scholarly journals Religious factor in the life and work of Alexander Pope

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-214
Author(s):  
Viktoria V. Kiryushkina ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Alexander Pope ◽  
Natural Religion ◽  
Religious Factor

The article examines the importance of the religious factor in the life of the poet. The anti-Catholic politics of England is seen as the historical context that influenced Pope’s life and personality. Alexander Pope appears as a man who was able to use his extremely unprofitable religious affiliation in forming a career as a professional writer. The author examines the function of Catholicism, the combination of deism, concepts of natural religion, and Christian ideas in Pope’s enlightenment consciousness.

scholarly journals The Influence of English Anticlericalism on the Studies of “Becket’s Controversy” Conducted by British Historians in the 18th Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 163 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-188
Author(s):  
N.I. Egorov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
18Th Century ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
English History ◽  
Negative Image ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Age Of Enlightenment ◽  
Historical Writings ◽  
King Henry Ii

In this paper, some historical writings dating back to the 18th century and focused on the life of St. Thomas Becket and his relationship with King Henry II Plantagenet were considered. In a broad historical context, the causes of the growth in the popularity of anticlericalism in the interpretation of the catholic past by the British scholars during the Age of Enlightenment were singled out and covered in detail. Based on the analysis of the works written by P. de Rapin, J. Oldmixon, J. Lockman, J. Littleton, D. Hume, E. Burke, D. Berington, and some others, the methodological approaches to viewing and portraying the figure of T. Becket were revealed. The “controversy” that accompanies the discourse about him was identified. Based on a thorough investigation of the European political conjuncture in the 18 century and on the ideological and religious affiliation of the above-mentioned scholars, as well as their influence and popularity, three main periods were distinguished in the study of “Becket’s controversy” within the English historiography of that time: the period of the Circle of P. de Rapin (with him, J. Oldmixon, J. Lockman, J. Littleton, and E. Burke) was followed by the period of D. Hume and later by the Catholic reactionism of D. Berington. It was concluded that the works of P. de Rapin and his Circle promoted a negative image of T. Becket and undermined his role in English history over almost the entire 18th century.

Politicization of Ethnicity and Related Phenomena

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (8) ◽  
pp. 131-138
Author(s):  
P. Oskolkov
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Political Process ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ethnic Mobilization ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Political Opportunities

In the article, the phenomenon of the politicization of ethnicity is analyzed, together with the related phenomena, i.e. ethnopolitical mobilization (including pan-ethnic mobilization and demobilization), ethnicization of politics and of other social fields for political ends. The author works within the framework of constructivist and ethnosymbolist approaches. The nature, dynamics and actor structure of the processes are considered, and an attempt is made to conceptualize them correctly. The author points at the interconnectedness of the phenomena in the terminological field of the political science as well as at the necessity to distinguish them and adapt ethnopolitical strategies to their variations. The politicization of ethnicity is defined as an attachment of political functions to the ethnic identity. Ethnopolitical mobilization is different in that it has a particular goal. Main factors stimulating ethnopolitical mobilization are: dissatisfaction of a group with different aspects of its status, political opportunities, material and non-material resources available, activities of ethnopolitical elites. Pan-ethnic mobilization employs the wider group identity involving not only actors’ own ethnic group but also other groups close to it within a linguacultural cluster. The ethnicization of politics is defined as the inclusion of ethnic components into the political process. Though both politics ethnicization and ethnicity politicization are typical of majority as well as minority groups, the ethnicization of politics is usually conducted “from above” employing memory archetypes and socially significant symbols. Other social identities, namely religion, sport affiliation, etc. are prone to be ethnicized for political goals, but this process has some important constraints. For instance, religion can be ethnicized if a territorially close ethnic group has other religious affiliation or is less devote; ethnicization of sport depends on a specific historical context. Especially the ethnicization of social discrepancies has a conflict potential and is to be prevented by relevant ethnopolitical management.

scholarly journals Macedonians of Islamic Religion in the Context of Identity Theories

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (17) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Katica Kulavkova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
International Context ◽  
Islamic Religion ◽  
Present Context ◽  
Religious Factor ◽  
Sensitive Issues

In line with the theories of variability, fluctuation and instability of ethno-cultural identities, this paper deals with some sensitive issues surrounding the creation of new (sub-ethnic and sub-cultural) microidentities within one nation, in this case within the Macedonian nation. The research focuses on the initiative for declaring one part of the Macedonian nation, the Macedonians of Islamic religion, to be a separate ethnic group in 2011. It analyses the regional and historical background from which this initiative originated, mostly as an echo of the multicultural strategies and policies in the European and international context. It shows how the unstable politics destabilized the already fragile and fluctuating identity of this group toward an identity of resistance or even heresy, inspite of having preserved their primary Slavic linguistic and cultural identity. The paper argues that the Macedonians of Islamic religion are a part of the Macedonian social, cultural and religious reality and should therefore be recognized as a specific cultural-religious community within the Macedonian national entity. This issue is seen as very important in the present context, since the Macedonian identity is preasured and relativized itself. The paper underlines that the Macedonian national identity is inclusive, layered, more general and complex than its religious factor. Therefore this researcher proposes inclusive state policies for all Macedonians regardless of religious affiliation, inclusive civilizational strategies with inter-connective spiritual values (inter-religious palimpsests and symbiosis) and inclusive state secular strategies as protection against religious radicalisms, atavisms and conflicts.

