Showing papers on "Supreme Being published in 1985"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss why the head (ori) is the most prominent part of Yoruba sculpture and identify three different modes of representing the head: the naturalistic, the stylized, and the abstract.
Abstract: This paper discusses why the head (ori) is the most prominent part of Yoruba sculpture. An analysis of Yoruba ontology of the person reveals that the Yoruba regard the head as the locus of the ase (divine power) of the Supreme Being (Olodumare) in the individual, constituting the person's life-source and controlling personality and destiny. Three different modes of representing the head are identified in Yoruba sculpture: the naturalistic, which refers to the external, or physical, head (ori ode); the stylized, which hints at the inner, or spiritual, head (ori inu); and the abstract, which symbolizes the primeval material (oke ipori) of which the inner head was made. Although the fate of each individual is believed to have been predetermined in heaven before birth "into" the earth, a good or bad destiny is no more than a potentiality for success or falure; a successful life depends on how well one makes use of one's head here on earth. The prominence given to the head in Yoruba sculpture is thus a reflect...
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TL;DR: In this paper, Bianchi et al. describe the abdication of the red priests as one of the elements of a religious rupture which is total in its detestation of the priesthood, whose errors they aim to expiate by burning their letters or by marriage; partial and pregnant with nuances, in their attitude to religion, which some condemn, whilst others worship the Supreme Being.
Abstract: THE « CURES ROUGES » (RED PRIESTS) ; The abdication of the « red priests », in the year II, is one of the elements of a religious rupture which is total in its « detestation » of the priesthood, whose errors they aim to expiate by burning their letters or by marriage ; partial, and pregnant with nuances, in their attitude to religion, which some condemn, whilst others worship the « Supreme Being ». ; Abdication is a patriotic act, the aim of which is to inculcate civic values and republican morality — for most an unfulfilled ambition. The expression « red priests », despite ambiguity and controversy, can be applied to some 2.500 priests — unequivocal abdicators, active members of peoples associations, anti-clerical, anti- Christ, repudiated by the Convention as soon as they call themselves « red ». ; Too republican or too priest, they have been forgotten or condemned by a century of historiography, whereas their original experience throws light on an aspect of the religious history and intellectual theories of the French Revolution. ; Serge BIANCHI.
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