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Showing 1 to 20 of 162 for “"Religious practices."”.
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Religious Practices in Classical Thebes
… uses Thebes as case study to focus on Theban religious practices during the Classical age (traditionally defined as between 510 BCE and 323 BCE). By narrowing my study to this geographical and chronological scope, my research aims to add to the traditional narrative of Theban history by …
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Sound affects: remaking Taiwan through traditional religious practices
… generations of Taiwanese take ownership of religious practices, which are typically framed as traditional, and adapt them to a changing, modern environment. Having access to the means of producing cultural value enables these religiously active individuals to develop a sense of affective …
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Muslim common religious practices at the Cape : identification and analysis
… existence of Popular Islam, or Muslim Common Religious Practices, with Official Islam in the Cape of today. Our task is thus primarily to identify the popular movement as no systematic documentation in this field has to date been attempted. Almost all approaches in Islamic Studies have …
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The community of intimacy: The spiritual beliefs and religious practices of adolescent quakers
This thesis is a sociological study of the current generation of adolescent Quakers. It examines and analyses their beliefs and values; individual and group practice and how the group functions. The research demonstrates that for the adolescent Quaker group belief is unimportant and …
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The Role of Leisure in the Personal Spirituality and Religious Practices of New Paradigm Christians
… within the New Paradigm Church, the influence of religious beliefs on leisure choices, and the role of leisure in people's personal spirituality.
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Exploring Sacred Objects And Their Meanings In Catholic Mexicano Households: Domestic Religious Practices In San Antonio
… of traditional aspects of culture, such as religious practices, often serves as a way of negotiating personal or cultural identity in an ever changing social milieu (Sandoval 2006, Aponte and De La Torre 2006). This paper explores the relationships formed with the objects used on traditional …
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Talom Rukbo and the Donyipolo Yelam Kebang: restructuring Adi religious practices in Arunachal Pradesh, Northeast India
… this space for the acknowledgement of ‘religious re-imaginings’ as a means of cultural preservation – and as a representation of creativity – is significant particularly when viewed in the context of contemporary research on similar movements in Northeast India, which sometimes tends …
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A sacred kind of strength? : the role of Catholic religious practices as a coping response to adversity
This study investigates the role of four Catholic religious practices as a coping response to adversity. A qualitative mode of inquiry was employed and data was collected using semistructured interviews. Five participants, aged between 35 and 69 years old were recruited for participation in this …
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Organisational and religious practices of 'Kuomboka kwa likomu' ceremony: the case of Munyama area in Kalabo district, Zambia.
… light on the organisation, preparations and religious practices of the ceremony as practiced by the Lozi people of Munyama Area in Kalabo district. Furthermore, the study examined the agreements made between cattle owners and temporal caretakers as well as the changes that have taken place in …
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Organisational and religious practices of 'Kuomboka kwa likomu' ceremony: the case of Munyama area in Kalabo district, Zambia.
… light on the organisation, preparations and religious practices of the ceremony as practiced by the Lozi people of Munyama Area in Kalabo district. Furthermore, the study examined the agreements made between cattle owners and temporal caretakers as well as the changes that have taken place in …
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Separated from Saints and Sacred Spaces: Religion, Identity and Belonging for Peruvian Andean Migrants in the US
<p>Religious practices impact how people construct their sense of identity and belonging, and Peruvian Andean religious practices are based in the sacred landscape and local saint fiestas. When Peruvian Andeans migrate away from their communities in the Andes, their religious practices are altered …
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Mimetic Transformations of Sacred Symbols: Christianity in Appalachian Literature.
<p>Though many representations of Appalachian religious practices describe conservative, stagnant, xenophobic, and backward traditions, some authors present Christian practices in Appalachia as a potential source of social and individual progressiveness. Denise Giardina in <em>Storming Heaven</em> …
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The Influence of Religious Beliefs and Practices on Marital Commitment, Parent-Child Closeness, and Family Involvement
… DeFrain, I examined the ways in which a parent's religious beliefs and religious practices support or hinder family relationships. The Actor-Partner Interdependence Model (APIM) was used to examine the intrapersonal and interspousal relationships among religious beliefs, religious practices, …
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Development of the Concept of Salvation in the Argentinean and Paraguayan Seventh-day Adventist Children and Adolescents From Ages 6 to 17 Years
… in children and adolescents from Christian religious populations. the purpose of this study was to explore how the concept of salvation develops in Argentinean and Paraguayan Seventh-day Adventist children and adolescents, from a psychological perspective.</p> <p><em>Method.</em> Using a …
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Craving / Carving a sacred space : a study of religion on Stone Mountain.
… Georgia. The focus on spatial aspects of religious practices at Stone Mountain grounds three over-arching methodological objectives of the thesis. The first is to further develop and extend spatial analysis within the academic study of religion. The second objective is to illustrate the …
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Classifying Christians: Ethnography, Discovery, and the Limits of Knowledge in Late Antiquity
… treatises about heretics) demonstrates how the religious practices, doctrinal beliefs, and historical origins of heretics served to define Christian schematizations of the world. In studying heretics, Christian authors defined and ordered the bounds of Christian knowledge and the process by …
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In pursuit of tradition: Local cults and religious conversion among the Sambla of Burkina Faso
… group of western Burkina Faso, in relation to religious shifts of affiliation. Past religious regional movements in the Volta region and contemporary religious changes among the Sambla show that local identities are produced by people who do not perceive a disjunction between local culture and …
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