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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Religion in society"”.
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State, religion, and the public good: An examination of Nurcholish Madjid in constructing civil religious pluralism as political philosophy
… political philosophy on the issue of the role of religion in society. It addresses the chronic tension between religion and the state by constructing a dialogue between the writings of Nurcholish Madjid and classical political theorists. Framed around the development of the modern nation-state, …
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The Anglican church in Victorian Liverpool and its work with the Labouring poor
… describe the nature of Anglican parochial work in Victorian Liverpool, with particular reference to the church's relationship with the poor during the period 1851-1902. The nineteenth century witnessed large scale urbanisation of which Liverpool was a conspicuous and distinctive example. How …
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Exploring the influence of culture on diabetes self-management: perspectives of Gujarati Muslim men
In this qualitative study I sought to explore the influence that culture has on diabetes (type 2) self-management for Gujarati Muslim men. In particular, I aimed to develop a theoretical understanding of this influence. I used an interpretive approach, which involved combining ethnographic and …
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Religion in Lancashire 1603-1640
… close of Elizabeth I's reign, some Lancashire ministers asked Archbishop Matthew Hutton of York, to remember 'the general state of the people amongst whom we live, standing of two sorts, the obstinate papists and the zealous professors of religion'. (1) Such sentiments were echoed in 1608 by …
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Visual theologies in Graham Greene's 'Dark and Magical Heart of Faith'
This study explores the ways in which Catholic images, statues, and icons haunt the fictional, spiritual wasteland of Greene’s writing, nicknamed ‘Greeneland’. It is also prompted by a real space, discovered by Greene during his 1938 trip to Mexico, which was subsequently fictionalised in The Power …
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Ayahuasca’s Religious Diaspora in the Wake of the Doctrine of Discovery
… to South America. Often, the woody ayahuasca vine (<em>Banisteriopsis caapi</em>) is combined with <em>chacruna</em> leaf (<em>Psychotria viridis</em>) in a tea, inducing psychedelic effects among its users. While social usage varies among Indigenous Peoples of South America, during the …
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A Survey History of Islamic Da'wah and the Egyptian-Nigerian Connections
… heavily on the relevant pieces of literature in my possession, on those of Loma Linda University, California, and of the University of Washington, Seattle, and on those in the Arab Republic of Egypt, particularly at Al-Azhar University, the American University at Cairo, and the British …