Violence in Pacific Islander Traditional Religions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garry Trompf
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islander ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Gender Imbalance ◽  
Traditional Religions ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
And Gender

An Element on the role of violence in the traditional religions of the Pacific Ilands (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) and on violent activity in islander religious life after the opening of Oceania to the modern world. This work covers such issues as tribal warfare, sorcery and witchcraft, traditional punishment and gender imbalance. and moves on to consider reprisals against foreign intruders in the Pacific and the continuation of old types of violence in spite of massive socio-religious change.

scholarly journals The Multicultural Workforce: The Role of Employers as Gatekeepers

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Spoonley
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Pacific Islander ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Multicultural Workforce

Most firms in Auckland are characterised by a structure which has broad, largely Polynesian base with a smaller totally white executive peak. Employers, as the principal gatekeepers controlling access to the resource of employment, have contributed to this imbalance by limiting the job opportunities available to the Pacific Islander. In relation to th1s, management needs to reassess its attitudes and practices, and the new Human Rights Commission Act may be a suitable incentive.

Islam and Politics and The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-Discourses

2005 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 1083-1086
Author(s):  
Morris Mottale
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Columbia University ◽  
Islam And Politics ◽  
The World ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Middle Eastern Arab ◽  
Modern Perspective

Islam and Politics, Beverly Milton-Edwards, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2004, pp. vii, 217.The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-Discourses, Larbi Sadiki, New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, pp. vii, 409These two books approach Middle Eastern Arab and Islamic politics from a post-modern perspective informed by new European and American scholarship on democracy and gender. Both authors tackle a range of issues that should have been treated as discrete topics. Beverly Milton-Edwards and Larbi Sadiki, the two authors, are trying to define Islam and politics not only in terms of the world after 9/11, but also in terms of the recurring and yet-to-be-solved issue of the role of Islam in the modern world and its relationship to politics.

Empirical Analysis of Clinical Evaluations on Children Involved in the Child Protection System: The Role of Age and Gender

2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Felix ◽  
Anjali T. Naik-Polan ◽  
Christine Sloss ◽  
Lashaunda Poindexter ◽  
Karen S. Budd
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Clinical Evaluations ◽  
And Gender

The role of masculine norms and gender role conflict on prospective well-being among men.

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aylin Kaya ◽  
Derek K. Iwamoto ◽  
Jennifer Brady ◽  
Lauren Clinton ◽  
Margaux Grivel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Role Conflict ◽  
Gender Role Conflict ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Masculine Norms ◽  
And Gender

TO SIGNIFICANCE OF ENGLISH IN THE MODERN WORLD*

2019 ◽  
pp. 310-312
Author(s):  
S.L. Mertsalova
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Modern World

The article considers the role of English language in the modern world. The spheres of human life in which English plays an important role are presented. A number of professions for which English is an integral part have been considered.

NON-TRADITIONAL RELIGIOSITY IN THE POLITICAL SPACE OF THE MODERN WORLD

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Валерия Игоревна Семенова
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Space ◽  
Traditional Religions

В данной статье автором рассматриваются особенности восприятия и понимания нетрадиционной религиозности, возможности диалога традиционных и нетрадиционных религий, перспективы их взаимоотношений, намечаются пути разрешения возможных конфликтов между ними. Особое внимание уделяется функционированию нетрадиционных религий в политическом пространстве, отношению к ним государства. In this article, the author examines the peculiarities of perception and understanding of non-traditional religiosity, the possibility of dialogue between traditional and non-traditional religions, the prospects for their relationship, and outlines ways to resolve possible conflicts between them. Special attention is paid to the functioning of non-traditional religions in the political space and the attitude of the state to them.

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