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Belief and Cult : Rethinking Roman Religion
A groundbreaking reinterpretation that draws on cognitive theory to show that belief wasn’t absent from—but rather was at the heart of—Roman religionBelief and Cult argues that belief isn’t uniquely Christian but was central to ancient Roman religion.Drawing on cognitive theory, Jacob Mackey shows that despite having nothing to do with salvation or faith, belief underlay every aspect of Roman religious practices—emotions, individual and collective cult action, ritual norms, social reality, and social power.In doing so, he also offers a thorough argument for the importance of belief to other non-Christian religions. At the individual level, the book argues, belief played an indispensable role in the genesis of cult action and religious emotion.However, belief also had a collective dimension. The cognitive theory of Shared Intentionality shows how beliefs may be shared among individuals, accounting for the existence of written, unwritten, or even unspoken ritual norms.Shared beliefs permitted the choreography of collective cult action and gave cult acts their social meanings.The book also elucidates the role of shared belief in creating and maintaining Roman social reality.Shared belief allowed the Romans to endow agents, actions, and artifacts with socio-religious status and power.In a deep sense, no man could count as an augur and no act of animal slaughter as a successful offering to the gods, unless Romans collectively shared appropriate beliefs about these things. Closely examining augury, prayer, the religious enculturation of children, and the Romans’ own theories of cognition and cult, Belief and Cult promises to revolutionize the understanding of Roman religion by demonstrating that none of its features makes sense without Roman belief.
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Belief
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Belief Systems
The poems in Tamar Yoseloff's Belief Systems act as a call to make something worthwhile from the wreckage of our world, in the spirit of the radical artists she evokes, such as John Latham, John Cage and Robert Rauschenberg – visionaries who located power and beauty in what is forgotten. Yoseloff’s poems intimately capture the artists at thought and at work – composing, repurposing and finding new life in the borders and liminal spaces.Alive with decay and regrowth, this collection leads us through a movement of seasons, along wild pathways and through stormy weather, finding places of transformation where nature, music and art thrive at the margins.Ultimately, Belief Systems point us towards the vital human acts of Illumination and imagination in this hyper-accelerated age – where ‘the small blue flame / like a pilot flame’ casts light on the mysteries of creation and existence.
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Belief & Truth
Belief & Truth, Inside the Freemasons' is an exploration of the mysterious brotherhood of Freemasonry by Caitlin Chescoe. Born into a family with three generations of Freemasons, this book goes beyond her close links and reveals insightful surprises about the 300 year old organisation. Having long been labelled an 'old boys club' and 'secret society', Chescoe shares the individual experiences of both male and female Freemasons focusing on the many pre-conceived ideas about Masonry through a series of portraits, interiors, still lifes, archives and testimonials.Accompanying the documentary series is an essay written by Camilla Brown which further investigates the history of Freemasonry and its public perception, discussing the roles of gender, religion, class and charity as well as a photographic history.
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Has the belief in Roman and Greek gods died out?
The belief in Roman and Greek gods as literal deities has largely died out, particularly with the spread of Christianity and other monotheistic religions. However, the mythology and stories of these gods continue to be studied, appreciated, and adapted in various forms of art, literature, and popular culture. Additionally, there are still some modern practitioners of Hellenism and other forms of polytheistic worship who continue to believe in and honor the ancient gods. Overall, while the belief in Roman and Greek gods as living, active entities has waned, their influence and cultural significance persist in various ways.
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Is belief in God comparable to belief in gender?
Belief in God and belief in gender are not directly comparable. Belief in God is a matter of faith and spirituality, while belief in gender is a matter of identity and social construct. Belief in God is often tied to religious teachings and traditions, while belief in gender is influenced by biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors. While both beliefs can be deeply personal and influential in shaping one's worldview, they are fundamentally different in nature and context.
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What is the difference between belief and misuse of belief?
Belief is the acceptance that something is true or exists without proof, while the misuse of belief occurs when that belief is used in a harmful or inappropriate way. Belief can provide comfort, guidance, and a sense of purpose, while misuse of belief can lead to discrimination, violence, and manipulation. It is important to critically evaluate our beliefs and ensure they are used in a positive and constructive manner.
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Is the satanic belief a belief and how does it work?
The satanic belief is a belief system that centers around the worship of Satan or the rejection of traditional religious beliefs. It is considered a belief because it involves a set of principles, rituals, and values that its followers adhere to. The belief system often involves the pursuit of personal freedom, individualism, and the questioning of authority. It works by providing a framework for its followers to understand the world, make moral decisions, and find meaning in their lives. Like other belief systems, it can provide a sense of community and belonging for its followers.
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Photography and Belief
In this exploration of contemporary photography, David Levi Strauss questions the concept that “seeing is believing.”Identifying a recent shift in the dominance of photography, Strauss looks at the power of the medium in the age of Photoshop, smartphones, and the internet, asking important questions about how we look and what we trust. In the first ekphrasis title on photography, Strauss challenges the aura of believability and highlights the potential dangers around this status.He examines how images produced on cameras gradually gained an inordinate power to influence public opinion, prompt action, comfort and assuage, and direct or even create desire.How and why do we believe technical images the way we do?Offering a poignant argument in the era of “deepfakes,” Strauss draws attention to new changes in the technology of seeing.Some uses of “technical images” are causing the connection between images and belief (between seeing and believing) to fray and pull apart.How is this shifting our relationship to images? Will this crisis in what we can believe come to threaten our very purchase on the real?This book is an inquiry into the history and future of our belief in images.
