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The Lion Against the Eagle: A Critical Appraisal of the Anti-Imperial Reading of Paul
Collectanea Theologica, 2023 The article presents a synthetic analysis of empire criticism in Pauline letters, beginning with the omnipresence and character of imperial cult in Paul’s time.
Marcin Kowalski
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“kai adousin ōdēn kainēn legontes...” (Ap 5, 9) A Song of Resistance
Cuestiones Teológicas, 2017 The Apocalypse of John suggests a political theology. Particularly, Rev. 5, 9 provides a critique of the political-religious propaganda of the Roman Empire.
Juan Sebastián Hernández Valencia
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A Symbol in Mass Production: Ruyi Images in the Inner and Outer Cities Under the Qianlong Reign
Forum, 2012 Qianlong's predilection for the Chinese auspicious symbol ruyi was satisfied by court artists and echoed in the country at large by the mass production of the New Year Picture workshops.
Stacy Guoying Zhang
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Niektóre aspekty rozprzestrzeniania się kultu cesarza oraz romanizacja prowincji Azja w I w. n.e. [PDF]
Studia Antiquitatis et Medii Aevi Incohantis, 2017 (Spreading of the Imperial cult and romanization of provincia Asia in the first c. AD: select issues): Asia was the first and by far the richest and most advanced culturally Roman province in Asia Minor where the very spread of Latin language was ...
Anastasiya Baukova
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Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie II, Historia Antigua, 2018 El objetivo del artículo es profundizar en el modo en el que las comunidades hispanas construyeron la divinidad de los miembros de la dinastía Julio-Claudia mediante la consagración de sacerdocios cívicos de culto imperial.
Carmen Alarcón Hernández
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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A double-voiced reading of Romans 13:1–7 in light of the imperial cult
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2015 Drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of double-voicedness and James Scott’s theory of public and hidden transcripts, this essay investigates the colonial context of Romans 13:1–7 with particular attention to the Roman imperial cult.
Sung U. Lim
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
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