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Journal Articles (20)

Exploring Community Health Center and Faith-Based Partnerships: Community Residents' Perspectives — Feb 1, 2013

Community health centers (CHCs) play a critical role in the primary care safety net.

The Diplomatic Power of Art — Nov 1, 2012

Even as cultural property faces immediate peril today in conflict zones like Syria and Mali, there is anecdotal evidence that some nations are awakening to the diplomatic and foreign policy benefits that can flow from the repatriation of cultural patrimony.

Faith-based Organizations and the Framing of HIV/AIDS — Sep 1, 2011

This article examines the different ways in which faith-based organizations (FBO) frame discussions about HIV.

Congregation-based Programs to Address HIV/AIDS: Elements of Successful Implementation — Feb 18, 2011

This systematic review distills lessons on successfully implementing congregation HIV efforts.

Faith-based Organizations, Science, and the Pursuit of Health — Feb 1, 2011

A faith-based health research network could create a framework for evaluating such efforts.

Project New Hope: A Faith-Based Effort to Provide Housing for Persons with HIV/AIDS — Jan 1, 2010

Housing is a great unmet need for individuals living with HIV/AIDS Project New Hope in Los Angeles, CA, may be the nations first housing program exclusively designed for people with HIV/AIDS.

Religiosity and Decreased Risk of Substance Use Disorders: Is the Effect Mediated by Social Support or Mental Health Status? — Jan 1, 2010

Research has shown that the more religious people are, the less likely they are to have substance use disorders. This study found that this relationship is not affected by how much social support people have or their mental health status.

Religiosity, Denominational Affiliation, and Sexual Behaviors Among People with HIV in the United States — Jan 1, 2007

Describes religiosity and denominational affiliation among the US population with HIV and tests whether linked with HIV-related risk behaviors.

The Just Conduct of War Against Radical Islamic Terror and Insurgencies — Jan 1, 2007

The author's analysis considers justice from the eyes of the people among whom terrorist and insurgents hide.

George Michael, The Enemy of My Enemy: the alarming convergence of militant Islam and the extreme right [book review] — Jan 1, 2007

Book review of George Michael: The Enemy of My Enemy: The Alarming Convergence of Militant Islam and the Extreme Right

Humor-auch fur Musliminnen die scharfste Waffe: [Humor in the Muslim World - the Cartoon Controversy and the Rest of the Story] — Aug 24, 2006

Autocracy in the Middle East has bred a rich tradition of subversive political jokes; contrary to myths about Muslim oversensitivity, humor has long been expertly wielded by Muslim reformers and enjoyed from the Muslim club to the Muslim street.

Al-Qaida: Terrorist Selection and Recruitment — Feb 10, 2006

Details various models al-Qaida may be using to attract new members.

Waging the "War of Ideas" — Feb 10, 2006

Addresses the important issue of the ideological differences between theUnited States and al-Qaida and the necessity to win the war of ideas.

Unavoidable Clash of Islam and the West? — Jan 1, 2005

It is still within the power of Europeans and Americans -- and their Muslim citizens -- to foster a dialogue that as Tariq Ramadan hopes, will enrich rather than destroy.

Obstacles and Opportunities in Providing Mental Health Services Through a Faith-Based Network in Los Angeles — Jan 1, 2005

This study surveyed attitudes toward mental health services and barriers to providing these services within the agencies of QueensCare Health and Faith Partnership, a network of faith based organizations, and parish nurses who provided health care in a low-income, ethnically diverse area of Los Angeles.

Role of Black Churches in Health Promotion Programs: Lessons from the Los Angeles Mammography Promotion in Churches Program — Jan 1, 2002

Assesses pastor-level factors that affect the successful recruitment and implementation of community-based health promotion programs in Black churches

Lashkar-e-Tayyiba Leads the Kashmiri Insurgency — Jan 1, 2002

The Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has become one of the main centres of extremist Islamic activity in South Asia.

Breast Cancer Screening Adherence: Does Church Attendance Matter? — Jan 1, 1998

Little is known about the health behaviors of church attendees.

Religious Participation Over the Early Life Course: Age and Family Life Cycle Effects on Church Membership — Jul 1, 1994

The authors attempt to integrate, elaborate, and test hypotheses about the determinants of church membership among young adults.

The Impact of Religious Upbringing and Marriage Markets on Jewish Intermarriage — Apr 1, 1994

This paper uses data from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey to examine determinants of intermarriage of Jewish men and women entering a first marriage between 1923 and 1990.

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Angel Rabasa

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Angel M. Rabasa is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. He has written extensively about extremism, terrorism, and insurgency. He is the lead author of The Lessons of Mumbai (2009); Radical Islam in East Africa (2009); The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey (2008); Ungoverned…

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