefs. Prospective studies with validated tools for religiosity should be performed in the future to assess the impact of religion on EoL care.
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Kaplan, Amit, Maha Sabbah-Karkabi, and Hanna Herzog. "“When I Iron My Son’s Shirt, I Feel My Maternal Role”: Making Women’s Invisible Work Visible." Journal of Family Issues 41, no. 9 (January 2, 2020): 1525–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192513x19894351.
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This article seeks to learn how women perceive invisible work and how it affects their lives. This article contributes to the integration of different manifestations of invisible work into a conceptual whole, especially in light of the fact that most research has confined itself to only one aspect such as care work, housework, or volunteering. Nine group interviews were conducted with Israeli mothers from differing ethnic, religious, class, and age groups. Analysis reveals that the distinctions between aspects of invisible work, such as housework and care work and between activities belonging to the private and public spheres are much more blurred in women’s lives than might be inferred from the academic literature. Furthermore, throughout the life course of women the meanings and expressions of invisible work evolve creating a continuous struggle. In describing their everyday activities, women challenge the socially constructed binary oppositions in the context of the neoliberal economy.
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Lamb, Christina. "Conscience: An Investigation in Stenian Philosophy in Relation to Bioethics." Religions 12, no. 8 (July 22, 2021): 566. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12080566.
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This article investigates how Edith Stein’s philosophical work on conscience is relevant for appreciating conscience today. In particular, this article shows how Stein’s contributions to conscience explicates what it is and why it is relevant for moral decision making. Moral decision making is necessary in bioethics and healthcare. However, leading bioethicists today lack an understanding of what conscience is, how it applies to healthcare practice and why it should be respected. Recent developments in obligatory referrals for healthcare professionals reveal further challenges related to appreciating conscience in current bioethical contexts. In this article, I consider the importance of Stein’s work on conscience to address the gap in knowledge related to conscience in bioethics today. To do so, I will outline the main aspects of Stein’s phenomenological and metaphysical approaches to the psycho-spiritual-physical aspects of being human. I will then describe her work on conscience. Next, I will discuss how contemplation vis à vis the Catholic imagination could provide a way to perceive how conscience is a response to morality. Finally, I will show how Stein’s work can refute contemporary approaches to conscience and obligatory referral.
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Yustiani, Yustiani. "Inculcation Nation Character Values Through Islamic Religious Education Subject In Public Senior High School." Analisa 22, no. 1 (June 1, 2015): 135. http://dx.doi.org/10.18784/analisa.v22i1.149.
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<p><em>Cases of cheating, promiscuity, making sordid video student in the classroom are the phenomena of decline in character education at the school. In this sense, character education is essential to emphasized. This research uses qualitative approach, by applying design research CIPP model (Context, Input, Process, and Product). In context of building the nation character values at the school will success on condition that it is accompanied with system and climate supported by each school. One of supporting system and climate is the headmaster's policies on the regulation that support the implementation of character education, and this policy should be supported by infrastructure of the school. The input aspect that determines inculcation of nation character values in these both schools is the quality of the school resources including headmaster, teachers, educational staffs, students, and education infrastructures. From the aspects of process, inculcation nation character values on these schools is implemented through the integration of the Islamic religious education subject and culture of the school. Syllabus and RPP on subjects of Islamic religious education in State Senior High School 1 Kudus and State Senior High School 1 Jepara have already been insightful with the education of nation character. The aspects of product from internalization of cultural values and nation character are embodied in attitudes and behaviors of the students at school and society.</em></p>
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Maghvira, Genta, Lisa Mardiana, and Syukri Syukri. "Debate on the Plan of Making ‘Fiqh Waria’: Framing Analysis in Online Media." Jurnal The Messenger 12, no. 1 (April 10, 2020): 52. http://dx.doi.org/10.26623/themessenger.v12i1.1310.
