Secularism - Science topic

This article deals with understanding the aesthetics of French classicism, which not only assumes compliance with norms, but also establishes “freedom” as the leading aesthetic component of the text. The first part of the study demonstrates the deformed logic of perceiving classical aesthetics in Russian philological science, which largely followed...

Religion and education are two powerful forces that have profoundly shaped African societies throughout history. This article explores the intricate relationship between religion and education in Africa, tracing their historical intersections, contemporary dynamics, and future prospects. From indigenous knowledge systems and Islamic scholarship to...

This article analyzes the "Concept of Ensuring Freedom of Conscience of Citizens and State Policy in the Religious Sphere in the Republic of Uzbekistan," approved by Law No. ORQ-1037 of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated February 25, 2025. It examines the concept's goals, objectives, principles, and priority areas, as well as the fundamental notions...

El texto aborda las posiciones tanto de la Audiencia de Guadalajara con los dominicos como el Ayuntamiento de Zacatecas apoyado por el clero secular, en aras de abrir un Colegio, el de San Luis Gonzaga de Zacatecas. En el primer momento la corona se inclinó a que fuera la orden dominica la que se encargara de dirigir el colegio, finalmente, el cole...

In the Middle Ages, the lives of people with disabilities presented unique challenges. These XXII Meetings want to expose how these people were perceived and treated in medieval society, as well as the forms of integration from a comparative perspective between European and Islamic world cities. In the Middle Ages, the perception of disability was...

State-of-the-art long-term solar system integrations include several second order effects such as the Sun’s quadrupole moment J 2 and a contribution from asteroids (plus the Moon and general relativity). We recently showed that including 10 asteroids and a reduced J 2 in our astronomical solutions provides the best match with geologic data to −58 M...

The present paper explores The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy for understanding the author’s metaphysical perspectives--particularly his stance vis-a-vis the role of metaphysical Power and human free will in determining not only the life of Michael Henchard but also the lives of other characters in the novel. The study problematises the conv...

This study explores the role of religious titles and positions in the governance of the Central Asian khanates. Special attention is given to the structure of religious authority, its interaction with the state administration, and the influence of religious leaders on political decision-making. The research analyzes institutions such as the qadi (j...

This paper critically interrogates the evolving dynamics of nationalism in postcolonial Bangladesh, tracing its complex trajectories from the ethno-linguistic foundation of Bengali nationalism to its contemporary ideological crises. While the 1971 Liberation War inaugurated a national imaginary grounded in secularism, socialism, and linguistic unit...

History-graded increases in older adults’ levels of cognitive performance across a number of different ability domains are well documented. Less is known, however, about whether such historical advances generalize to measures of verbal learning and whether rates of within-person change therein have also historically shifted. To examine these questi...

Jellyfish galaxies are extreme examples of how galaxies can transform due to dense environmental effects. These satellite galaxies suffer from ram-pressure stripping, leading to the formation of their distinctive gaseous tails. Some recent observational studies find that jellyfish galaxies are more likely to host active galactic nuclei (AGN) compar...

This paper adopts a Law and Society approach to explore the dynamic intersections between cyber offenses, the insanity defense, and Islamic banking within both medical and global legal frameworks. By moving "Beyond Borders and Beliefs," this interdisciplinary study examines how evolving technologies, cultural norms, and religious principles shape l...

The DKI Jakarta Regional Government's policy to stop the activities of the Alexis Hotel has resulted in political conflict. This conflict is filled with elements of interest groups in Jakarta. This article discusses how this policy was created by the DKI Jakarta Regional Government, and how political conflicts occurred around this policy. Frank R....

The China National HIV Study (CNHS) on the surgical patient population aimed to investigate the preoperative HIV positive rate and secular trends in the surgical patient population of China. The CNHS included a nationally representative sample of participants who were diagnosed with HIV infection between 2009 and 2018 during preoperative screening...

This study used a multidisciplinary approach to map Islamic solidarity within spacetime through tawhidic and embodied epistemologies, using sociological theories and the interplay between collective actions and identity. Through the five pillars, Islam fosters solidarity, enforcing Ummah and brotherhood . Ummah transcends spacetime, encompassing pa...

On the 28th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar ( June 5 in 1967) Israeli paratroopers captured the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, the portion of the Western supporting wall of the Temple Mount that remained since the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.) When they reached the Wall, many of the secular soldiers who were not observant w...

