Disentangling Honor-Based Violence and Religion: The Differential Influence of Individual and Social Religious Practices and Fundamentalism on Support for Honor Killings in a Cross-National Sample of Muslims

Religion is seen as one of the main causes of honor violence; yet, empirical studies investigating this purported relationship remain scarce. Therefore, we investigated how individual and social religious practices, religious fundamentalism, and demographic variables contribute to support for honor killings of women and men. We analyzed multinational face-to-face interview data of Muslims with a final sample size of N = 25,723. Using multilevel ordinal regression, we found that increased support for honor killings was strongly predicted by the frequency of mosque attendance, religious fundamentalism, a lower educational level, and living in a rural area. Conversely, gender and the frequency of private prayer did not significantly relate to support for honor killings. Thus, different aspects of religion have differential effects: Individual aspects of religious practice such as private prayer seem to be not significantly related to support for honor violence, whereas social aspects such as mosque attendance and religious fundamentalism strongly predict an increased support for honor killings.

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Islam and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Between Religious Practice and Health Protection

Journal of Religion and Health ◽

10.1007/s10943-021-01346-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Aldona Maria Piwko

Keyword(s):

Religious Practice ◽

Health Protection ◽

Muslim World ◽

Religious Practices ◽

Muslim Community ◽

Political Situation ◽

Muslim Countries ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

Rapid Transmission

AbstractThis paper concerns a problem, the global pandemic COVID-19, which has influenced religious practices with respect to health protection across the Muslim world. Rapid transmission of the virus between people has become a serious challenge and a threat to the health protection of many countries. The increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in the Muslim community took place during and after the pilgrimages to Iran's Qom and as a result of the Jamaat Tabligh movement meetings. However, restrictions on religious practices have become a platform for political discussions, especially among Muslim clergy. This paper is an analysis of the religious and political situation in Muslim countries, showing the use of Islam to achieve specific goals by the authorities, even at the price of the health and life of citizens.

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Pengaruh Elemen-Elemen Fraud Pentagon Terhadap Kecurangan Laporan Keuangan

JURNAL EKSPLORASI AKUNTANSI ◽

10.24036/jea.v2i4.292 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (4) ◽

pp. 3405-3418

Author(s):

Alfamet Randa ◽

Sany Dwita

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Financial Reporting ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Fraudulent Financial Reporting ◽

Real Estate Sector ◽

Final Sample

This study aims to determine the effect of pentagon fraud’s theory in detecting fraudulent financial reporting empirical studies on companies in property and real estate sector in Indonesia listed on the Stock Exchange in 2014-2018. The sampling technique used purposive sampling with the final sample of 18 companies. Data analysis used in this research is logistic regression analysis. The result of this research showed that : Pressure (ROA), Opportunity (BDOUT), Competence (DCHANGE) and Arogance (CEOPIC) have no significant effect on fraudulent financial reporting. While the Rationalization (Change of Auditor) has a significant effect on fraudulent financial reporting.

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Religion in the structures and forms of manifestation of everyday life

Ukrainian Religious Studies ◽

10.32420/2016.77.625 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 6-10

Author(s):

Yuri Boreyko

Keyword(s):