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<p><em><span lang="EN">This research is an online media study about the phenomenon of ‘waria’ (transgender) people in Indonesia. Okezone.com reports about plans to make ‘Fiqh Waria.’ Fiqh is expected to be a reference for ‘waria’ to perform religious rituals in Islam. Islam has different laws between men and women. Research using Robert N. Entman's Framing Analysis. According to Entman, framing is a selection process that highlights aspects: problem identification, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and action recommendations. The results of the study mentioned that in identifying the problem, it was reported about the plan to make a special jurisprudence called ‘Fiqh Waria.’ In causal interpretation, making fiqh is needed so that they can perform worship after gender changes. In moral evaluation, transgenders are considered to have the same right to perform worship rituals. In the recommended action, it was reported that if the fiqh would become religious jurisprudence that humanizes humans.</span></em></p>
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Shimamura, Ippei. "Magicalized Socialism: An Anthropological Study on the Magical Practices of a Secularized Reincarnated Lama in Socialist Mongolia." Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques 73, no. 4 (April 26, 2020): 799–829. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/asia-2019-0038.
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AbstractSocialist regimes lead by the Soviet Union were one of the great experiments for human life “without religions”. In Mongolia, as in other socialist countries, modernity was constructed by expelling religious practices from the sphere of everyday life in the name of atheism. However, modernity has never completely succeeded in fully establishing secularization anywhere in the world, and the phenomena of magico-religious practices continue and even are rampant, not least behind the facades in post-socialist countries. In other words, it can be said that the affiliation between secularization, de-sacralization, and modernity, which many scholars imagined, was just fantasy. Following the way in which Talal Asad examines the “novel” form of secularism present in Euro-American societies, it becomes quite easy to understand that socialist modernity was formulated as the “novel secular” by the Soviet Union. While examining Soviet-style atheism or Soviet-formed secularization, we need to rethink the practices that are “in between” the religious and the secular. Mongols have been practicing religion secularly. We see this in how selecting reincarnated lamas has been a political act, and in the way they have been practicing secular politics so religiously – for example, the importance of fortune telling and shamanism in political decision-making. Further, we need to note that the socialist expulsion of institutional aspects of religions such as churches, clergies, and religious scriptures resulted in the spread of magical/occult practices. In this paper we explore Mongol practices that are in between the religious and the secular by examining Buddhist practices in Zavkhan Province, where people maintained strong worship for reincarnated lamas secretly and in disguise during the socialist era.
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Mansori, Shaheen, Meysam Safari, and Zarina Mizam Mohd Ismail. "An analysis of the religious, social factors and income’s influence on the decision making in Islamic microfinance schemes." Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 11, no. 2 (January 2, 2020): 361–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jiabr-03-2016-0035.
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Purpose Islamic microfinance schemes are designed and developed with the primary intention of poverty alleviation and fulfillment of the Islamic law requirements. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of religiosity, religious leader’s endorsement, social influence and income on the intention to apply for Islamic microfinance among Muslims in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on a public survey to collect primary data from various states in Malaysia. Then, structural equation modelling (SEM) was used to analyse the data set. Findings The results of SEM indicate significant roles for religiosity and religious leader’s endorsement as religion-based factors on intention to apply for microfinance products. Moreover, social influence (peer-pressure) is influential on the financial decision-making process. The authors also examined the moderation effect of gender on these relations and found that females, in comparison to males, tend to be more influenced by religious leader’s endorsement and social influence. On the other hand, male with higher religiosity tend to favour Islamic microfinance products more than females. Originality/value Findings of this study are new in many aspects, most importantly as it sheds light into the role of religiosity and religious leader’s endorsement on the decision-making process in microfinancing services.
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Glockner, Julio. "The Barroque Paradise of Santa María Tonantzintla (Part I)." Ethnologia Actualis 16, no. 1 (June 1, 2016): 8–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eas-2016-0001.
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Abstract The baroque church of Santa María Tonantzintla is located in the Valley of Cholula in Central Mexican Plateau and it was built during 16th-19th century. Its interior decoration shows interesting symbolic fusion of Christian elements with Mesoamerican religious aspects of Nahua origin. The scholars of Mexican colonial art interpreted the Catholic iconography of Santa María Tonantzintla church as Assumption of Virgin Mary up to celestial kingdom and her coronation by the holy Trinity. One of those scholars, Francisco de la Maza, proposed the idea that apart from that the ornaments of the church evoke Tlalocan, paradise of ancient deity of rain known as Tlaloc. Following this interpretation this study explore a relation between Virgin Mary and ancient Nahua deity of Earth and fertility called Tonatzin in order to show profound syncretic bonds which exist between Cristian and Mesoamerican traditions.