Proceedings of the British Academy Volume 181, 2010-2011 Lectures

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Alexander Pope ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Virtual Image ◽  
Buddhist Art ◽  
Northern European ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
History Of ◽  
Renaissance Italy ◽  
The One

This volume collects together lectures by distinguished scholars. One lecture examines medieval religious relics, focusing on what they actually comprised and asking how these paltry items came to be so highly valued. Another lecture takes the authentic medieval Welsh literary corpus associated with Owain Glyndwr, consisting in the main of bardic eulogies rather than prophecies, and examines them in their historical context. A lecture on Alexander Pope asks what part Shaftesbury's polite wit, Mandeville's cynicism, and Augustan sentimentalism played in the poetry of England's greatest satirist. Another lecture focuses on the Romantic poets' fascination with the lens-made and projected images that the modern world has come to think of as the virtual image. A further lecture examines the choices made by young musicians in Renaissance Italy. The next lecture examines how the paradoxical doctrine of ‘the one and the multiple’ was translated into visual language in Chinese Buddhist art. In some cases, groups related to certain numbers bearing metaphorical significances; while in others, objects were simply replicated in large numbers to create a sense of awe. The final lecture explores the way the natural history of the Americas was exported to 16th-century northern European scientists and how they reacted intellectually and politically.

scholarly journals The impact of religious factor upon the formation of marital and family relations in the border region (on the example of Astrakhan Region)

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Mikhail Sergeevich Topchiev
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Interfaith Marriage ◽  
Young Family ◽  
Religious Factor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Religious Differences

The analysis of processes that significantly affect the formation of future families, namely in the border region, as well as crisis phenomena in marital and family relations, demonstrates that religion is one of the important factors influencing these processes. Religious differences is one of the paramount and most complicated aspects that impacts mutual understanding and communication. Within the framework of family relationships, religious differences along with the cultural play a crucial role. The authors set a goal to determine the influence of religion upon the formation of marital and family relations within the environment of modern student youth. The conducted sociological survey involved the representatives of different nationalities and religious confessions (V=400 of the respondents – residents of Astrakhan and Astrakhan Region), which also allowed analyzing the impact of various factors, including religious, upon the formation of values of a modern young family. It is also worth noting that the acquired results testify to the fact that the majority of respondents hold an opinion on the insignificance of religious affiliation of a person in consummation of their own marriage. Since in most instances an interfaith marriage suggests conversion of one partner into religion of the other, the obtained data confirms that more it is a man who initiates such transition.

The impact of the religious factor in American strategic thinking

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Naji Mohammed Abdullah Al-hatash ◽  
AbdullKhaliq Shamil Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Building Society ◽  
American Military ◽  
The World ◽  
American Hegemony ◽  
Religious Factor ◽  
Cultural Dominance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
American Thought

This research attempts to study the impact of the religious factor in the American strategic thought through exposure to the relationship of religion in society and how American thought was able to link religion and work in building society and developing the American economy. The new religious doctrine has become the ideological basis of the American nation, And they have a universal mission to spread the American values ​​model, these calls should be seen in their historical context as they are not tied to a specific historical stage, and here lies the danger, as they always put America in a state of challenge and confrontation with others to impose will And its intellectual and cultural dominance over the world as a means of perpetuating American hegemony over the global order, as well as increasing the American military deployment in the world. This perception that ruled American thought in a certain period of time will undoubtedly affect not only the social characterization of the American citizen, And the method of political and strategic thinking, which in turn is reflected on the behavior of US foreign policy in the framework of its relations with the international community, especially after the control of elite clerics and political hardliners on the decision-making positions in the US administration.

Psychology as a Profession and a Science

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ype H. Poortinga ◽  
Ingrid Lunt
Keyword(s):  
European Association ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Professional Psychologists

The European Association of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) was created in 1981 as the European Association of Professional Psychologists’ Associations (EFPPA). We show that Shakespeare’s dictum “What’s in a name?” does not apply here and that the loss of the “first P” (the adjectival “professional”) was resisted for almost two decades and experienced by many as a serious loss. We recount some of the deliberations preceding the change and place these in a broader historical context by drawing parallels with similar developments elsewhere. Much of the argument will refer to an underlying controversy between psychology as a science and the practice of psychology, a controversy that is stronger than in most other sciences, but nevertheless needs to be resolved.

Historical Context for Psychology, Moral Context for Historians

1997 ◽  
Vol 42 (11) ◽  
pp. 990-991
Author(s):  
Isaac Prilleltensky
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
Moral Context
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