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Polygyny and Christian Marriage in Africa: The Case of Benin: Abstract: Since the arrival of European missionaries in Africa, there has been charged debate over people's marriage choices. This article outlines the major elements in the academic, theological, and popular discourses on marriage in Africa, focusing on two topics: the conceptual divide between monogamous Christian marriage and African polygyny, and...; Tags: A., African, Barrett, C., Catholic, Christians, Church, Colonial, David, East, Europeans, Family, G., Gender, Gray, H., History, INTRODUCTION, James, Jean, Journal, Mann, Marriage, Mission, N., Oxford University Press, R., Religion, Social, Thomas, West, Western; Research articles 2008-09-01
Evolutionary analyses of ethnic solidarity: an overview: The author presents an overview of the contribution that evolutionary theory has made, and can make, to studies of ethnically based social cohesion in the social sciences. INTRODUCTION Evolutionary approaches have a minor though persistent place in the study of ethnicity and nationalism, probably due to the social...; Tags: A., C., Culture, D., E., Ed, Electronic Data Systems Corp., F., H., J., L., M., Oxford University Press, P., Press, S., Social, W., Wilson; Research articles 2008-06-01
Reading Baron Pierre de Coubertin: issues of gender and race: Baron Pierre de Coubertin, like many other Frenchmen, wanted revenge for the defeat and the lost provinces of Alsace and Lorraine in the Franco-Prussian war. As a descendant of an aristocratic family, Coubertin might have felt a special responsibility 'to seek revanche for the debacle at Sedan' (Guttmann, 1992, 8)....; Tags: African, Arnold, English, Hill, International Olympic Committee, J., Muller, N., P., Pierre, Social, West, Writings; Research articles 2008-03-22
A shilling for Queen Elizabeth: the era of state regulation of church attendance in England, 1552-1969: Throughout Christian history, churchgoing has been widely regarded as one of the most important and tangible expressions of religious observance. Yet, before the Reformation, failure to attend services was subject solely to ecclesiastical sanctions, such as admonition, penance, and excommunication, as applied by the Episcopal courts. Partly as a consequence,...; Tags: Church, D., E., Easter, English, F., G., Gilbert, God, History, House, J., Jacob, James, John, Joseph, Journal, Lincoln, Lord, M., Macmillan, Oxford, Oxford University Press, P., Social, Society, T., Thomas, W., Wales, William, York; Research articles 2008-03-22
Legal determinacy as presumptive fiction: the Blackmun papers on the primacy of life and the machinery of death: Concerns for rationality and consistency have informed contemporary legal philosophy in no small measure. So-called "non-skeptic" jurists such as Ronald Dworkin (1) and Nell MacCormick (2) have been characterized as "formalist standard bearers" for their thoughts regarding the need for logical, deductive justification in the law and the application of...; Tags: American, Court, DEVELOPMENT, Fall, Justice, McCleskey, Oxford, Oxford University Press, REFLECTIONS, Social; Research articles 2008-03-22

Books received but not reviewed/Livres recus mais non analyses: January-December 2007/Januar-Decembre 2007: Ajzenstat, Janet, The Canadian Founding: John Locke and Parliament. McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas. Kingston, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2007. xvi, 200 pp. Akenson, Donald Harman, Some Family: The Mormons and How Humanity Keeps Track of Itself Kingston, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec, McGill-Queen's University...; Tags: Cambridge University Press, David, Early, History, James, John, Politics, Pp, Press, Social; Research articles 2007-12-22
Cognition and religion: Consider the following: A social scientist conducts a survey of college students to see whether or not they pray and, if so, what they pray about. He finds that students usually pray for something mental, such as asking God to help them remember a formula for a test; something emotional,...; Tags: A., American, Barrett, Berkeley, Boundaries, Cambridge University Press, Culture, Gelman, God, Heaven, Journal, Life, Mind, Moses, Narrative, NJ, Pp, Press, Princeton University, Religion, Review, Robert, Science, Smith, Social; Research articles 2007-12-22
Freedom of the press and Catholic social thought: reflections on the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic church in the United States: FROM THE FIRST REPORTS in the 1980s in the National Catholic Reporter to the Pulitzer Prize-winning stories in 2002 in the Boston Globe, the free American press played a central role in uncovering the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church in the United States. That role has been highly...; Tags: Allen, American, American Media Inc., Catholic, Church, David, Dialogue, God, Identity, II, John, Paul, Politics, Rome, Social, Sources, Taylor, Western; Research articles 2007-12-01
From Canadian corporate elite to transnational capitalist class: transitions in the organization of corporate power: INVESTIGATION OF THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION of corporate power has deep roots in Canada. Well before John Porter published The Vertical Mosaic (1965), activists and journalists were documenting and criticizing the enormous concentration of economic power that issued from the formation of corporations such as the Canadian Pacific Railway in the...; Tags: American, Anglo-American, Atlantic, Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., Carroll, Fennema, Fox, G., J., John, M., Ornstein, Political, Power, Richardson, Science, Social, Vol; Research articles 2007-08-01
Hegel's theory of moral action, its place in his system and the 'highest' right of the subject: 1 INTRODUCTION There is at present, amongst Hegel scholars and in the interpretative discussions of Hegel's social and political theories, the flavour of old-style 'apology' for his liberal credentials, as though--prior to any attempt to engage with the social ethics he proposes--there exists a real need to prove Hegel...; Tags: A., C., Cambridge University Press, Critique, F., Freedom, G., H., Hegel, J., Kant, Kantian, M., Morality, Oxford University Press, Philosophy, Political, Press, R, Responsibility, S., Social, Stewart, W., Wood; Research articles 2007-07-01
