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Showing 1 to 20 of 292 for “"Cult"”.
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Vocational Implications of Cult Involvement
… the majority of studies published on cult membership have been quantitative and have focused primarily on theories and trends about cult membership. These studies have been insufficient in shedding light on the individual’s experience. Qualitative studies are necessary to explore the …
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The Cult of the Muses in Thespiai
… Hesiod planted and explore the dimensions of the cult of the Muses in Thespiai. There is archaeological evidence supporting the presence of a Sanctuary of the Muses in their Valley, although its chronology only goes back to the Hellenistic age. There appears to be, therefore, a gap between …
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Exploring the Occupational Transition of Leaving a Cult
<p>The emergence of cult groups has introduced a new population for occupational therapists to understand and support through the unique challenges they face after transitioning out of these organizations. While research within the field of psychology is robust, little is known about the …
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Cult ritual and social organisation among the Mianmin
… of the relationship between rituals of the male cult and social organisation among the Mianmin of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. More specifically, i t deals with the West Mianmin, who live in the valleys of the major tributaries of the August River which flows out of the northern …
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Cult ritual and social organisation among the Mianmin
… of the relationship between rituals of the male cult and social organisation among the Mianmin of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. More specifically, i t deals with the West Mianmin, who live in the valleys of the major tributaries of the August River which flows out of the northern …
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The Southern snake-handling cult of the U.S.A
… faith by handling venomous snakes. Today the cult has spread to at least twelve different States, despite the fact that since 1947 snake handling has been prohibited by law in all states except one. The cult-members, however, regard the legislation as being a violation of their fundamental …
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Problematising Petrarchism: Shakespeare’s Varying Responses to an Elizabethan Cult
… varied, rich and multifaceted responses to the cult of Petrarchism in Elizabethan England in selected sonnets, narrative poems and plays. I start by providing a sense of the historical tradition of Petrarchism both in general and in its various manifestations in the culture of Elizabethan …
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Orkney pilgrimage: perspectives of the cult of St. Magnus
The early Christian cults of saints and relics as well as the act and process of pilgrimage were central themes in the religious practice of the Middle Ages. The veneration of saints and relics, the belief in miracles, and the act of pilgrimage were aspects of Christianity rapidly adopted by the …
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Stages of Grief: Youth, Performance, and the Cult of Columbine
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The core assemblage of the Iron Age cult in Palestine
… the relationship between selected Iron Age cultic sites found in the land of Canaan and their material cultures. The resulting data allows the creation of tentative paradigms reflecting the material culture found in Iron Age temples, chapels, votive shrines, and offertory shrines. The …
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The Cult of Chinggis Khan in the Dayan Khanid Period
… centuries (fifteenth to sixteenth), the social, cultural, and religious aspects of the Mongols remain obscure, mostly due to a dearth of sources. Yet, the idea that no text survives from that ``dark period'' is false, because a large body of liturgical texts has been transmitted to our times – …
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The Life and Cult of St. Abbán: A Dossier Study
… thesis is the first comprehensive study of the cult and textual profile of the Medieval Irish saint, Abbán. It presents a close analysis of the saint’s hagiographical dossier and comparatively examines his record in the medieval Irish genealogies, martyrologies and litanies. This research is …
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The Evocation of Cult in Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painting
… ascertaining to what extent and in what ways the cults of the archaic period may have influenced the vase-painters and their construction of the deities. The vases were obtained mostly from the BAPD and the LIMC, grouped in scene-types and evaluated to establish the trends arising in the …
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Power in stalinist states: the personality cult of Nicolae Ceausescu
… as a Stalinist state which employs a personality cult. The leader of a state is the focus of a personality cult, but he does not enjoy the status it gives without consent from elsewhere within the government. In order to determine where this power comes from, three possible sources are discussed. …
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On the Creation of Gods: Lenin’s Image in Stalin’s Cult of Personality
… of Vladimir Lenin’s image in Joseph Stalin’s cult of personality in the postwar era, long after the General Secretary no longer had to rely on his predecessor’s image or persona to legitimize his power over the Soviet Union. While the presence of Lenin’s image in the Stalin cult varied in both …
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Recovering Grace: How One Man's Religious Movement Turned into a Homeschool Cult
<p>It turned out that the rules about Cabbage Patch kids and Troll dolls weren’t the only things that would leave lasting impressions on ATI students. This curriculum, as I was finding out, was more than just restrictions on toys and media consumption. ATI was the homeschooling program, but IBLP …
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From sect to cult to sect: the Christian Catholic Church in Zion
… This group is analyzed as first a sect, then a cult, and finally a sect. This is not the expected change from sect to denomination suggested by Niebuhr following Troeltsch;Recent research on cults and sects follows Stark and Bainbridge's definitions. Both cult and sect are deviant religious …
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