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Les cultes privés chez les Romains (iiie s. avant – iiie s. après J.-C.)

open access: yesPallas, 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

open access: yesВестник 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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Mortuary Workers, the Church, and the Funeral Trade in Late Antiquity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Within the city of Constantinople, Constantine organized numerous funeral workers into associations overseen by a bishop, as part of a scheme meant to provide burials for all who needed them within the city.
Bond, Sarah E.
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The State Canonization of Mazu: Bringing the Notion of Imperial Metaphor into Conversation with the Personal Model

open access: yesReligions, 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

open access: yesCollectanea 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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Gendered Activity and Jesus's Saying Not to Worry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The flowers’ activity in the saying of Jesus about anxiety indicates an interest in cloth production across the socio-economic spectrum. I demonstrate that wool-working is a central feature of the multiform tradition of this saying and that spinning in ...
Janelle Peters
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“kai adousin ōdēn kainēn legontes...” (Ap 5, 9) A Song of Resistance

open access: yesCuestiones 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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Measures to eradicate multidrug-resistant organism outbreaks: How much does it cost? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study aimed to assess the economic burden of infection control measures that succeeded in eradicating multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in emerging epidemic contexts in hospital settings.
Birgand, GJC   +6 more
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Portraits, Power, and Patronage in the Late Roman Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Recent work in ancient art history has sought to move beyond formalist interpretations of works of art to a concern to understand ancient images in terms of a broader cultural, political, and historical context.
Tanner, J
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