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Reconciling Christianity and Paganism

open access: yes, 2014
In her novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte works to bring opposing ideas of Christianity and Paganism together to strengthen her protagonist, Jane. Bronte uses symbols of supernaturalism, nature, and the moon to highlight Jane\u27s complex spiritual ...
Mills, Susanna L.
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Atheism and Agatheism in the Global Ethical Discourse: Reply to Millican and Thornhill-Miller [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Peter Millican and Branden Thornhill-Miller have recently argued that contradictions between different religious belief systems, in conjunction with the host of defeaters based on empirical research concerning alleged sources of ...
Salamon, Janusz
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Queer Aesthetics, Straight Markets: Disneyfication in the Korean Musical Dorian Gray: A New Musical (2016)

open access: yesThe Journal of Popular Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) has generated a long afterlife across global media, extending from literature to theater, film, and fandom. Its Korean musical adaptation, Dorian Gray: A New Musical (2016), illustrates how queer aesthetics are reconfigured under the logics of commercial entertainment and cultural export.
Di Cotofan Wu
wiley   +1 more source

Russian Historical Science in the First Quarter of the 18th Century: Prince Dimitrie Cantemir

open access: yesСибСкрипт
Prince Dimitrie Cantemir contributed to the formation of Russian historical science in the first quarter of the 18th century. His works reflected the scientific thought typical of the Early Enlightenment.
Mikhail Yu. Shlyakhov, Nina V. Starikova
doaj   +1 more source

Mystic Intoxication (Mastī) and the Meaning of Life: Fayḍ Kāshānī’s Mystic Poetry through the Lens of John Cottingham’s Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Philosophical Investigations
Adopting a hermeneutic approach and horizontal and vertical interpretation methods, this study primarily explores the metaphysical concept of love-induced mystic intoxication in the Iranian polymath Mullā Muḥsin Fayḍ Kāshānī’s mystic poetry. Secondarily,
Reihaneh Davoodi Kahaki   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Religious Extremism: The Good, The Bad, and The Deadly [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper challenges conventional views of violent religious extremism, particularly those that emphasize militant theology. We offer an alternative analysis that helps explain the persistent demand for religion, the different types of religious that ...
Eli Berman, Laurence R. Iannaccone
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Dennis R. Alexander and Ronald L. Numbers : Biology and Ideology: From Descartes to Dawkins [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Science has always strived for objectivity, for a ‘‘view from nowhere’’ that is not marred by ideology or personal preferences. That is a lofty ideal toward which perhaps it makes sense to strive, but it is hardly the reality. This collection of thirteen
Pigliucci, Massimo
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