La Пότνια θηρῶν ou les frontières de l’Autre. Réflexion archéologique sur la signification d’une image homérique en Grèce orientalisante by Christian Mazet

“…Historians of Greek religion have for a long time been aware of the existence of a deity of pre-Hellenic times of Aegean-Anatolian origins, the mistress of animals and in whose iconographic theme there was a resurgence of interest in various artistic productions in the Greek world during the so-called orientalizing period (end 8th – mid 6th century B.C.). …”
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A Process Theology of Hope: The Counter Apocalyptic Vision of Catherine Keller by Brian Macallan

“…Keller attacks a key facet of apocalyptic eschatology that enshrines an omnipotent deity. Her approach is evaluated within the broader process-relational theology from which she has emerged, particularly that influenced by Whitehead. …”
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Two Instances of Mundus Inversus in Psalm 113 by A. Basson

“…The psalms often praise Yahweh for his transformative and restorative interventions both in the past and in all times. They portray the deity as the one who offers protection to the weak and defenceless members of society. …”
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“Altogether such a one as thyself”: Art and Religion in Robert Browning’s Dramatic Monologues by Fabian Ivanovici

“…Whereas Lippi the monk justifies his own penchant for naturalistic art through religion, Caliban takes to more rudimentary forms of art to assuage the fury of an unjust and wrathful deity. However, what seems to drive their definitions and redefinitions of artistic and religious discourse is an apparent lack of agency, which spurs them into rebelling against the limitations set upon them by external forces.…”
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Medea Rejuvenates Herself: Female Roles and the Use of the Body in Seneca’s Medea by Ildikó Csepregi

“…To back this argument, the paper also highlights her previous acts of rejuvenation in textual and pictorial testimonies and argues that Seneca presented Medea as a rather positive figure, a deity, a magician, a healer, who is capable of ruling over life and death. …”
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Shani on the Web: Virality and Vitality in Digital Popular Hinduism by Varuni Bhatia

“…The article seeks to address the question by exploring images and god posters dedicated to the planetary deity Shani on Web 2.0. The article tracks Shani’s presence on a range of online platforms—from the religion and culture pages of newspapers to YouTube videos and social media platforms. …”
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Once Again on ʾbk wdm in Ethiopian Sabaic by Aaron Michael Butts, Simcha Gross, Michael Hensley

“…In contrast, it is proposed here that ʾbk wdm continues the previous list of deity names, as already suggested in 1976 by Roger Schneider. …”
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Le vocabulaire des directions cardinales dans les dialectes du continuum cri-innu-naskapi-atikamekw by Vincent Collette

“…The analysis of the morphology and the semantics of the words (particles, verbs and nouns) which express cardinal directions shows that these languages use four sources of lexicalization in order to name the cardinal directions: sun cycle, wind direction, river flow, wind/cardinal deity. The data from the Eastern dialects of the Cree-Innu-Naskapi-Atikamekw continuum indicate that in traditional societies the referent which serves as the source of lexicalization for cardinal directions (that is, river flow and sun cycle) is more salient than the direction itself and that some economic, social, cultural and religious changes, provoked by the presence of persons and institutions belonging to the dominant society may accelerate lexical overlaps and replacement in the lexical domain of cardinal directions.…”
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Battling the Gods: An Interview with the Creators of "Apotheon" (2015) by Christian Rollinger

“…Apotheon is a visually striking side-scrolling action-adventure game, in which the player takes on the role of an ancient Greek hero fighting against Olympian deities. As Nikandreos, his mission is to wrest divine powers from the Gods, in the process becoming a deity himself.  …”
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The Meeting with Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy A Case Study of Syncretism in the Hmong System of Beliefs by Kao-Ly Yang

“…An analysis of the process of borrowing of the Chinese deity into the Hmong pantheon shows that Lady Kaying overlaps with an ancient spirit, the “Ancestor Spirit of Fertility” or Niam Poj Dab Pog. …”
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Hindu inançlarında dansın yeri: “Dansın kralı Śiva” by Rukiye Bilican

“…This paper elaborates the character and dance of Shiva, one of the principle deities in the Hindu pantheon. Shiva is from the gods celebrated for their dance, for which he also came to be called Śiva Natarāja. …”
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The Body Divine: Tantric Śaivite Ritual Practices in the Svacchandatantra and Its Commentary by Simone McCarter

“…Both the Svacchandatantra and its commentary prescribe the worship of the deity Svacchandabhairava, a form of Śiva, and his consort Aghoreśvarī. …”
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El doble personaje del planeta Venus en las religiones indígenas del Gran Nayar: mitología, ritual agrícola y sacrificio by Johannes Neurath

“…The very particular way the antagonism between the two aspects of one astral deity is understood can be taken as a conceptual model explaining a whole range of religious practices and believes, from agricultural and rain-related ceremonies to ritual deer-hunt and sacrifice.…”
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“All My Thinking Has But One Focus”: Contemplative Seclusion in (Early) Modern Jewish Spirituality by Patrick Benjamin Koch

“…“solitude”) serve as preparatory steps that enable individuals to approach the divine, with the ultimate goal of bringing about various experiences of oneness with the deity. Against this background, it elucidates how perishut and hitbodedut were considered by some authors instrumental to gain divine knowledge, and how this idea relates to earlier Jewish conceptions of prophecy. …”
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Non-Iranian Origin of the Eastern-Slavonic God <em>Xŭrsŭ/Xors</em><br>Neiranskoe proishoždenie vostočnoslavjanskogo boga <em>Hrsa/Horsa</em></br> by Constantine L. Borissoff

“…The paper examines the traditional explanation of the Eastern-Slavonic deity Xors as an Iranian loan from the Persian xwaršēδ/xoršid ‘sun’ and advances an alternative etymology via the Indo-Aryan root hṛṣ-, Indo-European *g̑hers- and its cognates in other Indo-European languages. …”
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Simplicidad divina radical by José Tomás Alvarado

“…It is argued that the universal of ‘deity’, W, is identical to God. This is a radicalization of the doctrine of divine simplicity. …”
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That Which Was Ecstasy Shall Become Daily Bread by Barry M. Andrews

“…Answering the first question in the affirmative, the paper examines Emerson’s understanding of mysticism as a departure from a devotional form of mysticism focused on relationship with a personalized deity and toward a naturalistic, transpersonal type of mysticism, and traces its influence within the context of Unitarian history.…”
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Populist Skirmishers: Frontrunners of Populist Radical Right in Poland by Karolina Zbytniewska

“…Cultivation of populist radical right ideologies of authoritarianism, traditionalism, religiosity, and nativism—all interlaced with gender as a nemesis and the nation as a deity—takes highly motivated, confrontational politicians who prepare the ground for radical populist ideas to take root in the electorate’s minds, who mobilize voters through radicalization. …”
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Late Antiquity and Early Islam by Johannes Niehoff

“…The kings of the Arsacid dynasty attempted to bestow the local Arabic tribes in the Jazira with a cultic center that would serve as a stronghold against Rome/Byzantium. The deity most venerated in Ḥaṭrā was the Sungod, Šamaš, the same as in Palmyra (Tadmor), Edessa (Urfa), and Emesa (Homs). …”
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"Indianisation" of a Roman coin design in Early Historic India: a study of an imitation from the British Museum by Emilia Smagur

“…It must have been a local development, with the Indian craftsman reworking a representation of a female deity known from issues of the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius and adding a temple to it. …”
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