Everyday Life ◽

Public Space ◽

Religious Experience ◽

Social Relations ◽

Religious Practice ◽

Religious Community ◽

Value Systems ◽

Religious Practices ◽

Community Patterns ◽

Ordinary Consciousness

The article analyzes the structure and manifestations of everyday life as the sphere of the empirical life of the individual believer and the religious community. Patterns of everyday life are not confined to certain universal conceptual or value systems, as there is no ready-made standards and rules of their formation. Everyday life is intersubjective space of social relations in which religious individuals, communities, institutions self-identified based on form of reproduction of sociality. Religious everyday life determined by ordinary consciousness, practices, social aspects of life in the religious community, which are constituted by communication. The main religious structures of everyday life is mental cut ordinary religious consciousness, religious practice, religious experience, religious communication, religious stereotypes. Everyday life is the sphere of interaction between the social and the transcendental worlds, in which religious practices are an integral social relationships and the objectification of religious experience through the prism of individual membership to a specific religion, a means of inclusion of transcendence in the context of everyday life. Religious practices reflect understanding of a religious individual objects of the supernatural world, which is achieved through social experience, intersubjective interaction, experience of transcendental reality. The everyday life of the believing personality is formed in the dynamics of tradition and innovation, the mechanism of interaction of which affects the space of social existence. It exists within the private and public space and time, differing openness within the life-world. Continuous modification of everyday life, change its fundamental structures is determined by the process of modern social and technical transformation of society

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Sexual Interaction in Digital Contexts and Its Implications for Sexual Health: A Conceptual Analysis

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.769732 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Nicola Döring ◽

Nicole Krämer ◽

Veronika Mikhailova ◽

Matthias Brand ◽

Tillmann H. C. Krüger ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sexual Health ◽

Digital Technology ◽

Conceptual Analysis ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Digital Technologies ◽

Future Research ◽

Sexual Interaction ◽

Face To Face ◽

Conceptual Clarity ◽

Sexual Encounters

Based on its prevalence, there is an urgent need to better understand the mechanisms, opportunities and risks of sexual interaction in digital contexts (SIDC) that are related with sexual arousal. While there is a growing body of literature on SIDC, there is also a lack of conceptual clarity and classification. Therefore, based on a conceptual analysis, we propose to distinguish between sexual interaction (1) through, (2) via, and (3) with digital technologies. (1) Sexual interactions through digital technologies are face-to-face sexual interactions that (a) have been started digitally (e.g., people initiating face-to-face sexual encounters through adult dating apps) or (b) are accompanied by digital technology (e.g., couples augmenting their face-to-face sexual encounters through filming themselves during the act and publishing the amateur pornography online). (2) Sexual interactions via digital technology are technology-mediated interpersonal sexual interactions (e.g., via text chat: cybersex; via smartphone: sexting; via webcam: webcam sex/camming). (3) Sexual interactions with digital technology occur when the technology itself has the role of an interaction partner (e.g., sexual interaction with a sex robot or with a media persona in pornography). The three types of SIDC and their respective subtypes are explained and backed up with empirical studies that are grouped according to two major mediators: consent and commerce. Regarding the causes and consequences of the three types of SIDC we suggest a classification that entails biological, psychological, social, economic, and technological factors. Regarding implications of SIDC we suggest to focus on both opportunities and risks for sexual health. The proposed conceptual framework of SIDC is meant to inform future research.

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Ritual Texts Dedicated to the White Old Man with Examples from the Classical Mongolian and Oirat (Clear Script) Textual Corpora

Sources of Mongolian Buddhism ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190900694.003.0013 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 269-293

Author(s):

Ágnes Birtalan

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Groups ◽

Religious Practice ◽

Religious Practices ◽

Text Corpora ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

The Rich ◽

Ritual Text

This chapter examines some examples from the ritual text corpora written in “Classical Mongolian” and in Oirat “Clear Script,” dedicated to the veneration of the Mongolian nature deity, the White Old Man. The deity’s mythology, iconography, and the variety of ritual genres connected to him have been extensively studied. However, the rich textual corpus, especially the newly discovered Oirat incense offering texts and the various aspects of the White Old Man’s contemporary popularity among all Mongolian ethnic groups, evokes the revision of the deity’s ethos. Being a primordial nature spirit of highest importance became integrated later into the Buddhist pantheon and returned as syncretic deity into the folk religious practice. The chapter examines the similarities and differences between the Classical Mongolian and Oirat offering text versions and provides a glimpse into the newly invented religious practices dedicated to the deity.

