There is some thing in the history of the past which exercises a remarkable influence on the human mind. Evidence which, if it related to passing events, would be rejected and ridiculed, is accepted, when it refers to things of former years, with an amount of interest, faith, and veneration, which is very curious. Scepticism as to the present is considered a legitimate, nay, healthy, mental att...

Ancestor veneration need not entail a focus on biological ancestry, but inclusive Heathens are troubled that white supremacists attracted to Heathenry because of perceived connection between ancestor and pride in ancestry. The Canadian Raven’s Knoll identify themselves as inclusive, endeavor exclude racists from their groups events. Previous research has often distinguished folkish (often racis...

This contribution provides the first comprehensive overview of extant iconography Jan van Leeuwen († 1378), ‘Good Cook’ at hermitage and later priory Groenendaal in Sonian Forest outside Brussels. On basis a detailed analysis 8 pictorial representations Jan, this article argues that canons instigated Jan’s veneration almost immediately after his death selected three central foci for veneration:...

This paper tries to study the relationship between social trust and social security (Personal, economic, political and societal) among citizens in Kashan. In 2012 through questionnaire move than 362 people at the age of 18  and higher were chosen to answer these questions. The results show that social trust affects on social security it means if we have name trust among people, we will observe...

Democratic and participatory evaluation raises questions of power. Power lies not only in agenda setting and problem definition but also in formulating alternatives. The latter seems to have been forgotten in the literature on democratic evaluation. This may be partly due to the general neglect of assessing alternatives in evaluations, whether ex ante or ex post. The article distinguishes diffe...