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Materias / palabras clave: Ciencias sociales; Costumbres y tradiciones; Social Science; Customs and traditions; Fiestas-no-religiosas; Holidays-non-religious

This research delves into the intricate relationship between religious law and state law by examining them through the theoretical frameworks of reception and eclectic theory. Reception theory posits that religious law c...

This article investigates the evolving role of ulama as pivotal agents in the reform of inheritance norms within Minangkabau society, particularly amid tensions between Islamic legal principles and matrilineal customary ...

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Translation, understood in its broadest sense, constitutes an essential tool for overcoming linguistic and communicative barriers in diverse social, cultural, and academic contexts. In recent decades, the development and...

‘To mention Europe’s Christian roots implies indicating as well the residual sources of moral orientation, which is a factor of Europe's identity.’ [Joseph Ratzinger, Europe’s Crisis of Culture] This study will a...

The research aim. The article aims to examine the features of the activities of Protestant sects (primarily Baptists and Evangelical Christians) in the territory of the Kharkiv province at the end of the 20th century. Th...

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...

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 explores the neglected character of Urmila in Sita’s Sister by Kavita Kane, analyzing her plight in the context of patriarchal feminism. While Indian scriptures such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata glorify...

The Zulfikar sword is a highly standardized sacred weapon symbol in Shia visual culture, forming a stable iconographic lineage across the Middle East and the Irano-Ottoman world. However, it is notably absent from Chines...

This research delves deeper into the longstanding practice of appointing heirs as leaders of funeral prayers within the cultural tapestry of the Kurai community in Bukittinggi. It endeavors to unravel the socio-cultural ...

Incense and candles are commonly utilized for relaxation, deodorization, aesthetics, and religious observance. Both are used ubiquitously and viewed innocuously. However, both modalities release a multitude of compounds,...

This research discusses the phenomenon of delaying the burial of the customary leader of Agam Regency from the perspective of qiyas. This study uses a qualitative approach involving various data collection techniques, in...

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 rise of social media has fundamentally transformed the way the Christian faith is expressed and understood in the public sphere of our time. Christian eschatology and prophetic expectations have undergone a shift in ...

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...

In Morocco, people usually call Gnawa those communities of black Moroccans made up of descendants of slaves from sub-Saharan Africa (Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, and Guinea) who follow rituals merging Islamic trad...

Artikel ini mengkaji tentang nilai-nilai toleransi keagamaan yang muncul dalam masyarakat sinkretis Girikarto dan puritanis Kotabaru Yogyakarta. Penelitian ini mengambil objek penelitian Masyarakat Budha dan Islam di wil...

The article deals with the problems of historiosophy, whose subject matter is human and social world view, its historical, religious, intellectual, ethical and aesthetical aspects. Hence historiographical interpretation ...

Purpose of the study. To consider and analyse diverse materials about the destruction by the Soviet authorities of the unique architectural complex of Kyiv — the St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery, as published o...