Ideology of Armenian and Russian Orthodoxy in the mirror of ritual objects: khachkars and wayside crosses
... the Armenian and Russian Orthodoxy based on the analysis of Orthodox religious rituals and religious objects used in them. The authors reveal deep cognitive functions that these religious objects enable, first of all, the creation of a sacred milieu, unification of the Orthodox believer with God, and the formation of Orthodox memory. At the same time, it is noted that the Armenian khachkars are closer to pagan cultures in comparison with wayside crosses of the Eastern Slavs; the fact that can be conditioned by the cultural history of these peoples.
1. Абегян М. Х. История древнеармянской литературы. Ереван, 1975....
On the Role of Gesinnung in Kant’s Ethics and Philosophy of Religion. Part II
... Kant brings to the interpretation of this concept in the critical period. In the Critique of Practical Reason these include the questions of manifestation of Gesinnung in the world, apprehended through the senses, the method of establishing and the culture of truly moral Gesinnung, as well as the problem of the immutability of Gesinnung in the progress towards the good. The new theses that appear in Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason are Gesinnung as the internal subjective principle of maxims,...
Identification of the Couple’s Portrait from the Tansey Miniatures Foundation: identification issues
... to demonstrate the function of regulations and normative documents of this period. The process of identifying these portraits, through complex analysis and comparative approach, offered an opportunity to cast a fresh look at the existing tangible culture and to bring to light one of the mechanisms of constructing the identity of the French nation, its symbols and national language.
Household items of the 13th—15th centuries from the necropolis of Alt-Wehlau
... most frequently used in burials both separately and in combination with each other. Items were mainly located near pelvic and femoral bones due the tradition to wear them on the belt. During the specified period household items demonstrated tendency to unification on the form, composition and location in burials. Comparing them with the same items from other necropolis and cities of Order’s state and neighboring Zhemaitiya, the authors concluded that, on the one hand, unified material culture influenced on the household use of inhabitants of Alt-Wehlau and, on the other hand, such usage reflected some regional differences.
