Un ex-voto oculaire inscrit trouvé au Clos du Détour à Pannes (Loiret), sanctuaire du territoire sénon by Monique Dondin-Payre, Christian Cribellier

“…In spite of the fact that the archaeological assessment of the region is incomplete, numerous antique remains have been found; this sanctuary, whose deity (or deities) is/are unknown was important enough to attract, amongst others, a female Roman citizen of local origin, Prisceia Aviola. …”
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Municipal Public Governance Practices: informal analysis of electronic sites in transparency portains by Silvio Parodi Oliveira Camilo, Rosana Vieira Alves Manenti, Cristina Keiko Yamaguchi

“…By such practices - or noncompliance, it can be inferred that the deity faces the rights to citizenship and defy society.…”
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Naxi Cosmology of Mt Yulong Sacred Sites with Caveats for Conservation by Jan Salick, Robbie Hart, Li Siyu

“…Challenges for conservation would be to integrate this cosmological view as well as origin myths, Naxi traditions of suicide, and Sanduo, the god of Mt Yulong, who “shines like lightning [and his] mouth spits fire” – not a deity to be engaged without care. Naxi stressed primacy of culture and cosmology. …”
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Makna Ragam Hias Śaṅkha Bersayap Pada Candi Hindu Dan Budha by Harriyadi Harriyadi

“…One of the most interesting decorative ornament carved in temple is the winged śaṅkha which usually was used as an attribute of deity. The goal of this research is to explain the meaning of winged śaṅkha ornament in temple. …”
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Coping with Images of Initiations in the Mithras Cult by Nicole Belayche

“…By focusing on a case-study from Caesarea Maritima, it proposes to identify the three different ways through which a religious group might give an image both of itself and to itself: a collective ritual (i.e. a procession), the initiation as a transmission (without a special terrifying ambiance), and a mythological narrative on the deity who protects the group.…”
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New Light on a Lost Cause: Atticus G. Haygood’s Universalizing Spirituality by Susan Kwilecki

“…His spirituality evolved to the “universalizing” pinnacle of James Fowler’s stages of faith, a perspective from which all persons—regardless of race, status, and place of birth—participate as equals in fellowship with a just and loving deity.…”
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An Exploration of the Evolution of the Loong Mother Belief System in Lingnan: Formation and Transformation by Yan He, Rongqiao Wu

“…The rise of a patriarchal society has led to a prevalent perception of male superiority over women, which is reflected in the gender-based disparities within the deity system of China. However, in contrast to the situation in the Central Plains, the Lingnan region assigns a significant social status to women, as evidenced by the active worship of female deities. …”
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Caligula-Christ: Preliminary Study of a Parallel by Lorene M. Birden

“…It proceeds by intertextual study of Caligula and the gospels (here referred to in Revised Standard Version) and brings out aspects of the emperor’s intentions that expose a combination of perversion and similarity in relation to deity. It briefly outlines the sources of this parallel and the reasons for creating it, then details the parallels that show first the reversal of the image of Jesus, then the striking consonance. …”
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The Gadaa System and Some of Its Institutions among the Booranaa: A Historical Perspective by Tesema Ta’a

“…Traditionally, the Oromo believed in a supreme deity, Waaqa/Waaqayoo (God) but eventually most of them were converted to Christianity and Islam without necessarily giving up Waaqeffannaa cultural and ritual practices since it is similar to both as a monotheistic religion. …”
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Against Taxonomy and Subalternity: Reconsidering the Thirdness and Otherness of Hijras of Gujarat. by Akiko Kunihiro

“…Hijras of Gujarat, particularly those who belong to pāvaiya, collectively identify themselves with a feminine deity through their devotional practices. Their collective subordination to Bahucharā Mātā encourages their own agency to enhance their presence in the realm of religion. …”
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Hamlet the Heretic: The Prince’s Albigensian Rhetoric by Benjamin Lockerd

“…The Albigensians thought that the evil deity created the human body as a trap for the souls created by the good god, and Hamlet repeatedly expresses disgust with the body, a “quintessence of dust” (II.ii.304–305). …”
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Religiosity of Malays Living in Malaysian Rural Areas: An Analytical Survey by ABDUL RASHID MOTEN, SAODAH WOK

“…Based upon a sample survey, this study examines respondents’ belief in the deity, the frequency and intensity of their involvement in religious rites and rituals, and their devotion to religious ceremonies. …”
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Lysippean models on two roman reliefs from Poetovio by Katarina Šmid

“…The depictions of that deity share the lock of hair above the front, nakedness, posture, and scales, attached to the cords of the scales, which could also be held by the Poetovian youth. …”
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نAn Investigation of Aban Yasht by Ehsan Changizi

“…The 5th Yasht pays tribute to Anahita, the Zoroastrian deity of the waters. In this article, the various parts of the book are introduced, and a short description of the author’s line of action is presented. …”
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PERAPEN SIMBOL PENGUATAN IDENTITAS WARGA PANDE DI BALI by A.A. Kade Sri Yudari

“…Of the three manifestations of God, Pande’s ancestors were worshipers of God Brahma as the main deity. This is related to the profession that put into operation is ‘memande’ at perapen (per-api-an) to make household appliance and various weapons. …”
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Hadewych of Brabant: The Most Perfect Life One Can Attain on Earth by Hanneke Arts-Honselaar

“…This article provides a brief presentation of my thesis along with the analysis of the Letter XVII, which contains Hadewych’s mystical perception of the Trinity, and also marks a radical change in her religious awareness when describing how she came to the understanding that the “most perfect life we can attain on Earth” (volmaectste leuen dat men hebben mach op ertike) consists not only in “serving”, as she thought before, but in the synergy of “serving” and “resting”. Like the “Deity” (godheit) that is at the same time “pouring out” (ute gheue) and “giving back” (op houde), a human is called to keep rest in the action and to be available for action while keeping rest.…”
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The Invisible Path of Karma in a Himalayan Purificatory Rite by Arik Moran

“…This principle is exemplified in the Kahika Mela, a rarely studied religious festival of the West Himalayan highlands (Himachal Pradesh, India), wherein a ritual specialist assumes karmic residues from large publics and then sacrificed to their presiding deity. British officials who had ‘discovered’ this purificatory rite at the turn of the twentieth century interpreted it as a variant of the universal ‘scapegoat’ rituals that were then being popularized by James Frazer and found it loosely connected to ancient Tantric practises. …”
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Beyond Idolatry – The Transgression of the Golden Calf Revisited by Nissim Amzallag

“…It is concluded that, in Exodus 32, the transgression inherent in the making of the golden calf results from the combination of two antagonistic goals: the indirect worship of YHWH via the golden calf and closeness to the supreme deity via the tabernacle project.…”
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Satu Tuhan Tiga Agama (Yahudi, Nasrani, Islam Di Yerusalem) by Amaliyah Amaliyah

“…The equation is the same concept that is based on monotheism Unitarian deity This doctrine expresses the belief in one God.         …”
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A VOTIVE ALTAR DISCOVERED IN THE LEGIONARY CAMP OF APULUM by Radu Ota, Cristian Titus Florescu

“…This is the second monument discovered in Apulum dedicated to a protector Genius of the centuria. This military deity is mentioned in Potaissa by the texts of two votive altars . …”
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