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Religions, Volume 11, Issue 5

May 2020 - 53 articles

Cover Story: The late gangster Bindy Johal (1971–1998) was the leader of a successful Indo-Canadian gang in Vancouver. However, many in the community perceive Johal as a “folk devil” as he is still able lure young Punjabi men to gangs. However, a counter-narrative emerges that views Johal in a more sympathetic light, as he performed a form of counter-masculinity that was the direct result of the racism that working-class boys and men experience. The rise of Punjabi gangsterism coincides with the region’s long-standing history with Sikh extremist movements with both animating concepts of the sant (warrior) and izzat (honor) through the display of hypermasculinity. The overall effect of these contradictory narratives is the overshadowing of racism, class oppression and a regional history with Sikh extremist movements that demonstrate why gang involvement may be appealing. View this paper
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Articles (53)

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,628 Views
20 Pages

25 May 2020

This study applied the Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) to the context of Hong Kong as a part of China with the focus on a specific target group of teachers in primary and secondary schools. For the validation of the scale in the Hong Kong conte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,416 Views
13 Pages

23 May 2020

The rush of Western civilization, headed by Christianity, caused a considerable identity crisis in the 19th century Joseon dynasty. The founder of Donghak 東學, Suun Choe Je-u 水雲 崔濟愚, sought a way out of the crisis through religion. Suun contended that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,098 Views
15 Pages

22 May 2020

While some human rights theorists suggest that the universalistic project of human rights can be consistent only with an individualistic conception of dignity aligned with liberal regimes, there have also been some voices of discontent raised from Ch...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,007 Views
17 Pages

21 May 2020

As part of the global effort to alleviate the ecological crisis, ecological civilization has become a dominant movement in China due to the state policy. Within this movement, the Chinese culture is said to be highly ecological and is thus an importa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,020 Views
9 Pages

21 May 2020

Since its modern origins in the Buddhist Purification Movement of the 1950s, South Korea’s Jogye Order has established monastic celibacy as central to its identity and claim to legitimacy as a Buddhist sect. However, in the order’s urgenc...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,667 Views
8 Pages

21 May 2020

By the end of the 20th century, after great political upheavals, two world wars, the decolonization process and political, social and scientific revolutions, it is hard to miss that the world is in a deep de-secularization process. In the Middle East...

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Religions - ISSN 2077-1444