Religious diversity and public health: Lessons from COVID-19

L Taragin-Zeller, T Berenblum, E Brasil, Y Rozenblum… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Scholars have identified a range of variables that predict public health compliance during
COVID-19, including: psychological, institutional and situational variables as well as …

Early marriage/pregnancy among Syrian refugees in Jordan in light of reproductive governance and justice

A Van Raemdonck - Women's Studies International Forum, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the start of the Syrian refugee crisis, international development agencies and NGO's
have attempted to curb the rise of early (underage) marriages among Syrian refugees who …

“A normal nation in our land”: Reproductive righteousness, redemptive politics and LGBTQIA+ opposition in contemporary Israel

L Taragin-Zeller, B Kasstan-Dabush - Women's Studies International Forum, 2024 - Elsevier
This article examines the political rhetoric and policy pursuits of a right-wing nationalist party
in Israel ('Noam'), showcasing how opposition to gender and sexual diversity is centered …

Science, Not Scientists: Reflections on Science, Culture, and Their Mediators

L Taragin-Zeller, H Peterson - Science Communication, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
In this commentary, we lay out a research agenda for studying religion and science
communication that moves beyond theological and moral tensions to include embodied …

It Goes with (out) Saying: How Haredi Jews in Israel “Break the Silence” of Sexual Violence

M Kravel-Tovi - Current Anthropology, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
“Breaking the silence” is a rallying cry commonly adopted for activist causes. Seeking to
unpack this opaque trope, this article asks what happens when dismantling silence is …

[HTML][HTML] Polio, public health memories and temporal dissonance of re-emerging infectious diseases in the global north

B Kasstan-Dabush, SA Flores, D Easton, A Bhatt… - Social Science & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Social science research on polio has been centred in the global south, where countries that
remain endemic or vulnerable to outbreaks are located. However, closely-related strains of …

Just a Cup of Tea? Jewish-Muslim Interfaith Activism and the Gendered Politics of Representation

L Taragin-Zeller - American Behavioral Scientist, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
During the past 15 years, there has been a rapid increase in interfaith initiatives in the
United Kingdom. Even though the “interfaith industry,” as some have cynically called it, has …

The four “R” s: Strategies for tailoring science for religious publics and their prices

L Taragin-Zeller, O Golan, Y Tsfati… - Public …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
A recent wave of studies has diversified science communication by emphasizing gender,
race, and disability. In this article, we focus on the understudied lens of religion. Based on an …

Transgressive quest/ions? Navigating religion, institutional expectations, and sexuality education in modern Britain

B Kasstan - Women's Studies International Forum, 2023 - Elsevier
All secondary schools in England have been required to teach Relationships and Sex
Education (RSE) since 2019, which has raised particular challenges for–and confrontations …

Resurgent Religion, Resurgent Patriarchy? Strictly Observant Religion, Gender, and the State

T Müller, P Dokumacı - American Behavioral Scientist, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
A triple transformation is sha** societies around the world: the rise of strictly observant
religion, the backlash against gender equality, and the growing influence of neoliberalism …