Citations with the tag: RELIGIOUS behaviors
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- Editorial.
Eder, Klaus // Berliner Journal f�r Soziologie; 2002, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p283The article introduces several articles published in this issue including one by Steffen Mau on the social acceptance of the welfare state and one by Schirin Amir-Moazami and Armando Salvatore on religious traditions in modern society.
- Sunday Morning in Butte County.
Eder, Klaus // South Dakota Magazine; Jan/Feb2005, Vol. 20 Issue 5, p21Focuses on a study by Glenmary Research Center of Tennessee revealing that Butte County in South Dakota ranks among the most godless places in the U.S. Percentage of households in the county that do not belong to any of the 149 religious denominations; Characteristics of the county's citizens,...
- Finding Our Own Voice: The Quest for Authentic Conversion.
Eder, Klaus // International Bulletin of Missionary Research; Jul2005, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p113Introduces a series of articles on Christian conversion.
- PEOPLE.
Eder, Klaus // National Catholic Reporter; 10/15/2010, Vol. 46 Issue 26, p4The article offers information about the activities of some religious people, including Stella Kim Yu-Na during the Rosary Month, Father George Joshua's initiative in leading the prayer and fasting in Trivandrum, India and Archbishop Louis Sako on the October 9 and 10 masses in Kirkuk, Iraq.
- Introduction: Cloning and Cultures of Replication.
Essed, Philomena; Schwab, Gabriele // Thamyris/Intersecting: Place, Sex & Race; 2012, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p9An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including biotechnological cloning, cultural cloning, and religious practices demonstrating the impact of new cultures and episteme of replication.
- Religious Offense.
Essed, Philomena; Schwab, Gabriele // Stonewall County Courier (Aspermont, TX); 8/23/2012, Vol. 25 Issue 35, p2The article discusses the religious aspects of life as faith in Jesus Christ makes one's life pious.
- Editor's Page.
Hamma, Robert M. // Human Development; Fall2012, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p2An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various articles within the issue on topics including formation of religious ministers, lay ministers and seminary formation.
- A Sexual Revolution.
Fulwiler, Jennifer // America; 7/7/2008, Vol. 199 Issue 1, p11A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience during her conversion to Catholicism, believing the Catholic idea to treat the sexual act with awe and respect was a revolutionary message.
- Dental work.
Marty, Martin E. // Christian Century; 01/26/2000, Vol. 117 Issue 3, p103Critiques some follies of the mainstream and other religious publications as shown by the `Charisma' magazine. Concerns on the reporting of religious behavior; Issues on the alleged gold dust found on shoulders of Pentecostal leaders and the alleged filling of teeth with gold by the Spirit.
- Uyghur Islamic Piety in �r�mchi, Xinjiang.
Zang, Xiaowei // Chinese Sociological Review; Jul2012, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p82Using survey data gathered in 2005, this paper examines Uyghur religiosity in �r�mchi, Xinjiang. Religiosity is defined in terms of religious self-identification and the frequency of prayers. I provide data on the distribution of religiosity and discuss some possible determinants of...
- The Catholic Drive for France.
Zang, Xiaowei // America; 6/21/1919, Vol. 21 Issue 11, p284The article focuses on the evangelical and catholic drive for France in 1919. With more than $150,000,000 contributed by various denominations, it says that part of the money will be used for the conversion of pagans in heathen lands and for the perversion of Catholics in Christian countries. It...
- College Students' Perceptions of a Psychotherapist's Treatment of a Religious Issue: Partial Replication and Extension.
McCullough, Michael E.; Worthington Jr., Everett L. // Journal of Counseling & Development; Jul/Aug95, Vol. 73 Issue 6, p626A study of the influence of a counselor's treatment of a client's religious values, observers' religiosity, and their interaction on observers 'perceptions of counseling (Morrow, Worthington, & McCullough, 1992) was partially replicated and extended. Religious beliefs were differentiated from...
- TEMPTATION.
McCullough, Michael E.; Worthington Jr., Everett L. // America; 2/13/1937, Vol. 56 Issue 19, p446The article focuses on the issue concerning temptation. It explores the suffering of the Divine Lord to allow Satan to tempt Him as indicated by Saint Matthew and Saint Paul. It indicates the actuality and objectivity of the tempting of the Lord. The author also indicates the need of the people...
- POLITICAL COOPERATION AND RELIGIOUS REPRESSION: PRESBYTERIANS UNDER MILITARY RULE IN BRAZIL (1964-1974).