Neoliberalism, inequality and politics: the changing face of Australia: The 1980s and 1990s saw the most profound transformation of Australian public policy since World War II and one that fundamentally reworked a framework in place since Federation (Castles et al 1996; Kelly 1994). This transformation was underwritten by two principles: liberalism--the view that citizens are autonomous individual actors whose...; Tags: A., Allen, American, Australian, D., E., Education, F., G., Gender, J., L., M., Oxford University Press, P., Research, S., Science, Social, Western; Research articles 2007-03-22
Canada's workers movement: uneven developments: WITHIN THE CONTEXT of North America, Canada's economy, politics, and labour movement, as well as the country's diverse cultures, have a dual, almost divided, character. On the one hand, they exhibit highly independent and distinctive features; on the other, they are deeply entwined with--indeed operating in the shadow of and...; Tags: American, Bryan, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., D., David, Economy, Evidence, Fall, Harris, History, James, John, Labor, Palmer, Paul, Political, Politics, Social, Union, White; Research articles 2007-03-22
Racial categories and the politics of difference in late imperial Russia: The past two decades have produced a virtual explosion in academic interest in racial theory and the history of race and racism. Historians, literary critics, and moral philosophers have published a staggering number of books, articles, and journals and organized countless conferences, symposia, and seminars devoted to these themes. The...; Tags: A., American, D., David, Empire, G., History, Jew, Jews, John, Judaism, L., M., N., NJ, Oxford University Press, P., Paul, Politics, Press, Princeton University, Racism, S., Science, Social, West, Western; Research articles 2007-01-01
Books received but not reviewed / Livres recus mais non analyses: January-December/Januar-Decembre 2006: Anderson, Warwick, The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health, and Racial Destiny in Australia. Durham, North Carolina, Duke University Press, 2003. x, 390 pp. Argeri, Maria E., De Guerreros a Delicuentes: La Desarticulacion de las Jefaturas Indigenas y el Poder Judicial. Norpatagonia, 1880-1930. Coleccion Tierra Nueva e Cielo Nuevo. Madrid,...; Tags: American, Cambridge University Press, Harvard University, History, Press, Social; Research articles 2006-12-22
The shadow side of social gift-giving: miscommunication and failed gifts: I know what I have given you. I do not know what you have received. --Porchia (1969) 1. Gifting as Dilemma: Gifts Do Not Speak for Themselves From the day you are born until the day you die, you stand in the midst of gift-giving and gift-receiving...; Tags: A., American, Belk Inc., C., Christmas, D., F., Gender, J., Journal, Jr., Levy, M., McGrath, Men, R., Ruth, S., Sherry, Smith, Social, T., W., Wilson; Research articles 2006-09-01
The political quiescence of the new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe: an opportunity cost framework: Introduction The early 1990s in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe were a period of unprecedented, large-scale social change. This included a simultaneous transition to democracy and the market under conditions of often severe social-economic hardship, including soaring poverty and unemployment rates and declining industrial output and real wages (UNICEF...; Tags: A., C., Cambridge University Press, Central, D., E., East, Economic, Economy, Hungarian, J., Journal, M., Oxford University Press, P., Political, Politics, Press, S., Social, Society, T.; Research articles 2006-06-22
Recent titles in Philosophy: ABLONDI, FRED. Gerauld de Cordemy: Atomist, Occasionalist, Cartesian. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2005. 128 pp. Paper, $17.00. ADLER, JONATHON E. Beliefs Own Ethics. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002. xv + 375 pp. Cloth, $40.00. ALLEN, BARRY. Knowledge and Civilization. Boulder: Westview Press, 2004. x + 342 pp. Cloth, $95.00;...; Tags: A., American, Aquinas, Books, Cambridge University Press, Court, Culture, Daniel, David, E., F., G., God, History, INTRODUCTION, J., James, John, Joseph, Life, Logic, M., Nature, Oxford, Oxford University Press, Paul, Philosophy, Politics, Routledge, Science, Social, Thomas, Vol, W., Whitehead, William; Research articles 2006-06-01
The origin of superstition, magical thinking, and paranormal beliefs: an integrative model: IN HIS ALWAYS QUIRKY BUT USUALLY insightful look into the human condition, comedian Woody Alien once remarked: "There is no question that there is an unseen world. The problem is how far it is from midtown and how late is it open?" (1) In point of fact, the majority...; Tags: A., C., Cambridge University Press, D., DEVELOPMENT, E., F, Gelman, H., Harris, J., Johnson, Journal, L., M., N., P., Religion, Rozin, S., Science, Social, T.; Research articles 2006-03-22
Some affective bases for guilt: Tomkins, Freud, object relations: MY CONTRIBUTION TO THIS SPECIAL ISSUE BEGINS BY RETREATING slightly from the topic and turning quickly to the intimately related one of shame. I do this, no doubt somewhat guiltily, because I find it easier to think about shame than guilt. In fact, I dislike thinking about guilt for many...; Tags: Freud, Nietzsche, Social, Tomkins Plc.; Research articles 2006-03-01
Provincializing Christendom: the case of Great Britain: The insular traditions of British ecclesiastical history have been transformed since the 1960s, when scholars began to pay attention to the theory of secularization, an inherently comparative and global theory of social change. More recently a wave of interest in imperial and colonial history has brought the foreign missionary enterprise...; Tags: American, Bryan, Christendom, Church, David, History, J., Jeffrey, Martin, Oxford University Press, Religion, Social, Society, Wilson; Research articles 2006-03-01