Cosmic rays (CRs) are an integral part of the non-thermal pressure budget in the interstellar medium (ISM) and are the leading-order ionization mechanism in cold molecular clouds. We study the impacts that different microphysical CR diffusion coefficients and streaming speeds have on the evolution of isothermal, magnetized, turbulent plasmas, relev...

Transcendence in the context of positive psychology theory of virtues and character strengths refers to the ability to connect with something higher than oneself, providing meaning, purpose, and a broader perspective of life. The present study investigated the relationships between transcendence, age, educational level, and both subjective and psyc...

This study analyzes the comparative juridical marriage laws and regulations system in Indonesia and the United Kingdom. Using a normative juridical method, this study examines the differences in philosophical foundations, marriage implementation procedures, registration systems, divorce provisions, and legal norms that apply in both countries. The...

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing’s Nathan the Wise (“Nathan der Wei­se,” 1779) is considered one of the major works of the Enlighte­nment. Lessing reflects on religious tolerance, humanism, and reason as the highest virtues. Despite Nathan the Wise has long stood as a symbol of Enlightenment ideals: reason, religious tolerance, and universal mor­ality, con...

This article argues that a pervasive but confused theory of free will is driving unwarranted resistance to behavioral genetic research and undermining the concept of personal responsibility enshrined in our moral and legal conventions. We call this the theory of ‘free-will-by-subtraction’. A particularly explicit version of this theory has been pro...

Background Atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF/AFL) is the most common clinically significant arrhythmias in older adults, with an increased burden of disease due to the aging of Chinese population. Identifying and predicting secular trends in the incidence and mortality of AF/AFL in Chinese residents is crucial to facilitate optimal healthcare plannin...

A secular republic is a model of a state that recognizes the separation of public authority from church authority. This constitutional solution charac-terizes France. In the essence of the relations between the state and churches that are prevalent in France, the separation of these entities is justified by the rejection of what can divide the nati...

A relação do ser humano com a pesca é secular. Apesar da importância socioeconômica dessa atividade no Brasil, a coleta de dados confiáveis sobre esforço e rendimento pesqueiro é deficiente. Quando se trata da pesca amadora, este cenário é ainda mais desconhecido. Para resolver este problema, vários segmentos da sociedade têm reconhecido a importân...

We study the evolution of a newly formed magnetized neutron star (NS) as a power source of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) in the light of both gravitational-wave (GW) and electromagnetic (EM) radiation. The compressible and incompressible fluids are employed in order to model the secular evolution of stable Maclaurin spheroids. It is shown that the GW and...

This paper aims to demonstrate that the Old East Slavic pronoun iže, traditionally considered a loanword from Old Church Slavonic and a marker of literacy, was in fact also widely used in secular texts of the earliest period and that its usage there differed considerably from that found in Old East Slavic church-oriented literature. The analysis of...

In the context of a decrease in Chilean young Catholics and an increase in those without religion, this paper delves deeper into current youth religiosity in Santiago de Chile among these groups. Four working hypotheses were considered: (a) a multidimensional approach on youth religiosity (beyond the labels of religious affiliation) allows to bette...

A separation between knowledge and values has traditionally been accepted as a part of academic Sociology. Such separation has also limited the specific recommendations about action that Sociology can make. Using the specific context of American Sociology, this paper argues that value neutrality is not only harmful to the discipline, but an illusio...

This work is a loving defence that invites us to exercise an Implicit Passion Research (IPI) to study what we have called the “global government of migrations” but also to build memory around migrant struggles in the migratory corridors of Latin America in times of techno-facies and total war against migrants. A text that draws on years of research...

Collisionless self-gravitating systems such as cold dark matter halos are known to harbor universal density profiles despite the intricate non-linear physics of hierarchical structure formation in the $\Lambda$CDM paradigm. The origin of these attractor states has been a persistent mystery, particularly because the physics of collisionless relaxati...

One of the academic gaps in the study of child adoption in Muslim-majority countries lies in the diverse interpretations and applications of Islamic law, particularly in balancing religious principles with modern legal frameworks. While adoption is widely practiced, its legal recognition and implementation vary significantly across Muslim countries...

This study examines the impact of religious norms on the development of legal systems, concentrating on the theological foundations of law in major world religions, including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The research aimed to analyse how religious principles shape legal norms, state governance, and judicial practices in var...

Despite the significant influence of Mohd. Kamal Hassan's (hereinafter cited as Kamal) framework on Islamic education and knowledge integration, there remains a gap in systematic analysis of his "Islamicisation of human knowledge" (IOHK) methodology and its practical implementation. Additionally, while IOHK has been implemented at various instituti...

