“Carnival” in Sardinia in the Context of Modernity

2021 ◽  
pp. 110-122
Author(s):  
Оксана Давидовна Фаис
Keyword(s):  
Field Studies ◽  
Mountainous Area ◽  
Archival Data ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Church

В статье автор подвергает анализу современное состояние одного из наиболее значимых в мировидении населения Барбаджи - горного ареала Сардинии - архаичного ритуального события, которое относится к числу древнейших культов плодородия, но на острове и вне его условно именуется «Карнавалом». В основу работы легли результаты полевых исследований автора и малоизвестные архивные данные. Вскрывая сущность лежащих в основе «Карнавала» обрядов, выявляя их природу, различные варианты и наиболее архаичные формы проведения, изучая героев и анализируя роль Церкви во «внешней» христианизации обрядов, автор отслеживает соотношение «автохтонных» и привнесенных составляющих обрядности: языческих и интродуцированных Церковью, локальных и инокультурных, фиксирует примеры сохранившихся аутентичных и реконструированных элементов. В первую очередь внимание уделяется путям и современным практикам воссоздания обрядов, включая ложную реконструкцию, их специфике и последствиям, в частности, трансформации сакральной традиции, востребованной локальным социумом, в перформанс, предлагаемый зрительскому вниманию «чужой», внешней аудитории. In this article, the author analyzes the current state of a ritual event that is one of the most significant in the worldview of the population of Barbagia, a mountainous area of Sardinia. Sardinia is one of the most culturally conservative regions of Italy, and this is especially the case with Barbagia. This archaic ritual is one of the oldest fertility cults and is conventionally referred to as “Carnival,” both on the island and outside of it. The article is based on the author’s field studies and little-known archival data. In studying the substance of the ritual and its ancient roots, the author also examines its actors, the variants and most archaic forms of their conduct, and analyzes the role of the church in the external Christianization of rites. She also tracks the “autochthonous” components of the ritual as well as the new ones: those that are pagan, those introduced by the church, local and foreign, preserved and reconstructed elements. Attention is also paid to modern practices of reconstruction, including the false reconstruction of tradition in the region, its specific characteristics and consequences. In particular, it describes the transformation of the ritual tradition, which is in demand by the local society, into performances offered to an “alien,” external audience.

The Role of Archpriest Eugene Popov in Enhancing of the Anglican-Orthodox Dialog

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-84
Author(s):  
Ярослав Очканов
Keyword(s):  
State Level ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Russian Orthodox ◽  
Church Community ◽  
Anglican Church ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Church

Статья посвящена исследованию малоизученной стороны деятельности видного русского священнослужителя протоиерея Евгения Попова, бывшего с 1842 по 1875 гг. настоятелем русской посольской церкви в Лондоне. Его служение на Английской земле совпало с углублением диалога между Русской Православной и Англиканской церквами, явившегося следствием религиозных преобразований в Англии в 1830 - 1840-е гг. Отец Евгений в рассматриваемый период фактически стал связующим звеном между русским церковноначалием и англиканами - инициаторами единения двух Церквей. Он проделал огромную работу по популяризации православия в Англии и много сделал для ознакомления русской церковной общественности с вероучением и структурными особенностями англиканства. Материалом для исследования послужили, прежде всего, письма протоиерея Евгения Попова обер-прокурорам Святейшего Синода Н. А. Протасову и А. П. Толстому. Эти документы являются своеобразными отчётами о современном состоянии Англиканской Церкви, о религиозных течениях в ней и усилиях, предпринимаемых определёнными церковными кругами в Англии по сближению с православием. Результаты его деятельности имели важное значение в последующие десятилетия, когда англикано-православный диалог вышел на церковно-государственный уровень. The article is devoted to the insufficiently studied aspects of Russian prominent cleric Archpriest Eugene Popov, rector of Russian Embassy Church in London from 1842 to 1875. His Ministry on the English soil coincided with the deepening of the dialogue between the Russian Orthodox and Anglican Churches, which was the result of religious transformations in England in the 1830s and 1840s. Father Eugene in the period under consideration actually became a connecting link between the Russian Church authorities and the anglicans-initiators of the union of the two Churches. He had done a great job by popularizing Orthodoxy in England and by familiarizing the Russian Church community with the doctrine and structural features of Anglicanism. The study, first of all, is based the letters of Archpriest Yevgeny Popov to the chief prosecutors of the Holy Synod N. A. Protasov and A. P. Tolstoy, which were original reports on the current state of the Anglican Church, it’s religious trends, and the efforts made by certain Church circles in England to get closer to Orthodoxy. The fruits of his activities were important in the following decades, when the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue reached the Church-state level.

scholarly journals Ruins of sacred buildings: ideological message and problems of its preservation

2021 ◽  
pp. 45-59
Author(s):  
Piotr Krasny
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Similar Attitude ◽  
Current State ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Street Furniture ◽  
The Church

The ruin is a building, whose shape is deformed and decoration have suffered significant loses. So the viewer’s attention is attracted by the ideological message of ruins, which is always different from the set of meanings of the complete edifice, and often contradicts it. This is clearly seen in the case of sacred buildings. In the 16th and 17th centuries Roman Catholic writers claimed, that the ruins of pagan temples in Rome are monuments of the ancient Roman Empire’s power, but their current state clearly shows the defeat of paganism and triumph of Christianity. The prelates thought that it was necessary to take care of the ruins, but they should not be rebuilt. Protestant writers in the British Isles took a similar attitude to the local ruins of monastic temples, seeing in them a clear manifestation of the fall of the “papist religion” and the triumph of Protestantism. During the French Revolution, remains of the ruined churches were consciously preserved as monuments of the decline of Christianity and the triumph of the new cult of reason. So rejection of the religion granted protection to ruins of sacred buildings. However the religious indifference growing in many communities causes problems with determining the place of such ruins in public space. Reducing them to the role of bizarre "street furniture" (eg the church of Saint-Livier in Metz), causes their ideological neglection, often contributes to their material destruction. Preventing such situation seems to be an important challenge for conservators dealing with the problem of "permanent ruin".