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Rajah, Ananda. "Political Assassination by Other Means: Public Protest, Sorcery and Morality in Thailand." Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 36, no. 1 (February 2005): 111–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022463405000056.
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Since 1989 ‘rites of cursing’, derived from Northern Thai folk-religious practices, have become common in public protests and demonstrations in Thailand. This essay argues that the employment of these practices and associated beliefs as aspects of civil society and contemporary nation-state making in the Thai context can only be understood in terms of the internal logic of sorcery and embedded conceptions of morality.
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Clouser, Roy. "THE TRANSCENDENTAL CRITIQUE REVISITED AND REVISED." Philosophia Reformata 74, no. 1 (November 29, 2009): 21–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116117-90000457.
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Dooyeweerd’s account of abstraction is examined and found to be faulty. He holds that abstract thinking isolates aspects which must then be synthesized, whereas I argue that we cannot isolate any aspect from the others however so hard we try. But our very inability to isolate aspects is then turned into an alternative version of a transcendental critique of theory making. Instead of asking for a basis for synthesizing aspects we have isolated, the new version asks: what is the nature of the aspectual connectedness which is so strong that it cannot be interrupted even by abstraction? I argue that it is impossible for anyone to understand the meaning of a concept fully without taking a position on this issue, whether that is done implicitly or explicitly. Moreover, every answer to this question presupposes a divinity belief. Hence, this recasting of the critique yields a demonstration of the religious regulation of all concepts and every theory. In this way the goal of Dooyeweerd’s critique is achieved, even if not in the way he envisioned.
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Ma'arif and Ratna Prilianti. "Bahan Ajar Berbasis TIK pada Diklat Teknis Fungsional Peningkatan Kompetensi Pengawas Madrasah/PAI di Balai Diklat Kegamaan Makassar." Andragogi: Jurnal Diklat Teknis Pendidikan dan Keagamaan 9, no. 1 (September 13, 2021): 43–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.36052/andragogi.v9i1.217.
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[TEACHING MATERIALS BASED ON ICT ON THE FUNCTIONAL TECHNICAL TRAINING OF THE COMPETENCEIMPROVEMENT OF MADRASAH/ISLAMIC EDUCATION SUPERVISORS AT RELIGIOUS TRAINING CENTER OFMAKASSAR]. The researchs’ aim is to evaluate teaching materials based on ICT on the Functional Technical Training of the Competence Improvement of Madrasah/Islamic Education supervisors at Religious Training Center of Makassar. This evaluation includes aspects of the substance of the material, design of the learning,appearance/visual communication, and the use of the software. This research is qualitative research with a case study form. The data collecting through interviews, observation, and documentation. While the data analysis uses qualitative data analysis by data reduction, data presentation, conclusion drawing, and verification. The results showed that even though some of these aspects still needed improvement, in general, the quality of teaching materials used by trainers at the Religious Training Center of Makassar was good enough. Trainers’ understanding of the aspects that must be considered in making teaching materials based on ICT must be continuously improved in the form of real implementation, namely good teaching materials based on ICT. For that reason, mastery of ICT is an absolute for the trainers and there must be strong management support in encouraging trainers to compile and develop teaching materials that can support the achievement of the training objectives.
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Haleem, M. A. S. Abdel. "The Qur'an in the Novels of Naguib Mahfouz (in Arabic)." Journal of Qur'anic Studies 16, no. 3 (October 2014): 126–04. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jqs.2014.0168.
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With a rich, productive career spanning over 60 years, culminating in the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, Naguib Mahfouz's literary works have naturally attracted numerous studies and critiques. These studies have covered a great many aspects of Mahfouz's creative writing, but, perhaps because of the secular, modern education Mahfouz received (both at school and in the Department of Philosophy in Cairo University), and his personal lifestyle, they have concentrated on the socialist, materialist, and structural aspects of his work. Perhaps because of this, one important aspect of his writing has largely escaped attention: his artistic use of the language of the Qur'an. Mahfouz does not signal that a given phrase or reference is Qur'anic, leaving it to blend with the text, and making it easy to miss the fact that the Qur'an played any part in Mahfouz's use of language. However, to a reader who knows the Qur'an by heart the presence of Qur'anic language in his works is obvious, and equally obvious is Mahfouz's artistic talent in using it. Eventually, he himself announced at the end of his life that he had always had an intimate interest in the Qur'an, read it daily, and benefited from it. This article seeks to demonstrate the ubiquitous presence of Qur'anic language in Mahfouz's works, and the skill and subtlety with which he used it.