El objetivo de este artículo es estudiar la entrada episcopal en Puebla de los Ángeles entre 1640 y 1774, a fin de contribuir al estudio de las fiestas relacionadas con el obispo en Nueva España y en las Indias. Por medio de la consulta de los archivos históricos de los cabildos eclesiástico y secular de aquella ciudad, se argumenta que durante los...

This book brings together a collection of interviews and conversations with leading scholars across different disciplines and areas of research including moral and political philosophy, history, sociology, political theory, psychology, and jurisprudence, among others. It provides an authoritative presentation of contemporary accounts of toleration,...

The unique microquasar SS433 is a massive X-ray binary system at an advanced evolutionary stage. The optical star overflows its Roche lobe and transfers mass at a very high rate onto a black hole surrounded by a supercritical accretion disk with relativistic jets inclined to the orbital plane. Both disk and jets precess with a period of 162.3 days....

Deuteronomy 12, stresses the idea of having a central place of worship, where the Lord has chosen to establish his name. Deuteronomy 12:13-19 is a pericope which forms one of the four parallel laws concerning cult centralization. It stresses the benefits and requirements for cult centralization. It prohibits sacrificial worship at random altars (v....

Background During 2022, a new public health threat emerged when cases of paediatric acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology (HUA) were identified in children aged under 16 years old in the United Kingdom (UK). At the time, the epidemiology and extent of cases was based upon limited and non-standardised reporting from hospitals and liver units. We aime...

This study explores the experiences of Maguindanaon students at Pimbalayan National High School in achieving balanced proficiency in Arabic and English during the 2024–2025 academic year. The purpose is to understand how these students navigate the dual demands of religious and secular education through bilingual acquisition. The research addresses...

This study examines the application of moderation education based on a holistic approach as the key to building a balance of thinking to overcome radicalism and intolerance, especially in the context of the Contemporary Urban Muslim Society. This holistic approach integrates intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects to form a moderate,...

Pasto, capital del departamento de Nariño, ha sidohistóricamente identificada como una ciudad profundamentecatólica. Aunque el catolicismo sigue siendo dominante, esteboletín para la investigación y la interacción social muestraque su hegemonía está siendo reconfigurada en el contextode un proceso local de modernización que combina elementostradici...

Mental health problems are becoming a global issue that continues to increase along with the complexity of modern life. Although medical and psychological approaches have been widely used, religious approaches have received less serious attention in mental health rehabilitation practices, especially in Indonesia. This study aims to explore the cont...

Laïcité, a version of secularism typically encountered in France, is at the heart of a heated debate, notably because it is frequently invoked as a reason for public measures against the headscarf. Research conducted in France has suggested that two conceptions of laïcité coexist, a historical version and a more recent one limiting the expression o...

Background In January 2014, the Mexican federal government implemented a tax to sugar-sweetened beverages of 1 peso per litre and an 8% tax to non-essential energy-dense foods. Prior studies have evaluated the association of these taxes on household purchases, but none considered the potential heterogeneity of purchases by type of store. We aimed t...

The present study assessed both concurrent and early influences of the maternal caregiving environment to examine unique contributions of each to variation in children's emotional responses to COVID‐19 pandemic. Preschoolers (3–5 years; M = 4.12, SD = 0.49) previously assessed in infancy, several years prior to pandemic outbreak, were re‐assessed d...

A Geografia do Turismo é descrita como uma subdisciplina que analisa o espaço turístico e seus impactos, sendo essencial compreender a relação entre turismo e geografia para entender a concepção moderna de ambos os termos. Atualmente nota-se a evolução recente do turismo, seus impactos ambientais e a necessidade de equilibrar os efeitos negativos e...

The paper analyzes the development and modern features of Religious Education particularly Islamic Education in Kerala paying considerable attention to the pioneer Chalilakath Kunjahammad Haji in changing Islamic Education system in Malabar. The study also explores the roots of religious education in Kerala and findings methods in practice for a lo...

Measuring the astrometric and spectroscopic data of stars orbiting the central black hole in our galaxy (Sgr A*) offers a promising way to measure relativistic effects. In principle, the "no-hair" theorem can be tested at the Galactic Center by monitoring the orbital precession of S-stars due to the angular momentum (spin) and quadrupole moment of...

