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ABSTRACT This work reflects on the presence of a desacralized Buddha statue in the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography, established in Parma, Italy, in 1901 by Xaverian missionaries. The Buddha's hollowed back is a potent trace of the transnational interactions between these Roman Catholic missionaries and folk believers from the Henan region ...
Valentina Gamberi
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Badiou and the Reconstruction of the Concept of God
Abstract In this article I first summarize Badiou’s and Žižek’s critique of the concept of God, which I and other interpreters conceive as a radicalization of the theology of the death of God. I then pose the question of how to formulate a positive conception of God after the death of God that would overcome the limits of negative or apophatic theology.
Michael Hauser
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Measuring attitude toward theistic faith : assessing the Astley-Francis Scale among Christian, Muslim and secular youth in England [PDF]
Empirical research within the social scientific study of religion in general and within the psychology of religion in particular remains very conscious of the complex nature of its subject matter. Empirical research in this field needs to take cognisance
DeVellis R. F. +25 more
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Universities and the Contested Creation of the Elite
ABSTRACT For centuries universities have been a locus of elite creation. In the Middle Ages, university‐trained elites were leaders of the Church, served in secular lords' administrations and staffed the judiciary. Over time, their scope has expanded to include leadership in governments, corporations, and civil society more broadly.
Noam Yuchtman
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The article analyzes historical features and tendencies of the development of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (the UGCC) in the period of independence of Ukraine.
Khrystokin, Hennadii +2 more
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The Past Requires Reconciliation
Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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Význam svátečního, zvláště nedělního klidu z pohledu sociální nauky katolické církve
The contribution deals with the concept of the social doctrine of the Catholic Church regarding feast rest, specifically Sunday rest. It arises from a short synthesis of the Biblical sciences and moral theology.
Damián Němec
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Lionel Munby, Marxism, and Local History
Abstract A member of the Communist Party for thirty‐four years, and a key participant in the post‐War Communist Party Historians’ Group, Lionel Munby (1918–2009) is not among that Group's best‐known historians. Yet arguably he was more typical of its membership and outlook.
MARK GOLDIE
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Marquette University Slavic Institute Papers NO. 19 [PDF]
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Dvornik, Francis
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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that Czech Catholic theology was developing promisingly specifically in the first half of 19th century, when the periodical Journal for Catholic Clergy (Casopis pro katolicke duchovenstvo) began to be published ...
Eduard Krumpolc
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