bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Assessing the Financial Feasibility of Slope Protection Through the use of Geocell With Recomposed of Infertile
Authors: Etsuro Haji Júnior Dário , Montagnini e Silva Estephison , Bezerra de Lima Igor , Barbosa de Alencar David , Murrieta Vasconcelos Oliveira Bezerra Camily
Published: November 2019

Soils that have small load capacity need to have their mechanical characteristics improved in order to portray parameters that provide safety to the desired works. The geocells were developed to obtain a cellular confinement system used for reinforcement, protection and coating of slopes, similar to a beehive, which can be filled with soil, granular materials or concrete. However, the present work presents economic viability methods between the projected concrete and the geotextile. With the methodology, it was considered that the alternative use of geocell promoted savings of 35% compared to the projected concrete. The results indicated by tables that compose the projected concrete coatings and geocells were made available by the executing company. Finally, the method was applied to the soil-cement satisfactorily serving the execution, mechanical and economic aspects.
Anticorruption Education Insertion in Islamic Religious Learning In The Umar Mas'ud Kindergarten of Bawean Island Indonesia
Authors: Suyadi Suyadi , Hastuti Dwi , Sumaryati Sumaryati
Published: November 2019

The problem raised in this study is the emergence of new phenomena about corruption cases that ensnared Islamic religious leaders in Indonesia. These cases happened because so far Islamic education in Indonesia did not or had not taught anti-corruption. As a result, Indonesia in 2019 was ranked the fourth most corrupt country in the world. Corruption eradication effort cannot be done by law enforcement alone, but prevention efforts in a structured and systematic way must be carried out, and one of them is through early education or early childhood education. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find an anti-corruption education model in Islamic religious learning in early childhood education. This research is a qualitative type of phenomenological research. The setting of this study is the Umar Mas’ud Kindergarten located in Sangkapura district of Bawean Island Indonesia. Data collection techniques are done by interview, observation and documentation. Interviews were conducted with 23 kindergarten teachers. Observations were done in anti-corruption classes developed for the Umar Mas'ud Kindergarten in Bawean Island. Data analysis was performed following a descriptive-analytic and interactivity model. The results showed that the anti-corruption education model in Islamic religious learning for Umar Mas’ud Kindergarten is the insertion of an honesty centre in one of the centres, namely Macro-Micro and Honesty centre.
MAKING GROUPS BETTER
Authors: Thomas Jim , Lutey Matthew
Published: November 2019

How can we best prepare students for careers in our competitive environment? This paper examines how group work or cooperative learning is beneficial in the learning process. It examines certain areas of learning that lend themselves to cooperative learning. Cooperative learning leads to benefits and potential problems in working with groups. We examine ways to prepare successful groups for a project. The paper suggests ways to monitor group work in the classroom. Finally, it reports on a group work study taking place over many semesters in an introductory accounting class. Results include a very successful semester. While subsequent semesters provided good results, results were mixed. What can we do to enhance our students’ success in group work projects? The research points to several problem areas that can be addressed. What factors can we consider to improve our results? The research points to ways to prepare students for group work. This paper adds to the research by exploring ways to make group work more successful.
Analisis Marketing Capability, Customer Engagement, Customer Perception dan Purchase Intention Produk Bihun Jagung �Padamu�Surabaya
Authors: Widyastuti Maria , Changda Stevasya
Published: November 2019

This research was made to identify the effect of Marketing Capability, Customer Engagement, Customer Perception toward Purchase Intention on Bihun Jagung �Padamu� Products in Surabaya. This research was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 75 respondents who knew the corn vermicelli �Padamu� product. The analysis technique used in this study is quantitative with a non- probability sampling method that is purposive sampling. The results of this study indicate that Marketing Capability, Customer Engagement, Customer Perception have a strong influence toward Purchase intention
PROGRAM PEMBANGUNAN DALAM KONVERGENSI/DIVERGENSI WILAYAH
Authors: Andrianto Indra , Iskandar Doddy Aditya
Published: November 2019

Pembangunan merupakan upaya perubahan yang dilakukan secara terus menerus, terarah, berkesinambungan, terpadu dan berorientasi kepada peningkatan kesejahteraan rakyat. Namun sampai saat ini, disparitas antar wilayah dan kemiskinan masih menjadi permasalahan pembangunan baik di tingkat nasional maupun daerah. Pembangunan infrastruktur menjadi prioritas utama kebijakan nasional untuk, mengurangi kesenjangan antar wilayah serta kesenjangan sosial ekonomi masyarakat dengan meningkatkan konektivitas antar wilayah. Intervensi pemerintah untuk mengurangi tingkat kemiskinan sebagai indikator disparitas wilayah dilakukan dalam bentuk belanja pemerintah dan program pembangunan strategis di bidang infrastruktur dan pengembangan ekonomi. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk melihat korelasi antara belanja pemerintah dan program strategis dengan yingkat kemiskinan wilayah dengan perbandingan kombinasi untuk hasil yang lebih baik. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan “mix methods”kualitatif dan kuantitatif dengan metode “Qualitative Comparative Analysis”. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan hubungan terbalik antara belanja pemerintah melalui Alokasi Dana Desa dan Anggaran Infrastruktur, program strategis di bidang infrastruktur dan ekonomi serta aksesibilitas dengan tingkat kemiskinan wilayah. Kombinasi antara anggaran dan program infrastruktur yang ditunjang dengan aksesbilitas yang baik merupakan kondisi yang diperlukan untuk dapat menakan tingkat kemiskinan antar wilayah.
Desarrollo psicomotor y cortisol salival en niños que viven juntos a sus madres privadas de libertad
Authors: Haquin Macari Gia , Gallardo Tapia Adriana , Iñiguez German , Weisstaub Gerardo
Published: November 2019

