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Lasset Prewssen Prewssen bleyben : pohané v Prusích pod vládou řádu německých rytířů

open access: yesStudia Historica Brunensia, 2020
In 1427, the Carthusian monk Heinrich Beringer complained to the Grand Master Paul von Rusdorf that the Teutonic Knights allowed Prussians to continue worshipping the old gods. When asked about this matter, the commanders were to answer: "Let Prussian be
Adam Szweda
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Contemporary Ukrainian Ethnic Religion: Essence and Basic Currents

open access: yesУкраїнське Pелігієзнавство, 2005
Due to the growing religiosity of the Ukrainian population, there is a need to explore more deeply the new religious movements that are emerging in our territories. In particular, to consider the problem of modern Ukrainian paganism.
V.V. Kurovs’kyi
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Spreading the Catholic Faith in the Periphery. Jesuit Mission in Polish Livonia (1625–1772)

open access: yesEntangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, 2023
The region of Latgale/Polish Livonia lies on the intersection between the Lutheran northern half of the Baltic region and the Roman Catholic southern part.
Sebastian Rimestad
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All Roads Lead to Rome?: Decadence, Paganism, Catholicism and the Later Life of Oscar Wilde

open access: yesCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2014
This article examines paganism, Catholicism and decadence in the life and letters of the writer and wit Oscar Wilde, focusing in particular on the period after his release from Reading Gaol.
Shushma Malik
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Rupert Brooke’s Neo-Paganism

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) embodies the myth of the Great War but after his sudden death his war poems tended to be disapproved of. His pre war Georgian lines are also dismissed on account of their effete pestoralism and alleged escapism.
Tomislav M. Pavlović
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The plurality of religious life in Ukraine

open access: yesУкраїнське Pелігієзнавство, 2008
Ukraine has been a religiously pluralistic country since its appearance on the world map. Already in its first power formation, the Kyivan Rus state coexisted in believing in their gods pagans of different tribes, an attempt to unite in one pantheon ...
Anatolii M. Kolodnyi
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Problems of Tolerating Interfaith Relations in Ukraine

open access: yesУкраїнське Pелігієзнавство, 2008
Ukraine has been a religiously pluralistic country since its appearance on the world map. Already in its first power formation, the Kyivan Rus state coexisted in believing in their gods pagans of different tribes, an attempt to unite in one pantheon ...
Anatolii M. Kolodnyi
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A pagan sophist and Christian bishops: correspondence between Libanius and Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium, and Optimus, Bishop of Antioch in Pisidia. Translation and Comments [PDF]

open access: yesHypothekai, 2023
This work presents a translation of two letters from Libanius addressed to his students, who later became bishops.
Nikolai WINOGRADOW
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Weaning Away from Idolatry: Maimonides on the Purpose of Ritual Sacrifices

open access: yesReligions, 2021
This essay explores Maimonides’ explanation of the Bible’s rationale behind the ritual sacrifices, namely to help wean the Jews away from idolatrous rites.
Reuven Chaim Klein
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From Paganism to Christianity. General Remarks on the Religious Changes in Petra (1st–6th Cent. AD)

open access: yesStudia Ceranea, 2018
The aim of this paper is to shed some light on the period of Petra’s passage from paganism to Christianity, which saw the deterioration of pagan beliefs and the struggle for survival between paganism and Christianity.
Mohammed Al-Nasarat
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