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A Study on the Influence of Hindu Mythological Characters on Management Practices
International Journal of Economic Plants, 2018 Indian mythology is one of the richest elements of Indian culture, which enriches it further and makes it a unique one in the world. Interesting aspect of the stories and characters in Indian mythology is that they are usually meant to convey subtle ...
Piyush Mehta +3 more
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, 2010 Budaya populer sebagai bagian dari budaya masa telah mengalami pergerakan yang cepat pada awal abad ke-20. Salah satu produk budaya populer ada di bidang sastra—yang kemudian lazim disebut sastra populer—yang juga telah mengalami perkembangan pesat ...
Wulandari, Retno
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Why is Bilbo Baggins Invisible?: The Hidden War in The Hobbit [PDF]
, 2016 Why is Bilbo Baggins invisible? This study suggests that Tolkien’s knowledge of philology, theology, philosophy, literature, history, and his own life experience all contribute to the development of the symbolic, moral, and psychological significance of ...
Beal, Jane, PhD
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PERIPHERY TO CENTRE STAGE: THE SARRASANI CIRCUS IN WEIMAR GERMANY
German Life and Letters, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The modern European circus was more than just entertainment: it was a powerful platform where fantasies of empire, ideas of national identity, and notions of racial difference came together and were put on public display. In interwar Germany, the Sarrasani Circus — the largest circus enterprise in the country at the time — built on the legacy ...
Sabine Hanke
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Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
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НUMAN HISTORY AND ITS REPRESENTATION IN THE ESCHATOLOGICAL MYTHS
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2015 The paper in itself is a part of the research of the cosmogonical and eschatological mythology of the North Europian peoples (the Germanic world) in comparison to the Vedantic and Hinduistic mythology, the mythology of Mesoamerican peoples, the peoples ...
E. D. Marinova
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Thinking the World: Gregory of Nyssa on the Definitive Calling of Humanity
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In this response essay to John Behr’s Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God, Rowan Williams highlights Gregory’s exposition of the complex account of nous and its meaning in relation to sensory embodiment. Nous, in Gregory’s treatise, is the presence of unified divine activity in the diversity of creation.
Rowan Williams
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the doctrine of Christ’s two states of humiliation and exaltation in Herman Bavinck’s and John Calvin’s thought, with the aim of illuminating Bavinck’s use of Calvin. The article begins by exploring Calvin’s use of the two states and argues that his treatment of Christ’s descent into hell is an important though ...
Sarah Killam Crosby
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Death - Cultural, philosophical and religious aspects [PDF]
, 2016 About death, grief, mourning, life after death and immortality. Why should we die like humans to survive as a species. "No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.
Sfetcu, Nicolae
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The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
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