Search Results - "Religion"

Religion in the making: the Lived Ancient Religion approach by Albrecht, Janico, Degelmann, Christopher, Gasparini, Valentino, Gordon, Richard, Patzelt, Maik, Petridou, Georgia, Raja, Rubina, Rieger, Anna-Katharina, Rüpke, Jörg, Sippel, Benjamin, Urciuoli, Emiliano Rubens, Weiss, Lara

“…For the past five years (2012-2017), the Max Weber Center of Erfurt University has hosted a project on 'Lived Ancient Religion: Questioning "cults" and "polis…”
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Make America Christian Again: Christian Nationalism and Voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election by Whitehead, Andrew L., Perry, Samuel L., Baker, Joseph O.

“…Why did Americans vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 Presidential election? Social scientists have proposed a variety of explanations, including economic…”
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Theorizing religious socialization: a critical assessment by Klingenberg, Maria, Sjö, Sofia

“…Religious socialization remains a widely used concept amongst scholars who direct attention to the social patterns that underline the formation of religious…”
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British Buddhism, secular mindfulness, and the politics of sustainability by Starkey, Caroline

“…The environment for Buddhist organisations in Britain has changed since the period of their initial establishment. As a result of the rise in popularity of…”
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Religion in the Age of Social Distancing: How COVID-19 Presents New Directions for Research by Baker, Joseph O, Martí, Gerardo, Braunstein, Ruth, Whitehead, Andrew L, Yukich, Grace

“…Abstract In this brief note written during a global pandemic, we consider some of the important ways this historical moment is altering the religious…”
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Urban religion beyond the city: theory and practice of a specific constellation of religious geography-making by Rüpke, Jörg, Urciuoli, Emiliano Rubens

“…The concept of urban religion demands us to start operationally with analyzing characteristics of urban environments and their impact on religious forms of…”
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Imagery of ritual actions in religious dreaming: steps toward a theory and method of the cognition of dreamt ritual interaction by Nordin, Andreas

“…The research literature on religious dreaming demonstrates the commonness of supernatural agent (SA) imagery, as well as various ritualistic and divinatory…”
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The gypsylorist as occultist: anti-gypsy stereotypes and the entanglement of esotericism and scholarship in Charles Godfrey Leland's work on 'gypsy magic' by Asprem, Egil

“…Magic and fortune-telling have been standard elements in stereotypes about Europe's Romani minorities since the fifteenth century. These stereotypes produced…”
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Modern religion as vestigial structure: an evolutionary account of secularisation by Talmont-Kaminski, Konrad, Shults, F. LeRon

“…This article offers a new solution to a theoretical problem facing scholars attempting to interpret religion and secularisation in light of biological…”
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Humanist marriage ceremonies in Poland: re-enchantment and four social constructions of the sacred by Rejowska, Agata

“…The article is based on empirical research on humanist (individualized and mostly secular) weddings conducted in Poland between the years 2016 and 2020. As an…”
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A technology of re-enchantment: reading, referencing, and redistributing Orthodox 'spiritual literature' in post-Yugoslav Serbia by Lackenby, Nicholas

“…This article explores the issue of 're-enchantment' through an ethnographic analysis of 'spiritual literature' in post-Yugoslav Serbia. Following the…”
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'Re-enchantment' and religious change in former socialist Europe by Ładykowska, Agata, Teisenhoffer, Viola, Testa, Alessandro

“…This essay presents the concept of 're-enchantment' as a useful heuristic tool to identify, analyse, and explain new forms of religious change in contemporary…”
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Personal development and religion in the workplace in Slovakia: from life meaning to religious selves by Bártová, Zuzana

“…A growing number of studies on religion and spirituality in the workplace point towards religious functions of work and the importance of spirituality for…”
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COVID-19, Mental Health, and Religious Coping Among American Orthodox Jews by Pirutinsky, Steven, Cherniak, Aaron D., Rosmarin, David H.

“…The COVID-19 pandemic presents potential mental health challenges, and the American Orthodox Jewish population has been particularly affected by the virus. The…”
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The unintended consequences of state-enforced religion: ‘blasphemous’ metal music as secondary deviation in Iran by Eckerström, Pasqualina, Hjelm, Titus

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Festivals in Asia: patronage, play, and piety by Teeuwen, Mark, Sen, Moumita, Rots, Aike P.

“…This introductory article argues, on the basis of case studies in the thematic issue, that the interplay of patronage, play, and piety provides us with a…”
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Aesthetics of authority: 'Islam Nusantara' and Islamic 'radicalism' in Indonesian film and social media by Schmidt, Leonie

“…In Indonesia, Islamic 'counter-terror culture' contests Islamic 'radicalization'. Indonesia's largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), takes a…”
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Total devotion in the ancient world: emotions and narrative in radical religion by Feldt, Laura

“…Surveying the research field of radical religion, this article identifies major trends that have focused on radical beliefs, marginalisation, and societal…”
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Introduction: anthropology within and without the secular condition by Furani, Khaled, Robbins, Joel

“…This introductory essay explores the secular constitution of the discipline of anthropology. Anthropology has reflexively interrogated the influence of the…”
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The Buddha was a devoted nationalist: Buddhist nationalism, ressentiment, and defending Buddhism in Myanmar by Foxeus, Niklas

“…Since 2012, Buddhist nationalist movements - especially the 969 movement and Ma Ba Tha - have emerged in Burma/Myanmar seeking to defend Buddhism against…”
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