Who calls the shots in Naomi's life? Reading the Naomi-Ruth story within the African religio-cultural context

“…Such a worldview, in which the Sacred Other, the living and the (living) dead formed an integral whole, can also be observed at critical points in Naomi’s life: when Naomi bid farewell to her daughters-in-law (Rt 1:8-9); Naomi’s confession about Yahweh’s faithfulness to both the living and the dead (Rt 2:20); Naomi’s plan to seek security for Ruth through “levirate” marriage (Rt 3:1), and when she acted as a nurse to Mahlon’s son (Rt 4:5, 16). …”
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Hosea 2:4-15 teen die agtergrond van Israelitiese regsgebruike by APB Breytenbach

“…Hosea 2:4-10 is translated in the pluperfect since it refers to the prophet's expectations in the past and the attempts made by him to save his marriage (2:4b-7, 8-9a, as well as his wife's reaction to htese efforts (2:7b-c, 10). …”
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“Welcome to the White Man’s World”: An English Translation of Isaac Oluwole Delano’s Historical Novel Aiyé D’Aiyé Òyìnbó by Michael Oladejo Afolayan

“…Delano Author of Soul of Nigeria, An African Look at Marriage, One Church for Nigeria, Notes and Comments from Nigeria, The Singing Minister of Nigeria, Ìran Ọrun, Ìtàn Ogun Àdùb ̀ í, and Ìwé Atúmọ Yorùbá ̀ (Yoruba – Yoruba Dictionary) London: Tomas Nelson Ltd., 1953 Foreword  I appreciate the kind of love with which you, my readers, embraced my previous books, whether those I wrote in the English language or in Yoruba. …”
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Sytuacja prawna dzieci w Polsce po 1945 r. Wybrane aspekty z A.S. Makarenką w tle by Sylwia Różycka-Jaroś

“…The time after 1945 is one of the most important moments in the process of developing children’s rights, because for the first time in the history of Polish legislation the established law had equalized the legal position of all children, abolishing all differences between those who were born in and outside of marriage. The analysis carried out in the text shows that the law established at that time was not only progressive in relation to the past, but it also kept up to date, about which, after the liberal breakthrough of 1989, we do not want to remember. …”
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Family-focused intervention programme to foster adolescent mental health and well-being: protocol for a multicountry cluster randomised factorial trial (FLOURISH Phase 2) by Heather M Foran, Marija Raleva, Nina Heinrichs, Graham Moore, Yulia Shenderovich, Xiang Zhao, Judith Simon, Antonio Piolanti, Viorel Babii, Janina Mueller, Franziska Waller, Dennis Wienand, Swetha Sampathkumar, Ivo Kunovski

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Effects of Bride Price on Women's Rights Among the Bakiga in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kitumba Sub-County. by Asiimwe, Bettus

“…The research found out that many marriages have become unstable due to the aspect of bride price. …”
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Periods of Migration Waves and Social Demography of Bosnian Population in Germany by Yusuf Adıgüzel, Damir Softic

“…Nearly half of the population of Bosnian origin in Germany participated in the migration process through family reunification and marriage. 84% of the immigrant population is concentrated in 4 of the 16 states in Germany. …”
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Social Media Advocacy for SDG 5 in the Middle East: Insights from Egypt, Tunisia, and Jordan by Laila El Baradei, Mohamed Kadry, Ghadeer Ahmed

“…Findings show that the SDG 5 targets most advocated by all three countries were those for women’s empowerment, eliminating violence, ending child marriage, and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). “Reproductive health,” “technology,” and “unpaid work”’ were among the lowest-mentioned terms. …”
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Wkład Tomasza Cranmera w rozwój angielskiej reformacji by Wojciech Medwid

“…He was very involved in matter the annulment of the marriage of Henry VIII. Over the years, he was climbing the ladder of increasing positions and dignity. …”
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Population growth and Socio-Economic Development in Musanze District, Rwanda. by Jean Paul, Kabera

“…The study findings indicate that polygamy, early marriage, poverty and ignorance are the main driver of high population growth. …”
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Effects of Teenage Pregnancy on Girl Child Education in Buhunga Sub-County Uganda. by Twikirize, Edwig

“…Adopting teenage education about sex education, preventing early marriages, teachers and guardians monitoring, promoting guidance and counseling in adolescents, and promoting gender equality campaigns for equality.…”
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Employment status and women's fertility: Do working women have fewer children? by Yulmardi Yulmardi, Erfit Erfit, Putra Dios Nugraha

“…Meanwhile, education level and age at first marriage do not show a significant effect after weighting. …”
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Conspicuous Consumption and its Relation to Brand Consciousness, Status Consumption and Self-Expression by Bruno Medeiros Assimos, Marcelo de Rezende Pinto, Ramon Silva Leite, Matheus Lemos de Andrade

“…An online survey was implemented, which generated a database composed of 398 respondents who had attended a marriage ceremony in the last six months. For data analysis, the modeling of structural equations using the PLS approach was used. …”
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Women in Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí’s Poetry by Abidemi Bolarinwa

“…Sub-ethnic variations were also reported in customs and practices such as a marriage and family life, pre-natal and post-natal practices and others. …”
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Unravelling the Threads:  Bibliometric Exploration of Islamic Family Law Research in Southeast Asia (2004-2024) by Khuluq Dhaifallah Muhammad Agha, Mahmoud Ibrahim El Nafad, Sutrisno Hadi

“…However, despite this impressive research activity—based on an analysis of 1,091 documents from Scopus—many of the most pressing issues, such as marriage, divorce, and inheritance, still lack comprehensive solutions. …”
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Mental Images of Nurses with and without Patient with COVID-19: A Metaphor Study by Müjde Moran, Firdevs Ebru Özdemir, Zahide Gül Yazgi Demir, Mualla Yilmaz

“…It was determined that all of the metaphorical perceptions of the nurses regarding the “COVID-19 disease” were negative metaphoric perceptions, and the meanings of the metaphors that were seen as positive metaphors such as marriage, friend, life partner, love, hope under the emotions main theme, and relationship/moods sub-theme were negative when the content was examined. …”
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alchimia dall’inferno al paradiso nella divina commedia. l’influsso su dante dell’opera alchemica aurora consurgens, parzialmente attribuita a san tommaso d’aquino by Marino Alberto Balducci

“…This is gradually perfected, and then touches completeness, producing the authentic gold of Truth in paradise through the evocation of the Ganges, of India and the emblem of the marriage of Saint Francis with his wife, the dark woman (Par. …”
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THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN RELIGION AND POLITICS FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF AN ETHICIST by PETER OKE OLUSEGUN

“… The relationship between religion and politics in Nigeria over the years can be considered as a marriage of perceptual harmony and disharmony.  Religion and politics in Nigeria and Africa as a whole are like siamese twins that are very difficult to separate and which in a way are themselves connected to the particular historical and developmental trajectories of individual societies and nations around the world. …”
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