Ancestor Worship and State Rituals in Contemporary China: Fading Boundaries between Religious and Secular [PDF]
, 2023 The paper argues that the distinction between religious and secular realms of society is not as clear-cut in modern societies as it appears in theories of functional and institutional differentiation.
Seiwert, Hubert
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Origin and Functions of Chinese Seasonal Festivals Qingmingjie and Chongyangjie
Проблеми на постмодерността, 2022 The article analyses the connection between Chinese folk calendar and the fundamental to the whole religious and social tradition of China ancestor worship.
Evelina Hein
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Ancestor Worship and Social Structure: a review of recent analyses [PDF]
, 1969 The first two chapters review the intellectualist interpretation of religion and ancestor worship and examine' the rise of the sociological approach.
Townsend, Arthur Norman
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Filial Duties in the Ugaritic Epic of Danilu and Aqhatu
Collectanea Theologica, 2023 The list of filial duties from the Aqhatu story constitutes a passage unique to the literature of the ancient Near East, emphasized in the epic by its fourfold repetition in close proximity. This is why the list has attracted much attention of scholars,
Marcin Majewski
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The challenge that Confucian filial piety poses for Korean churches
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014 Contemporary ancestor worship is currently practiced around the world in several different forms. However, the essence and practice of ancestor worship varies throughout Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America.
David M. Park, Julian C. Müller
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Sacred sites and ancestor veneration in Sidama, southwest Ethiopia: A socio-ecological perspective
Cogent Social Sciences, 2019 This paper attempts to show the importance of sacred natural sites (SNS) among indigenous peoples and local communities serving as the locus of maintenance, continuity and expressions of religious identity drawing lessons from Sidama nation of Southern ...
Zerihun Doda Doffana
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Ancestor Worship in The Logic of Games. How foundational were Aristotle's contributions?
The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic and Communication, 2013 Notwithstanding their technical virtuosity and growing presence in mainstream thinking, game theoretic logics have attracted a sceptical question: "Granted that logic can be done game theoretically, but what would justify the idea that this is the ...
John Woods
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Karumathur Maasi Festival: Interrelation between Jain Worship and Vedic Narrative [PDF]
, 2022 Ancestor Worship is a practice that has been followed by most people in rural areas. The rituals performed in village temples are based on the ancestors.
K, Varusakkani
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Symbols and Function of the Zhang Clan Han Army Sacrificial Rite
Religions, 2019 The Eight Banners System is the social organizational structure of the bannerman (qiren, 旗人) from the Qing dynasty and the fundamental system of the country under Qing rule.
Shuyun Guo
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Sacred Code in the Space of Kalmyk Traditional Dwelling
Oriental Studies, 2020 Introduction. The article discusses sacred codes in the space of Kalmyk traditional dwelling. Goals. The work aims to reconstruct the sacred space of Kalmyk traditional dwelling, restore symbolic meanings of its zones, and compare them to those of a ...
Tatyana I. Sharaeva
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