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White, Jane H., Anne Griswold Peirce, and William Jacobowitz. "The relationship amongst ethical position, religiosity and self-identified culture in student nurses." Nursing Ethics 26, no. 7-8 (October 18, 2018): 2398–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733018792738.
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Background/purpose: Research from other disciplines demonstrates that ethical position, idealism, or relativism predicts ethical decision-making. Individuals from diverse cultures ascribe to various religious beliefs and studies have found that religiosity and culture affect ethical decision-making. Moreover, little literature exists regarding undergraduate nursing students’ ethical position; no studies have been conducted in the United States on students’ ethical position, their self-identified culture, and intrinsic religiosity despite an increase in the diversity of nursing students across the United States. Participants and Research Context Objectives: The study’s two aims were to determine the relationship of self-identified culture, religiosity, and ethics position of undergraduate nursing student and whether students’ level of education and past ethics courses taken related to idealism. Two hundred and twelve volunteer undergraduate students participated. Research design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed for participants who completed the Ethical Position Questionnaire, The intrinsic subscale of the Religious Orientation Scale, and a Demographic, Cultural, Ethnicity Form. To test the five hypotheses, analyses included t-tests, correlations, and ANOVA. Ethical Considerations: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board at Adelphi University. Results: Idealism and intrinsic religiosity were significantly related. Differences were observed for intrinsic religiosity and idealism for cultural identity and cultural dimensions such as parents’ place of birth, and if participants were US born. Students’ level of education or participation in past courses on ethics did not influence idealism. Conclusions: The study’s findings were similar to most of the research from other disciplines on culture, ethics position, and religiosity. Generic courses on ethics taken prior to clinical work may not assist nursing students in integrating principles into complex ethical dilemmas. Self-identified culture, religion, and intrinsic religiosity related to ethics position; completing ethics courses and level of education, juniors compared with seniors, did not influence idealism. Faculty should consider integrating students’ culture, religious orientation, and ethics position into teaching ethics for all levels of nursing education.
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Zhang, Sarah. "Lyrical Slippage, Meaning-Making, and Proximity in Song 2:10-13." Biblical Interpretation 27, no. 1 (March 11, 2019): 20–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15685152-00271p02.
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Abstract Where does lyric significance happen? With recent interdisciplinary studies from the fields of aesthetics and neuroscience offering support to Emmanuel Levinas’s idea of proximity, I propose that proximity is the maternal body of lyrical meaning. In this paper, I will illustrate the case by unpacking the mental processing of the lyrical imageries in Song 2:10–13, and highlight two aspects of proximity along the way. First, the perception of lyrical imagery is more complex than a representational correspondence between the word and the world. It covers the stages from the verbal cues to multisensory imageries, to evoked synaesthetic experiences, to accompanied feelings and provoked actions. Cognitively it is best described as one’s approximation toward the core semantic sense of the verbal cues, which is diversified by the reader’s embodied minds. Second, at the root of the aesthetic experience is one’s sense of self, which is susceptible to the intrigue of alterity. One’s reception of lyrical imageries in Song 2:10–13 can be characterized as an over-abundant synaesthetic experience. It directs one’s attention to an anterior receptivity embedded in subjectivity by way of the excess of the sensing over the semantic, and the sensed over the sensing. This reduction to the baseline level of function, or the sheer sensation of oneself, beckons the lyrical subject to become aware of one’s a prior proximity to alterity. In brief, while the readers’ individualized approximations preclude a verifiable universal reception, they do not warrant the kind of hermeneutic violence that overrides the text with the readers’ contexts. Rather, by being awakened to one’s susceptibility to the otherness of the poem, the lyrical subject realizes that proximity is the ethical precondition in making sense of the poem and oneself.
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Bock, Gregory L. "The end of religious exemptions from immunisation requirements?" Journal of Medical Ethics 46, no. 2 (September 16, 2019): 114–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2019-105712.
