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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"Religious communities"”.
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Financial Planning in Religious Communities of Women
The main goals of a religious community are the honor and glory of God and the sanctification of its members. These goals are to be achieved through various external works of charity, such as caring for the sick, educating of youths and adults, ministering to anyone in need. In this study, we are …
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Religious communities and political participation among Chinese migrants in Australia
Religious institutions are a crucial link in the causal chain that connects citizens to the political process. This is because churches and other religious institutions have often been thought to supply churchgoers with the resources necessary to take part in the political arena, by providing …
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The World Is Not Yet Completed: Moral Imaginaries and Everyday Politics in Progressive Religious Communities
… there has been a long tradition of progressive religious engagement in American civic and political life, including the abolitionist movement, civil rights movement, and anti-nuclear movement. Through an ethnographic examination of six politically progressive religious communities, including two …
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Hidden Galleries, Silenced Communities: homegrown religious communities and the secret police in 20th century Romania
… secret police against two homegrown Romanian religious communities, the Old Calendarists and the Tudorists, and the manner in which they survived persecution by engaging in conscious acts of resistance. The creation of alternative narratives by these religious communities, narratives in which …
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The arts in the religious communities of Kansas: a survey of religion and the arts, 1977
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1978 W38
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The arts in the religious communities of Kansas: a survey of religion and the arts, 1977
Call number: LD2668 .T4 1978 W38
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The synergy of modern abolition : inter-agency cooperation between state agencies, religious communities, faith-based organizations, and NGOs against human trafficking.
… cooperation that occurs between state agencies, religious communities, faith-based groups and non-governmental organizations both formally and informally. These partnerships are generally considered beneficial by those involved in work against human trafficking; however, cooperation between such …
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Dwelling in diversity: religion and belonging in Kibera, a neighbourhood in Nairobi
This dissertation is an ethnographic study of how religious communities make and take place in Kibera, a neighbourhood that is also a homeland in the city of Nairobi. Since its establishment in 1907, the debate about who belongs in Kibera and to whom Kibera belongs has shaped how religious …
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Standing at The Crossroads: The Intersection of Sexual, Racial/ethnic, and Spiritual/religious Identities in African American Men Who have Sex with Men
… and its associations with racism in LGB communities, perceived homonegativity within racial and religious communities, and frequency of unprotected anal intercourse (UAI) among religiously affiliated African American men who have sex with men (AAMSM). A review of literature on the …
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The Lokamanya and the Sardar : two generations of Congress 'communalism'
Antagonism among various religious communities and particularly between Hindus and Muslims has become a recurring feature of the public sphere in South Asia. This antagonism fed a steady growth of Muslim separatism in British India which led to the creation of Pakistan in 1947. The purpose of this …
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Redefining the sacred in 3D virtual worlds: exploratory analysis of knowledge production and innovation through religious expression
… focusing on the construction and production of religious products within one large-scale open user-centered technological environment, 3D virtual worlds. Particularly, this study examines how virtual world users construct (non-gaming) religious communities and practices and how the technology …
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Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing in an Environment of Risk: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Urban Congolese Refugee Resilience in Kenya
… coping strategies, comprised of reliance on religious communities and faith in God, participation in borrowing networks, and managing memories; and (3) isolation was associated with poor mental health functioning, while perceived support from religious communities enhanced mental health …
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The Student Augustinian Values Institute: Assessing its Impact of Enhancing the Understanding and Experience of the Augustinian Core Values of Veritas, Unitas, and Caritas Upon Students in Augustinian Secondary Schools
… Catholic schools founded and sponsored by religious communities were challenged to reappropriate their founders’ charisms in their educational ministries. The Order of St. Augustine is an example of a religious order that has responded to this call to reappropriation in modern times by …
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“Stepsons and Stepdaughters”: Chosen Communities, Religion, Faith, and LGBT Liberation
… new roles the LGBT movement took on in place of religious and faith-based communities. The new discourse behind the LGBT rights movement’s recent popularity and credibility in popular culture in the U.S. created a generation of activists who grew up both within and outside of religious …
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Nature, History, and the Sacred in the Medieval Ruins of Delhi
… ecology in the experience of the sacred, across religious communities, in the post-colonial city. In the ruins of a fourteenth century palace in the center of modern Delhi, Hindus and Muslims from various castes and communities come to deposit photocopies of letters petitioning saintly jinn …
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Ibn Hazm on the doctrine of Taḥrīf
… Wa al-Ahwā Wa al-Ni~al (An Analysis of World Religious Communities, Ideologies and Sects) as the primary source of reference. It consists of an introduction of four chapters and a conclusion.
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Interfaith Communities: Relationships in Thirdspace
… impacts on individuals within interfaith communities, as well as orientation towards religious communities. While there are common struggles, interpretations, and socializations that hinder the participation of women and non-binary individuals in institutional interfaith spaces, observing …
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Nuns' stories, nuns' voices: Resistance at the margins of patriarchal ideology
… practice of womanhood. Chapter I looks at female religious communities and analyzes their ideological meaning, i.e., their importance as separate female spaces. It considers different historical representations of nuns and convents and emphasizes the gap between the way nuns and convents are …
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Deus É Brasileiro: A Comparative Study of Contemporary Religiosity in Late Modern Brazil
… towards the global North, overlooking vibrant religious life present in the South. Brazil represents one of the most religiously diverse regions in the world, with 97% of the populace affirming a belief in God (Datafolha 2007), and many Brazilians integrating religious and spiritual practices …
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Stories of Resistance to Religious Authority: A Discursive Analysis
Abuses of power within certain religious communities have become a matter of public concern in recent decades. Less well known are the stories of people within local Christian communities who experience practices of religious authority which do not make headlines, but which nonetheless diminish the …
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