This study aims to examine carita pantun performances in ritual contexts as observed in the Baduy community in Kanekes Village, Banten, on several occasions between 2021 and 2023. Carita pantun serves as traditional epics narrated in oral tradition performances accompanied by kacapi musical instruments. Historically, carita pantun was fully integra...

In this paper, the minimum orbit intersection distances (MOIDs) of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) over the next 200 yr are computed and analyzed in detail. It is shown that the MOID of an NEA relative to the Earth–Moon barycenter is usually a better metric for predicting a potential impact than that relative to the Earth. Subsequently, a novel MOID ev...

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has long championed a global mission to spread the gospel, emphasizing strategic adaptation to address cultural, social, and demographic challenges. This research paper explores the key strategies employed by the Adventist Church to advance its mission, including the historical evolution of its missionary efforts, t...

Changes in the global ocean salinity reflect the evolution of the global hydrological cycle. These secular changes are assessed using seawater salinity profiles obtained during the past ~80 years. Here, we introduce a new global ocean salinity profiles database named CODC-S (the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) Oceanography Data Center – Salinity c...

The Van der Pol oscillator is a well-known nonlinear system that exhibits self-sustained oscillations with applications in electrical circuits, biological systems, and control theory. In this paper, we apply regular perturbation techniques to obtain an approximate solution to the Van der Pol equation up to second order in the small parameter. By sy...

The Van der Pol oscillator is a well-known nonlinear system that exhibits self-sustained oscillations with applications in electrical circuits, biological systems, and control theory. In this paper, we apply regular perturbation techniques to obtain an approximate solution to the Van der Pol equation up to second order in the small parameter. By sy...

Neste artigo, examino a relação entre valor e virtude, utilidade e convicção, no pentecostalismo global por meio de uma análise econômico-teológica do chamado para o ministério. A avaliação clássica de Max Weber sobre Beruf (chamado, vocação, profissão) se preocupou com a transvaloração do ascetismo religioso em uma ética econômica secular no despo...

Since spatial memory and nonlocal effect have significant impact on animal movement modeling, we construct a pine wilt disease model with memory-based diffusion and nonlocal effect incorporating Holling-II functional response function to study the control of pine wilt disease. We establish the existence conditions for Turing, Hopf and Turing-Hopf b...

This article examines the series of debates concerning the status of the Roman Catholic Church in the revolutionary Philippines and in doing so demonstrates the contested legacies of the Patronato at the end of Spanish colonial rule. The government of Emilio Aguinaldo in 1898, which in 1899 was inaugurated as a republic, sought to exercise the prer...

In 1973, in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, the United States Supreme Court held that education is not a fundamental right under the Constitution. In 2022, the Supreme Court ruled in Carson v. Makin that states cannot restrict generally available tuition assistance programs to nonsectarian schools without running afoul of the...

Christian religious education plays a crucial role in shaping and fostering the spiritual growth of teenagers in the church. This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of Christian Religious Education in supporting the spiritual growth of teenagers at Gereja Kristus Rahmani Indonesia Jemaat Diaspora Cawang. The research employs a quantitative des...

From classical times to the modern era, the relationship between religion and politics has been a never-ending debate. On the one hand, religion is considered a moral foundation that directs political action towards justice and the welfare of the people, while on the other hand, the political world is often separated from the spiritual dimension to...

Coastal behavior in South American Pacific coasts (SAPC) is subjected to oceanographic and tectonics conditions and those triggered by anthropogenic and climate change. Extreme Coastal Water Level (ECWL) is considered an important variable for coastal communities, infrastructure design, ports, and harbor operations (IPCC AR-6) due to the integratio...

Persistent peer bullying in Indonesian primary schools warranted culturally attuned solutions; consequently, a systematic review was conducted to evaluate how interactive programmes embedding Qurʾānic values mitigated bullying. Guided by a pre-registered PRISMA-2020 protocol, seven databases (Scopus, Web of Science, Frontiers, Taylor & Francis, MDP...

Nietzsche as a Twenty-First-Century Church Father? The first section, “Nietzsche as a Theologian,” reflects on whether Nietzsche can be described as a theologian and which theological positions he represented (image of God, ethics, Christology, soteriology). The second section, “Nietzsche’s Influence on Theology,” presents the reception of Nietzsch...

The article focuses on the development of the network of Jesuit pharmacies across the Habsburg Monarchy and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the early seventeenth century to 1773. This process occurred under social, political, and economic circumstances that favored the creation of religious pharmacies rivaling secular ones. Against this bac...

