In the article, based on awareness of practical component training future specialists in field humanitarianism (culturologists, historians, religious scholars, philologists, philosophers) for ethno cultural professional activity, folk-pedagogical aspect relevant content educational practices higher education students is characterized. It has been found that a significant amount activity humanit...

One phenomenon arising in epistemic life is allegiance to, and break from, a tradition. This has three central features. First, individuals who adhere to tradition seem respond dogmatically evidence against their Second, from different traditions appear see the same differently. And third, conversion one another appears be kind ordinary belief shift. paper uses recent work on nature rationality...

The undertaken research replenishes the pool of knowledge about folklore texts and functions spellonyms as signs saturated with national cultural meanings. study establishes compares linguistic characteristics in onomasticon Australian Nanaian aetiological tales. authors proposed a typology which includes 5 thematic groups: nominations deities different nature; celestial bodies transformed from...

Mary Douglas argues that, ‘There are some things we cannot experience without ritual.’ Ex-prisoner reintegration may be one of them. The punishment process involves an inordinate amount of ritual behavior, from the drama of the courtroom to the elaborate de-individuation processes involved in institutionalization. Durkheim argues that these rituals serve a distinct purpose for society: engender...

The incidence of cancer overall in Mediterranean countries is lower than in Scandinavian countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This is mostly accounted for by the lower incidence among Mediterranean countries of cancer of the large bowel, breast, endometrium, and prostate. These forms of cancer have been linked to dietary factors, particularly low consumption of vegetables and f...

When Christianity came to Australia, with the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788, it came as the religion of the Europeans. After the new penal colony had survived the crises of the first few years, the British gradually extended their control over the whole continent. Thus they established in this country the dominance of European culture. In fact they were determined that this ‘new’ country w...

The word spirit with a small "s", has many meanings. It may mean 1) one of the elements in man which is considered as separable from the flesh and animating the body; or, 2)a person, from the moral, emotional or-intellectual point of view; or, 3) a person's disposition, permanent or temporary mental attitude, or, predominance of the spirit over the flesh especially as manifested in courage, ene...