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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Shrines"”.
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Modernizing Indigenous Priesthood and Revitalizing Old Shrines: Current Developments on Ghana’s Religious Landscape
… religious agents represented by two major shrines. The two shrines, headed by a priest and priestess, both claim to be rooted in indigenous Akan religious traditions (Nananom som), yet they show contrasts in discourse and other features. The study links the rise in the activities of these …
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Household Shrines and Cults in Roman Achaia: A New Approach to Examining Cultural Change under the Roman Empire
… selection of deities, the location of household shrines and their accessibility, both physically and visually, to inhabitants and visitors. The framework within which cultural change is analyzed is “Romanization” that is re-interpreted as “cultural interaction,” emphasizing the impact that local …
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Šintoistinės maldyklos už Japonijos įtakos ribų imperijos ekspansionizmo laikotarpiu /
… examines and compares the spread of Shinto shrines within and beyond the borders of the Empire of Japan, particularly in the context of the political and territorial expansion of the Japanese empire at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The thesis is divided into three …
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Factors influencing the construction of individuals' subjective meaning when visiting pilgrimage shrines: a study of pilgrims and tourists at Lourdes in south west France
… subjective meaning when visiting pilgrimage shrines?’ The context of the study centres on the pilgrimage shrine at Lourdes in south west France.<br/><br/>The review of the literature is set out in three sections. Part One critiques the traditional definitions, approaches, theories and …
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Religion of the Roadways: Roadside Sacred Spaces in Attica
… Archaic and the Early Roman periods. Roadside shrines took the form of open-air precincts, small temples, and altars, and they flourished throughout Athens, the Attic demes, and the more rural areas of Attica. The divinities that were worshiped at these spaces of transition reflect a broader …
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The core assemblage of the Iron Age cult in Palestine
… found in Iron Age temples, chapels, votive shrines, and offertory shrines. The paradigms are then applied to Megiddo 2081, concluding that it was a chapel and not a mere corner shrine. After an introductory chapter, chapter 2 surveys the history of research on the investigation of cult …
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The rise of an Ibadi religious revival movement and its impacts on the society and built environment in the Mzab (Saharan Maghrib, 1868-1914)
… stability in the late 1890s, new commemorative shrines were built as part of this Ibadi Mzabi *nahḍa*. Through these shrines, new ideas of sectarian identity were expressed in the landscape, substantiating the historical legacy of contemporary Ibadi scholars and expressions of Ibadism in the …
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ΔΙΑΜΑΧΕΣ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΡΜΕΝΙΩΝ ΓΙΑ ΤΑ ΠΡΟΣΚΥΝΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΑΓΙΩΝ ΤΟΠΩΝ
… WISHED TO DISMISS GREEKS AND TAKING THEIR HOLY SHRINES. ARMENIANS USED ANY KIND OF MEAN HONORABLE AND NOT TO OBTAIN THEIR PURPOSE. THE RESULT OF THIS CONFLICT IT WAS NOT GOOD FOR GREEKS. THEY BECAME IN THE SAME RIGHTS WITH GREEKS AND CATHOLICS. ANY WAY GREEKS ARE STILL KEEPING MORERIGHTS THAN …
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The Anatomy of Shi'i Shrine Cities: Pivots in World Politics
… of Shi'i shrine cities in world politics. Shrines are important sites of religious identity that are often analysed from a single perspective of conflict, clerical authority, or collective identity in the literature. This thesis overcomes this gap in various ways. It argues that shrines are …
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The Anatomy of Shi'i Shrine Cities: Pivots in World Politics
… of Shi'i shrine cities in world politics. Shrines are important sites of religious identity that are often analysed from a single perspective of conflict, clerical authority, or collective identity in the literature. This thesis overcomes this gap in various ways. It argues that shrines are …
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At the feet of the goddess : A comparative study of local goddess worship in Khurdapur, a village settlement in Orissa and Cholavandan, a small town in Tamilnadu
… areas of investigation 1) the temples and shrines 2) the character of the goddesses 3) the ritual worship of the goddesses. <br/><br/>These three areas are analysed thematically in terms of the opposites, sacred and profane, order and chaos and the pairs, power and purity, anger and …
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Walking the faithscapes of Varanasi, India: Pilgrimage of the Panchkroshi Yatra
… along a 25-mile long route, protected by 108 shrines of Hindu gods and goddesses. There are a number of goals identified for performing a pilgrimage, with the most important being the attainment of divine salvation. The act of achieving these goals is to walk through the sacred landscapes of …
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Pilgrimages and syncretism: Religious Transformation Among the Arsi Oromo of Ethiopia
… Arsi Oromo have diverted their pilgrimages to shrines established by various local saints in different parts of the region. The shrine of Sheikh Hussein in Bale, the Sof Umar Guutoo pilgrimage center in western Arsi, and the Faraqqasaa pilgrimage center in eastern Arsi are among the most …
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Reading Reverence: Literate Practice in Ambrose of Milan's Expositio evangelii secundum Lucam
… launch crusades and entice the pious to pray at shrines.
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Beyond Tolerations and Accomodation: Amicable Religious Coexistence in the Late Medieval Balkans
… coexistence, that is the sharing of saints and shrines between different faith groups, existed in the Balkans during this time, and continued well into the Modern period. This paper is a discussion of this occurrence and describes the significant factors, which allowed for amicable religious …
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American Shinto Community of Practice: Community formation outside original context
… is one of the only fully functional Shinto shrines in the United States and is run by the first non-Japanese Shinto priest. This thesis looks at the community of practice that surrounds this American shrine and examines how membership is negotiated through action. There are three main …
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Ceremonial music of Japan
… music is used in the Imperial Court and in shrines, although not every shrine is equipped to perform ceremonial music. During the tenth and eleventh centuries it was used also in the homes of the highest class of military leaders.</p><p>The basic philosophical implication of ceremonial music …
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