This study examines criminal liability for illegal abortion under Indonesian positive law and Islamic law by analyzing their normative foundations, common ground, and points of difference. Using a normative legal research method with a comparative approach, this study utilized primary sources, including the Criminal Code, Health Law, Qur’an, Hadith...

Hybrid legal systems that integrate Islamic law with common law traditions present a unique constitutional challenge marked by normative duality and institutional complexity. This article examines the tension between divine normativity and secular legal rationality in states such as Pakistan, Malaysia, and Nigeria, where constitutions simultaneousl...

The Trump Administration is attacking Harvard (and other excellent universities) by accusing them of being "antisemitic". In this paper I refute Trump's accusation. I show that Netanyahu and Trump are both facing social conflicts between the liberal people who identify with democracy and secularism and the conservative people who don't like the way...

We propose an etymological analysis of the interjections Sp. hala 'oh', 'come on' and Rom. aoleu 'oh, woe', for which the lexicographical sources do not offer convincing explanations. We argue that these words have a common etymological basis, the sacred name Allah, adapted into Spanish from Arabic, and into Romanian from Turkish. Through a detaile...

Background There is limited evidence on secular trends in adiposity among high-altitude children. Aims To describe secular trends in body mass index (BMI), excess weight and body fat skinfolds (SKF) among Peruvian children living at high altitude and to investigate the risk for excess weight in 2019 relative to 2009. Subjects and methods We sampl...

The continual production of gravitons during inflation endows loop corrections with secular logarithms which grow nonperturbatively large during a prolonged period of inflation. The physics behind these effects is reviewed, along with a catalog of the examples which have so far been found. Resummation can be accomplished by combining a variant of S...

I examine the claim that theistic and scientific multiverses conflict: the former require that only universes above a certain threshold of value exist, while the latter make no such stipulations. I explore several avenues of reconciliation: appealing to ceteris peribus conditions, redefining ‘universe’ in the philosophical context, advocating skept...

Exploring the secular tendency to intensification of short-interval rainfall intensities, such as those associated with convective storms, requires rainfall data having sufficient accuracy and temporal resolution. Light rainfalls also exhibit secular change, and documenting these imposes considerable demands on data quality. Tipping-bucket rain gau...

This article, using a historical-dogmatic method, aims to present the evolution of the rule of law in Nicaragua. From its inception in the Federal Republic of Central America, the 1824 Constitution already incorporated fundamental principles such as the recognition of basic rights, the rule of law, the separation of powers, and the accountability o...

The aim of the study is to identify a number of meaningful characteristics of goodness and beauty in the space of post-secular culture, in which secular and religious approaches occupy an important place. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that despite the predominance of secular attitudes in modern culture, the religious approach plays an imp...

On 9 April 2025, Christian academia commemorated the 80th year since the death of the prominent German theologian and pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was executed by the Nazis a month before the end of World War II. Bonhoeffer left behind a great legacy as a minister of the church, as a patriot of his people, and as an author of theological works....

As I completed my degree, I realized I had a substantial gift for research and synthesizing information. I decided that I wanted to pursue a master's degree and began my studies in government administration. This degree program had a strong background in ethics-which became my Master's thesis. Once I finished my master's degree, I decided to start...

Shashi Tharoor remained where he was - the Abrahamic Secular worshipper of Victorian Imported Night Soil Hindukush Pyramid of Untouchability, Eugenic Laws of 19th century and the Colonial Hindugenocidal English Eugenic Constitution (CHEEC) of the Darulharb of Adharmic Abrahmic Secular India (DAASI - female servant of the iconoclastic trinity - Chri...

The sub-cratonic lithospheric mantle (SCLM) is known for its chemical buoyancy and mechanical strength, which have facilitated its preservation for billions of years. However, the thinning of lithospheric mantle beneath some cratons (e.g., North China, Sao Francisco) indicates that some cratons are not permanently stable. We have assembled a new co...

This study examines the characteristics that define a good member of society from the perspective of what is socially desirable in Spain. In societies where morality and values are grounded in religion, being a responsible member of society aligns with the notion of being faithful. In secular societies, the ideal member is identified with the notio...

This article concerns the reading of Jan Józef Szczepański's writings in the field of soteriological issues. Soteriology-initially present mainly in the sphere of religion-has nowadays gained wide social resonance and has become secularized. Using literary material (the short story Autograf [Autograph] is the starting point), essays and diaries; an...

