Interethnic and interfaith marriages in sub-Saharan Africa
Reflections on the Influence of Religion on Field Cultivation in Southern Central Niger
Anthropologists have addressed the question as to if and how religious beliefs and practices influence work processes and this has also been a persistent undercurrent in the ethnographic literature on Niger and on the Hausa people. In this article, I will review the contributions to this topic. Studies show that religion might influence other socie...
Religious practices and changes in health-related quality of life after hospital discharge for an acute coronary syndrom...
Published in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
BackgroundReligious beliefs and practices influence coping mechanisms and quality of life in patients with various chronic illnesses. However, little is known about the influence of religious practices on changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among hospital survivors of an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The present study examined the as...
A retrospective assessment of metropolitan religious adherence rate, individual and neighborhood social capital and thei...
Published in BMC Public Health
BackgroundSocial capital is a multilevel construct impacting health. Community level social capital, beyond the neighborhood, has received relatively less attention. Moreover, the measurement of community level social capital has tended to make use of aggregated individual data, rather than observable community characteristics.MethodsHerein, metrop...
Religion and Culture of Origin. Re-Shaping Identity in the Integration Process: A Case Study in Sicily
What happens when people of different cultures, values, religion live together? Sociological studies on immigrative phenomenon often swing between immigration and integration policies. These policies actually reveal the difficulty of the host society to institutionalize new models of social differences accompanying multiculturalism. Immigrants who ...
The Conscience of the Baker: Religion and Compelled Speech
TRACE-CORE Dataset on Religious Practices and Long-Term Survival after Hospital Discharge for an Acute Coronary Syndrome...
Manuscript abstract: Background: Prior studies of healthy populations have found religious practices to be associated with survival. However, no contemporary studies have examined whether religiosity influences survival among patients discharged from the hospital after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The present study examined the relationship be...
Religiöses und Göttliches in der Rock- und Popmusik von 1965 bis heute
Religiöses und Göttliches in der Rock- und Popmusik von 1965 bis heute
Religiöses und Göttliches in der Rock- und Popmusik von 1965 bis heute