Cavalcantl, H.B. // Review of Religious Research; Dec92, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p97Unlike their Catholic counterparts, Protestant denominations typically have not been churches of resistance under Latin American military rule. They have either chosen the path of political neutrality or have given full cooperation to the government they operate under. A case study of a...
- RESULTS OF A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT IN GATHERING EVANGELISM STORIES.
Bergler, Thomas E.; Rahn, Dave // Journal of Youth Ministry; Spring2006, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p65This study of the factors influencing adolescent conversions used saturation sampling of school districts to collect 70 usable interviews with teenagers who had experienced Christian conversions between 2003 and 2005. When describing their experiences, subjects most often cited the following...
- ADAMANT AND TREACHEROUS: SERBIAN HISTORIANS ON RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS.
Aleksov, Bojan // Religion in Eastern Europe; Feb2006, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p24The article analyzes the representations of religious conversions in Serbian historiography that make-up some of the core Serbian nationhood myths. The most important case of conversion among Orthodox Serbs were Islamization and to a much smaller extent Union with the Catholic Church. Religious...
- COMMUNITY WELL-BEING AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF MAGICO-RELIGIOUS WORKERS IN HARLEM, NEW YORK, DURING THE 1920s.
Wilson, Jamie // International Social Science Review; 2007, Vol. 82 Issue 1/2, p20The article reports on a campaign against magico-religious workers to remove community decision-making from Harlem residents in New York City. The campaign demonstrated that daily local decisions and relationships related to wellness throughout the community were mediated by city, state, and...
- Predicting Nonconventional Religious Affiliation in Tokyo: A Control Theory Application.
Miller, Alan S. // Social Forces; Dec92, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p397Discusses the results of a study which notes that the deviant nature of nonconventional religious affiliation in Japan posits that only individuals with weak attachment and commitment to conventional society are likely to join. Survey data from the Institute of Statistical Mathematics in Tokyo;...
- Critical and faithful.
Miller, Alan S. // Christian Century; 1/9/2007, Vol. 124 Issue 1, p5The article discusses mainline churches. The article suggests that, while many mainline church members are either born into or marry into that particular church, a great number of members join after they did not find the guidance they were seeking in conservative churches. The article questions...
- Untitled.
Miller, Alan S. // America; 5/12/1917, Vol. 17 Issue 5, p126The article examines the religious acts of the Pope. One deed which have everywhere won for the Holy Father words of unstinted praise is his successful efforts to bring on an exchange of disabled prisoners of war. He had also efforts in interning and nursing in Swiss hospitals of an equal number...
- Why Muslims Follow Jesus.
Woodberry, J. Dudley; Shubin, Russell G.; Marks, G. // Christianity Today; Oct2007, Vol. 51 Issue 10, p80The article presents results of a survey of converts from Islam prepared at Fuller Theological Seminary's School of Intercultural Studies. One factor that influenced their conversion is their experience with Muslim-on-Muslim violence, which led to disillusionment for many Muslims. Another...
- Religion as Conscious Cognition and Behavior.
Oviedo, Lluis // Philosophy Study; Aug2011, Vol. 1 Issue 3, p189Cognitive and behavioral research on religion has focused most in the last years on aspects which could be deemed "unconscious": inner mechanisms, innate patterns, or hidden cognitive structures broadly shared by humans. Very often, the ongoing research programs resort to computational models of...
- Unsettled Territories: State, Civil Society, and the Politics of Religious Conversion in India.
Fernandes, Leela // Politics & Religion; 04/01/2011, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p108The article argues that the secular Indian state and the Hindu nationalist movement are invested in restricting changes in religious membership in ways that intensify religious and caste-based inequalities. The secular state and the Hindu nationalist movement attempt to enforce a shared model of...
- Chapter 15. Enlightenment and Conversion.
Fernandes, Leela // Inner Eye of Love; 1997, p143Chapter 15 of the book "The Inner Eye of Love" is presented. It focuses on enlightenment and conversion. Enlightenment is nothing other than the awakening of the third eye, the inner eye, the eye of the heart. The Bible also tells about conversion or change of heart. The chapter concludes that...
- Maryland Legislator Attacks Senior Center Dissenter.
