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A religious approach to religious education : the implications of John Hick’s religious interpretation of religion for religious education
… to present the study of religion to students in religious education (RE) in schools that reflects a distinctively religious character but not a confessional one. It recognises that how religion is conceptualised in RE and the search for a distinctive rationale that reflects the subject’s nature …
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Religious Life
<p>In 1954, when Sister Jean Frances, O.F., was completing her studies at Dominican College, she submitted a dissertation on the vow of chastity. This was the first step in a project being undertaken by the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Dominic, Congregation of the Holy Cross. The plan called …
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Extremist religious philosophy : the religious doctrines of Satmar Rebbe
Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, The Satmar Rebbe, (1886-1978) was a well known Hassidic rabbinical leader of the 20th century. He was born into a rabbinical 'dynasty' and was ordained as a rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva and Rebbe in Hungary at a young age. It was in Hungary that his anti-Zionist views were developed. …
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Fostering Religious Vocations
… world and the tranquility and joy of life in the religious state, causes religious to recognize their stupendous good fortune. Likewise does this difference impel them to portray vividly to those whom they may contact the beauty of the religious life and the drastic need in the world for a greater …
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Modelling religious signalling
… the signalling theory of religion, or religious signalling theory (RST). According to the signalling theory, participation in social religion (and its associated rituals and sanctions) acts as an honest signal of one's commitment to a religiously demarcated community and its way of …
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Modelling religious signalling
… the signalling theory of religion, or religious signalling theory (RST). According to the signalling theory, participation in social religion (and its associated rituals and sanctions) acts as an honest signal of one's commitment to a religiously demarcated community and its way of …
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Religious pluralism and conflict as issues in religious education in Uganda
… complications raised in teaching a confessional Religious Education in a multi-religious context pertaining in Ugandan religiously founded public schools, government and private founded schools. The thesis contends that the introduction of Islam, Anglican and Roman Catholic Christian religious …
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Components of Religious Beliefs, Religious Maturity, and Religious History as Predictors of Proscribed and Non-Proscribed Explicit and Implicit Prejudices
… attitudes. We found that very few aspects of religious beliefs predicted explicit attitudes toward African-Americans but almost all aspects were related to explicit attitudes toward gay men and lesbians. Religiosity did not predict implicit attitudes toward African-Americans or gay men, …
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THE EFFECT OF RELIGIOUS AND NON-RELIGIOUS CONTENT IN SOCIAL SUPPORT MESSAGES
Religious demographics are becoming increasingly diverse in the United States, including non-religious orientations. This increasing religious pluralism, along with the trend towards constant connectivity with social networks, creates a need to understand how religious differences can affect …
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Religious Problem-Solving and Explanatory Style: Relationships Between Religious Coping and Pessimism
This study examines the relationships among religious problem-solving style, explanatory or attributional style, and dispositional optimism-pessimism. It also seeks to determine the degree to which these styles predict depressive symptoms. Ninety-three students enrolled in psychology classes …
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The causes of religious wars : holy nations, sacred spaces, and religious revolutions
… bellicosity. In doing so, it aims to evaluate if religious violence is primarily the product of beliefs, doctrine and scripture, or if religious violence is the result of other factors such as cultural, political, social and economic circumstances. This dissertation focuses on religious …
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Religious orientation and flow
… the nature and extent of relationships between religious orientations, religious orthodoxy, and flow, which is an experience akin to “being in the zone” in sports. The three religious orientations examined were intrinsic religiosity, which involves shaping one’s life around religious beliefs and …
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Personalism in religious education
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An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Religious Orthodoxy (Defined as Religious Rigidity and Religious Closed-Mindedness) and Marital Sexual Functioning
… or not a significant relationship exists between religious orthodoxy (defined as religious rigidity and religious closed-mindedness) and marital sexual functioning.</p> <p>Methodology</p> <p>Two Likert-type scales were developed to measure religious orthodoxy and marital sexual functioning, …
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Prejudice and attitudes towards non-religious individuals with the influences of religious orientation
… involved a person who was described as "fairly religious", or "atheist", and a rating scale. The other measure was the Religious Orientation Scale Revised version (Gorsuch & McPherson, 1989). This was used to measure religiosity in terms of intrinsic of extrinsic. T-tests were run to determine …
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How Should Religious Fraud and Religious Undue Influence be Regulated by English Courts?
How should the law regulate religious influence motivating gifts? Should criminal fraud laws apply to religious representations? When do religious officials take advantage of adherents in making a financial gain? These are challenging questions that this thesis sets out to assess. The focus is upon …
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