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Omen and Anti-omen: The Rabbinic Hagiography of the Scapegoat’s Scarlet Ribbon [PDF]

, 2016
This article proposes that the place and meaning of various objects among religious communities can be explored in terms of “hagiography,” that is, through the narratives constructed around sacred objects sometimes long after their physical disappearance.
Balberg, Mira
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Why Animals and Religion Now?

Humanimalia, 2018
Over the last few of years, coming on the heels of a general turn toward the animal within the humanities and social sciences, a turn toward the animal and religion has taken place.
Paul Robert Matthews
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The Problem of Contingency for Religious Belief [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper, I hope to solve a problem that’s as old as the hills: the problem of contingency for religious belief. Paradigmatic examples of this argument begin with a counterfactual premise: had we been born at a different time or in a difference ...
Bogardus, Tomas
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Christian toponyms in Czechia, Poland and Slovakia

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica, 2018
What story can place names tell about the significance of religion to national and regional societies? This study explores Christian place names in Czechia, Poland and Slovakia, three neighboring countries of Central Europe.
Daniel Reeves, Samuel Otterstrom
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Religious Memory in a Changing Society: The Case of India and Papua New Guinea

Changing Societies & Personalities, 2021
The study analyzes the place of religion in the national collective memory and the changes that have taken place in the field of religion in connection with the modernization and emergence of modern nationstates in India and Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Dušan Lužný
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Religion in Schools? The Importance of Recognizing the Impact of Religious Experiences [PDF]

, 2016
The school environment is a place of forced contact between diverse peoples. It is the perfect environment to nurture the diverse identities present.
Ilosvay, Kimberly K, EdD
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Religious Contributions to the Bioethics Debate: Utilizing Legal Rights While Avoiding Scientific Temptations [PDF]

, 2002
This Article explores the authors views on the place of religious debate concerning scientific issues. It outlines the author\u27s concerns with religion becoming overshadowed by science, even within relgious communities, and his ideas on how religion ...
Goldberg, Steven
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The Representation of the Placemaking Process of Urban Religious and Secular Turkish Identities: The Case of Kizilcik Şerbeti (One Love) Soap Opera

Religions
During a 2-year period, the depictions of religious figures and their interactions with secular individuals in urban daily life became an integral feature of Turkish soap operas that gained popularity in the world after the 1990s.
Şeyma Ayyildiz
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Notes from underground: Lisbon after the earthquake [PDF]

, 2008
The Lisbon earthquake of 1 November 1755 occupies a canonical place in eighteenth-century studies, yet surprisingly little attention has been paid to what the rebuilding of the city meant, both culturally and materially.
Hamblyn, Richard
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“Strasbourg Miracles of the Blessed Mary” and the Influence of the City Cathedral Church on Pilgrimages in Alsace in the 13th Century

RUDN Journal of World History, 2023
The relevance of the research topic is determined by the historical continuity of the cultural traditions and models of religious worship of objects of spiritual heritage in the urban habitat as well as their [traditions and models] variability depending
Leonid M. Korban, Elena A. Popova
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