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Religions, Volume 16, Issue 3

March 2025 - 133 articles

Cover Story: During the peak tourist season on Anafi Island, religious life unfolds through communal feasts that reinforce kinship, identity, and social cohesion. This paper examines the material culture of these rituals, focusing on commensality: how shared meals sustain community bonds among both permanent residents and returning diasporic islanders. Based on ethnographic fieldwork, it analyses key Orthodox celebrations, culminating in the Nativity of the Theotokos, the island’s most significant feast, held on Mount Kalamos, the Mediterranean’s tallest monolith. By exploring how embodied traditions sustain Anafiot identity, this study situates Anafi’s religious traditions within broader discussions on lived religion and the sensory dimensions of Orthodox Christian theology, highlighting their intersections with anthropology and material culture. View this paper
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Articles (133)

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18 March 2025

The origin of this article lies in the concurrent existence of multiple religious groups in the United States and the interactions between them. This essay examines the dynamics of religious pluralism through the interaction of two religious groups&m...

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999 Views
41 Pages

18 March 2025

The centrality of disruption as a graced moment of awakening social imagination to a new dawn where human flourishing becomes a possibility ought to be the focus of the church’s praxes of sacramental rituals. In fact, Christianity is itself a r...

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11 Pages

17 March 2025

Post-Theoretical “creative–critical” research recently emerged in the discipline of Creative Writing as a collapse of the binaries between practice and Theory. This article shows that using this interdisciplinary methodology in the...

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18 Pages

17 March 2025

Immortality has recently become a prominent topic of discussion, particularly in light of advancing technologies aimed at enhancing human life expectancy. Proposed scenarios encompass improved treatments for various diseases and the development of lo...

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1,394 Views
15 Pages

17 March 2025

This article presents a case study that examines why a seemingly effective evangelistic strategy failed within the Sien Church in Wenzhou, China. By tracing the implementation of the religious ministry, it argues that the patriarchal leadership style...

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16 Pages

17 March 2025

This study proposes multicultural preaching across generations as a means of effective preaching in the time of the Great Dechurching. Young generations, represented by Millennials and Generation Z, are the least religious of all age groups, showing...

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22 Pages

17 March 2025

Climate change is a global issue with diverse regional impacts threatening the survival of both human and non-human species. While the academic discourse on climate change predominantly focuses on macro-level studies, it often neglects the vital role...

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17 March 2025

Vienna, one of Europe’s most historically significant cities, has been a focal point for numerous diaspora communities. Among these, the Armenians stand out due to their long-standing history in the city, with records of their presence dating b...

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55 Pages

17 March 2025

This paper represents an attempt to investigate some aspects of Vedic religiosity, as represented in the R̥gveda (R̥V), in comparison with the Pāli Canon on the themes of cognition, contemplative practice, and the theory of knowledge....

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17 March 2025

Current efforts toward inclusion in education have resulted in a strong emphasis on personalized learning. This article argues that biblical images of congregations and dealing with needs can inspire moves toward a hospitable community life in school...

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