The coloniser or the missionary? Identity crisis as a conflict in Biblical reception among the Agikuyu of Central Kenya by R. Muya

“…To explore these dynamics, the article employs witness accounts from African scholars, intertextual analysis of texts regarding Agikuyu because of the initial challenge of distinguishing British colonialists from missionaries. …”
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Title not available by V. Magezi

“… As a sub-focus area of African theology, “Pastoral care in Africa” has been discussed considerably since the beginning of the post-colonial period in the 1960s. However, few scholars have articulated a definitional framework. …”
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JUVENILE DELINQUECY AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THE DYNAMIC DUO by Igbaekemen Goddy Osa

“… This research article offers a critique to the issues raised by other scholars in the possession and use of alcohol and other drugs are illegal for all youth. …”
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THE BALANCE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRAXIS IN SOUTH AFRICAN PENTECOSTALISM: PATMOS BIBLE SCHOOL AS A MODEL by M.S. Kgatle

“…The vast majority of scholars have linked these recent developments with the gap that exists between theory and praxis in South African Pentecostalism. …”
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The “Doctrine” of Law in Israel by Natali Levin

“…Overall, the article contributes valuable insights into the complexities of Israel’s legal landscape, particularly the balance between secular and religious influences, making it relevant for scholars, practitioners, and those interested in the intersection of law and society.…”
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A Narrative Inquiry to Explore Lived Experiences of Women Pursuing PhDs in South Africa by Lianne Keiller, Abigail Ruth Dreyer

“… The journey experienced by women in higher education spans across the areas of teaching, research and leadership. As academics and scholars within these areas, women professionals find few opportunities to share what and how they have navigated this space. …”
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Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh by Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Anne-Maree Parrish, Mohammad Saud Alotaibi, Hassan Hosseinzadeh

“…The enigma of smartphone addiction (SA) has plagued academics for the last decade, now scholars believed this behaviour might affect physical and mental wellbeing. …”
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Bayesian Pulsar Timing and Noise Analysis with Vela.jl: An Overview by Abhimanyu Susobhanan

“…One-time operations such as data file input, clock corrections, and solar system ephemeris computations are performed by pyvela with the help of the PINT pulsar timing package. …”
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Privatisation and Organisational Performance: A case Study of Umeme Kabale District, Uganda. by Richard Kanyima, Rugumayo

“…The researcher recommended that, proper policy should be put in place on how to build the customers’ faster connectivity and a standby generator or solar plant to handle power shortage.…”
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Is the expulsion of women as foreigners in Ezra 9-10 justifiably convenantal? by Emmanuel Usue

“…Consequently, the story has generated various viewpoints among Old Testament scholars. However, in this article, the author has attempted to show that Ezra and his associates did not provide convincing reasons for these massive expulsions. …”
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Mini Worldlit: A Dataset of Contemporary Fiction from 13 Countries, Nine Languages, and Five Continents by Andrew Piper, David Bamman, Christina Han, Jens Bjerring-Hansen, Hoyt Long, Itay Marienberg-Milikowsky, Tom McEnaney, Mathias Iroro Orhero, Emrah Peksoy, Pallavi Rastogi, Sebastian Rasmussen, Roel Smeets, Alexandra Stuart, Mads Rosendahl Thomsen

“…Mini Worldlit employs consistent cross-cultural selection criteria, overseen by scholarly experts, to ensure geographic, linguistic, and stylistic coherence. …”
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The mirage of a triune rainbow by E.M. Conradie

“…Rian Venter, one of the senior scholars contributing to this debate. It is written in the form of an “academic letter” that assumes the requisite scholarship, but deliberately engages in a conversation that is appropriate to the exploratory approach that is adopted and honours the correspondent upon his retirement. …”
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Controversy About Management of Osteoarthritis with Disease-modifying Anti-rheumatic Drugs by CUI Hanshu, LIU Bin

“…As its pathophysiological mechanisms are not well understood, it is hard to identify the specific targets of OA and standardize its pharmacological treatments. Some scholars believe that synovial inflammation is the main factor of pain and progression of OA, so disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) for inflammatory arthritis could be used to treat OA. …”
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Survey on terminology extraction from texts by Kang Xu, Yifan Feng, Qiandi Li, Zhenjiang Dong, Jianxiang Wei

“…In recent years, automatic terminology extraction (ATE) has attracted widespread attention from scholars, and rich research results have been achieved. …”
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Citoyenneté et identités religieuses dans la doctrine allemande du droit public ecclésiastique au XIXe siècle. Aux sources intellectuelles du modèle allemand de sécularisation... by Florian Reverchon

“…The conception of a »Christian state« – that is to say, a state that always seeks to translate Christian principles in its law and in its actions and cannot, therefore, admit non-Christians among its citizens – prevailing among 19th-century scholars, and recognition extended only to Christian churches. …”
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IN SEARCH OF THE ORIGINS OF ISRAELITE ANICONISM by S I Kang

“…The issue of aniconism has, therefore, been the subject of much scholarly debate. In discussing the concept of aniconism, this article follows Mettinger’s (1995:18) distinction between de facto aniconism (the mere absence of iconic representations of a deity) and programmatic aniconism (the repudiation of such representations). …”
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THE PERFORMATIVE FUNCTION/POWER OF LITERARY DEVICES IN JUDITH: A SPEECH ACT CONTRIBUTION by R.S. Hobyane

“… The compositional brilliance of the book Judith has, in research on it, been overshadowed by debates on its fictional nature, historical inconsistencies, canonical debate, gender and moral/ethical issues. While Judith scholars have made significant contributions on historical, ethical and gender matters, this article contends that the composition of Judith is a topic still wide open for exploration. …”
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Food packaging films from natural polysaccharides and protein hydrogels: A comprehensive review by Mou Zhao, Ping Han, Hongyan Mu, Suling Sun, Juan Dong, Jingtao Sun, Shiling Lu, Qingling Wang, Hua Ji

“…The development of innovative, biodegradable food packaging materials to combat plastic pollution has garnered significant attention from scholars and government agencies worldwide. Natural polysaccharides and proteins exhibit excellent modifiability, biodegradability, high ductility, and compatibility with food products, making them ideal candidates for constructing hydrogels. …”
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Alienation and emancipation at the university through performing arts by Ramiro Tau, Laure Kloetzer, Aneth Sacher, Anna Zolotareva, Yemariam Abebayehu

“… This paper, co-written by three students and two lecturers of a master’s course called "Arts-based Approaches to Research and Teaching", focuses on the way in which the performing arts can contribute to the identification and definition of a scholarly research question. Based on a discussion of the phenomenon of learners' alienation in formal education systems, and its restrictive effects frequently pointed out in the specialized literature, we address the problem of the opening towards autonomy in the definition of an original research problem. …”
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