En Chile el sistema penitenciario cuenta con un programa que permite que las madres privadas de libertad vivan con sus hijos menores de 2 años. Esta modalidad podría implicar que los niños estén más expuestos a condiciones de estrés y a mayor riesgo de retraso en su desarrollo psicomotor (DSM).Objetivo: Comparar el DSM y la concentración de cortisol en saliva de los niños que viven en la cárcel junto a sus madres y comparar los resultados con los observados en niños que no están bajo este régimen.Sujetos y Método: Estudio transversal en 42 lactantes, 12 de ellos hijos de madres reclusas en el centro penitenciario de Santiago (CPF), y 30 controles provenientes de un Centro de Salud Familiar de Atención Primaria (CESFAM). Se evaluó DSM de los lactantes mediante la encuesta ASQ-3 y se realizó medición de cortisol salival mediante radioinmunoensayo a los lactantes y madres.Resultados: La mediana de cortisol salival de los hijos de madres del CPF y CESFAM fue de 2,3 ng/ml (IQR 1,1 a 2,7) y de 2,1 ng/ml (IQR 1,6 a 2,9) respectivamente. El cortisol materno fue 4,6 ng/ml (IQR 3,8 a 7,3) en el CPF y 3,7 ng/ml (IQR 2,4 a 4,7) en el CESFAM. El déficit del DSM fue 2,3% y 28,5% para los niños del CPF y del CESFAM, respectivamente, sin diferencia estadística (p = 0,06).Conclusiones: No hubo diferencia en el DSM y tampoco en el cortisol salival entre los niños de ambos grupos.
Percepción de apoyo en duelo por profesionales y técnicos de cuidados intensivos pediátricos de hospitales públicos
Authors: Vega Vega Paula , González Rodriguez Rina , López Encina María Eugenia , Abarca González Esmeralda , Carrasco Aldunate Paola , Rojo Súarez Leticia , González Briones Ximena
Published: November 2019

Introducción: La muerte en la infancia es una realidad a la que se ven enfrentados los profesionales de salud, especialmente en unidades de alta complejidad como son los cuidados intensivos. Esto genera en los profesionales impotencia y frustración, comprometiendo su salud física, emocional y mental, agravada por la sensación de bajo soporte social y deficiente preparación para el afrontamiento de la muerte y el apoyo a los familiares de sus pacientes.Objetivo: Develar la percepción de apoyo en duelo de profesionales y técnicos en unidades de cuidado intensivo pediátrico de hospitales públicos, tras la muerte de los pacientes. Sujetos y Método: Estudio cualitativo con enfoque fenomenológico. Se realizaron 16 entrevistas en profundidad a profesionales y técnicos de cuidados intensivos pediátricos de cinco hospitales públicos de Santiago. Como criterios de inclusión se consideraron el trabajar por más de un año en la unidad, haber vivenciado la muerte de pacientes, y reconocer que ha cursado un duelo profesional. La entrevista fue guiada por la siguiente pregunta: ¿Cómo ha vivenciado usted el apoyo en duelo recibido, tras la muerte de pacientes en su unidad? Una vez trascritas las narrativas se realizó el análisis fenomenológico y posterior triangulación de los datos, logrando la saturación.Resultados: Se develo que los participantes se sienten poco apoyados en sus duelos tras la muerte de los pacientes, existiendo obstáculos para su afrontamiento. Aunque enfrentar la muerte es algo complejo para ellos, reconocen que son capaces de generar estrategias de protección y además se sienten apoyados por personas de su entorno. A pesar de lo compleja de esta experiencia, ellos consideran que existen aprendizajes al enfrentar la muerte que los lleva a dar sentido a su labor profesional.Conclusión: Los profesionales requieren que las pérdidas en el ámbito laboral sean reconocidas, y por ello, contar con un apoyo formal y continuo de su equipo de trabajo e institución
Síndrome de Bartter: una tubulopatía infrecuente de inicio antenatal
Authors: Gómez De la F. Carmen Luz , Novoa P. José M. , Caviedes R. Nury
Published: November 2019