Christian-Jewish Dialogue in the Land of Sick Imagination. On the Margins of Waldemar Chrostowski’s Book Kościół, Żydzi, Polska

2010 ◽  
pp. 475-482
Author(s):  
Janusz Salamon, SJ
Keyword(s):  
Recent Book ◽  
Conflict Of Interests ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Church

The article is a polemic with the pessimistic assessment of the current state of the Christian-Jewish dialog presented by Waldemar Chrostowski in his recent book Kościół, Żydzi, Polska [The Church, Jews, Poland]. The author criticizes Rev. Chrostowski for defining the Christian-Jewish and Polish-Jewish relations in terms of strict opposition and unavoidable conflict of interests, and for putting all blame on Jews, while absolving Christians from all their past and present sins which contributed to the tensions between the two communities.

Creating Shared Resilience: The Role of the Church in a Hopeful Future by David M. Boan and Josh Ayers. Langham Global Library, 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
Pieter Nijssen
Keyword(s):  
The Church

Book review of Creating Shared Resilience.  

Daily Routine, Food and Faith. To Yu.F. Samarin’s Thesis on “Formalism” of the Church Life in the Pre-Petrine Period

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 268-279
Author(s):  
Abbot Vitaly Utkin
Keyword(s):  
Daily Routine ◽  
Eating Patterns ◽  
Political Aspect ◽  
Old Believers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Church Life ◽  
The Church

With reference to Yu. F. Samarin’s thesis on “Formalism” of the Church Life in the Pre-Petrine Period, the article examines the issue of the role of fasts, eating patterns and daily routine in general among most radical groups of Old Believers. The author of the article draws the conclusion that such conceptions were rooted in the Pre-Nikon Russian religious (monkish) traditions. The author pays special attention to the social and political aspect of the connection between food and payer for the Tsar in the context of the “spiritual Antichrist” teaching.

The Prophetic Voice of the Church in a Democratic South Africa – A Theological Reflection

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lufuluvhi Maria Mudimeli
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
Black Liberation ◽  
South Africans ◽  
Black Liberation Theology ◽  
Prophetic Voice ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Church

This article is a reflection on the role and contribution of the church in a democratic South Africa. The involvement of the church in the struggle against apartheid is revisited briefly. The church has played a pivotal and prominent role in bringing about democracy by being a prophetic voice that could not be silenced even in the face of death. It is in this time of democracy when real transformation is needed to take its course in a realistic way, where the presence of the church has probably been latent and where it has assumed an observer status. A look is taken at the dilemmas facing the church. The church should not be bound and taken captive by any form of loyalty to any political organisation at the expense of the poor and the voiceless. A need for cooperation and partnership between the church and the state is crucial at this time. This paper strives to address the role of the church as a prophetic voice in a democratic South Africa. Radical economic transformation, inequality, corruption, and moral decadence—all these challenges hold the potential to thwart our young democracy and its ideals. Black liberation theology concepts are employed to explore how the church can become prophetically relevant in democracy. Suggestions are made about how the church and the state can best form partnerships. In avoiding taking only a critical stance, the church could fulfil its mandate “in season and out of season” and continue to be a prophetic voice on behalf of ordinary South Africans.

ANALYSIS OF APPLICATION OF BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE BANKING SECTOR

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svitlana Ilkovych ◽  
◽  
Maryna Korol ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Banking Sector ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Current State ◽  
Global Banking ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Further Development

The article considers the essence of blockchain technology and the possibility of its application in the banking sector. The current state of development and application of blockchain technologies in various industries is analyzed. The pros and cons of using blockchain technologies for the banking sector are identified. Emphasis is placed on the role of blockchain technologies in the further development of the banking sector. The most promising directions of development of this technology are considered. Particular attention is paid to examples of the use of blockchain technology by global banking institutions.

Current state and main directions of preservation and strengthening of health of the working population of Russia

2020 ◽  
pp. 527-532 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. V. Bukhtiyarov
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Working Population ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
The Past ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article presents the results of the analysis of health, working conditions and prevalence of adverse production factors, the structure of the detected occupational pathology in the working population of the Russian Federation. The article presents Statistical data on the dynamics of the share of workplaces of industrial enterprises that do not meet hygienic standards, occupational morbidity in 2015-2018 for the main groups of adverse factors of the production environment and the labor process. The indicators of occupational morbidity over the past 6 years in the context of the main types of economic activity, individual subjects of the Russian Federation, classes of working conditions, levels of specialized occupational health care. The role of the research Institute of occupational pathology and occupational pathology centers in solving organizational, methodological and practical tasks for the detection, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of occupational diseases is shown. The basic directions of activity in the field of preservation and strengthening of health of workers, and also safety at a workplace are defined.

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