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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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Mathematical Model of Celebrity Worship Tendency Among K-Pop Fans in South Sulawesi [PDF]
Celebrity worship is a form of almost obsessional participation in which people idolize and even start to “worship” their favorite celebrities. Twitter reveals that in 2021, Indonesia was ranked fourth as the country with the most number of Korean Pop (K-
Arsita Asni Asriani +4 more
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War and Peace: Ogawa Takemitsu's Theological Engagement with State and Religion
The Manchurian Incident of 1931 marked a pivotal moment in the rise of Japanese fascism. During the period from this incident until the Pacific War's defeat, dissent from the state's control was not tolerated, leading to coercive measures in religious communities. The Christian community, rather than devising theological reasoning to resist the state's
Eun‐Young Park, Do‐Hyung Kim
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Celebrity Worship : A Scoping Review
Abstract. Celebrity worship as a type of worship of people who are widely famous and attract the attention of the public as well as the media. In recent years celebrity culture and entertainment have grown rapidly to become extremely popular among people of all ages.
Putri Fitriani Diah Kusmawan +1 more
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Celebrants or Celebrities, Worship or Suicide [PDF]
(Excerpt) The North American Roman Catholic bishops have suggested that our present age is one of supreme crises. If this be the state of things, then such a statement goes to reassert the challenging aspect that Christ presented to his hearers.
Kocka, David, O.F.M.
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Elvis’ Gospel music: Between the secular and the spiritual? [PDF]
Do fans sanctify their heroes? In the past, I have argued that Elvis fandom is not a neo-religious practice but that attention to a modified version of Durkheim’s theory of religion can, nevertheless, help to explain it as a form of social interaction. I
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Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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This study is motivated by the increasing phenomenon of adolescents excessively idolizing K-POP boybands, influenced by several factors, including self-esteem and religiosity.
Lutfiyatur Risqiya, Mochamad Widjanarko
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How football fans perceive sports heroes – The case of Israel
Background: Hero-making and hero-worship are common in human society. Yet despite the universal appeal of heroes, the features attributed to these figures and the attitudes toward them change depending upon the circumstances.
Levental Orr, Nudelman Shira Ben-Amram
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The production and consumption activities relating to the celebrity artist [PDF]
This paper considers the impact of the celebrity artist on the associated production and consumption activities. It also considers the role which entrepreneurial marketing plays in helping to create the celebrity artist aura. The artist Thomas Kinkade is
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