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Epilogue

Buddhists, Shamans, and Soviets ◽

10.1093/oso/9780190916794.003.0008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 188-192

Author(s):

Justine Buck Quijada

Keyword(s):

Religious Practice ◽

Religious Practices ◽

Comparative Approach ◽

Productive Capacity ◽

Time And Space ◽

The Way

The epilogue re-caps the arguments presented in the previous chapters, and revisits Bakhtin’s idea of the chronotope as an analytic terminology for an anthropology of history. The epilogue argues that a comparative approach to indigenous revitalization projects in post-Soviet secular Buryatia reveals the contingent and creative nature of human conceptions of time and space, and the productive capacity of ritual. The chronotopes indexed in rituals exist as negotiated, contingent, performative evocations of pasts that continuously produce Buryats as subjects in the present. The epilogue also reminds readers that all the previous chapters are linked by the way in which contemporary Buryats emphasize materiality as proof for belief, and argues that this is a secular conception that undergirds contemporary Siberian religious practices. The materiality of ritual appears to participants to exceed its explanations, grounding revived post-Soviet religious practice in a secular discourse of evidentiary proof.

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Nursing Home Food Services Linked with Risk of Malnutrition

Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research ◽

10.3148/68.1.2007.14 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 68 (1) ◽

pp. 14-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 31

Author(s):

Natalie Carrier ◽

Denise Ouellet ◽

Gale E. West

Keyword(s):

Nursing Homes ◽

Food Service ◽

Food Delivery ◽

Food Services ◽

Face To Face ◽

Service Characteristics ◽

Food Packages ◽

Final Sample ◽

Cognitively Intact ◽

Service Factors

Purpose: Links between food service characteristics and residents’ risk of malnutrition were examined. Methods: Cognitively intact residents meeting inclusion criteria and living in one of 38 participating nursing homes were randomly sampled. The final sample consisted of 132 residents, who were screened for risk of malnutrition and completed a face-to-face interview questionnaire about dining experiences. Additional data came from participants’ medical charts, and each institution's food service manager completed a written questionnaire. Frequencies and logistic regressions were used to describe the sample and to examine relationships between risk of malnutrition and food service characteristics. Results: Overall, 37.4% of participants were at risk of malnutrition. Food service factors, including food packages, lids, and dishes that were difficult to manipulate (β=0.285, p=0.009), bulk food-delivery systems (β=1.329, p=0.036), overall food satisfaction (β=0.253, p=0.044), menu cycle length (β=-2.162, p=0.003), and porcelain dishes (β=-0.345, p=0.052), all were significantly associated with risk of malnutrition. Conclusions: Our findings clearly show a need for nursing homes to modify certain aspects of food service that may increase the risk of malnutrition among cognitively intact residents.

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Ethical Conflicts Experienced by Nurses in Geriatric Hospitals in South Korea: “If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out of the Kitchen”

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17124442 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (12) ◽

pp. 4442

Author(s):

Moonok Kim ◽

Younjae Oh ◽

Byunghye Kong

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Ethics Education ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Ethical Conflict ◽

Face To Face ◽

Quality Of Patient Care ◽

Ethical Conflicts ◽

Geriatric Nurses

Ethical conflicts among nurses can undermine nurses’ psychological comfort and compromise the quality of patient care. In the last decade, several empirical studies on the phenomena related to ethical conflicts, such as ethical dilemmas, issues, problems, difficulties, or challenges, have been reported; however, they have not always deeply explored the meaning of ethical conflicts experienced by nurses in geriatric care. This study aims to understand the lived experiences of ethical conflict of nurses in geriatric hospitals in South Korea. A phenomenological study was conducted. In-depth, face-to-face interviews were performed with nine registered nurses who cared for elderly patients in geriatric hospitals in South Korea between August 2015 and January 2016. Three main themes emerged from the analysis: (1) confusing values for good nursing, (2) distress resulting from not taking required action despite knowing about a problem, and (3) avoiding ethical conflicts as a last resort. It was found that for geriatric nurses to cope with ethical conflicts successfully, clear ethical guidance, continuing ethics education to improve ethical knowledge and moral behaviors, and a supportive system or program to resolve ethical conflicts involving nurses should be established.

