Research explains why Palestinians experiencing despair may gamble with their own lives despite little real hope of improving things.
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From Bali to China, Italy to India, the way people grieve varies greatly across the world.
Even people who are only indirectly exposed to these repeat tragedies, such as first responders and those affected by media coverage, can experience profound and long-lasting grief.
To address declining humanities enrolments, these programs should ensure they offer more than critical theory for identifying and analyzing problems.
People who are directly affected by mass shootings may develop PTSD and depression. But those who are indirectly exposed to these tragedies can also experience profound and long-lasting grief.
A scholar of ancient Greek literature goes back to the account of Greek historian Thucydides on the spread of plague and finds parallels in the American response to the health crisis today.
A scholar of democratic virtues explains why Dominican monk Thomas Aquinas’ thoughts on hope are relevant today.
People in high-risk groups are already more likely to be experiencing negative mental health effects during the pandemic. Spending the holidays isolated from family and friends may make matters worse.
In a sermon two weeks after MLK’s funeral, civil rights leader, Wyatt Tee Walker, urged young seminarians to be hopeful and take action for making change happen. His sermon has valuable lessons today.
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Alberta
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Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities, Wake Forest University
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto
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Honorary Research Fellow, Director of Bereavement Services Counselling & Mental Health Clinic, York St John University
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Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Senior lecturer in social anthropology, Lund University
