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‘You have to call the right name' – Operation Joshua meets Cosmology and Catholicism at Lake Chambri in Papua New Guinea

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, Page 170-186, August 2020., 2020
Abstract In the Sepik, names feature centrally in political and religious contexts. Esoteric knowledge about totemic names enables Nyaura men to achieve status and power and can set them in contact with spirits. A recently arrived Pentecostal/evangelical movement—Operation Joshua—claims to have found the true name of God, whom it presents as being ...
Christiane Falck
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THE THOMBO TREASURE. COLONIAL POPULATION ADMINISTRATION AS SOURCE FOR THE HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY OF EARLY MODERN SRI LANKA

Australian Economic History Review, Volume 60, Issue 1, Page 105-121, March 2020., 2020
During their occupation of Sri Lanka (1640–1796) and following Sinhalese and Portuguese practices, the Dutch created an elaborate registration of people, estates, and labour services. The administrative records known as the thombos are incomparable in their level of detail, yet they have hardly been used for the purposes of demographic or economic ...
Jan Kok
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The Early Byzantine Domed Basilicas of West Asia Minor, An essay in Graphic Reconstruction [PDF]

, 2012
This paper investigates the methodology employed in the recent survey and reconstruction of the major Early Byzantine domed churches of west Asia Minor.
Karydis, Nikolaos
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Ktistēs as an Honorific Title in Roman Asia Minor [PDF]

The term ktistēs, more recent and more polysemous than oikistēs, was nevertheless used in ancient sources to designate the mythological or historical founder of a community. From the first century BC onwards, a new meaning and new contexts of use of this
Anna Heller
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The government–robber comparison: A long‐standing tradition beyond avowed libertarianism

Economic Affairs, Volume 46, Issue 1, Page 41-58, February 2026.
Abstract A government differs from a robber, but they share the common feature of initiating coercion. This similarity has been noticed by libertarians as well as within a distinct scholarly tradition and as a recurring theme throughout Western philosophy.
Brian Mandeville
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Studies on Jewish communities in Asia Minor [PDF]

, 1987
This thesis examines the evidence for Jewish communities in Asia Minor from the third century BCE through to the third century CE and beyond. The study begins with a discussion of the founding of the Jewish communities in Asia Minor, the nature of Roman ...
Trebilco, Paul Raymond
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“Whether my Body Breaks or the Plum Tree Withers”: Iwanaga Maki, Social Welfare Pioneer, and the jūjikai Women's Religious Order

Journal of Religious History, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 157-176, June 2025.
Maria Iwanaga Maki (1849–1920) was 23 years old in 1873 when she returned home after a community exile and persecutions of more than 3000 people carried out by the Meiji government. Historians in the public record refer to Iwanaga as otoko‐masari (man‐nish) when she stood up to a representative of the Shogun, while in her public work she became known ...
Gwyn McClelland
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The Empire, the Land, and the Exodus: A Study of How the Roman Empire Literally Shaped Christianity: 1 C.E. - 280 C.E. [PDF]

, 2012
This paper explores the factors and trends involved in the movement of Christian communities from Palestine into Asia Minor and regions west of the Aegean Sea.
Wilfong, Chelsea J.
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Anglophone Literature in Bangladesh and Malaysia: Challenges and Prospects

Future Humanities, Volume 3, Issue 1, May 2025.
ABSTRACT This article focuses on the historical trajectory and development of Anglophone literature in Bangladesh and Malaysia—two predominantly Muslim countries and previously British colonies categorised as “Outer Circle” countries in Braj Kachru's model of English‐speaking communities.
Mohammad A. Quayum
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Assessing Ancient Inequalities: Hellenistic Delos

Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 71, Issue 2, May 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper presents a new data set that measures inequality levels in the city‐state of Delos at two different points in time during the period of its independence (314–167 BCE). We propose a new approach for quantifying ancient inequality and its evolution by relying on inscriptions that indicate property data and artisanal remunerations.
Filippo Battistoni, Marco Martinez
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