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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Sociology of Religion"”.
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Feminism, feminists, and faith : intersectional identities.
… and feminism are contradictory because of the way whiteness has shaped both institutions. The second section utilizes interviews and survey data to examine the ways people think about being a Christian woman and how the expectations of that right womanhood push or pull women towards or …
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Why Aren't More Heathens Eco-Pagan Vegetarians? The Intersection Of Gender, Politics, And Spiritual Environmentalism
… movement, provides a rich backdrop for the study of spiritual environmentalism. This ethnographic project analyzes the dynamic interconnectedness of neo-paganism and environmentalism, or "eco-paganism," and how Heathenry reframes the natural world using interpretations of Old Norse lore. A …
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Pedagogies and Practice: How Religious Diversification Impacts Seminaries and Clergy
… religious diversification has shaped the roles of clergy and seminaries. The focus of this qualitative, interview-based study is seminaries and clergy affiliated with various denominations of Judaism and Protestant Christianity in greater London and New York City. Religiously diversifying …
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(Non-)Religious Bias in Secularization Research
The theory of secularization posits that religion declines as modernization unfolds. Once a dominant paradigm, it is now one of the most contested areas in the sociology of religion: even rigorous empirical studies reach contradictory conclusions. This PhD thesis asks whether part of this …
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A Study of Nones in Brazil and the USA in Light of Secularization Theory with Missiological Implications
<p>The growth of those who declare themselves to be Nones, or religiously unaffiliated, in Brazil and the USA has been continuously higher than that of the general population. In Brazil, they are the third-largest group in the religious field, behind only Catholics, and Pentecostal evangelicals. In …
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Schisms and Conflict Management in New African Immigrants’ Religious Organizations in the Greater Atlanta Area
… congregations. Foundational studies in the field of Sociology of Religion failed to include NAI-led churches in their studies and Atlanta was not selected as an immigrant hub city in their follow-up studies. This dissertation explores the social phenomenon of NAIRO internal conflicts that lead to …
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Inequality within Congregations and Congregations’ Response to Inequality: Studies of Gender and Mental Health, Race and Mental Health, and Participation in the Sanctuary Movement
… respond to and are formed within the context of a society marked by inequality. Specifically, I study: (1) the ways that the stress of the pastorate, and the ways that clergy respond to those stressors, is shaped by gender; (2) the ways that the racial make-up of religious congregations relate …
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Honor, Shame, and Redemption: Explicating the American Evangelical Right's Moral Worldview Regarding Same-Sex Marriage and Abortion
<p>With the rise of the New Religious Right in American politics, same-sex marriage and abortion emerged as the seminal political issues in a burgeoning culture wars narrative. While previous literature in the sociology of religion and political science fields has examined conservative evangelical …
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Korean Christianity and the Shinto Shrine issue in the war period, 1931-1945 : a study of religion and politics
… and Methodist Churches, should choose the way of compromise, while others, such as the Presbyterian Church, represented by individual missionaries and the Non-Shrine Worship Movement and the Mount Zion Sect, chose the way of radical challenge and withdrawal. It is proposed in this study to …
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Blessed Disruption: Culture and Urban Space in a European Church Planting Network
… in cities around the world. They are the product of a conscious effort on the part of evangelicals to found, or ``plant,'' new churches in urban areas. Behind this effort are a whole host of actors, including denominations, churches, seminaries, and parachurch organizations, who come together in …
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Patriarkkana ikuisuuden performanssissa : Maskuliinisuuden ja miehen ruumiillisuuden rakentuminen mormonien Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood -opetuskäsikirjassa
… teaching manual used by the Mormons (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), called "Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood". This work includes numerous lesson plans, each one with a separate topic. The manual is intended especially for teaches, but can also be used for individual …
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An analysis of the socio-political role of the Roman Catholic Church in contemporary South Africa
This study attempts an analysis of the form and content of the opposition of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa to the policy and practice of apartheid during the period 1948-1989. It is argued that the divisions, tensions and contradictions of the Catholic Church reflect the socially …
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When spirituality and pedagogy collide: acknowledging religious beliefs and values in the ESL classroom
… widely addressed. As a significant percentage of students and teachers alike identify with deeply-rooted beliefs, this thesis attempts to answer the important question of how we might incorporate such beliefs in a manner that promotes thoughtful dialogue and critical reflection for both …
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If It Wasn’t for the Women: An Exploration of Works by Renita Weems, Wil Gafney, & Kelly Brown Douglas
… Weems, Kelly Brown Douglas, and Wil Gafney’s offerings to the world of biblical scholarship have had a profound impact on Christian faith in the United States. Womanist biblical scholarship is the hermeneutics, ethics, critique, theology, and more, done with a specific lens on Black women and …
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Moral Landscapes: Religion, Secularism, and Symbolic Boundaries
<p>This dissertation is a comparison of three religious congregations and one secular congregation on the moral boundaries they use to understand themselves and others. Through a newly developed graphical instrument, in-depth interviews, and surveys, this dissertation shows that contemporary …
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Assessment of Religious Motivation and its Effects on Health Related Behaviors
… behavior can influence health, either by formal offerings to religious shamans or the uttering of a prayer to an unseen deity, likely predates recorded history and finds its most basic beliefs expressed in Exodus 15:26, “I will put none of the diseases upon you which I put upon the Egyptians; for …
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Young people and the Baptist church: Staying and leaving
The purpose of this study was to understand and compare the young people’s experiences of the church between those who attended church at the time of the study, and those who were no longer attending church at the time of the study. The study was conducted to understand more about the experiences …
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Türkiye'de geleneksel din anlayışı ve medya: Nihat Hatipoğlu örneği
… In order to better understand the meaning of religion in the modern world and its semantic meaning, it is necessary to pay attention to which religious subjects of today's society are interested in. Therefore, in this study, we tried to determine the traditional understanding of religion that …
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Morálne hranice medzi kresťanmi a nekresťanmi
Táto práca pojednáva o tom, aké hranice konštruujú vo svojich výpovediach kresťania a nekresťania, akým spôsobom tieto hranice vznikajú a sú reprodukované. Na základe analýzy hĺbkových rozhovorov ukazujem, že koncept morálnych hraníc je relevantný pre vzťah medzi kresťanmi a nekresťanmi. Hoci mnohí …
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E-mams and Hybrid Muslims in 'Convergent Spaces': Intersections of Online and Offline Religions for Canadian and American Muslims at Reviving the Islamic Spirit Convention
… Spirit also allows Muslims to feel a sense of belonging and community in an offline space. All the participants in this study turned to the online Islamic world in search of religious authority. For many Muslim communities, religious authority plays a large role in their everyday lives. …
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