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The purpose of this paper is to propose a middle ground in the debate over religious exemptions from measles vaccination requirements. It attempts to strike a balance between public health concerns on the one hand and religious objections on the other that avoids two equally serious errors: (1) making religious liberty an absolute and (2) disregarding religious beliefs altogether. Some think that the issue is straightforward: science has spoken and the benefits to public health outweigh any other concerns. The safety of the community, they say, demands that everybody be vaccinated so that measles outbreaks can be prevented, but such voices often ignore the freedom of religion, which is a mistake. Using Martha Nussbaum’s work on religious liberty, this paper claims that the exemptions should be preserved if a certain level of vaccination rates can be maintained.
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Hill, Myrtle. "Ulster Awakened : The '59 Revival Reconsidered." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 41, no. 3 (July 1990): 443–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022046900075230.
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The 1859 revival has been granted a special place in Ulster's religious history. It is most often portrayed as a spontaneous and dramatic outpouring of the Holy Spirit, leading to the conversion of many thousands of men and women, and resulting in the moral and social reformation of a formerly sinful society. While this popular image requires a degree of modification in the interests of historical accuracy, the importance of the movement itself is not questioned. As Peter Gibbon ha pointed out, ‘the Ulster religious revival of 1859 involved larger numbers of people in sustained common activity than any movement in rura Ulster between 1798 and 1913’. Its value to the historian lies in its revelation of the attitudes of Ulster society — both religiouss and secular — to the popular, evangelical style of Protestantism which had been making steady progress in Ireland from the late eighteenth century. The dramatic visible and well-publicised nature of religious activity in 1859 serves to highlight the more controversial aspects of that faith, and indicates the degree of adjustment made by churchmen and laity to a movement wich largely ignored conventional ecclesiastical and social boundanes. It is the purpose of this paper to assess the impact of the events of 1859 on Ulster society and to consider its significance in the light of modern sociological approaches to the study of revivalism.
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Glockner, Julio. "The Barroque Paradise of Santa María Tonantzintla (Part II)." Ethnologia Actualis 16, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 14–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/eas-2017-0002.
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Abstract The baroque church of Santa María Tonantzintla is located in the Valley of Cholula in the Central Mexican Plateau and it was built during 16th-19th century. Its interior decoration shows an interesting symbolic fusion of Christian elements with Mesoamerican religious aspects of Nahua origin. Scholars of Mexican colonial art interpreted the Catholic iconography of Santa María Tonantzintla church as the Assumption of the Virgin Mary up to the celestial kingdom and her coronation by the holy Trinity. One of those scholars, Francisco de la Maza, proposed the idea that apart from that, the ornaments of the church evoke Tlalocan, paradise of the ancient deity of rain known as Tlaloc. Following this interpretation this study explores the relation between the Virgin Mary and the ancient Nahua deity of Earth and fertility called Tonatzin in order to show the profound syncretic bonds which exist between Christian and Mesoamerican traditions.
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Racine, Eric, Catherine Rodrigue, James L. Bernat, Richard Riopelle, and Sam D. Shemie. "Observations on the Ethical and Social Aspects of Disorders of Consciousness." Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques 37, no. 6 (November 2010): 758–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0317167100051416.
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AbstractThe care of chronically unconscious patients raises vexing medical, ethical, and social questions concerning diagnosis, prognosis, communication with family members, and decision making, including the withdrawal of life support. We provide updates on major controversies surrounding disorders of consciousness. Issues such as withdrawal of artificial nutrition and hydration – which had been considered “settled” by many in the medical, legal and ethical communities – have resurfaced under the pressure of social groups and religious authorities. Some assumptions about the level of awareness and the prognosis of vegetative state and minimal conscious patients are questioned by advances in clinical care because of insights produced by neuroscience research techniques, particularly functional neuroimaging. Both the clinical and neuroscience dimensions of disorders of consciousness raise complex issues such as resource allocation and high levels of diagnostic inaccuracies (at least, for the vegetative state). We conclude by highlighting areas needing further research and collaboration.
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Alwadaei, Sayed, Barrak Almoosawi, Hani Humaidan, and Susan Dovey. "Waiting for a miracle or best medical practice? End-of-life medical ethical dilemmas in Bahrain." Journal of Medical Ethics 45, no. 6 (May 15, 2019): 367–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2018-105297.
