The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism

The Cult of Isis and Other Mystery Religions in Pompeii and the Roman World

Perils and Possibilities of Multiple Religions Belonging: Test Case in Roman Catholicism

After reviewing various forms of multiple religious belonging, the author argues for the necessity of preliminary first principles, primarily coming from a considered form of a theology of religions. While an exclusivist theology would not allow multiple belongings, forms of inclusivism, pluralism, and postmodern mutualism provide possibilities. Since Roman Catholicism takes the most typical in...

ترجمه کتاب روندهای اساسی در علم زبان the main trends in the science of language رومن یاکوبسن roman jakobson

رومن یاکوبسن (متولد 1896) یکی از نوابغ زبانشناسی مکتب پراگ است او به کمک یار همیشگی خود نیکولای تروبتسکوی (1890-1938) در تعیین خط مشی نهضت ساختگرایی اروپای شرق از همه موثرتر بودند. مهمترین تحقیقات این دو زبان شناسی در دهه قبل از جنگ جهانی دوم انجام گرفت . در زمان جنگ ، بواسطه اشغال چکسلواکی توسط آلمانها، پژوهش این اساتید متوقف گردید. یا کوبسن پس از جنگ کار خود را دنبال کرد و در زمینه واج شناسی ...

The Origin of Religions

Sometime ago, I was listening to a radio program about people celebrating the winter's solstice. One of the people interviewed on the program talked about the celebrations of Druids in ancient England. Druids attached religious significance to many things, among them the shortest day of the year, evergreen trees, and mistletoe. As part of the solstice celebrations, Druids were believed to have ...

Oriental Rugs in the American Market

After the World War II was over, and due to the relative peace of mind, a population explosion occurred and baby boomers were born. This generation which is called “Generation X” entered the 80’s as the buyers of homes and consumers of furniture, bed, mattress and rugs. This was one of the reasons for huge increase in demand for Oriental rugs of the 80’s. In this short a...