Fernandes, Leela // Church & State; Sep2004, Vol. 57 Issue 8, p3A Maryland woman has come under attack by a state delegate after raising concerns about Christian prayers before meals at a senior center. Margaret Sayre, a 70-year-old attendee at the Brooklyn Park Senior Center, objected to the use of Christian prayer before each meal. According to "The...
- THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION IN BRITAIN: A HYBRID CASE.
Davie, Grace // Swiss Journal of Sociology; 2000, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p193This article locates the sociology of religion in Britain between the currents of sociological opinion that exist in post-war America and the rather different traditions of Catholic Europe. On the one hand the sociology of religion is coloured by the relatively low levels of religion activity...
- The Long Road To Sainthood These days it is still an arduous one, but less "miraculous".
Davie, Grace // Time; 7/7/1980, Vol. 116 Issue 1, p42The article discusses how people celebrated the beatification of Kateri Tekakwitha in Rome, Italy. It mentions that nearly 500 North American Indians and 25,000 worshipers from the world prayed during a pontifical mass prayer. It informs that the beatification of Kateri Tekakwitha is also known...
- Muslims angry over evangelicals in Algeria.
Davie, Grace // Geo-Strategy Direct; 12/5/2007, p20The article discusses the conversion of Muslims to Christianity in Algeria. The conversions were said to have been conducted by a new evangelical Christian presence in eastern Algeria. Muslims have accused Christians of missionary work and have forced converts to recant their new religion. The...
- Why do Christians feel they have to convert people?
Wishart, Ian // Investigate; Jun2006, Vol. 6 Issue 65, p26Presents the author's views on the reasons for the need of Christians to share the Gospel. Association of Christianity with the belief system of the modern world; Argument on the equality of religions; Conflict of beliefs on religious choice.
- THOMAS BASIL AT MASS IN LATVIA.
Basil, Thomas // New Oxford Review; Apr2010, Vol. 77 Issue 4, p26The article focuses on the author's experience of attending mass in Latvian churches including the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, St. Mary Magdalene Church and Catholic cathedral in Riga. He observed that people who attended masses in these churches often genuflect, kneel and receive the...
- Dalit Christians in India: Reflections from the 'Broken Middle'.
Jeremiah, Anderson H. M. // Studies in World Christianity; 2011, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p258The focus of this article is on Dalit Christian experience in India. It strives to understand the milieu and framework of religious expression within the Dalit Christian community in South India. This article consists of three sections. Firstly, it develops a comprehensive perception of what it...
- Evangelicals and Others.
George, Timothy // First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion & Public Life; Feb2006, Issue 160, p15The article discusses the evangelicalism in the U.S. According to the author, the resurgence of evangelicalism in American religious life can be measured by the attention it gets from the secular media. The author compares the evangelical stories of year 1976 and 2005. Newsweek magazine features...
- Contrasting Worldviews in Revival: Ferryden, Scotland, in 1859.
Bebbington, David W. // Evangelical Review of Theology; Jan2007, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p43The article explores the ideas of the people involved in religious awakenings of the period 1858-1862 in the north-east of Scotland. It examines the contrasting attitudes of various groups of preachers and converts participating in the events at Ferryden, Scotland. It also suggests that around a...
- Among Friends.
Rubinstein, Ernest // Commonweal; 1/14/2005, Vol. 132 Issue 1, p18Presents an article on the practice of Judaism and Christianity. Origin of Judaism and Christianity; Characteristics of the historical background of the two religions; Relationship of Judaism with Christianity.
- The Ascetic Ideal.
Rubinstein, Ernest // Introducing Nietzsche; 2005, p136The article discusses the reason behind the ascetic ideal. According to the author, the reason behind the success of the ascetic ideal can be found in the function of ascetic instruction. The ideal arises, he argues, from the protective and curative impulse to save or preserve a life that is...
- Family Matters.
Jakes, T. D. // Essence (Time Inc.); Aug2010, Vol. 41 Issue 4, p156The article presents questions and answers related to religious behaviors including whether one should continue to date a man who is an atheist and what advice that a mother can give to her teenage daughter to get her active in the church again.
- Conversion.
Kauffman, Richard A. // Christianity Today; Jun2004, Vol. 48 Issue 6, p54Presents several quotations about conversion.
- The Determinants of Religious Behavior: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Test.
Cornwall, Marie // Social Forces (University of North Carolina Press); Dec89, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p572Abstract This paper examines five categories of factors which have been found to influence religious behavior (group involvement, belief-orthodoxy, religious commitment, religious socialization, and sociodemographic characteristics), suggests alternative ways of measuring the various factors...
