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Orthodox Christianity in the United States: A challenge for the study of American religion
Religion Compass, Volume 17, Issue 5-6, May-June 2023., 2023 Abstract Arguably one of the oldest forms of Christianity, with a global population of more than 260 million adherents, Orthodox Christianity is a major religious system, with networks of believers on almost every continent. However, within the study of American religion, as well as most of the social sciences and humanities (not including theology ...
Sarah Riccardi‐Swartz
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A note on two unpublished Coptic textiles from Belgrade [PDF]
Zograf, 2017 This text presents to the academic public two so-far unpublished pieces from the collection of Coptic textiles housed at the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade.
Erdeljan Jelena
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Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 618-632, April 2023., 2023 Abstract In 1979, a group of activists belonging to the EPLF (the Eritrean People's Liberation Front) came across a materialistic interpretation of the national question, which was penned at the turn of the century by one Dov Ber Borochov (1881–1917), a Russian–Jewish intellectual who was a leading ideologue of Marxist Zionism. Among the fruits of this
Leonardo Cohen
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BLIND SPOTS IN MUSEUM ANTHROPOLOGY: Ancient Egypt in the Ethnographic Museum
Museum Anthropology, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 96-110, Fall 2022., 2022 abstract In the past few decades, the literature in museum anthropology has advocated efforts to be more transparent about its colonial origins, address the historical injustices of imperial collecting, and rethink display narratives in collaboration with source communities.
Alice Stevenson, Alice Williams
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Heritage practices as development's blind spot: A case study of Coptic tattooing in Libya and Egypt
Development Policy Review, Volume 40, Issue 4, July 2022., 2022 Summary Motivation The relationship between heritage and international development has been understudied despite more recent attempts to highlight the role of culture, and heritage as an element of it, for holistic and sustainable conceptions of development.
Mariz Tadros
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Possessive Constructions in Egyptian and Coptic. Distribution, definiteness, and the construct state phenomenon [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper, the distribution of Coptic possessive constructions is defined in terms of syntactic constraints: the construction involving the linking element N- requires the obligatory (and simple) definiteness of the possessed noun as well as the ...
Egedi, Barbara, Barbara Egedi
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Why Did the Origenist Controversy Begin? Re‐thinking the Standard Narratives
Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 318-337, April 2022., 2022 Abstract The Origenist controversy at the end of the fourth century was largely played out within a monastic context, and had, moreover, an immediate and extensive impact on the movement. In spite of this, studies of the controversy and its causes have mainly focused on the dogmatic issues foregrounded in the controversy, neglecting the more ...
Samuel Rubenson
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The Landscape of Robinson Crusoe in China: A Bibliometric Analysis
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Daniel Defoe’s novel The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe has an everlasting impact in China since its first entrance in Cantonese in 1902. Now, it has become a Robinson Crusoe industry in the publishing sector. This paper attempts to give quantitative evidence from bibliometrics to examine its popularity in China.
Zhihua Liao, Joan Qionglin Tan, Lele Qin
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Ascetic Practices in Interfaith Dialogue
The Ecumenical Review, Volume 73, Issue 5, Page 804-820, December 2021., 2021 Abstract This article explores the fundamental theological and philosophical propositions on which ascetic teachings and mystical experiences within Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Jainism are based. In particular, it examines spirituality, purification, and psychophysical techniques, including bodily postures, breath control, and inner exploration ...
Nataliia Pavlyk
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Images as Messengers of Coptic Identity. An Example from Contemporary Egypt
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1996 During the past thirty years the production of two-dimensional images designed to be used in religion has flourished in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt.
Ragnhild Finnestad
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