Introducción: Síndrome de Bartter (SB) es una tubulopatía hereditaria, poco frecuente que tiene dos formas de presentación, forma grave de inicio antenatal (Bartter neonatal) y forma de aparición más tardía (Bartter clásico). En su forma antenatal se manifiesta con poliuria fetal, polihidroamnios de inicio precoz y severo, parto prematuro secundario y restricción de crecimiento intrauterino. La etapa postnatal presenta episodios recurrentes de deshidratación y desbalance electrolítico que pueden comprometer la sobrevida del paciente.Objetivo: Comunicar un caso de SB neonatal y presentar una revisión de la literatura en esta patología.Caso Clínico: Prematuro 35 semanas, con antecedente de severo polihidroamnios diagnosticado a las 27 semanas de gestación, sin causa aparente. Desde su nacimiento evolucionó con poliuria y alcalosis metabólica hipokalémica haciendo plantear, en primera semana de vida, diagnóstico de Síndrome de Bartter neonatal. El laboratorio confirmó perdidas urinarias de electrólitos. Fue manejado con balance hídrico estricto y suplementación de sodio y potasio, logrando estabilizar peso y desbalance electrolítico. Se mantiene en control nefrológico, con suplementación de gluconato de potasio y cloruro de sodio. Se agregó ibuprofeno al cuarto mes como parte del tratamiento. Al séptimo mes de vida, ecografía renal demostró nefrocalcinosis. Al año de vida se evidenció hipoacusia sensorioneural profunda requiriendo implante coclear.Conclusión: Presencia de polihidroamnios severo de aparición temprana sin causa identificada debe hacer sospechar SB, que aun siendo infrecuente determina graves alteraciones hidroelectrolíticas y debe ser iniciado su tratamiento precozmente
The use of address forms among Faculty academic staff
of Bayero University, Kano.
Authors: Chamo Isa Yusuf
Published: November 2019

This paper investigates the use of address forms among the academic staff of the Faculty
of Arts and Islamic Studies at the Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. The aim is to find out
whether there is variation in the use of the terms between the members of academic staff
of the Faculty which has six Departments (Arabic, English, History, Islamic Studies and
Sharia, Nigerian Languages, Linguistics and Foreign Languages). An ethnography
research method and the Variationist Sociolinguistics Theory are used to collect and
analyze the data. Following the findings, three address forms are presented in more detail,
namely titles, nicknames, and kinship terms. Special attention is put to the title Malam,
which originally referred to a teacher or a person versed in Islamic knowledge, but nowadays
is used more commonly than any other type of address forms. The research shows
that age, gender, social status, degree of intimacy, and context of communication determine
the use of the address forms among academic staff. The findings reveal that the
staff members of the Faculty favor traditional address terms which are used in Hausa
society rather than the terms corresponding to their professional rank. In addition, these
address forms are culture specific and the dominant culture is Hausa.
The image of Muslims and Islam in Christian Ethiopic hagiographies
written in Gə‘əz.
Authors: Krawczuk Marcin
Published: November 2019

The purpose of the article is to reconstruct the image of Muslims and Islam in the Ethiopic
hagiographical texts written in the Ethiopic (Gə‘əz) language. On the basis of ca. 20 texts
(both edited and remaining in manuscripts) the author surveys how various themes related
to Muslims and Islam are present in this genre of Ethiopic literature and what literary purpose they serve. These themes include: economic activities of Muslims, comparing them to Biblical figures, their conversion to Christianity or associating them with the satanic forces. Additionally, the article offers a comprehensive overview of the Ge’ez terms which are used in reference to the adherents of the Muslim faith.
Legal Decisions of 1954 on the Transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR and the Problem of International Recognition of Crimea's Joining to Russia
Authors: KOZLOV Timur
Published: November 2019

The article analyzes whether the decisions of the supreme authorities of the USSR, the RSFSR, the UkrSSR concerning the transfer of Crimea to Ukraine, in 1954, were legal from the perspective of the Soviet constitutional provisions. Prospects for international legal recognition of the entry of the Republic of Crimea into the Russian Federation are discussed.
Chinese Ideas of World Order: Tradition and Modernity
Authors: SALITSKY Alexander , SEMYONOVA Nelli
Published: November 2019

To engage successfully with China it is important to analyze perceptions of the world that have developed in that country in the post-war decades. These ideas, deeply rooted in the millennial history of the Celestial Empire, remain an infinite source of Chinese civilization’s strength in the face of external challenges. According to the authors, Chinese visions of the world order, globalization and further global developments are, in general, reasonable and constructive. The trade war initiated by the U.S. administration in 2018 is a kind of recognition of the validity of these Chinese perceptions.
Spain after the Election Marathon: Challenges of the New Political Cycle
Authors: YAKOVLEV Petr
Published: November 2019

April – May 2019 was a period of heightened political tension in Spain. The socialist government did not have enough support in parliament. By calling early legislative elections, the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez strengthened his domestic political position. Success was confirmed in the election to the European Parliament, thus allowing Madrid to assume a greater role in European affairs. The proclaimed objective of the socialist government is to reform the socio-economic structures and build a more equitable society. However, on this path, the country will face internal and external obstacles.
Crimea in Russia's historical destiny
Authors: NAROCHNITSKAYA Natalia
Published: November 2019

The five-year anniversary of the return of Crimea to Russia encourages a dispassionate assessment of the historic significance of this act. What is Crimea – this small peninsula almost at the junction of Europe and Asia? Why should it be considered as a matter of vital interests of Russia? What is the geopolitical value of Crimea? What made it an object and place of historical clashes? To perceive what would have threatened Russia, if not for the demonstration of national and state will in 2014, it is necessary to take a panoramic look at the role of the region in geopolitical ambitions of great powers over the course of several centuries.
Gunpowder for Victory: 2019 Presidential Election Campaign in Ukraine
Authors: KRUTIKOV Anton
Published: November 2019

