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Paper · Semantic Scholar
Sacral and transcendental in German football discourseMore and more scientists-representatives, as well as representatives of social and religious institutions point out the similarity of sport and religion. Sport is said to be pseudo religion, quasi-religion, new (Soviet, civil) religion. The reason for such a conclusion is a number of features uniting religious cults and processes representing the conceptual sphere of sport. Through the example of facts of the German…
Encyclopedia · Wikipedia
Slavic paganismSlavic paganism encompasses the historical pre-Christian religious beliefs, mythologies, and ritual practices of the Slavic peoples before their gradual Christianization between the 8th and 13th centuries. Rooted in broader Proto-Indo-European religion, the historical Slavic faith was polytheistic and animistic, characterized by a deep reverence for nature, ancestor worship, and rituals tied closely to the agricultu…
Book · DOAB
The Cult of Saints and Legitimization of Elite Power in East Central and Northern Europe up to 1300While Northern and East Central Europe are often considered to have been peripheral parts of medieval Latin Christendom, they nevertheless embraced many of the same cultural impulses found in more central areas. Key among these was the way in which social elites, in the first centuries after the introduction of Christianity, recognized the potential to exploit the cult of saints as a way of legitimizing their own so…
Image · DPLA
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