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Heathen religion in Old Norse provincial laws: case studies concerning the period of religious change [PDF]
, 2015 This article inquires into the image of heathen religion in Old Norse provincial laws. In spite of the fact that all extant provincial law books claim to contain Christian laws, their religious position is far from clear.
Starý, Jiří
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National Policy Coherence Counts for Reducing Inequality in Global Climate and Development Agendas
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT International institutions promote policy coherence as crucial to the effective and fair implementation of global sustainability agendas, though the evidence for its benefits is slim. We present here the first systematic cross‐country dataset on the consequences of national government efforts to promote policy coherence for vulnerable groups ...
Katherine Browne +10 more
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Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1967 In point of principle, Christianity does not give room for any belief in fate. Astrology, horoscopes, divination, etc., are strictly rejected. Belief in fate never disappeared in Christian countries, nor did it in Scandinavia in Christian times ...
Åke Ström
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A Test of the Coase Conjecture Using Prices of Electronic Books
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Coase Conjecture predicts that a durable‐goods monopolist without commitment will rapidly cut price toward marginal cost. We test this prediction in the electronic‐book market using release‐day prices. To proxy for marginal cost, we use competitive prices of public‐domain electronic books on the same platforms.
Tim Groseclose, Alex Tabarrok
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Pagan myth in confrontation with Christianity: Skírnismál and Genesis
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1990 Skírnismál is the only one of the Eddaic lays which is dedicated to the god of vanir, Freyr. The poem deals with the offer of marriage to the giantess Gerör which the messanger, Skírnir, takes to htunheimr on Freyr's behalf. Regarding the question of age
Gro Steinsland
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Heathen religion in Old Norse provincial laws: case studies concerning the period of religious change [PDF]
, 2014 This article inquires into the image of heathen religion in Old Norse provincial laws. In spite of the fact that all extant provincial law books claim to contain Christian laws, their religious position is far from clear.
Starý, Jiří
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Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and design elements and thinking from them, into public sector work.
David Threlfall, Catherine Althaus
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, 2005 The Norse werewolf is a joint term under which the author has chosen to subsume the diversity of motives based on or containing elements of lupine therianthropy within the Old Norse literary corpus.
Heim, Nordian Nifl
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Influences from the Huns on Scandinavian Sacrificial Customs during 300-500 AD
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1993 Votive offerings may be our main source of knowledge concerning the religion of the Iron Age before the Vikings. An important question is the connection between two kinds of sacrificial finds, i.e. horse sacrifices and burial offerings.
Marianne Görman
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Heathen Gods Beyond Nationalism and Race? : The Case of Heathenism in Sweden [PDF]
Herein I address the development of Heathenism in Scandinavia, with an emphasis on Sweden as a case study. I argue that Heathenism in Scandinavia, due to the central role that Old Norse religion and the Viking Age have for the construction of ...
Gregorius, Fredrik,
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