The 2019 presidential election in Ukraine was marked by a record number of candidates and unprecedented diversity of political forces represented in the campaign. The election once again showed its unpredictability, and the participation of media personalities turned out to be a serious challenge for the Ukrainian authorities. The sensational vote for Volodymyr Zelensky, who received the title of Destroyer of Elites, can become a cultural phenomenon and set a significant precedent in modern Ukrainian history.
Tjelesne aktivnosti u školi
Authors: Petrović Đurđica
Published: November 2019

Cilj ovog rada je istaknuti važnost utjecaja tjelesnih aktivnosti na fizičko i psihičko zdravlje učenika, odnosno njihov utjecaj na povećanje
sveobuhvatnog zdravstvenog stanja pojedinca. Također, istaknuta je važnost ranog početka bavljenja tjelesnim aktivnostima, kao i uključenost svih čimbenika društva u poticanje i provedbu tih aktivnosti. Važnost ranog početka bavljenja tjelesnim aktivnostima ističe se među učiteljima koji rade s djecom mlađe školske dobi. Život i
rad učenika trebalo bi organizirati tako da se u što je moguće većoj mjeri pozitivno utječe na njihov razvoj, na razvoj njihovih sposobnosti i
osobina, a kroz to i na zdravlje koje predstavlja preduvjet i temelj za
sve ljudske djelatnosti. Navedeni su načini ostvarivanja ciljeva i zadaća tjelesne i zdravstvene kulture kako putem nastave, odnosno nastavnog procesa ali i putem izvannastavnih i izvanškolskih organizacijskih oblika rada. Istaknuta je važnost uključivanja što većeg
broja učenika u izvannastavne i izvanškolske aktivnosti kao i u školske
sportske klubove. Naveden je primjer poticanja tjelesnih aktivnosti u nastavnoj praksi koji potiče i promovira što masovnije sudjelovanje učenika u tjelesnim aktivnostima i izvan nastavnog procesa
Mišljenje roditelja o utjecaju glazbene škole na kvalitetu života učenika
Authors: Popović Ana , Maras Domagoj
Published: November 2019

Rad istražuje mišljenja roditelja učenika osnovne Glazbene škole Franje Kuhača u Osijeku o tome kako glazbeno školovanje utječe na kvalitetu života i sam život njihove djece. Roditelji su odgovarali na pitanja o tome koliko oni i njihova djeca izdvajaju vremena za redovito pohađanje glazbene škole i vježbanje, potiču li svoju djecu na vježbanje te utječu
li obveze u glazbenoj školi na općeobrazovno školovanje i društveni život njihove djece. Roditelji su izrazili i svoje mišljenje o tome jesu li obveze u glazbenoj školi primjerene dobi njihovog djeteta i bi li nešto promijenili u organizaciji rada glazbene škole.
FRAMING PEACE: AN IDEOLOGICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF OBAMA’S SPEECH IN CAIRO
Authors: Semino Semino , Basuki Edi Pujo
Published: November 2019

Language is not always neutrally utilized by a politician. It is framed to persuade people to think and act in line with the intention of the orator or the ideology of the group he represents. This study dealt with ideological discourse analysis of Obama speech in Cairo. It focused on the cognitive processes showing the link of the ideology structure and discourse structures. This study was (1) to identify the underpinning ideology of the speech, (2) how the ideology structure link withthe discourse structures employed, covering (a) how the ideology was expressed at global meaning level and at local meaning level, (b) how propositional structures were employed as ideology controlled strategy, (c) how sentence syntax was employed as ideology –controlled strategy, (d) how discourse forms or genres were employed as an ideology-controlled strategy, and (e) how styles were employed as persuasive ideology-controlled strategy in his efforts to frame peace. The framework of the research was Critical Discourse Analysis in general and Ideological Discourse Analysis in particular. So Ideological Discourse Analysis in this study was employed as Theory and Method. The data were the text of Obama’s speech in Cairo 2009. The data in the form of quotes were analyzed, and interpreted by employing Critical Discourse Analysis (Fairclough, 1995) to uncover the underpinning ideology of the speech, and Ideological Discourse Analysis to show the link of the ideology structure and the discourse structures employed in the speech. The results were in the form of the description of the cognitive processes showing how the underpinning ideology was expressed at different levels of discourse structures for the purpose of framing peace.
Strategi Penanaman Nilai-Nilai Antikorupsi di Sekolah Dasar
Authors: Mustofa Mustofa
Published: November 2019

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan bagaimana strategi penanaman nilai-nilai antikorupsi di sekolah dasar. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode fenomenologi. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan snowball sampling dengan key information yaitu kepala sekolah, guru, Pembina pramuka, Pembina ekstrakulikuler serta siswa. Hasil dari penelitian ini menujukkan bahwa dalam menanamkan nilai-nilai antikorupsi menggunakan tiga cara yaitu pengintegrasian melalui mata pelajaran yang ada di sekolah, pembiasaan pada keseharian siswa serta melalui keteladanan yang diberikan oleh guru. Upaya yang holistik ini diharapkan mampu secara efektif dalam menanamkan nilai-nilai antikorupsi pada siswa sekolah dasar.
The Mir of India in Ireland: Nationalism and Identity of an Early 'Muslim' Migrant
Authors: IBRAHIM VIVIAN
Published: November 2019

