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The role of pictures, the veneration of icons and the representation of Christ in two oriental orthodox churches of the Coptic and Ethiopian traditions

open access: yesStudies in African Languages and Cultures, 2016
The Oriental Orthodox Churches include the Churches of the Coptic and Ethiopian traditions and also of the Syrian and Armenian traditions which will not be mentioned here.
Christine Chaillot
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Black Bodies as Sacraments of Disruption: Reimagining the Human Person in an Era of Marginalization

open access: yesReligions
The centrality of disruption as a graced moment of awakening social imagination to a new dawn where human flourishing becomes a possibility ought to be the focus of the church’s praxes of sacramental rituals. In fact, Christianity is itself a religion of
SimonMary Asese Aihiokhai
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Sensing and Longing for God in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s The Return and Leviathan

open access: yesReligions, 2016
This article explores apophatic ways of presenting God (the Other) in two films of Andrey Zvyagintsev. The lens for this analysis is the phenomenological theology of John Panteleimon Manoussakis, using the following concepts: (1) God as personal Other ...
Denys Kondyuk
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Iconic Words Are Associated With Iconic Gestures

open access: yesCognitive Science
AbstractIconicity ratings studies have established that there are many English words which native speakers judge as “iconic,” that is, as sounding like what they mean. Here, we explore whether these iconic English words are more likely to be accompanied by iconic gestures.
Ell Wilding   +3 more
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Designing effective animated icons for children

open access: yes, 2011
This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Information Technology is an essential part of the National Curriculum in the UK, yet despite the growth of IT in schools that this has generated, there is ...
Kaur, Manjinder
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The problem of the essential icon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Charles Peirce famously divided all signs into icons, indices and symbols. The past few decades have seen mainstream analytic philosophy broaden its traditional focus on symbols to recognise the so-called essential indexical.
Legg, Catherine
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Analysis of the Users’ Understanding of Icons in Graphical User Interface of Simorgh Software [PDF]

open access: yesتحقیقات اطلاع‌رسانی و کتابخانه‌های عمومی, 2010
Purpose: This research is devoted to study the icons in graphical user interface of Simorgh library software and analyze the users’ understanding of and interaction with this software in Birjand University.
Mohammad-Javad Hashemzadeh   +1 more
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Icons of Space

open access: yes, 2021
Icons of Space: Advances in Hierotopy brings together important scholars of Byzantine religion, art, and architecture, to honour the work of renowned art historian Alexei Lidov. As well as his numerous publications, Lidov is well known for developing the

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The Reception of Aristotle in “On Icons” by St. John Damascene

open access: yesForum Theologicum Sardicense
This text will explore Aristotle’s influence on the defense of the veneration of holy images in St. John of Damascus’s Three Apologetic Treatises against Those Decrying the Holy Images.
Alena Kerezova
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Chinese users’ preference for web browser icons

open access: yes, 2009
This paper compares the perspicacity, appropriateness and preference of web browser icons from leading software providers with those of a culture-specific design.
Prior, Stephen D.   +3 more
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