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Current paper · Semantic Scholar
The influence of Lent on marriages and conceptions explored through a new methodologyAbstract What is the influence of religion on the actual behavior of people? The present paper introduces a methodology which permits a quantitative assessment. [1] have elsewhere analyzed the impact of Lent (prior to Easter) and Advent (prior to Christmas) on births in Romania. Here we broaden the analysis (i) by studying the effect of Lent on marriages as well as births (ii) by analyzing a number of other countrie…
Reference · Wikidata
LentPenitential season in preparation for the observance of Easter
Encyclopedia · Wikipedia
LentLent is the solemn Christian religious observance in the liturgical year in preparation for Easter. It echoes the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, before beginning his public ministry. Lent is usually observed in the Catholic, Lutheran, Moravian, Anglican, United Protestant and Orthodox Christian traditions, among others. …
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Issue 67.1 of the Review for Religious, 2008.
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