Browsing by Subject "religion"
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A Preliminary Examination of the Impacts of Faith and Religion in the Use of Common-Pool Resources: The Case of Artisanal Fisheries in Kino Bay and Punta Chueca, Mexico
(2012-04-27)Researchers studying common-pool resources have historically not given enough attention to the influence of faith and religion among fisheries resource users. However, the ethics and value systems taught by religious leaders ... -
Assessing Cardiovascular Disease Burden in Rural Uganda and Informing Future Interventions
(2018-01-07)This senior thesis seeks to investigate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in a rural region in Uganda and to use insights from field experience and the literature to explore possible interventions. The thesis research involved ... -
Authenticity, Sincerity and Spontaneity: The Mutual Implication of Nature and Religion in China and the West
(Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 2013-01-01)Fundamental approaches to ethics and morality in both China and the West are bound up not only with conceptions of religion and ultimate truth, but also with conceptions of nature. One dominant theme in the West is to see ... -
Dangerous Jokes and the Power of Tolerance
(2011-04-27)A fieldwork study of Duke University aims to show how identity functions in an environment whose ideal is perfect tolerance and the experience of students who want to practice their religion as a college student, touching ... -
Faith, Fact, and Behaviorism
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Household Charitable Giving at the Intersection of Gender, Marital Status, and Religion
(Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2018-02)© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Past research reveals mixed results regarding the relationship between gender and charitable giving. We show gender plays a significant role in giving but only when considered alongside marital ... -
Inequality, the Welfare State, and Demographic Change
(2016)This dissertation is a three-part analysis examining how the welfare state in advanced Western democracies has responded to recent demographic changes. Specifically, this dissertation investigates two primary relationships, ... -
Is Green the New Red?: The Role of Religion in Creating a Sustainable China
(Nature and Culture, 2013-01-01)The Chinese Daoist Association has embarked upon an ambitious agenda to promote Daoism as China's "green religion". This new construction of a "green Daoism" differs, however, from both traditional Chinese and modern Western ... -
Jacob Struggling With the Angel: Siegfried Lipiner, Gustav Mahler, and the Search For Aesthetic-Religious Redemption in Fin-de-siècle Vienna
(2011)This dissertation explores the meaning of art and religion in fin-de-siècle Vienna through the symphonies of the composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and the philosophical and dramatic works of the poet Siegfried ... -
'Mixed blessings': parental religiousness, parenting, and child adjustment in global perspective.
(J Child Psychol Psychiatry, 2017-08)BACKGROUND: Most studies of the effects of parental religiousness on parenting and child development focus on a particular religion or cultural group, which limits generalizations that can be made about the effects of parental ... -
Physician Burnout and the Calling to Care for the Dying.
(Am J Hosp Palliat Care, 2016-01-01)BACKGROUND: Physician burnout raises concerns over what sustains physicians' career motivations. We assess whether physicians in end-of-life specialties had higher rates of burnout and/or calling to care for the dying. We ... -
The Golden Rule Ethic, its Measurement, and Relationships with Well-Being and Prosocial Values Across Four Religions in India
(2015)As a psychological principle, the golden rule represents an ethic of universal empathic concern. It is, surprisingly, present in the sacred texts of virtually all religions, and in philosophical works across eras and continents. ... -
The Relevance of (Ir)Rationality: An Investigation Across Art and Religion
(2007)As religion attempts to explain phenomena in a world science can more concretely clarify, it is considered increasingly archaic and dangerous. -
Three Ways Social Factors Stratify Individual Choices About Organizations
(2019)The goal of this dissertation is to articulate specific modes and mechanisms by which the process of an individual choosing an organization is shaped by (1) the status of the organization, and (2) the attributes of the chooser. ... -
Tolerating on Faith: Locke, Williams, and the Origins of Political Toleration
(2007-05-03)Toleration is a core liberal ideal, but it is not an ideal without limits. To tolerate the intolerant would be to violate the principles and purposes underlying liberal societies. This important exception to the liberal ... -
When Consumption Embraces Faith: How Religious Beliefs and Practices Influence Consumption
(2016)Marketers have long looked for observables that could explain differences in consumer behavior. Initial attempts have centered on demographic factors, such as age, gender, and race. Although such variables are able to provide ...
