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Showing 1 to 20 of 209 for “"Religious aspects"”.
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Social and religious interaction and integration of Chinese Muslim converts with Malays in Kuala Lumpur an empirical study
… to explore the exact levels of the social and religious aspects of interaction and integration between Chinese Muslim converts and their Malay counterparts in Kuala Lumpur. I was sure that interaction and integration in both social and religious aspects are dilemmas which Chinese Muslims face …
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The study of the poetry of J.P. Shongwe
… gives a short background on cultural, social, religious aspects and beliefs in Shongwe's poetry. Chapter 3 focuses only on Shongwe as to whether he is a metaphysical or not. Chapter 4 discusses the different types of imagery. The poet employs imagery, which enables him to express his thoughts …
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A country house
… were related in their social, political and religious aspects. Roman houses changed the internal ritual, but kept primordial elements related to individual physical and spiritual development. In these traditions there are principles that are adaptable to contemporary living. The country house …
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Body, soul, and bible : a religious history of nineteenth-century physiological reform.
… physiological reform movement was deeply religious. While historians have noted the moral or religious imperatives intermingled with reformers' dietary recommendations, few have examined why and how a movement to reform the body became religious and how that religious impulse manifested …
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Body, soul, and bible : a religious history of nineteenth-century physiological reform.
… physiological reform movement was deeply religious. While historians have noted the moral or religious imperatives intermingled with reformers' dietary recommendations, few have examined why and how a movement to reform the body became religious and how that religious impulse manifested …
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Sexuality: Social and Cultural Constructs of Women Represented through Art
… artwork. My interest also includes how western religious aspects control our sense of our bodies, the vagina for example, as the yawning mouth of hell (Blackledge, 51) and how these ideas form the construction of womanhood.
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A Possible Framework for Analysing National Security. The Saudi Arabian Perspective.
… state) as it holds various important social and religious aspects that are not fully understood by external sources. Consequently, this study conceptualises Saudi national security from the internal perspective by considering the Saudi state’s specific features.
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Asatru in America: A New American Religion
Asatru is a New Religious Movement reconstructing the practice of pre-Christian Norse and Germanic Pagan religion. It has been one of the least studied of the Pagan movements in America. In addition, Asatru has often been associated with far right or fascist political views and racist ideology, …
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's attitudes toward organized Christianity.
… has not been to be an exhaustive review of the religious aspects of his thought. Logically the first chapter in a study of this kind is a review of Hawthorne's attitudes toward Puritanism, for Puritanism was a vital part of Hawthorne's heritage to which he reacted quite prolifically. The next …
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Alcohol and alcoholism in Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The sun also rises’
… how drastically alcohol increases, losing the religious aspects of the festival and becoming a seven-day binge. The second chapter will present the idea that alcohol is not only restricted within the festival, and will show how each character produces alcoholic tendencies and destructive …
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A sociological study of the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization
… sociologically examines the relationship between religious violence and economic globalization. Chapter 2 begins with an analysis of the theories of religious violence in general. This chapter presents the theories which emphasize the rationality of religious violence: the rational choice theory …
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Who's being transcended?: the role of belief of other as self in mediating the relationship between mystical experience and mental health
Throughout history humans have experienced instances where the boundary between self and other dissolved, and the ordinary sense of “I” was replaced with a unity to all of existence or a higher power. These are commonly referred to as mystical experiences, and although the relationship between …
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Nongqawuse's Prophecies Revisited: Centring the Religious Experience
… examines the role played by traditional Xhosa religious belief and experience in the Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-57. Using a range of primary and secondary historical sources, this study focuses on the period between 1856 and 1857 where many of the amaXhosa slaughtered their cattle …
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Utilizing biblical persuasion techniques in preaching without being manipulative
This dissertation examines the difference between persuasion and manipulation in preaching. The focus of this work will be demonstrating the need for the pure motives of the messenger. Additionally, discovering and exhibiting the pathos of Scripture emerges as an essential ingredient of powerful …
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The scientific theory of evolution and christian beliefs : A philosophical inquiry with special reference to Zambia
The relationship between the Darwinian theory of evolution and some Christian beliefs is complex and has generated controversy between scientists and philosophers. The relationship has been perceived by many as necessarily one of conflict, a perception that has been highlighted in more recent times …
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The Authority of Traditional Islamic Leaders: A Sociological Study of Kyai's Authority in Pesantren
1 PDF file (vi, 101 leaves ; 28 cm)
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The use of referrals for therapeutic counseling by Catholic parish priests and the implications for clinical social workers
<p>This positivist research design project focused on the question: How do parish priests deal with people who are in need of therapeutic counseling? Central to this study was the hypothesis, that priests refer people to professionals, when there is no conflict expected between values and morals of …
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