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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Religious symbols"”.
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The epistemic status of religious symbols in the thought of Wilbur M. Urban
… is to ascertain the epistemic status of religious symbols in Urban's thought. This involves the clarification and evaluation of the basic concepts in his religious epistemology--meaning, dialectic, truth, and verification--as they relate to his philosophy of language. The meaning of …
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The role of religious symbols in the identity of the Jewish community of the Western Cape
… those who lived in the Shtetl, observed a religious way of life adhering to the precepts of the Torah. This widely accepted value system enabled the communities to function harmoniously. Upon emigrating to the Western World, the Jew found himself confronted by forces which challenged the …
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Religion and the Law in modern pluralist states: Towards a more balanced judicial approach to manifestation of belief in secular societies
… sub-discipline and is committed to enhancing religious freedom. It focuses on manifestation of belief and is dedicated to the legal protection of religious minorities. It highlights the difficulties of adjudicating conflicts related to religious symbols in modern liberal states and aims to …
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The role of the cross as a transformative symbol in Christian counseling
… An overview of significant issues related to religious symbols, an introduction to semiotics, Scriptural theology based on Paul's theology of the cross, and review of theological perspectives on the meaning of religious symbols and the symbol of the cross. Alister McGrath's Evangelical …
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White Racism /Redface Minstrels: Regimes of Power in Representation
… American Indians, and disrespect for Indian religious symbols, practices, and iconography. This project is a case study of the direct and indirect indexical speech and the strategies, such as altruism, used to mask the racializing language at work in the testimonies presented by students, …
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EXPERIENCING THE SACRED: A phenomenological exploration of architecture as sentient space
… embodied experience, rather than the presence of religious symbols or functions. Utilizing phenomenological thinkers such as Merleau-Ponty, Bachelard, Pallasmaa, and Norberg-Schulz, this thesis investigates how spatial atmosphere, sensory perception, material quality, and movement all contribute …
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"Of heveneriche sely gate" : the spiritual significance of women in Medieval literature.
In her work on medieval women's religious symbols, historian Caroline Walker Bynum provides a paradigm for the positive interpretation of women's functions and positions in medieval literature. When examined through Bynum's paradigm—and especially her description of the maternal functions of …
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Application of Muslim personal & family law in South Africa : law, ideology and socio-political implications
… a community's self-perception in relation to its religious symbols and values. The second involves an understanding of the human reality we experience. Law, ideology, economics and a host of other forces dictate the destinies of people. It is against the backdrop of the above two levels that the …
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Shia Political Islam in Iran. A political and economic approach
… of the Shia movement, utilising Shia values, religious symbols and holy events such as Ashura, and financially rewarding the Movement with petrodollars. The mobilisers, especially the IRGC, use these values as a steering fuel to run the Shia Movement and suppress any security threat to its …
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"Orixás do Dique": estudo sobre religião e espaço público em Salvador-Bahia
… It was also necessary to explore the religious conflict that proceeded from the evangelical criticism sent to the legislative council against the sculptures. Emphasizing the scale of the problems that the case evokes (such as spatial desacralization, the folklorization of …
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Journey with Ganapati : a media exploration and analysis of Hindu religious ritual components
… practice and performance of ancient Hindu religious ritual. To illustrate elements of the Indian Rasa theory of aesthetics, the canons of Hindu iconography, the symbolism of mantra, yantra, and tantra with the tools of computer graphics, animation, high speed photography, and to entice the …
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Illustrating Islam: Comics as Dakwah and the Negotiation of Muslim Identity in Indonesia
… communicate Islamic values and address issues of religious intolerance and violence in Indonesia, particularly in the context of the country’s social and political transformations following the fall of the Suharto government in 1998. The subsequent decentralization of governance and accompanying …
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Vampires in Literature
… which belongs to the class of the “old” vampire. Religious fears and the control of the church were much of what contributed to the terrors which the old vampire conveyed. Count Dracula as an example of the old vampire was a demonic creature who has strayed away from Gods grace and could not even …
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Revisiting Jung's Psychology of Religion in Light of the Relational Turn and the Resurgence of Religion in Organised Forms
… of ‘liminality’. In this phase, both numinous symbols and symbols from organised religion occurred. The numinosity of the first kind of symbol was seemingly more related to the transformation of the early-formed structures of a relational character than to archetypes, and the first research aim …
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Práticas e representações educativas da escola estadual Cônego Monte - Natal/RN
… Catholic Church, highlighting the presence of religious symbols integrating its architectural structure. In everyday school life, educational and socio-cultural practices show the marks of the religiosity. Considering the educational and socio-cultural practices of everyday life of this …
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Battered women in Muslim communities in the Western Cape : religious constructions of gender, marriage, sexuality and violence
… women. Exacerbated by pervading social and religious notions of "private" families, the incidence of wife battery within Muslim societies have been largely hidden violence against wives is seen as the manifestation of a sexist and patriarchal ideology. This study examines the manner in which …
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Between City and Self: Reading Beirut in Mohamed Soueid’s Tango of Yearning
… references, images of urban sites, sensual and religious symbols, and sociopolitical intimations. Soueid sees Tango of Yearning – the first in a trilogy titled Civil War – as an ‘obituary’ of his life prior to making this film. Hence, for him, the film is rooted in the past, yet I argue that it …
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La proyección de la tolerancia en las sociedades democráticas: el controvertido uso de símbolos religiosos en espacios públicos
La tolerancia como principio de convivencia social es esencial para una vida sana, en medio de la diversidad de las formas de pensar y de actuar. La Tesis doctoral titulada La proyección de la tolerancia en las sociedades democráticas: el controvertido uso de símbolos religiosos en espacios …
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Politics of religious diversity: toleration, religious freedom and visibility of religion in public space
… anxiety about the visibility of religion and religious diversity in public space. Visibility in public space is a measure of sociability: expressions of identity in public space attest to a public recognition as well as integration of this identity into cultural transcendences. This visibility …