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Record Nr.

UNISA996543158903316

Autore

Álvarez-Pedrosa Juan Antonio

Titolo

Rituals in Slavic Pre-Christian Religion : festivals, banqueting, and divination / / Juan Antonio Álvarez-Pedrosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

York : , : Arc Humanities Press, , 2022

©2023

ISBN

1-80270-117-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (148 pages)

Collana

Beyond medieval Europe

Disciplina

299.18

Soggetti

Slavs - Religion

Paganism - Rituals

History

Electronic books.

Slavic countries

Slavic countries History To 1500

Slavic countries Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Methodological Problems in Reconstructing Pre- Christian Slavic Religion -- Chapter 2. Fertility Rites -- Chapter 3. Rites of Everyday Life -- Chapter 4. Military Rituals -- Chapter 5. Funerary Rites -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The authors comprehensively analyze all the available information regarding the ritual practices of Slavic pre-Christian religion that can be found in written medieval texts. After investigating every kind of reference to such practices, they offer a reconstruction of Slavic pre-Christian religion on the basis of these medieval testimonies. In doing so, they overcome the challenges presented by the fact that all of these sources are indirect, since the Slavs did not acquire literacy until they became Christians. Thus the writers of these texts mostly professed a monotheistic religion, being Christians and in some cases Muslims. The picture that they offer is biased and determined by their own faith. The present analysis innovatively combines testimonies from every Slavic



area (Eastern, Western, and Southern), showing their mutual correspondences and emphasizing the relationship between the Slavic pre-Christian religion and its Indo-European roots.0.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819005603321

Titolo

Poverty and inequality in Australia / / edited by Justin Healey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thirroul, New South Wales : , : The Spinney Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-925339-93-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (60 pages) : colour illustrations

Collana

Issues in society ; ; Volume 446

Disciplina

362.50994

Soggetti

Poverty - Australia

Australia Economic conditions

Australia Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Poverty in Australia -- Chapter 2. Inequality in Australia.

Sommario/riassunto

Australia has experienced its longest ever period of economic growth over the last quarter century. Yet, there are growing concerns and debate about the distribution of benefits from this growth, and the extent to which inequality is increasing. One in eight adults and more than one in six children are living in poverty, while the share of income going to the top is growing at the expense of low- and middle-income earners. The disparity between rich and poor Australians extends beyond income to educational, postcode, intergenerational and technological inequality - all of which are at the core of opportunity. How are poverty and inequality measured; what are the features of deprivation experienced by people living with entrenched economic disadvantage, struggling with rising costs of living and housing pressures, and reliant on social security and charity? Is Australia - long seen as the egalitarian land of the 'fair go' - now a divided nation of haves and have-nots? How do we tackle economic disadvantage and



poverty, and facilitate fairness and opportunity for all?