- Papa and the Pope.
Elster, Shulamith // Washington Jewish Week; 3/7/2013, Vol. 49 Issue 10, p47The author presents a personal narrative of her experiences as a religious person dealing with topics including how to converse across religious boundaries, understanding different traditions of faith, and talking on the new knowledge for changing the world.
- Crossing Borders.
Elster, Shulamith // Crossing Borders (978-1-55885-710-0); 2011, p1In this article, the author discusses crossing of cultural and religious borders. He mentions being raised on El Paso, Texas' Mexican American border as a catholic by his Mexican parents. He also mentions an incident of discussing with the poets difference between the religions Christianity and...
- ORIENTATION.
Steinkraus, Warren E.; Mitias, Michael H. // Taking Religious Claims Seriously; 1998, p1The article offers the author's insights on the fair-minded discussion of religious claims across the world which need a brief rehearsal of important facts on religious phenomena with corresponding concern.
- Erratum to: Mayrl, Damon, and Jeremy E. Uecker. “Higher Education and Religious Liberalization among Young Adults.” Social Forces 90(1):181-208.
Steinkraus, Warren E.; Mitias, Michael H. // Social Forces (Oxford University Press / USA); Mar2013, Vol. 91 Issue 3, p1115A correction is presented to the article entitled “Higher Education and Religious Liberalization among Young Adults," which appeared in the volume 90(1) issue.
- Crossing Borders.
TRONCOSO, SERGIO // Crossing Borders (978-1-55885-710-0); 2011, p1In this article, the author discusses crossing of cultural and religious borders. He mentions being raised on El Paso, Texas' Mexican American border as a catholic by his Mexican parents. He also mentions an incident of discussing with the poets difference between the religions Christianity and...
- BIAGGIO MONTALBANO.
Kolb, Carolyn // New Orleans Magazine; Mar2008, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p124The article profiles Biaggio Montalbano, a religious baker in New Orleans, Louisiana. Montalbano was devoted to serving food, preparing and selling a remarkable sandwich on round Italian bread. Montalbano was always ready to give a customer a fava bean, the bean that by intervention of Saint...
- MEDJUGORGE.
Kolb, Carolyn // Mixmag; 1/1/2013, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p52The article discusses the religious beliefs of disc jockey Mladen Solomun and informs that he regularly visits Med Jugorge, a Bosnian pilgrimage sites.
- A visit to my hometown.
Oguine, Ike // New Internationalist; Dec2006, Issue 396, p29The article discusses the author's uncle, a Nigerian Muslim whose family pressured him to convert to Christianity. The author describes his uncle's funeral after the Christian ceremony as reverting back to traditional tribal practices of dancing and drumming. He indicates the appearance of drug...
- THE BIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS BEHAVIOR: THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF FAITH AND RELIGION.
Ellens, J. Harold // Journal of Psychology & Christianity; Winter2010, Vol. 29 Issue 4, p368The article reviews the book "The Biology of Religious Behavior: The Evolutionary Origins of Faith and Religion," edited by Jay R. Feierman.
- Religious Hospitals and Primary Care Physicians: Conflicts over Policies for Patient Care.
Stulberg, Debra B.; Lawrence, Ryan E.; Shattuck, Jason; Curlin, Farr A. // JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine; Jul2010, Vol. 25 Issue 7, p725Religiously affiliated hospitals provide nearly 20% of US beds, and many prohibit certain end-of-life and reproductive health treatments. Little is known about physician experiences in religious institutions. Assess primary care physicians� experiences and beliefs regarding conflict with...
- WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS, ARABS, AND OTHERS SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001.
Lee, Robert D. // Journal of Individual Employment Rights; 2002-2003, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p273This article examines Title VII workplace discrimination in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, disasters. There were 63 federal court cases that alleged discrimination against Muslims, Arabs, and people from selected parts of the world such as the Middle East and South Asia. Discrimination...
- RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENTAL RESOURCES IN YOUTH.
Wagener, Linda Mans; Furrow, James L.; King, Pamela Fbstyne; Leffert, Nancy; Benson, Peter // Review of Religious Research; Mar2003, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p271Religious involvement is associated with a variety of positive developmental outcomes including restraint from risk, increased coping, and prosocial values and behavior. This study examines a model that explains religious influence on these positive out-comes through the mediating effects of...
