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This paper discusses the merits and problems of civilizational perspectives on Japanese history, with particular reference to the task of combining a comparative approach with valid points made by those who see Japan as ...

The study deals with pilgrimages to Esquipulas, Guatemala, and patterns of miracle in terms of their perception by the pilgrims reaching this prominent religious hub of Central America. Two key pilgrimage discourses are ...

The incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment belongs among the most complex topics of American constitutional law. The first question to ask is obviously “Was the Bill of ...

This text is concerned with the ethical approach of inter-faith relations and the dialogue of culture in two documents of Pope Francis: ‘On Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together’ and the encyclical Fr...

Max Weber is an elusive classic, and competing traditions claim his legacy. As in other cases, the interpretation of this classic should take into account formative experiences, historical context and links to older trad...

The article questions real theological character of some streams of the older Czech moral theological thought which ended in 1948 (beginning of the communist regime) and after 1989 has never been quoted or mentioned. It ...

This article discusses the historical background to the medieval Icelandic sagas. It draws on the work of Icelandic historians, especially Gunnar Karlsson, to argue that the key factor was a distinctive political order e...

Transformation studies should be a key topic for the comparative analysis of civilizations. Their most important task is to deal with the changes to world-views and cultural semantics inherited from axial traditions, cha...

This article is about Antonin Salajka (1901–1975). This author was the first czech catholic priest laureated in Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies in Rome (in 1930). Our paper first presents Antonin Salajka’s l...

It is evident that despite the originality of the institution of the Catholic Church even its representatives had to reflect in some way then realia and exerted traditions of the antic world. This fact found its reflecti...

Historic-archaeological, also ethnographic studies and numerous historical sources and scientific data confirm that the city of Ganja has moved at least five times since its foundation. The original city of Ganja is cons...

Ancestors, traditions and alternatives

The article provides the first overview on Soviet secularisation and the response of priest-less Old Believers in Latvia. Unlike Russia, Latvian Old Believers had the experience of longterm living in democracy before the...

This article examines recent discoveries and re-discoveries of the writings of Isaac of Nineveh (St Isaac the Syrian), focusing in particular on the recovery of previously unknown collections and the critical re-evaluati...

Authority in law is manifested not only through norms and sanctions, but also through symbols that express authority, power, and position within a hierarchical structure. This paper focuses on the analysis of symbols of ...

Thomas Willis was one of the most influential physicians of seventeenth-century England, yet his career has received less scholarly scrutiny than many of his contemporaries. Willis promoted the belief system of William H...