Etnoantropološki 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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Contemporary Ukrainian Ethnic Religion: Essence and Basic Currents
Українське 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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Deconstructing the symbolic city:Jerome as guide to late antique Rome [PDF]
, 2012 This article considers the writings of Saint Jerome as a source for writing a cultural history of the city of Rome in late antiquity. Jerome is of course, in many respects, an unreliable witness but his lively and often conflicted accounts of the city do
Grig, Lucy
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The plurality of religious life in Ukraine
Українське 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]
Hypothekai, 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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From respect to reburial: negotiating pagan interest in prehistoric human remains in Britain, through the Avebury consultation [PDF]
, 2011 The recent Avebury Consultation on reburial has drawn considerable public and professional attention to the issue of pagan calls for respect towards the care of human remains.
Blain J. +11 more
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Weaning Away from Idolatry: Maimonides on the Purpose of Ritual Sacrifices
Religions, 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)
Studia 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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Between Sea and Land: Geographical and Literary Marginality in the Conversion of Medieval Frisia
Religions, 2021 Ancient and medieval Frisia was an ethno-linguistic entity far larger than the modern province of Friesland, Netherlands. Water outweighed land over its geographical extent, and its marginal political status, unconquered by the Romans and without the ...
Carole M. Cusack
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Sites, sacredness, and stories: Interactions of archaeology and contemporary Paganism [PDF]
, 2004 Folklore has, until very recently, been at the fringes of archaeological research. Post-processual archaeology has promoted plurality in interpretation, however, and archaeology more widely is required to make itself relevant to contemporary society; so,
Blain, J., Wallis, R. J.
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