We present a new two-fluid conduction scheme to simulate the evolution of an isolated, self-gravitating, equilibrium cluster of stars and collisionless dark matter on secular (gravothermal) timescales. We integrate the equations in Lagrangian coordinates via a second-order, semi-implicit algorithm, which is unconditionally stable when the mass of t...

Purple dye is one of the most famous ancient dyes in the Mediterranean. Its high value, especially at the peak of its use, led to a long-lasting popularity, which is even evidenced nowadays in secular and religious spheres. Until recently, however, research was narrowed on written sources to address its economic, social and symbolic status in the a...

This paper explores the philosophical approach of Jürgen Habermas to the interpretation of religious texts, focusing on how communicative rationality can serve as a tool for meaningful dialogue within the modern public sphere. It addresses the epistemological and hermeneutic challenges posed by the reinterpretation of religious traditions in contem...

This article discusses the results of analytical work on wall and floor plaster from a secular monument excavated on the plateau of Palaepaphos–Hadjiabdoullah (Cyprus). Excavated within the frame of the Palaepaphos Urban Landscape Project (PULP), funded by the University of Cyprus since 2006, the monument is an extensive multifunction workshop comp...

We present the first estimate of the observed fraction and properties of bars out to z ∼ 4 using JWST CEERS NIRCam images. We analyze 1770 galaxies with M ⋆ > 10 ¹⁰ M ⊙ at 0.5 ≤ z ≤ 4 and identify barred galaxies from 839 moderately inclined disk galaxies via ellipse fits and visual classification of both F200W and F444W images. Our results apply m...

Background While ambient climatic factors are linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes, only a few studies examine the risk of pregnancy loss. Objective This study aims to examine the effects of climatic factors on pregnancy loss in Nicosia, Cyprus, an area that is highly affected by climate change. Methods Birth registry data obtained from maternity...

The possibility of the emergence of a stratified region in the uppermost part of the Earth's outer core with long-term magnetic field generation is assessed, taking into account uncertainties in the thermal conductivity of the Earth's core and the present-day heat flow across the core-mantle boundary (CMB). The radial structures of the Earth's oute...

This qualitative research investigates the growing social activism against the trend of desecularization within non-religious state education in Israel, employing a social movement framework. By conducting in-depth interviews with individuals engaged in this activism, the study examined the ideological frameworks of the actors, their perceived orga...

O trabalho consiste em apresentar três vozes literárias contemporâneas, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida, Yara Monteiro e Telma Tvon, a partir de suas produções localizadas no campo da literatura portuguesa de autoria afrodescendente. O surgimento destas escritoras evidencia um conjunto de produções in ipso tempore de um contexto macro – traduzido por...

There is growing evidence that the Flynn Effect, the secular rise in IQ scores that was observed across the twentieth century, has reached a plateau and has even gone into reverse in many Western countries. However, several recent studies report an ongoing Flynn Effect in developing countries, especially in those in the Arab world. Here we compare...

Bar structures are present in about half of local disk galaxies¹ and play pivotal roles in secular galaxy evolution. Bars impose a non-axisymmetric perturbation on the rotating disk and transport gas inwards to feed the central starburst and, possibly, the activity of the nuclear supermassive black hole². They are believed to be long-lived structur...

Background: To provide effective mental health care across cultural differences, therapists must develop cultural competencies, including an awareness of and sensitivity to diverse backgrounds. In Israel, secular therapists (STs) working with ultra-orthodox (UO), also referred to as Haredi, clients face challenges due to mutual distrust and sociopo...

The rapid growth in interfaith peacebuilding has elevated the prominence of religion in theoretical and practical discourse, highlighting its importance in conflict dynamics. In dialogue-based encounters between distinct identity groups, religion often emerges as a key factor, regardless of participants’ specific affiliation or religiosity level. H...

We critically examine the politicization of international student mobility (ISM) during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on Israel, China, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Applying Vicki Squire's framework of the politics of control and migration, we reveal how the pandemic intensified existing political tensions and inequalities, challenging dep...

Supriya Baily's book about her high school classmates is a rich blend of genres exploring the values of independent judgment, self-determination, confidence, and solidarity that a middle-class private school instilled in its students, regardless of their creed or caste. The narrative—beautifully recounted through the voices of the author and her pe...

This article critically examines the Indian constitutional framework with a focus on how postcolonial secularism has displaced Dharmic jurisprudence. By analyzing landmark judicial decisions, the asymmetric application of Articles 25-30, and the colonial legacy of the Indian Constitution, the paper reveals the systematic marginalization of Hindu ci...