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Mongolian Buddhism in the Democratic Period

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.013.618 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko

Keyword(s):

Religious Practice ◽

Religious Practices ◽

New Religious Movements ◽

Power Dynamics ◽

Strong Ties ◽

Public Practice ◽

The Public ◽

Buddhist Practice ◽

Wide Range ◽

Democratic Revolution

During the socialist period in Mongolia (1921–1990), the public practice of Buddhism, along with other religious practices, was restricted. Since the Democratic Revolution of 1989–1990, the practice of Buddhism has been permitted in public. Today Buddhism is the main religion of Mongolia, following the Vajrayāna tradition of Buddhism. As well as having strong ties to international Buddhist lineages and organizations, Buddhism in Mongolia has unique characteristics. In the early 1990s old lamas from the presocialist period reinhabited old temples, built new temples, and took on students. They reinvigorated old practices and rituals that they had practiced in secret during the socialist period, or those they had remembered from the presocialist era as young lamas. In addition to this local reinvigoration of Buddhist practice, in the 1990s translocal Buddhist organizations came to Mongolia with the hope of helping to rebuild Buddhism. They brought with them their own expectations about education, religious practice, and monastic discipline. Along with these transnational Buddhist ideas and practices, other local religious practices, such as shamanism, and translocal religious practices, such as Christianity and new religious movements, established themselves in the country. These local and translocal forms of religion generated the proliferation of a wide range of unique ideas and practices that have characterized Mongolian Buddhism since 1990. As Buddhism in the democratic period is the main religion in Mongolia, it has become a source of geopolitical significance. The strong ties between Mongolian Buddhist institutions and Tibetan Buddhist organizations in diaspora have been a cause of diplomatic friction between Mongolia and China. These ties with Tibetans in diaspora have also affected power dynamics internally within Mongolian Buddhist organizations. Mongolian Buddhism in the democratic era is an important local religious practice, a source of translocal connections and transformations, and has geopolitical significance.

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Beyond the net generation debate: A comparison between digital learners in face-to-face and virtual universities

The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning ◽

10.19173/irrodl.v13i4.1305 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 190 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Begoña Gros ◽

Iolanda Garcia ◽

Anna Escofet

Keyword(s):

Online Education ◽

University Students ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Net Generation ◽

Teaching Methodology ◽

Digital Native ◽

Face To Face ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Frequent Use ◽

Digital Learners

In the last decade, an important debate about the characteristics of today’s students has arisen due to their intensive experience as users of ICT. The main belief is that frequent use of technologies in everyday life implies competent users able to transfer their digital skills to learning activities. However, empirical studies developed in different countries reveal similar results suggesting that the ‘digital native’ label does not provide evidence of a better use of technology to support learning. The debate has to beyond and focus on the implications of being a learner in a digitalised world. This research is based on the hypothesis that the use of technology to support learning is not related to the fact of belonging or not to the net generation, is mainly influenced by the teaching model.The study compares the behaviour and preferences towards ICT use in two groups of university students: face-to-face students and online students. A questionnaire was applied to a sample of university students from five universities with different characteristics (one of them offers online education and four offer face-to-face with LMS teaching-support).Findings suggest although access to and use of ICT is widespread, the influence of teaching methodology is very decisive. For academic purposes, students seem to respond to the requirements of their courses, programmes and universities. There is a clear relationship between the students’ perception of usefulness regarding certain ICT resources and the teachers’ suggested uses of technologies. The most highly rated technologies correspond with those proposed by teachers. The study shows how the educational model (face-to-face or online) has a stronger influence on the students’ perception of usefulness regarding ICT support for learning than the fact of being a digital native.

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