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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Churchgoers"”.
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Churchgoers’ help-seeking behaviours for emotional and mental health difficulties and the role of clergy
… one of which being spiritual leaders. Many U.S. churchgoers seek support from clergy over health professionals when experiencing emotional and mental health difficulties (Wang, Berglund & Kessler, 2003). To date, no studies have examined help-seeking among practising churchgoers experiencing …
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Indiana Jones and the temple of media: exploring the interconnection of commercial entertainment media, identity and faith in the American spiritual marketplace
… formations into their churches; what evangelical churchgoers themselves think of commercial media texts both inside and outside the space of the church; and how this immersion in commercial entertainment media culture influences the formation of identity and the development of faith. Using the …
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Religious communities and political participation among Chinese migrants in Australia
… institutions have often been thought to supply churchgoers with the resources necessary to take part in the political arena, by providing either opportunities to develop civic skills or exposure to mobilisation attempts (Verba, Schlozman & Brady, 1995). Religious communities play an important …
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Mortality and regeneration: Bebelibe understandings of life after death.
… associated with being modern. Despite this, many churchgoers still accept reincarnation, although their understanding of it may be modified as people appropriate the parts of Christianity they find attractive on their own terms.
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Retelling the old, old story: a study of six mass evangelistic missions in twentieth-century New Zealand
… upon either their supporters, the Protestant churchgoers, or upon the wider society. Such impact as they had tended to be greater in the anticipation than the event and seldom received more than passing attention from those outside existing Christian church life. Even the proportion of …
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Rearticulating religious rhetoric: Literate activity and semiotic remediation in a progressive Christian church
… performed a Sunday service that exhorted fellow churchgoers to action surrounding racism in the criminal justice system. While the Pub Theologians did occasionally worry that they were simply “preaching to the choir,” I argue that composing this service was a complex exercise in remediation and …