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Structures of Organisation and Loci of Authority in a Glocal Islamic Movement: The Tablighi Jama’at in Britain

open access: yesReligions, 2019
The Tablighi Jama’at (TJ) is widely regarded as the largest grassroots Islamic revival movement in the world, but it remains significantly under-researched.
Riyaz Timol
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Sámi indigenous(?) Religion(s)(?)—Some Observations and Suggestions Concerning Term Use

open access: yesReligions, 2020
When writing about politically and culturally sensitive topics, term use is of great relevance. Sámi religion is a case in point. Words organise and create the world around us, and labels have direct consequences on how religious phenomena are perceived.
Konsta Kaikkonen
doaj   +1 more source

Animal Offerings in Ritual, Economic and Social Contexts in Britannia

open access: yesTheoretical Roman Archaeology Journal
Animals were central to ritual activity at religious sites in Britannia, in sacrifice, iconography, structured deposition and feasting. While animal remains from shrine and temple sites have been regularly studied, there have been few attempts to ...
Clare Rainsford, David Roberts
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The Blurry Third Millennium. “Neolithisation” in a Norwegian Context

open access: yesOpen Archaeology, 2023
In this article, we critically review recurrent tropes, implicit frameworks, and unexplained concepts in current research on the process of “Neolithisation” in the western part of southern Norway.
Nyland Astrid J.   +2 more
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Three Norwegian Varieties of a Nordic Model — A Historical Perspective on Working Life Relations

open access: yesNordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012
Through the use of a historical perspective, the aim of this article is to discuss and clarify the concurrent and conflicting interests and norms that have characterized the establishment and development of important institutions in Norwegian working ...
Jan Heiret
doaj   +1 more source

Analysing Objects to Tailor Environmental Preventive Conservation

open access: yesHeritage, 2022
This work explores the potential of analyzing individual objects to improve their preventive conservation. Previously, environmental recommendations have been based on an average or worst response of material groups.
David Thickett   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sacred sites, contested rites/rights: contemporary pagan engagements with the past [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Our Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/Rights project (www.sacredsites.org.uk) examines physical, spiritual and interpretative engagements of today’s Pagans with sacred sites, theorises ‘sacredness’, and explores the implications of pagan engagements with ...
Blain, J., Wallis, R. J.
core   +1 more source

Multi‐Method Geophysical Surveys Between and Around the Kerlescan and the Manio Megalithic Alignments in Carnac (Morbihan, France)

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Carnac alignments in Morbihan (France) are among the most famous Neolithic sites of the world. Paradoxically, they have benefited little from a thorough renewal of archaeological data over the past century. There are many reasons for this, but it is mainly because the site has been regarded more as a monument to visit and protect than as ...
Guillaume Bruniaux   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Geomorphometric Approach to Estimate the Deterioration of Earthen Archaeological Sites by Rainfall and Diffusion Processes: The Huaca Chornancap (Eighth–14th Century ad), Lambayeque, Peru

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rain‐induced erosion processes can severely damage Earthen archaeological sites. Huaca Chornancap (HCH; eighth–14th century ad) is a platform located in the Lambayeque region (Peru) exposed to seasonal rain due to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO).
Luigi Magnini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Response to Stefano Bigliardi’s Assessment of Science in Andreas Tzortzis’s The Divine Reality

open access: yesZygon
This article responds to Stefano Bigliardi’s critique of my book The Divine Reality. I address his concern regarding “scientific miracles” (al-i’jāz al-‘ilmī) and his argument that my book undermines science, clarifying the distinction between critiquing
Hamza Andreas Tzortzis
doaj   +2 more sources

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