For a century, Brazil’s Catholic Church has sent holy statues out to parishioners’ homes. A new study finds that these visits create a local subeconomy, benefitting families and the church.
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Nuns offer a unique insight into how work is divided between the sexes and rewarded accordingly.
What are the implications of the ‘instant divorce’ ban in India? Will it provoke a wider re-evaluation of India’s Muslim family laws, that affect millions of women?
The founder of Islam, Muhammad, saw himself as the last in a line of prophets that reached back through Jesus to Moses, Abraham and Noah. But while the three religions worship the same God, he divides as much as he unites.
What is the impact of religiosity and spirituality on ethical decision-making at work? India has a rich experience of such behaviours.
Conscience protections for those opposed to same-sex marriage should not be seen as excusing bigotry. Rather, it is a legitimate means of best promoting everyone’s welfare.
A biologist and a philosopher discuss the illusion of being oneself and religion.
The Dera Sacha Sauda episode has several important questions, mostly related to the crisis of spirituality and modernity in India today.
HILDA data reveal an overwhelming tide of support toward the rights of same-sex couples within Australian society.
We need to get beyond hyperbole and half-truths from those both for and against marriage equality, and go back to basics.
Barack Obama may have chosen Mandela’s words for his tweet precisely because they offered some distance from the political space in the US.
Religious freedom in Australia can be a source of division with examples of respect for and of government interference with that freedom.
Social conservatism among many ethnic communities will be a key factor in deciding the result of the upcoming same-sex marriage survey.
The relationship of Australians to religion is changing, as people find other ways to connect with their personal beliefs.
Australia’s federal MPs are apparently servants of the Christian God, working for His glory.
In a nation labelled secular, many of our elected representatives have strong religious ties, and this affects they way they the country is run.
Religious values, deeply rooted in texts, serve as an important motivator for giving. Religious Americans volunteer more, give more, and give more often.
Taking inspiration from the spread of world religions, Quentin Atkinson and Shaun Hendy argue scientists need to do more to signal commitment to ideas they want to spread.
Reporting child sexual abuse to police, and any subsequent investigation or trial, is a time of profound instability for victims and their families.
We should be wary of simplified and sweeping explanations about the scope for potential social and political reforms the middle classes can promote.
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
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Research fellow at Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity
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Vice-Chancellor, University of Divinity
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Monash University
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Timothy W. Jones adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
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Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Sociology, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