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Background and objectivesIn Bahrain, maintaining life support at all costs is a cultural value considered to be embedded in the Islamic religion. We explore end-of-life decision making for brain dead patients in an Arab country where medical cultures are dominated by Western ideas and the lay culture is Eastern.MethodsIn-depth interviews were conducted from February to April 2018 with 12 Western-educated Bahraini doctors whose medical practice often included end-of-life decision making. Discussions were about who should make withdrawal of life support decisions, how decisions are made and the context for decision making. To develop results, we used the inductive method of thematic analysis.ResultsInformants considered it difficult to engage non-medical people in end-of-life decisions because of people’s reluctance to talk about death and no legal clarity about medical responsibilities. There was disagreement about doctors’ roles with some saying that end-of-life decisions were purely medical or purely religious but most maintaining that such decisions need to be collectively owned by medicine, patients, families, religious advisors and society. Informants practised in a legal vacuum that made their ethics interpretations and clinical decision making idiosyncratic regarding end-of-life care for brain dead patients. Participants referred to contrasts between their current practice and previous work in other countries, recognising the influences of religious and cultural dimensions on their practice in Bahrain.ConclusionsEnd-of-life decisions challenge Western-trained doctors in Bahrain as they grapple with aligning respect for local culture with their training in the ethical practice of Western medicine.
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McGregor, Alexander. "Religion, Doctrine and Ecclesiastical Courts." Ecclesiastical Law Journal 13, no. 3 (August 11, 2011): 333–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956618x11000433.
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In recent years the application of, and discussion about, the faculty jurisdiction has come to focus largely on those aspects of the jurisdiction concerned with the making of changes to listed buildings. This Journal has recently carried two full-scale articles that have helpfully described, from a legal perspective and a practical one, respectively, the operation of the faculty jurisdiction within the context of listed buildings and the ecclesiastical exemption.
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Christensen, Peter, Stefan Kristensen, Amanda Norsker, Anders Larsen, Kasper Siegismund, Martin Ehrensvärd, and Søren Holst. "Det syriske Adams Testamente." Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift 78, no. 3 (October 10, 2015): 163–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/dtt.v78i3.105755.
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The article presents a Danish translation of the oldest extant manuscript of the Syriac Testament of Adam. This manuscript comprises the two first sections (the Horarium and Prophecy) of the total of three sections usually described as making up this composite text. In addition to giving an introduction and translation, the article discusses key issues of the text’s language and theology and aspects of its interpretation of the Garden of Eden story, such as the nature of the forbidden fruit, the future fate of Adam and its Christological implications.
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Wijana, Nyoman, Sanusi Mulyadiharja, and I. Made Oka Riawan. "Exploration and Utilization of Plant Species Based on Social Culture (Hindu Religion Ceremony) in Tenganan Pegringingan Village, Karangasem Regency, Bali Province, Indonesia." International Journal of Natural Science and Engineering 4, no. 2 (October 18, 2020): 47. http://dx.doi.org/10.23887/ijnse.v4i2.24781.
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This research aims to find out (1) the plants that were used in religious ceremonies (Hinduism) in accordance with the Bali Aga Tenganan Pegringsingan culture. 2) the making process of the various means needed in religious ceremonies (Hinduism) related to the utilization of useful plant species in Bukit Kangin Forest, Tenganan Pegringsingan Village. The Research was explorative (vegetation) and socio-system (community) research. The populations of this research were ecosystem aspects and sociosystem aspects. The ecosystem aspects included all of the useful plant species in Bukit Kangin Forest of Tenganan Pegringsingan village. Meawhile, the sociosystem aspects included the village officials, the village public figures and the community of Tenganan Pegringsingan village. The ecosystem sample (the vegetation) used in this research included the plant species in the forest of Tenganan Pegringsingan Village covered by the 1x1m2 sized seedling square, 10x10m2 sized sapling square and 20x20m2 sized square for trees (mature plants). There were 65 squares in total. The sociosystem samples in this research were the village officials, public figures, shamans, offerers, craftsmen, and the public in Tenganan Pegringsingan village. The methods applied in this research were (1) square method for ecosystem (vegetation) parameter. (2) Interview, questionnaire and observation for sociosystem parameter. The collected data were further analyzed descriptively. The results of the research showed that (1) of 46 useful plant species found in Bukit Kangin forest of Tenganan Pegringsingan, 29 of them were plant species that were utilized for religious ceremonies (Hinduism), meanwhile there were 17 plant species utilized for clothing, food, shelter, industry, medicine, and other household purposes. (2) The utilization of plant species for religious purposes was still in traditional method, in accordance with the socio-cultural of the local community.
