Abstract Research has shown that stress impacts on people’s religious beliefs. However, several aspects of this effect remain poorly understood, for example regarding the role prior religiosity and stress-induced anxiety. This paper explores these in context recent coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The latter impacted dramatically many well-being; hence it can be considered a highly stressful ev...

The talk of Larisa Soboleva, professor of Ural Federal University, and Olga Zhuravel, associate professor and Dean of the Department of Journalism at Novosibirsk State University and the author of the book entitled Literary Work of Old Believers in the 17th – Early 21st Centuries: Themes, Problems, Poetics concerns the diversity of manuscript sources used and published in the abovementioned boo...

Religious activities are no longer confined to local religious communities, but increasingly taking place online. In that regard, social media is of particular importance for young believers connect with their peers via platforms such as Instagram. There conflicting views on the functioning platforms: they either conceptualized superdiverse spaces, in which boundaries can be overcome, or result...

Recent surveys continue to show the importance of spirituality in the lives of most people in the United States (Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, 2006), particularly when the term is distinguished from religion to emphasize the personal experience of the sacred (Zinnbauer et al., 1997). A recent national survey found that the majority of college students see spirituality as an importan...

Abstract The article addresses the influence of traditional costumes on identity development two Slavic ethnic groups from Dobruja: Ukrainians and Russians Lipovans (Old Believers or Starovery). Adhering to certain patterns, contrary, adopting historical modern symbols Ukraine Russia, these try differentiate themselves, although at one time there was a great degree isomorphism between their cos...

OBJECTIVES Religion is believed to have a significant impact on individuals from minority ethnic groups when making decisions about prenatal genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy. This study aimed to explore the views of individuals from South-Asian and African-Caribbean communities towards termination of pregnancy for sickle cell disorders and thalassaemia major an...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether any associations exist between cultural (racial/ethnic, spiritual/religious) competence and end-of-life treatment decisions in hospitalized patients and the potential impact of those associations on hospitalists' provision of care. DATA SOURCES AND METHODS MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, Psychlnfo, and CINAHL databases were searched using the following search terms: cu...

OBJECTIVE Studies suggest that American Muslim women underutilize mammography. While religion has a strong influence upon Muslim health behaviors, scant research has examined how religion-related beliefs inform Muslim women's intention for mammography. Our study identifies and examines such beliefs. METHODS Muslim women aged 40 years and older sampled from mosques participated in focus groups...

Despite the pervasiveness of Catholicism among Latinos, studies reveal an increasing shift toward Protestantism. Examining the relationship between religion and ethnicity, we explore homeland language use as a core ethnic marker using a survey from the Pew Hispanic Center. Results reveal that Catholic Latinos are significantly more likely to use Spanish at home, even after controlling for other...