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The addressees of the 17th century Latin nuptial potry in Riga
2019
Spheres of Influence on Students' Ethical Decision Making
2014
Our study contributes to the literature that explores whether age, gender, and various spheres of influence (religious principles, family values, educational training, workplace environment and peer interactions) affect perceptions of individual ethical behavior. We administered a business ethics survey to undergraduate students at a public undergraduate university in West Virginia. All respondents were asked to agree or disagree with twenty business ethics behavioral vignettes using a 4-point Likert type scale. In addition to these responses, we collected demographic information including gender, age, marital status, and academic major. Respondents were also asked to rank their personal sp…
Identity Processes in Adulthood: Diverging Domains
2005
Patterns of identity formation were analyzed in a longitudinal framework, from ages 27 to 36 and then to 42 years of age. Information from all 3 ages was available for 197 participants (100 women, 97 men). A variation of Marcia’s (1966) Identity Status Interview included 5 domains: religious beliefs, political identity, occupational career, intimate relationships, and lifestyle. Great variability in identity status assessments was found across the domains at each age level. The domains representing work and family (occupation, relationships, and lifestyle) were more salient for middle- aged adults than were ideological domains (religion and politics). Development along the hypothesized sequ…
Tērvetes pilskalna akmens lejamveidnes
2017
No analizētajām Tērvetes pilskalna 25 lejamveidnēm 2 ir pusfabrikāti. 10 veidnēs liets metāls, 11 bijusas nelietotas, 2 veidnēm lietosana nav nosakāma. 10 veidnes bija t.s. vāciņi - veidnes apģērba apsuvju un piekariņu aizmugures iegūsanai. Septiņas veidnes bijusas apvērsamās - ar ielietnēm akmens plāksnīsu augsā un apaksā. Akmens plāksnītes - lejamveidnes izgatavosanas procesā ir slīpētas un atsevisķos gadījumos pulētas. Veiddobumi pārsvarā izgriezti ar nazi.---The article analyses 25 finished and semi-manufactured stone casting moulds found at the hill-fort of Tērvete, dated to the 11th–13th century. In terms of construction they all are two-part moulds. Ten moulds have been used for cast…
Propaganda of Islamic state in the Digital Age
2016
Islamic state has successfully united two well-known but distinct subjects: one is information and communication technologies as well as social networks; another is military jihad. Military and ultra-aggressive jihad performed by Islamic state with unseen excellence creates quasi-syncretic union of religious bigotry and the use of contemporary information technologies. The situation, where contemporary jihad transcends spatial borders, forces to acknowledge that understanding and derogation of Islamic state’s propaganda is as important as the armed struggle. The union of military jihad and contemporary technologies has become mark of an age, namely, it is an expression or a manifestation of…
Virtuālā izstāde "Fotogrāfiju albums “Prezidiju konventa vīru kora koncertceļojums uz Zviedriju un Norvēģiju”"
2018
Par Latvijas Universitātes Muzeja 2018. gada augusta mēneša priekšmetu tika izvēlēts fotogrāfiju albums “Prezidiju konventa vīru kora koncertceļojums uz Zviedriju un Norvēģiju”. Vairāk par to iespējams uzzināt tam veltītajā virtuālajā izstādē, kurā apskatāmas izteiksmīgākās fotogrāfijas no albuma par Prezidiju konventa vīru kora koncertceļojumu uz Zviedriju un Norvēģiju 1937. gadā.
Compte rendu de : François Georgeon, Au pays du raki. Le vin et l’alcool de l’Empire ottoman à la Turquie d’Erdogan, Paris, CNRS Éditions, 2021, 355 …
2022
The Akragas Dialogue. New Investigations on Sanctuaries in Sicily
2020
The papers of this volume focus on the sacred landscapes of ancient Sicily. Religious and cultural dimensions of Greek sanctuaries are assessed in light of the results of recent exacavations and new readings of literary sources. The material dimension of cult practices in ancient sanctuaries is the central issue of all contributions, with a focus on the findings from ancient Akragas. Great attention is also paid to past ritual activities, which are framed in three complementary areas of enquiry. Firstly, the architectural setting of sanctuaries is examined beyond temple buildings to assess the wider context of their structural and spatial complexity. Secondly, the material culture of votive…
Il corpo sessuato delle dee. Agricoltura, pastorizia e mondo vegetale nella Mesopotamia antica
2021
Divine love is the central theme of many ancient Mesopotamian compositions. Both Sumerian and Akkadian texts poetically describe the love and sexual relationship between gods. The object of this study is to analyze the metaphorical language used to describe divine love relationships, focusing in particular on the use of images from agriculture, pastoralism, and the plant world. Such metaphors contribute to the creation and at the same time to the reinforcement of a sexual imaginary, not only divine but also human. Divine sexuality and the metaphors used to describe it would, over the millennia, become paradigms for understanding and thinking about human sexuality: male power and vigor, fema…
Introduction to the special issue: Beyond self-fashioning and freedom—bending, breaking, and adhering to rules in religious contexts
2023
Rules are a crucial part of much religious thought and practice. Their importance or insignificance, their strictness or laxness, and their rigidity or flexibility in the face of change are constant themes of debate, both within and outside religious communities. Yet they have arguably not been given the attention they deserve within recent anthropology. Since the rise of practice theory, rules have more often been considered something to look past in the search for agency. Where the new anthropology of ethics has addressed religious orthopraxy, it has largely been through the lens of the cultivation of virtuous self, or the ways in which moral rules may become especially salient in extrao…