As long as we remained within the Orthodox Church circles, worshiping and studying, there was no clear explanation on what icons stands for, or are meant to be. It after venturing into theological training, at a Protestant ecumenical University, that challenge of understanding unveiled. Historically, Iconoclasm, medieval period controversy, led schism in persecutions iconodules. Apparently, did...

This paper focuses on internal developments within the Melkite Church during Mandate period. Since 1882, French missionary order of White Fathers had educated priests in sem...

The combined action of waves, surges and tides can cause flooding, erosion dune structure overtopping in many coastal regions. Addressing emergency risk management these areas require a combination targeted campaigns real-time data that measure all phenomena at stake be used to develop comprehensive monitoring platforms. These platforms support the development prediction tools address hazards a...

Ideas about lay and expert knowledge increasingly underscore debates within qualitative health research. In this article, the authors develop an exploratory synthesis of two qualitative studies in which they critique the lay-expert divide, suggesting instead a spectrum of knowledge(s) about health and scientific issues. In the original studies, the researchers examined food risks and alternativ...

Abstract Universal Basic Income (UBI) found its way back to media and policy agendas, presented as an alternative the social investment policies omnipresent in Europe. In spite of apparent appeal, however, UBI faces a discursive political stalemate that seems hard overcome. attempt understand this tension, we explore coalitions surrounding debate on Dutch Twitter. We use discourse network analy...

Multilingual or linguistically heterogeneous societies are increasing around the globe. Socio-political processes, like Europeanization and globalization, responsible for this expansion. Universal norms standards language use identity spreading, mediated by international organizations charters. In view, multilingualism can be seen as a challenge to national social cohesion, though it remained u...