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Scottish Fairy Belief
The authorities told folk what they ought to believe, but what did they really believe?Throughout Scottish history, people have believed in fairies.They were a part of everyday life, as real as the sunrise, and as incontrovertible as the existence of God.While fairy belief was only a fragment of a much larger complex, the implications of studying this belief tradition are potentially vast, revealing some understanding of the worldview of the people of past centuries. This book, the first modern study of the subject, examines the history and nature of fairy belief, the major themes and motifs, the demonising attack upon the tradition, and the attempted reinstatement of the reality of fairies at the end of the seventeenth century, as well as their place in ballads and in Scottish literature.
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Belief (Signed) LP
ldquothe postpunknbspautodidactrsquosnbsppostpunk autodidactrdquo ndash The WireYoungs recorded the album in his hometown, Glasgow, as a cycle of chamber songs, a 21 st century update of the solo album ndash one musician playing all the instruments in a small oneroom set up. The album itself began with Youngs collecting his own percussion samples from handclaps, a battered old cymbal, an extractor fan vent, FM radio interference, cassette hiss and a kick from ldquoa disastrously lsquo80s sounding drum machinerdquo. These were then used to programme beats, played back at randomly determined tempos in durations mapped to randomly chosen major label songs.The original plan was to sendnbspBeliefnbspout to the lsquomajorrsquo labels and collect the rejection letters as an art project. But, as soon as the album had been mixed, Daniel OrsquoSullivannbspGrumblingnbspFur, This Is Not This Heat played the songs to Tim Burgess and before the mail art project could take off, Belief became Richardrsquos debutnbspfor Tim Burgessrsquo OnbspGenesis Recordings label.Tim Burgess ldquoRichardrsquos album came to me via his friend Daniel OrsquoSullivan. He gave me some of Richardrsquos songs and they completely bowled me over. I immediately asked if O Genesis could release it and he put me in touch with Richard. Belief is sublime gnostic pop and is the soundtrack to why I wanted to be able to release albums on our label. O Genesis had recently released Danielrsquos record VELD and itrsquos always difficult to know what an artist thinks of our label they might just be being polite when they say good things.If someone recommends a friend or a band that is dear to them, then that is a perfect sign for me.rdquo Richard Youngs has released around 140 albums and his collaborations include Makoto Kawabata Acid Mothers Temple, Jandek, Oren Ambarchi, Alasdair Roberts, Alastair Galbraith and Heatsick. Prolific, multigenre and impossible to categorise, Stewart Lee has said of himnbspldquoImaginenbspRichard Youngs as the junior member of a cabal of prolific andnbsppuritanicalnbspEnglish musicianmystics, including The Fallrsquos Mark E Smith,nbspVannbspder Graaf Generatorrsquos Peter Hammill, Martin Carthy and ThenbspClangersrsquonbspcomposer Vernon Elliot, and still his nature will elude you.rdquo
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Russian Folk Belief
A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field.Each of the seven chapters in Part 1 focuses on one aspect of Russian folk belief, such as the pagan background, Christian personages, devils and various other logical categories of the topic.The author's thesis - that Russian folk belief represents a "double faith" whereby Slavic pagan beliefs are overlaid with popular Christianity - is persuasive and has analogies in other cultures.The folk narratives constituting Part 2 are translated and include a wide range of tales, from the briefly anecdotal to the more fully developed narrative, covering the various folk personages and motifs explored in Part 1.
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What is dualistic belief?
Dualistic belief is the concept that the universe is made up of two opposing forces or principles, such as good and evil, light and dark, or mind and body. This belief suggests that these forces are in constant conflict or balance with each other. Dualistic beliefs can be found in various religions, philosophies, and cultures around the world, shaping people's understanding of the world and their place in it.
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Is atheism a belief?
Atheism is not a belief in the traditional sense, but rather the absence of belief in a deity or deities. It is a lack of belief in the existence of a higher power, rather than a belief in the non-existence of such a power. Atheism is a position that is based on skepticism and the absence of evidence for the existence of a deity, rather than a belief in a specific ideology or doctrine. Therefore, atheism can be seen as a lack of belief rather than a belief in itself.
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How does belief in God differ in childhood from belief in adolescence?
Belief in God in childhood is often more simplistic and based on the teachings of parents and other authority figures. Children may have a more literal understanding of religious stories and concepts. In adolescence, belief in God may become more complex as individuals begin to question and explore their faith on a deeper level. Adolescents may also start to form their own beliefs and values, separate from those of their parents, and may seek to understand the role of religion in their lives in a more independent way.
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Why is belief in religion accepted while belief in extraterrestrial life is ridiculed?
Belief in religion is often accepted because it is deeply ingrained in many cultures and has been a part of human society for centuries. Additionally, religious beliefs are often tied to a sense of community, tradition, and moral guidance. On the other hand, belief in extraterrestrial life is often ridiculed because it is seen as speculative and lacking concrete evidence. Furthermore, the portrayal of extraterrestrial life in popular culture has often been sensationalized, leading to skepticism and ridicule. Additionally, the idea of extraterrestrial life challenges traditional religious beliefs and scientific understanding, which can contribute to its dismissal.
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