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“Being So Caught up”: Exploring Religious Projection and Ethical Appeal in Leda and the Swan

01 Feb 2021-Religion (MDPI AG)-Vol. 12, Iss: 2, pp 107
TL;DR: The authors explored the religious projection and ethical appeal in the art and literature of Leda and the Swan created from ancient times to the contemporary era, so as to make a comparative review and reading on it, providing religious reflection and ethical enlightenment to today's society.
About: This article is published in Religion.The article was published on 2021-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 14 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Religious persecution & Enlightenment.
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TL;DR: This paper explored the role of the Church in the development of a Christian religious tradition in Late Antique Egypt and found that the Church played an important role in the formation of the Egyptian Church.
Abstract: or a window frieze. The stonecarvers of such workshops were not dictated by religious authorities or an “authoritative Christian liturgy”; instead, the stonecarvers themselves integrated Christian symbolism in traditional forms of media, as would have been recognizable to their clients (162). At times, Frankfurter is too quick to dismiss the ways in which power is operative among the “ordinary people” of Late Antique Egypt. One finds it difficult, for example, to understand why Frankfurter does not more readily integrate institutional power and imperial governance into his study, especially given his choice to engage contemporary anthropological studies of religion – where debates about religious tradition, meaning, and power have been long-standing. Frankfurter acknowledges the importance of institutional religion and ecclesiastical authorities, but he does not show in the evidence how those interactions and debates around the development of a Christian religious tradition in Egypt were mediated and by whom, aside from his discussion on monastic scribes (52). He affirms in his Afterword that his conceptual interest in this text was “... not just [about] crosses, but dispositions toward crosses...” (260). As an anthropologist, I find it difficult to understand how these dispositions were molded if not through certain dynamics of power. How did ordinary people become introduced to Christianity across the many, diverse regions of Egypt? What was the role of the Church – institutionally and administratively – in the lives of “ordinary people”? While Frankfurter acknowledges that his focus is not on theological statements and creeds, but rather understanding Christianization as partly a “cluster of authoritative strategies” (260), there is no discussion into where or how these authoritative strategies were made authoritative in the first place, and by whom. This is where engaging the imperial and local dynamics of power and governance more directly would have been beneficial to the study overall. This study offers an important contribution to religious transformation in Late Antiquity, and even lends analytical strategies and historical context for understanding aspects of contemporary religious conditions in Egypt today. Any historian or anthropologist interested in Late Antiquity, Egypt, Christianity, Islam, and religious change will find this to be a thought-provoking addition to scholarship in these areas.

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02 May 1996
TL;DR: This chapter discusses representation and interaction, morality, and the materiality of meaning in the Semiotic Landscape - Surface and Inscription.
Abstract: Introduction 1. The Semiotic Landscape 2. Narrative Representations: Designing Social Action 3. Conceptual Representations: Designing Social Constructs 4. Representation and Interaction: Designing the Position of the Viewer 5. Morality: Designing Models of Reality 6. The Meaning of Composition 7. The Materiality of Meaning - Surface and Inscription 8. The Third Dimension

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the use and meaning of rape from Biblical times through to Bangladesh and Vietnam, unravels the origins of rape laws in medieval codes and examines interracial and homosexual rape and child molestation.
Abstract: The author shows why she considers rape not to be just a brutal crime but a reflection of how our society is conditioned. To do this she traces the use and meaning of rape from Biblical times through to Bangladesh and Vietnam, unravels the origins of rape laws in medieval codes and examines interracial and homosexual rape and child molestation. She also includes a discussion of Freudian sexual psychology, legal defence strategy and the message behind popular books, magazines and films. Always, she argues, the myths generated by the latter serve to glamorize the victim while they romanticize the rapist - even in cases of rape murder.

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TL;DR: The History of Western Philosophy (HOWP) as mentioned in this paper is one of the most popular philosophy books of the 20th century and is the most important philosophical work of all time.
Abstract: ''Philosophy' is a word which has been used in many ways, some wider, some narrower. I propose to use it in a very wide sense, which I will now try to explain.' - Bertrand RussellNearly forty years since its first publication, History of Western Philosophy remains unchallenged as the ultimate introduction to its subject, while claiming classic status in its own right. It is the bestselling philosophy book of the twentieth century and one of the most important philosophical works of all time. This compact and affordable paperback edition makes this comprehensive and brilliantly-written text readily available for a new generation of readers. As part of our commitment to Russell publishing, the delux version of this bestselling title will continue to be available.1961: 848pp: Pb: 0-145-07854-7: 16.99

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TL;DR: The Greek Myths as mentioned in this paper is a comprehensive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves' classic imaginative and poetic retelling of the Greek myths, including many of the greatest stories ever told -the labours of Hercules, the voyage of the Argonauts, Theseus and the minotaur, Midas and his golden touch, the Trojan War and Odysseus' journey home.
Abstract: The Greek Myths is the definitive and comprehensive edition of Robert Graves' classic imaginative and poetic retelling of the Greek myths. 'Icarus disobeyed his father's instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer see Icarus; but scattered feathers floated on the waves below...' Including many of the greatest stories ever told - the labours of Hercules, the voyage of the Argonauts, Theseus and the minotaur, Midas and his golden touch, the Trojan War and Odysseus' journey home - Robert Graves' superb and comprehensive retelling of the Greek myths for a modern audience has been regarded for over fifty years as the definitive version. With a novelist's skill and a poet's eye, Graves draws on the entire canon of ancient literature, bringing together all the elements of every myth into one epic and unforgettable story. Ideal for the first time reader, it can be read as a single, continuous narrative, while full commentaries, with cross-references, interpretations, variants and explanations, as well as a comprehensive index of names, make it equally valuable as a work of scholarly reference for anyone seeking an authoritative and detailed account of the gods, heroes and extraordinary events that provide the bedrock of Western literature. The result is a classic among classics, a treasure trove of extraordinary tales and a masterful work of literature in its own right.

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