Statistical dynamics of religion evolutions

A religion affiliation can be considered as a "degree of freedom" of an agent on the human genre network. A brief review is given on the state of the art in data analysis and modelization of religious "questions" in order to suggest and if possible initiate further research, ... after using a "statistical physics filter". We present a discussion of the evolution of 18 so called religions, as measured through their number of adherents between 1900 and 2000. Some emphasis is made on a few cases presenting a minimum or a maximum in the investigated time range, - thereby suggesting a competitive ingredient to be considered, beside the well accepted "at birth" attachement effect. The importance of the "external field" is still stressed through an Avrami late stage crystal growth-like parameter. The observed features and some intuitive interpretations point to opinion based models with vector, rather than scalar, like agents

Religion: Current Periodicals in the Benson Latin American Collection

Religion is an important aspect of Latin American society, and many educational and research institutions are associated with a religious group or have a religious orientation. They produce many journals, magazines, and newsletters. This bibliography is a guide to the most current periodicals in the Benson Collection which emphasize religion. To find other similar periodicals in the online catalog you may do subject keyword searches which include the country name under subjects such as: Christianity, Church and social problems, Evangelicalism, Judaism, Jews, Missions, Pentecostalism, Protestantism, Protestants, Religion, Spiritualism, Theology, or the names of religious groups (ex.: Catholic Church; Baptists) and religious orders (ex.: Dominicans), and Periodicals. You may also search the names of ethnic groups or countries combined with the word Religion.UT Librarie

Faithful Strategies:How Religion Shapes Nonprofit Management

Abstract: This paper studies the strategies employed by Catholic and Protestant nonprofit hospitals in Germany and traces them back to the theological foundations of those religions, which shape managers' values. We find that Catholic nonprofit hospitals follow a strategy of horizontal diversification and maximization of the number of patients treated. By contrast, Protestant hospitals pursue a strategy of horizontal specialization and focus on vertical differentiation, putting in more sophisticated inputs and producing more complex services. The results are consistent with the predictions of our model, which supports the differences between Catholic and Protestant values identified in the literature.

Arthur W. Spalding: Leadership During Cultural Upheaval

\u27Leadership always occurs in the context of cultural mindsets and expectations. this article describes the work of arthur W. Spalding, who was the first family-life educator in the adventist church. Spalding was born into an era described as a “watershed” in domesticity. With the opening of the american frontier in the mid-1800s came the shift from family to individualism. Urbanization, industrialization, expanded travel, and communications eroded the social and material conditions that supported the traditional patriarchal family system. the american experience glamorized consumption, gratification, and pleasure. the fad was to reject traditional authority, particularly that of the clergy and the marriage system. ... With the radical transformation of practically every phase of life after the turn of the century, it became clear to some that something must be done to maintain the social, spiritual, and moral health of the family

Current practices and trends in week-day religious education in public schools in the state of Virginia

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1939. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

Civic Engagement, Local Capitalism and Poverty: the Effects of the Black Belt, Single Female Household Headship, and Metropolitan Status.

Recent research on the relationship between civic community and poverty concludes that high levels of civic involvement are associated with low poverty levels. I revisit the relationship between civic community and poverty by asking whether it differs across counties with different social structural characteristics. I test for interactions between the presence of civically engaged denominations and area racial composition, single female household headship, and metropolitan status. The association between the percent of a county\u27s population in civically engaged denominations and poverty differs according to certain county social structural characteristics. First, areas with a critical percentage of African Americans demonstrate a stronger association between a church-based measure of civic engagement and poverty than other areas. Given the historic reliance of African Americans on the church and the higher poverty rates associated with African American composition, civically engaged religious denominations have a greater potential to mediate the effects of poverty in areas with a high percent of African Americans. Secondly, I find that the negative relationship between the percent of the population in civically engaged religious denominations and poverty differs according to single female household headship. Since women participate in religious organizations more than men and since women\u27s social networks involve more women than men, civically engaged religious denominations are more valuable to women than men in escaping poverty. Thus, poverty rates in areas with a large percent of households headed by single females are more sensitive to the percent of the population in civically engaged religious denominations than those with fewer of these households. Finally, the negative association between the percent of the population in civically engaged denominations and poverty is stronger in metropolitan counties than in nonmetropolitan counties. Formal civic mechanisms are more important in mediating poverty in metropolitan areas because they lack the dense, informal relationship that foster embeddedness in nonmetropolitan areas. All of my findings support my proposition that the relationship between civic engagement and poverty is conditional on structural characteristics of a county

The Theolog: Winter 1963-1964

Western Theological Seminary publication containing addresses, news, catalog information, and installation programs.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/wts_theolog/1027/thumbnail.jp