This article posits that Pompeian religious knowledge which characterised Lares and serpents as gods of place was a consequence lived religion. It argues this arose from personal experiences agency it produced during encounters with these deities in different material locational contexts, namely household kitchen shrines street-corner altars. suggests because the unique ways ritual caused human...

Considering visual culture alongside written source material, this article uncovers the socioeconomic aspect of Korean Buddhist monastic life, which has been a marginalized field research. Arguing against idea an “other-worldly” Buddhism, specifically discusses ways in monasteries conducted fundraising activities late Koryŏ period (918–1392 CE) Korea. Via strategies, targeted wealthy aristocrat...

although islam does not sentence all the verdicts of mosques on temples, in many cases the temples of people of the book is respected as mosques and muslim praying in mosques is acceptable. the quran recommendation on honors and rituals of god including the temples of people of the book is due to hadiths and the shrines of the prophets and imams are also included. there are some evidences showi...