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The Local Promotion of Mazu: The Intersection of Lineage, Textual Representation, Confucian Values, and Temples in Late Imperial China

Religions, 2020
This article explores the role that local elites played in the development of the Mazu cult, a local goddess cult in Putian district in late imperial China. I argue that local elites were central in the promotion and transmission of the cult.
Yanchao Zhang
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Judean Pillar Figurines and Ethnic Identity in the Shadow of Assyria [PDF]

, 2012
An examination of Judean Pillar Figurines in relation to cultural discourse and identity construction in the late Iron-Age ...
Ian Wilson
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The Beginning of the Imperial Cult in Hispania in the Augustan Era

Gerión, 2017
Contrary to the assertions which linked the beginnings of the imperial cult in Hispania to the influence of indigenous traditions, evidence of Augustan period stresses the role of Roman authority and, in particular, of military commanders, with the ...
Francisco Marco Simón
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Seleucos I and the Cult of Zeus Nikatôr

Electrum, 2023
In order to study the cult of Zeus Nikatôr, six Greek inscriptions (one from northern Syria and five from southern Anatolia) are gathered and commented.
Hadrien Bru
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Buildings or Festivals? [PDF]

, 2018
Marco Vitale ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter in Alter Geschichte (Epigraphie, Numismatik) in Basel und Zürich. Er wurde 2010 promoviert mit einer Untersuchung zur Verwaltung der hellenistischen und römischen Asia Minor (Eparchie und Koinon).
Vitale, Marco
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Ruler Portraits and Ruler Cult in the Pergamon Gymnasion [PDF]

, 2018
Zu Bildnisstatuen attalidischer Könige im Gymnasion von Pergamon besitzen wir vielfältige archäologische und epigraphische Zeugnisse. Systematisch wurden aber die Zusammenhängedieser unterschiedlichen Zeugnisgruppen bisher nicht untersucht.
Hoff, Ralf von den
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Les cultes privés chez les Romains (iiie s. avant – iiie s. après J.-C.)

Pallas, 2019
To talk about domestic cults seems more appropriate than to talk about private cults, since most of the non-public religious acts take place around the domestic hearth, under the pater familias’ direction.
Marie-Odile Charles-Laforge
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Five Anastasiae and Two Febroniae: A Guided Tour in the Maze of Anastasia Legends. Part One. The Oriental Dossier

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2021
The recent data related to the legend of St Anastasia in Byzantium require a fresh analysis of the mutually connected cults of Anastasia and Febronia in both the Christian East and West.
Basil Lourié
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The State Canonization of Mazu: Bringing the Notion of Imperial Metaphor into Conversation with the Personal Model

Religions, 2019
Drawing from Stephan Feuchtwang’s influential notion of “imperial metaphor,” this article explores the role that the state played in the development of the Mazu cult in late imperial China.
Yanchao Zhang
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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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