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Sugimura, Yasuhiko. "“Demeurer vivant jusqu’à...”: La question de la vie et de la mort et le “religieux commun” chez le dernier Ricœur." Études Ricoeuriennes / Ricoeur Studies 3, no. 2 (December 14, 2012): 26–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/errs.2012.142.
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In spite of his clear and deliberate distinction between philosophical and religious discourse, Ricoeur lets these two aspects of his thought interweave with respect to the deep "conviction" motiving it. The idea of “attestation”, considered as the "password" granting access to his last "hermeneutics of the self", testifies to this in particular. This term, while containing a religious connotation, refers to what Heidegger calls Fundamentalontologie, in which attestation (Bezeugung) is totally de-theologized to indicate how Dasein assumes its own death. But Ricoeur only incorporates this notion into his thought by making it undergo a profound modification. Ricoeur replaces “being–toward–death” with “remaining alive until…”, which allows him to recognize “the religious in common.” How can we develop a conception of the philosophy of religion from this winding process? This article marks a first step toward answering that question.
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Pavlyshyn, Andriy. "MALE MONASTERIES OF THE EPARCHY OF LVIV IN EARLY MODERN SOCIETY: RELIGIOUS ASPECT." Problems of humanities. History, no. 5/47 (March 27, 2021): 67–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.24919/2312-2595.5/47.217792.
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Summary. The purpose of the research is to find out aspects of the religious function of male monastic communities of the Eparchy of Lviv (Orthodox and Union) in the local environment at the end of the XVI ‒ first quarter of the XVIII century. The methodology of the research is based on the principles of historicism, interdisciplinarity. Methods inherent for the study history of local social groups are used. The scientific novelty is in an attempt to study the religious function of monasteries in the Eparchy of Lviv, with the involvement of little-known and unpublished sources. Conclusions: among the most important aspects of religious activity of the monasteries of the Eparchy of Lviv was pastoral work, which was uncommon during the period under study. The pastorate of monks in parishes was initiated by church hierarchs or the founders of the parish, less often by the parishioners themselves. An important religious function of monastic communities was funeral services, which were held in monasteries at the request of the faithful inscribed in commemoration books. On the example of Pidhorodyshche monastery commemoration book, it can be stated that small monasteries were popular mainly with peasants or clergy from nearby settlements, to a lesser extent with burghers or gentry. The important role of monasticism in the religious consciousness of various classes of early modern society is confirmed by testamentary gifts in wills for monasteries. The personal religiosity of specific individuals played a significant role in their making. The nobility and burghers often chose monasteries as the place of their burial. Both family ties to monasteries and personal religiosity were decisive in this choice. An important place in the religious consciousness of the society of that time played the celebration in the honour of the monastery patron with the representatives of all classes of the society of that time taking part in it.
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Thaib, Erwin Jusuf, and Andries Kango. "DAKWAH DAN PERDEBATAN SOAL PLURALISME." KOMUNIKE 12, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 41–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.20414/jurkom.v12i1.2237.
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Da'wah is basically a social activity that allows people to meet with various social backgrounds in it. Because of its nature as a social activity, plurality becomes a necessity in da'wah. Nevertheless, pluralism as a reality sometimes becomes a problem in society. This article aims to describe the problem between da'wah and pluralism with the subject of the meaning of pluralism, its reality in the history of Islamic da'wah, and the attitude that must be developed in responding to it. The study showed that pluralism is generally interpreted as diversity in various aspects of life, including religion, which is believed to originate from one source even though this causes controversy. Historically Islam recognized the reality of religious pluralism. This fact shows that in Islam differences of belief are not obstacles to managing social life together as a form of acceptance of religious pluralism. Some attitudes that must be developed to be able to accept the reality of religious pluralism in daily life include interfaith dialogue, conducting "passing over" and "coming back" activities, or making efforts to increase multiculturalism insight to all elements of society. All of this can be done through the Islamic da’wah, with its various approaches, has become a massive Islamic religious social movement and is able to reach all aspects of Islamic society life.