The article examines the case of Mir Aulad Ali, the nineteenth-century Professor of Arabic, Hindustani and Persian at Trinity College Dublin. Using a combination of archival material and secondary literature, it is argued that the contextualization of early migrants to Europe is necessary in order to avoid objectification by historians through the label of 'Muslim'. Examining the specific ways in which both Ireland and India viewed one another, it is argued that the nineteenth century brought about a shift in perception. Both countries increasingly sought to establish movements which questioned the colonial hold of the British Empire. The case study of Mir Aulad Ali highlights the complexity of multiple identities. While he defended Islam from slander, there is little evidence to suggest that he was strict in observance. The case of Mir Aulad also highlights how ideas of independence and nationalism permeated and found room in educated circles in both Ireland and India, while at the same time he paradoxically continued to train British Civil Servants for India.
Muslim Ritual Practices and their Multilayered Messages in a Non-Muslim Environment: Examples from the Dutch Context
Authors: BECK HERMAN L.
Published: November 2019

Many Muslims in the Netherlands want to live according to the prescriptions of their religion, but are trying at the same time to accommodate themselves to Dutch society in everyday life. Accommodation also seems to occur in the area of Muslim ritual practices, even though most orthodox and orthoprax Muslims are convinced of the 'unchangeability' of Islamic rituals. The study of Islamic rituals and changes in them in a non-Muslim Western environment have therefore become very popular among Western researchers. Most studies have focused on the relation between ritual, social cohesion and group identity. By focusing on certain Muslim ritual practices in the mon-Muslim environment of the Netherlands, this article draws attention to the role of ritual as an expression of faith on part of the individual beliver, thus stressing the multilayered messages conveyed by ritual practices.
Finnish Studies on Islam: Themes and Approaches
Authors: SAKARANAHO TUULA
Published: November 2019

In recent decades, Finnish research on Islam has started to expand rapidly; in the process, it has also widened to disciplines which previously did not necessarily focus on the study of religions. The article provides an ovewview of the range of these studies, concluded by Arabists, comparative religionists, theologians, anthropologists, and social scientists, with a close focus on the central themes and main methodological approaches used in these studies. The article is divided into four parts. In order to give some historical background to recent studies on Islam, the first part takes a quick look at the explorations of Georg August Wallin and the social-anthropological studies of Edvard Westermarck and Hilma Granqvist. Contemporary research is divided according to its main topic of interest into the following three parts: studies on the foundational source of Islam and subsequently theological questions; studies on Muslims in Muslim populated countries; and studies on Muslims in Europe and Finland. In the concluding remarks, the article considers some of the challenges posed by the current social and political situation for research on Islam and Muslims.
The Question of Ancient Scandinavian Cultic Buildings: with Particular Reference to Old Norse hof
Authors: SUNDQVIST OLOF
Published: November 2019

The article focuses on the question of ancient Scandinavian cultic buildings, with particular reference to the concept Old Norse hof. I survey the semantics of this term in written sources, in poetic traditions, in the Sagas of the Icelanders and in place names. My hypothesis is that the term does not refer to a static phenomenon, but rather its meaning varies across different sources and contexts. It is therefore often difficult to apply it as a general concept, or to connect it with a specific type of archaeological find or structure, as has occasionally been the case in the archaeology of religion.
The Concept of Religion in Current Studies of Scandinavian Pre-Christian Religion
Authors: LINDBERG ANETTE
Published: November 2019

In recent Swedish studies of Scandinavian pre-Christian religion of the late Iron Age, various scholars have questioned the utility of the concept of religion in this field. According to these scholars, the concept of religion obscures the specific character of religions of the small-scale non-literate societies of the pre-Christian Age. In the article, I critically examine suggestions that we abandon the academic concept of religion and replace it with an emic concept, or a concept derived from an emic context. I further argue that this strategy implies an inappropriate dualistic opposition between Scandinavian pre-Christian religion and so-called world religions. I conclude with a critical evaluation of problematic formulations of religious change and variation, presented by the same scholars who criticize the use of the academic category of religion. I try to draw attention to certain problematic implications of these demands. I conclude that we should continue to employ the concept of religion in connection with the religious worlds of pre-Christian societies. The strategy proposed by these scholars may turn out to be merely one more way of imposing misconceptions on this period.
Especially Loved by Allah: Muslim and LGBTQ in Istanbul
Authors: Af BURÉN ANN
Published: November 2019

The article builds on ethnographic fieldwork within the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer) milieu of Istanbul. It is based on material collected through participant observation and semi-structured interviews with people who at the same time selfidentify as practicing Muslims and have romantic and sexual relations with people of their own sex. The protagonist of the article is a pious Muslim woman who can be placed in the category of LGBTQ Muslims who do not seek coherence and are not involved in a reinterpretation of their Islamic tradition. The article explores the complex ways in which this woman handles the potential conflicts between her sex life and her religious beliefs, and points specifically to the way she supports herself on the firm belief that Allah loves and protects her.
Sacred agents and 'mirror' communities: from bodily ailment to collective self-image in Orthodox Karelian folk ritual
Authors: STARK-AROLA LAURA
Published: November 2019

