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40What role does intersubjectivity play in the facial expression of pain?Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (4): 455-456. 2002.The facial expression of pain is the end product of a complex process that is, in part, emotional. The evolutionary study of facial expression must account for the social nature of human consciousness and should address the questions of why empathy exists, the adaptive importance of empathy, and whether facial expression is a mechanism of empathy and second-person consciousness.
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8Christian Responses to Islamism and Violence in the Name of IslamTransformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 34 (2): 115-130. 2017.The capture of Mosul in Iraq by ISIS in June 2014 focused the world’s attention on Islamism, or political Islam. In addition to all the political issues faced by the rest of the world, Christians are faced with some special challenges and have not always responded with a single voice. If we are to think in a distinctively Christian way about Islamism and violence carried out in the name of Islam, what are the key questions that we need to be asking?
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4Christians in the Middle East – Past, Present and FutureTransformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 29 (2): 91-110. 2012.A brief survey of events and movements from the first century to the present day provides the background for understanding the complexity of questions relating to the presence of Christians in the Middle East at the present time. Some of these issues affect all Christians, while others are specific to particular countries in the region. Given the steep decline in the numbers of Christians for a variety of reasons over the centuries, is it possible to have any optimism about their future in the r…Read more
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2Constructing pain: How pain hurtsIn Kunio Yasue, Marj Jibu & Tarcisio Della Senta (eds.), No Matter, Never Mind, John Benjamins. 2002.
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Can Citizen Science Seriously Contribute to Policy Development? : A Decision Maker's ViewIn Luigi Ceccaroni (ed.), Analyzing the role of citizen science in modern research, Information Science Reference. 2017.