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Showing 1 to 20 of 124 for “"religious identity"”.
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The relationship between Jewish ethnic and religious identity
… adults perceive themselves ethnically and/or religiously Jewish and how a range of personal characteristics, attitudes and practices related to the importance of ethnic and religious identity. A random sample of 540 individuals was taken from the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver's …
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Branding faith: object and consumerism in religious identity construction
… to draw the attention of potential members, religious groups will offer "quick-fix" solutions to problems of everyday life which, due to their unsatisfactory nature, will result in either church-hoping or constant changes in religious identity. To observe these processes and investigate an …
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Maintaining Religious Identity in the Wake of Interfaith Dialogue
… large challenge when it comes to religion and religious beliefs. Because religion is integral to so many, it becomes a sticking point in negotiations, conversations, and policy development. Even for those without particularly strong religious convictions, religion must be considered in their …
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Religious Identity, Ideology, and Dilemma of Bangladeshi Muslims in Atlanta
<p>My thesis will analyze the religious life of Bangladeshi Muslims in Atlanta, Georgia. Previous research recognized a significant clash between secular nationalistic ideology and Islamic ideology in Bangladesh and elsewhere; therefore, this research focuses on Atlanta’s Bangladeshi Muslims’ …
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The religious identity of the Hazaras of Afghanistan and modern day Pakistan
‘The religious identity of the Hazaras of Afghanistan and modern day Pakistan’ investigates how the Afghani Hazara tribe came into existence, adopted a branch of Islam that differed from the majority of Afghanis and the consequences of that religious adherence. Through the discussion of a history …
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The Persian Persecution: Martyrdom, Politics, and Religious Identity in Late Ancient Syriac Christianity
… support for Christianity in the Roman Empire. Religious allegiances are said to have been further amplified during the Roman-Persian war over Rome's Mesopotamian provinces that followed Constantine's death. According to most interpretations, by the mid-fourth century …
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The Muslims of Kathmandu: A study of religious identity in a Hindu Kingdom
This is a study of religious identity in Kathmandu, Nepal. The aim is to establish the circumstances and conditions that define religious identity and the contexts in which it is expressed. Religious identity operates on various levels. At the macro-level, the Muslims are defined by the state as a …
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Confessional Politics and Religious Identity in the Early Jesuit Missions to the Ottoman Empire
… than seeing the consolidation and alliance of religious practice and political allegiance as institutionally forced through negotiation and resistance, I argue that the unique experiences of individuals demonstrate how confessionalization was not just a question of institutional control or …
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Parent socialization practices of immigrant Sikhs towards ethno-religious identity formation in their children
… parents' socialization practices in the ethno-religious identity formation of their children, especially boys, between the ages of 10 - 18 years. Sikh men and boys wear outward identity markers which distinguish them as a group belonging to the Sikh faith (i.e., turbans and beards). The study …
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IS FAITH ON THE CAMPUS TOUR? RURAL, PUBLIC COLLEGE STUDENTS' EXPLORATION OF SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
… examined how students of diverse spiritual or religious beliefs or worldviews at a rural, public college interpreted, made meaning of, and drew upon their spirituality in relation to other aspects of their identity (e.g., race, gender, sexual identity), focusing particularly on the …
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Bisexuality, Biphobia, and its Effects on Sexual Identity, Religious Identity and Mental Health: Examining Clinical Implications
… that cast doubt on the validity of the bisexual identity, such as “bisexuality is a phase” (Human Rights Campaign, n.d.). This literature review’s objectives are to investigate the significance of comprehending bisexuality and biphobia, the effects of biphobia on bisexual identity, the junction …
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Intergroup Anxiety and Attitudes toward Muslims: The Effects of Religious Identity Salience and Message Politeness Strategies
Guided by intergroup contact theory, social identity theory, and politeness theory, this experimental study examined the effects of the target’s Muslim religious identity salience (high and low) and message politeness strategies (direct and indirect) on non-Muslim American participants’ (N = 413) …
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Russian national and religious identity during the later years of the Time of Troubles (1610-13)
This thesis examines the concept of national identity, particularly applying the concept to the Russian people during the Time of Troubles. At a time when Russia was under foreign rule, it is striking that all classes of society were willing to work together to re-establish Russia's sovereignty. I …
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Being Mandinga, Being Muslim: Transnational Debates on Personhood and Religious Identity in Guinea -Bissau and Portugal
… interplay between Mandinga personhood and religious identity is currently being played out through life course rituals, including the naming of infants, the ""writing-on-the-hand"" ceremony, initiation and circumcision, Islamic healing, pilgrimage, and funerals. It is also creating tensions …
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RELIGIOUS IDENTITY, SELF-CONCEPT, AND RESILIENCE AMONG FEMALE ORPHAN ADOLESCENTS IN MALAYSIA: AN EVIDENCE-BASED GROUP INTERVENTION
Religious identity, self-concept, and resilience are considered the three main components that contribute to adolescents' life developmental tasks. The purpose of the current study is to examine the effect of psycho-educational group intervention on religious identity, self-concept, and resilience …
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Investigating religious identity in family discourse in Saudi Arabia : a study of moral order, narratives, power and solidarity
A wide range of research on language and identity has focused on areas such as ethnicity, nationalism and gender. However, work on the construction of religious identity and Muslim identity in particular remains limited. Thus, this research aims to shed more light on a specific aspect of religious …
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Acculturation and food consumption of South Asian diaspora in the UK: moderating influence of Religious identity and the neighbourhood
… of ethnic food. The moderating effects of Religious Identity and the neighbourhood suggest that an individual’s religious identity moderates the relationship between influences and acculturation as well as between the level of acculturation and food consumption. However, the data showed …
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