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Religion and the Study of Social Memory
Authors: SAKARANAHO TUULA
Published: November 2019

In recent decades memory studies have gained great popularity in the humanities and social sciences, and not without cause. At least since the 1980s we have witnessed something which has been called an international memory boom. The article first looks at some explanations as to why memory fascinates people of our own time; it then focuses on questions as to how we can study religion from the point of view of social memory. The discussion is based on ideas derived from the French sociologists Maurice Halbwachs and Danièle Hervieu-Léger, and is structured in terms of recollection, events, narratives, communities and tradition. Finally, I reflect upon the criticism directed against the theory of religion as a chain of memory in the study of world religions, the latter of course being one of the main tasks of our discipline. In the concluding remarks, I comment on the simultaneous rise during recent decades of religion and of a worldwide interest in memory: both address the need to belong to and be part of something larger.
Ritual, Memory and Writing in Early Christianity
Authors: URO RISTO
Published: November 2019

The article examines ways in which the views of biblical scholars as to the transmission of early Christian traditions, especially the Jesus traditions, have been revolutionized by so-called orality/literacy studies since Werner Kelber’s seminal The Oral and the Written Gospel (1983). In the 2000s, an important turn in the study of orality and literacy in early Christianity took place with the discovery of memory. This has given rise to a focus on theories of collective memory and more recently on the cognitive aspects of individual memory, producing fresh new insights into the close intertwining of orality and literacy in ancient literary activity. The last part of the article brings up the role of ritual in the transmission of early Christian traditions, an aspect that has received less attention in the discussion. For purposes of further analysis, three perspectives on the role of ritual in the study of orality and textuality in early Christianity are highlighted and elaborated. The first underscores the need for a fresh analysis of the numerous liturgical passages in the New Testament identified by the generation of form critics. The second focuses on oral-aural (‘liturgical’) aspects of early Christian literature as part of the larger phenomenon of Greco-Roman literary culture, in which literacy was defined by public performance and recitation to a degree that differs substantially from the modern use of printed books. The last perspective highlights the important question of ritual’s capacity to function as an instrument of religious teaching and doctrinal consolidation.
Indigenous Spirituality in the Touristic Borderzone: Virtual Performances of Sámi Shamanism in Sápmi Park
Authors: MATHISEN STEIN R.
Published: November 2019

For tourists travelling to the northernmost parts of Europe, the tour includes not only experiences of wild nature, Midnight Sun, and Aurora Borealis, but also encounters with the indigenous Sámi people who populate the area. Emblematically represented in tourist guidebooks as reindeer herders, the Sámi stand out as representatives of a life lived in close contact with nature, and as carriers of an indigenous spirituality that reflects a deep concern for the environment and for the powers found in nature. How can this insight be represented or performed in tourism? The article discusses the representation of this image of the Sámi in a theme park in the village of Kárášjohka, Norway. Transposed to the stage of the experience industry in the Sápmi Magic Theatre, a virtual Sámi shaman narrates to tourists the story of an ancient indigenous wise man. This narrative is on the one hand deeply embedded in Western imaginaries about the Noble Savage and about a prelapsarian, pre-colonial past. On the other hand, this myth is represented as something belonging to a more glorious past, and not as part of present-day indigenous life. From the point of view of ethno-politics, such narratives may support Sámi claims of representing a unique culture, while at the same time constituting a threat to the fight for an equal position in contemporary society.
Remarks on Swedenborgian Elements in the Literary Production of Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Authors: MAHLAMÄKI TIINA , MANSIKKA TOMAS
Published: November 2019

This article sets out to trace possible influences of Emanuel Swedenborg, the Swedish theosophist and spirit-seer, in the production of the Finnish national poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg. We argue that the influence of Swedenborgianism on nineteenth-century culture in Finland was greater than has generally been suggested by literary scholars. The first part of the article provides a historical background of Swedenborgianism in the country. The latter part indicates a larger epistemic and religious accord between Swedenborg and Runeberg, to be accounted for in greater detail in terms of influence. Both authors subscribed to an emblematic worldview within the Classical discourse of nature as a book, ultimately supported by a framework of logocentrism and theism. Runeberg’s discussion of words and things,and his use of the metaphor of light, places him within a mainstream nineteenth-century spirituality, which may be juxtaposed, in addition to general Romantic views, also with Swedenborgian sources.
The Sound of Satan: Different Aspects of Whispering in Islamic theology
Authors: LARSSON GÖRAN
Published: November 2019

