The descent of the Holy Spirit upon Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ. Pentecost is part of the Moveable Cycle of the ecclesiastical year. In the Orthodox Tradition, the liturgical color used at Pentecost is green, and faithful carry flowers.
Review the history of the myth of Pygmalion. The illusion of independence in mythology. Image the hero in the mythological consciousness of the reader. Empathy Pygmalion and its recovery in the postmodern. Self-deception and reality of modern times.
Факторы, которые способствовали развитию протестантских церквей в России. Рассмотрение пиар-деятельности протестантской церкви и пути совершенствования данного процесса для повышения его эффективности. Мероприятия, организуемые протестантскими церквями.
Measures to protect national values in the Republic of Azerbaijan, tolerance and multiculturalism. The institutionalization of state’s strategic principles in the field of multiculturalism. Expanding of the traditions of multiculturalism in Azerbaijan.
An analysis of the activities of various fundamental institutions in the church. Investigation of the process of the birth and formation of various church dignitaries. Description of the prospect of bringing pastors, deacons to the success of the church.
The combination of traditional religious faith, faith in science and faith in magic in the minds of modern people. The peculiarity of the emergence of primitive man of new cognitive abilities and deep experience of the fact of the death of a relative.
The institutional and ideological aspects of religion are clear factors in the social and political life of modern societies. Revival and consolidation of religious institutions and a new opportunity to study religion and religiosity in secular societie
Religion in Roman histories. Frameworks of religion. Roman deities and theology. Women and religion. Cult and ritual. Vows, prayers, invocations. Sacrifice, omens and prodigies. Funerals and the afterlife. Participation in traditional religious rituals.
Role of religion in modern and democratic societies, for the individual and for society as a whole. Influences of religion on governmental, business and family values and decisions in United Kingdom. Christianity and non-christian religions in Britain.
The power of the Orthodox tradition of the Greeks. History of the connection of the religion, the church and the state. Social assistance of the priests and their financial contribution to the life of the needy. Privileged status of the Orthodox Church.
- 101. Religion in Italy
Defining the role of religion in the life of the Italian population. The main types of religion in Italy: Protestantism, Seventh-day Adventists, Baptists, Lutherans, and other supporters of reformism. Catholicism as the main religion in the country.
The historical dominance of Christianity in England. The Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist communities in the country. The Church of Scientology, the Transcendental Meditation movement. The full institutionalizing of Christianity. The British Catholic population.
The essence of extremism, its manifestation, the purpose of extremist discourse are revealed. It is justified that an important type of extremism is religious. Its signs, causes and peculiarities of manifestation at the individual level are singled out.
Analysis of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on global confessional community. Introducing new forms of communication with their followers. Communication of churches with the believers and of the latter among themselves through online technologies
Studying the views of the Canadian theologian of Grenz's. Analysis principles of the formation of the church community, its influence on the formation of the individual. Investigation of behavioral features of the community of the followers of Christ.
An attempt to synchronize the historical and religious chronicles of the Ancient world, relying on a short chronology and linking events with unique celestial phenomena reflected in the chronicles and Sacred Writings. Errors in dates and geography.
Among contemporary writings in religious studies the work of Ricoeur has attained a certain emblematic status. He began with a distinctive appropriation of Husserlian phenomenology, then sought to "graft" onto phenomenology a certain use of hermeneutics.
Study of the idea of the complex structure of the human physical body, the multidimensionality of his mind and consciousness. Characteristics of Eastern and Western esoteric schools. Analysis of concepts of subtle bodies in ancient spiritual traditions.
A description of the rules established by the First Nicene Council: independence of the Jewish calendar and worldwide uniformity, which were the only rules of the Passover, clearly defined by the Board. Definition of Easter and related mobile holidays.
Study of the religious landscape of the Yenisei Siberia - the decoration of church temples. Analysis of the history of formation and features of the icon painting tradition. The icon is the most convenient and understandable part of a religious cult.
The study of the Islamic component of the pan-Asian movement in Japan in the first half of the XX century. Translation of the Quran into Japanese by the philosopher and scholar T. Izutsu. The image of the prophet Muhammad as a key figure of Islam.
The historical development of buddhism, christianity, and islam regardless of their doctrine and ritual practice. The special contribution consists in formulation of the abstract model of religious cycle, which applies to evolution of the religions.
Consideration of the basic cognitive science and religion. Research on teleological bias, agency detection, and counterintuitive concepts. The critical discussions of mystical experience and god concepts. The naturalness of religious knowledge.
Mystic beliefs of the ancient Iran – Mithraism, Zoroastrianism, Mazdaism and Manichaeism, have a very long (more than 10000 years) history. Historical evidences about the mystic beliefs and culture are present in the inscriptions of the Achaemenian Kings.
An exposition based on literary sources and temple art of the symbolism of the lizard in the Indian ethos. Exploring the place of the lizard in scriptures, sculpture, and belief systems. List of Sanskrit names of the lizard, its positive characteristics.
The problem of preserving the authentic tradition of veneration of the icon of the Archangel Michael in the village of Ishimka, Krasnoyarsk Territory. Ethnographic narrative about this rite. Spiritual verse about the Archangel Michael during the event.
The role of language and community in theological methodology of S.Dzh. Grentsa. Rejection of the referential theory of language and the theory of the correspondence of truth. The modern theory of speech acts. Community in Christian epistemology.
Exhibition of religious influence in contemporary international relations. Analysis and clarification of the role of religion in the economy. The influence of religion in the history of international relations. The essence of religion in foreign policy.
The changes that have taken place in religious life in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Analysis of the restructuring of the Ukrainian confessional landscape and mass migration of Ukrainian confessionals of different faiths.
Studying the fate of a woman on the pages holy texts. Clarification of the characteristics of the spiritual status widow, analysis of its sacred context in the biblical tradition and Ukrainian folklore, awareness of the phenomenon of their loneliness.