Pop stars and idolatry: an investigation of the worship of popular music icons, and the music and cult of Prince. [PDF]
, 2010 Prince is an artist who integrates elements from the sacred into his work. He uses popular iconography to present himself as an icon of consumer culture, as a deified ‘rock god’ worshipped by his fans, and as a preacher leading his audience like a ...
Baty S. Paige +23 more
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Gregory of Nyssa’s Treatment of Ancient Beliefs in his Homilies
ReligionsIn his many homilies, Gregory of Nyssa contrasts Christian belief to earlier forms of belief that were still very present in the Roman empire during the fourth century, namely the classical polytheistic faith and Judaism, with the explicit intention of ...
Jonathan Farrugia
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The Catholic Church and the Authoritarian Regime in Austria, 1933-1938 [PDF]
, 1992 Reviewed Book: Gellott, Laura S. The Catholic Church and the Authoritarian Regime in Austria, 1933-1938.
Cole-Arnal, Oscar
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Od ateizmu pojęcia do ateizmu bez pojęcia
Teksty Drugie, 2018 Wrobel explores ‘atheism of the concept,’ which for him gives rise to the ‘cult of the concept’. He asks if ‘atheism of the concept’ might not be a vestige of theistic thinking, which we ought to overcome.
Szymon Wróbel
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Sociological Capacity Assessment of Religion in the Reconstruction of the Religious Context of the Era of the Descent of the Qur'an [PDF]
آموزههای قرآنی, 2020 If we consider the words as the appearance and body of the text, it is considered as its texture, interior and soul. Words take on meaning based on context, and ignoring them is tantamount to eisegetes (eisegesis) the text.
Hussein Shojaei +2 more
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Virtual idol marketing: Benefits, risks, and an integrated framework of the emerging marketing field. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Yu Y, Kwong SC, Bannasilp A.
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False Gods and the Two Intelligent Questions of Metapsychiatry
Religions, 2012 This paper explains how the spiritual teaching known as Metapsychiatry, developed by psychiatrist Thomas Hora, employs two questions as its focal educational method. Those questions facilitate phenomenological discernment of the source (<em>i.e.<
Bruce S. Kerievsky
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Empathy, a Facility to Reduce Conflict Among Individuals and Societies, and the Qur’ān [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this study is to clarify whether the content of empathy, which is considered the process that motivates prosocial behaviour and prevents individuals and people doing harm to each other, is in harmony with the Qurʾān or not.
Kayacan, Murat
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El alcance de los poderes de “huacas” y de “camascas” en los Andes
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2014 The notion of hechicería (sorcery) stood at the centre of the encounters between Andean people and Europeans from the 16th to the beginning of the 18th century. It shaped European perceptions and actions; it led to the persecution of Andean people.
Claudia Brosseder
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Numbers 5:11–31 as the Old Testament Background for Revelation 8:11
The Biblical AnnalsThe article examines possible links between the ritual of bitter water, described in Numbers 5:11–31, and one of the aspects of the plague, described as the event following the third trumpet in the Book of Revelation (Rev 8:11).
Tomasz Siemieniec
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