The purpose of the article is to outline Islamic discourses on sound, more particularly whispering, found in the Qur’ān, the ḥadīth literature and contemporary online fatwas, with the aim of determining whether whispering has different connotations and meanings in different contexts, literary genres and ritual contexts. Examples discussed in the article are derived from a broad range of Islamic sources, such as the Qur’ān and its exegesis and the prophetic literature, but also from a number of different fields within Muslim culture, such as the Internet, YouTube clips and notes from fieldwork among Muslim groups in Sweden. On the basis of the texts and videos selected for analysis, I discuss the belief that whispering has the potential to disturb and cause disorder, and is associated with Satan. Whispering is looked upon as an intermediate and therefore suspicious position, between silence and saying something out loud. More generally, whispering is closely associated with the negative effects of Satan’s power over mankind.
The Transcendences of Listening to Music: How Listening to Bob Dylan Moves His Fans
Authors: HÄGER ANDREAS
Published: November 2019

The theoretical starting point for my article is the concept of transcendence in the writings of Thomas Luckmann and Alfred Schutz. Schutz describes a continuing flow of transcendences of the immediate lifeworld. Luckmann speaks of three levels of transcendence: the ‘little transcendences’ of an awareness of time and space, the ‘intermediate transcendences’ of an awareness of the social dimension, and the ‘great transcendences’, an awareness of dimensions beyond life and death. I add a distinction, central to music, between cognitive awareness and the emotional dimension. I apply this framework to a discussion among Bob Dylan fans of their experiences in listening to Dylan. The material is derived from a Swedish online discussion forum. Examples of both cognitive and emotional transcendence at all three levels are discussed, with particular focus on references to religious traditions in describing experiences of Dylan’s music.
Lars Levi Sunna: Crafting a Sámi Presence in the Swedish State Church
Authors: DuBois Thomas A.
Published: November 2019

The article explores the intertwined religious and artistic viewpoints of contemporary Sámi artist Lars Levi Sunna of Kiruna, Sweden. Sunna self-consciously situates his artwork within a personal and familial history that centers around traditional Sámi livelihoods and the practice of handicraft (duodji). Through his duodji-inspired picto- rial art and art installations, Sunna chronicles a personal exploration that involved learning about his people’s pre-Christian religious traditions and consciously making a place for them within his life and work, while maintaining his identity as a Laestadian Christian. Keywords: Sámi, handicraft, duodji, Laestadianism, Lars Levi Sunna, shamanism
Spiritual Entrepreneurship in a Northern Landscape: Spirituality, Tourism and Politics
Authors: Fonneland Trude
Published: November 2019

A cultural turn in the economy has led to growth in what might be called ‘spiritual entrepreneurship’.1 This term refers to entrepreneurs inspired by a New Age philosophy marketing spiritual values such as ‘self-development’, ‘holism’ and ‘deep values’. To shed light on this type of enterprise, the article examines one of its practitioners; Esther Utsi at Polmakmoen Guesthouse in northern Norway. My focus is on how New Age spirituality is here localized, wrapped in local indigenous culture and landscape, and turned into a commodity with market value for both tourists and conference participants. The staging of spirituality simultaneously involves marketing a vaca- tion destination to outsiders, and is also linked to the formation of a reimagined local identity, and incorporated into the redefinition of images and dreams about the northern region. Keywords: spiritual entrepreneurship, New Age, tourism, indigenous spirituality, local reinvention
From Monthly Bulletins to eLaestadianism? Exploring Attitudes and Use of Internet within the Laestadian Movement
Authors: Andreassen Bengt-Ove
Published: November 2019

The different groups within the Laestadian movement have devel- oped different strategies when it comes to internet and production of texts. Regarding internet and official websites, there is ambivalence towards the opportunities which this technology and new media offer. Among the approximately twenty different Laestadian groups which exist in the Nordic countries and America, there are only nine official websites in 2012. The article provides an overview over these websites, contents and strategies. Websites are discussed in reference to a well-established tradition of monthly bulletins within the Laesta- dian tradition. The term netnography is used to describe the research on religion and internet, and research ethics are also discussed as a part of doing research on religion and internet. Keywords: Laestadian movement, internet research, eLaestadianism, netnography, research ethics
Blavatsky the Satanist: Luciferianism in Theosophy, and its Feminist Implications
Authors: Faxneld Per
Published: November 2019

H. P. Blavatsky’s influential The Secret Doctrine (1888), one of the foundation texts of Theosophy, contains chapters propagating an unembarrassed Satanism. Theosophical sympathy for the Devil also extended to the name of their journal Lucifer, and discussions conducted in it. To Blavatsky, Satan is a cultural hero akin to Pro- metheus. According to her reinterpretation of the Christian myth of the Fall in Genesis 3, Satan in the shape of the serpent brings gnosis and liberates mankind. The present article situates these ideas in a wider nineteenth-century context, where some poets and socialist thinkers held similar ideas and a counter-hegemonic reading of the Fall had far-reaching feminist implications. Additionally, influences on Blavatsky from French occultism and research on Gnosticism are discussed, and the instrumental value of Satanist shock tactics is con- sidered. The article concludes that esoteric ideas cannot be viewed in isolation from politics and the world at large. Rather, they should be analyzed both as part of a religious cosmology and as having strategic polemical and didactic functions related to political debates, or, at the very least, carrying potential entailments for the latter.Keywords: Theosophy, Blavatsky, Satanism, Feminism, Socialism, Romanticism.
On the Origin of the ‘Private Sphere’: A Discourse Analysis of Religion and Politics from Luther to Locke
Authors: Martin Craig
Published: November 2019

