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Full-Text Articles in Sociology of Religion
Muslims In Europe: Challenges Of Cultural Integration, Steven W. Staninger
Muslims In Europe: Challenges Of Cultural Integration, Steven W. Staninger
Copley Library: Faculty Scholarship
Muslims in Europe are faced challenges of cultural and religious integration which affect business practices and socio-economic success. This paper looks at the current Muslim situation in Europe from both a Muslim and native European perspective. The contrast between public information targeted at European Muslims originating from the European Union as opposed to Muslim home-countries is examined, as are the challenges posed by Muslim-majority Turkey’s application for membership in the European Union.
Liberation Theology Of Disability And The Option For The Poor, Scot Danforth
Liberation Theology Of Disability And The Option For The Poor, Scot Danforth
Education Faculty Articles and Research
A liberation theology of disability provides a spiritual discourse that unites a critical analysis of the economic dimensions of disability oppression with an appreciation for the lived experience of disabled persons. This paper builds from prior liberation theology scholarship and the Catholic theological concept called the preferential option for the poor to articulate a liberation theology of disability marked by critical social analysis, humility, hope, and love.
The Problem With Religions, Gil Villagran
The Problem With Religions, Gil Villagran
Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity
Originally published in El Observador, San Jose, in 2005, days after U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan committed his terrorist shooting upon his fellow soldiers a their Ft. Hood training graduation and deployment ceremony to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Attitudes Toward Abortion Among Religious Traditions In The United States: Change Or Continuity?, John P. Hoffmann, Sherrie Mills Johnson
Attitudes Toward Abortion Among Religious Traditions In The United States: Change Or Continuity?, John P. Hoffmann, Sherrie Mills Johnson
Faculty Publications
Abortion continues to be a highly contentious issue in the United States, with few signs of abatement. The goal of this paper is to specify how variable positions about abortion across religious traditions have led to differential shifts in attitudes among their members. Based on culturally relevant events, position papers, and other religious media, the guiding hypotheses propose that Evangelicals have become increasingly opposed to abortion for elective reasons; yet changes in attitudes regarding abortion for traumatic reasons are due primarily to cohort shifts. Data from the cumulative General Social Surveys (1972–2002) are used to test the hypotheses. The first …