This essay supplements the recent literature on the social construction of ‘religion’ by demonstrating that liberal discourses on the ‘private sphere’ and the ‘separation of church and state’ originated in a rhetorical slippage between different uses of the word ‘religion’ in early modern Europe. However, contrary to much of the recent social constructionist literature, this essay demonstrates that the implemen- tation of the so-called ‘separation of church and state’ resulted not in an actual separation, but, rather, that this discourse masks the very real circulation of power from one institution to the other. Keywords: Social Construction of Religion, Early Modern Political Theory, Privatization of Religion, Liberal Discourses on Religion, Liberal Political Theory, Separation of Church and State
Sami Indigenous Spirituality: Religion and Nation-building in Norwegian Sápmi
Authors: Kraft Siv Ellen
Published: November 2019

In March 2008, the university library in Tromsø celebrated the opening of what they referred to as an ‘indigenous room’. A collection of Sami literature was moved from its previous geographical and cultural context to what is today considered the more relevant company of American Indians, Australian aborigines and African peoples. Indicative of the increasing institutionalisation of the Sami as an indigenous people, the debate over what it means to be ‘indigenous’ is today important to Sami research, political strategies, cultural activities and religious creativity. In an attempt to take such innovations seriously, the article discusses some of the religious dimensions of Sami nation-building resulting from the ongoing processes of indigenisation. More specifically, I deal with a project structured by the international grammar of nation-building, which shares in the qualities of a civil religion and is at the same time shaped by ‘indigenous spirituality’. Although a fairly recent construct, what I refer to as ‘indigenous spirituality’ is nevertheless a significant global discourse, developed primarily through the UN and international law. According to this perspective, indigenous peoples are the children of Mother Earth, and as such are opposed to and differentiated from the religions and worldviews of the ‘western’ world. Keywords: Sami, nation-building, indigenous, nature spirituality, Mother Earth
(Dis)Believing and Belonging: Investigating the Narratives of Young British Atheists
Authors: Catto Rebecca , Eccles Janet
Published: November 2019

The development and public prominence of the ‘New Atheism’ in the West, particularly the UK and USA, since the millennium has occasioned considerable growth in the study of ‘non-religion and secularity’. Such work is uncovering the variety and complexity of associated categories, different public figures, arguments and organizations involved. There has been a concomitant increase in research on youth and religion. As yet, however, little is known about young people who self-identify as atheist, though the statistics indicate that in Britain they are the cohort most likely to select ‘No religion’ in surveys. This article addresses this gap with presentation of data gathered with young British people who describe themselves as atheists. Atheism is a multifaceted identity for these young people developed over time and through experience. Disbelief in God and other non-empirical propositions such as in an afterlife and the efficacy of homeopathy and belief in progress through science, equality and freedom are central to their narratives. Hence belief is taken as central to the sociological study of atheism, but understood as formed and performed in relationships in which emotions play a key role. In the late modern context of contemporary Britain, these young people are far from amoral individualists. We employ current theorizing about the sacred to help understand respondents’ belief and value-oriented non-religious identities in context.Keywords: Atheism, Youth, UK, Belief, Sacred
Bakhtin on the Nature of Dialogue: Some Implications for Dialogue between Christian Churches
Authors: Reid Duncan
Published: November 2019

The paper offers a contribution to the discussion of the role of intercultural issues in dialogue between Christian churches representing differing doctrinal positions. It argues that ecumenical dialogues have in the past focused on doctrinal issues at the expense of cultural differences, which may be just as significant in the relationships, including understandings and misunderstandings, between churches. It proposes that expertise on intercultural communication be also part of ecumenical dialogue. This argument shall be developed in several stages: first, a discussion of belief statements as cultural artefacts; second, a discussion of a recent study of the dynamics of intercultural communication, a study that draws on Bakhtin’s concept of dialogue; and finally the proposal for the application to ecumenical dialogue of the study’s methodological approach to intercultural communication. Keywords: Mikhail Bakhtin, Belief, Communication, Culture, Doctrine, Ecumenism
Developing Practices of Inclusive Culture Social Services: Interdisciplinary Analysis Challenges and Perspectives
Authors: Skliarova T. , Zaitsev D.
Published: November 2019

The article analyzes the principles of interaction of regional social services with children with disabilities and their families. The authors considered the working practices of social institutions as well as cultural and educational institutions as the subject of the study. This allowed for the author’s analysis and interpretation of existing contradictions arising from the introduction of inclusive practices into the organizational culture of the regional social service. The data obtained in the course of the interregional empirical study demonstrate the disproportionateness of the processes of socialization and inclusion of children with disabilities, which is expressed in the lack of readiness as social services themselves (in methodological and methodical levels) and staff (practical, procedural levels) to carry out their mission - the application and development of inclusion practices not only in educational and social and social areas, but also in the field of sociocultural and professional socialization. The study found that, despite constant discussion of inclusion and disability, the concept of ‘inclusion’ is still misunderstanding among social service professionals. This has a negative impact on the effectiveness and effectiveness of the day-to-day activities of social services, the quality of their work, and the implementation of ideas of inclusive culture in practice.