The status of Jewish identity in cases conversion to another religion is a contentious issue and was brought the forefront public attention with 1962 court case Oswald Rufeisen, convert Christianity known as Br. Daniel, which led shift way that state Israel defines for purposes citizenship. At same time, however, test conflicting interpretations after playing out Rufeisen’s own monastery, hidde...

Usually, many scholars connected the Jewish proselytism only with Khazars in Khazar Khaganate. It is widely known that proselytes of Khaganate were a part urban population and direct relation to both ruling stratum merchants. However, formed from two ethnic groups: Turkuts as newcomers “natural Khazars”. The first group became stratum. second one was Turkophone native population. Unfortunately,...

North African Jews constitute the second largest Jewish Diaspora group. However, their relatedness to each other; to European, Middle Eastern, and other Jewish Diaspora groups; and to their former North African non-Jewish neighbors has not been well defined. Here, genome-wide analysis of five North African Jewish groups (Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Djerban, and Libyan) and comparison with oth...

Previous research into the religious life of Roma in Serbia has mostly been based on questionnaires and surveys of sociologists of religion on their religious (current connection to religion and church) and confessional (belonging to a religion) self-identification, on the ritual celebration of two religious-ethnic holidays: Vlasuljica (January 14, St. Basil) and Đurđevdan (May 6, St. George), ...

This article aims to show the possibility of an academic approach teaching Catholic religion at school liturgical rites Church from a cultural perspective. Liturgical consist numerous signs and symbols that refer human dimension, which seeks what is beautiful, true, good. At all levels, one main objectives Italian European schools teach, educate, raise responsible upright citizens. Therefore, w...

Abstract This article focuses on the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECtHR) case law about religious symbols (N=27) from 2001 to 2018, exploring following questions: What discourses does ECtHR employ in cases symbols? How do ECtHR’s evolve time? The data is innovatively analyzed through critical discourse analysis and leads two findings: first, tends endorse ‘Christian secularism,’ considering...

436 July 2013, Vol. 103, No. 7 SAMJ Legality of circumcision in South Africa To the Editor: We read with interest David McQuoid-Mason’s article[1] concerning the legality of circumcision in South Africa in terms of the Constitution and the Children’s Act. Unfortunately, his statement that circumcision could lead to ‘reversal in the gains made against HIV infection’ shows that his piece is one o...

eligious globalization, new religious movements, transnational religions, global proselytism, multiple religious identities, ecumenical services, rel igious syncretism, secular and postsecular spiritualities—all these are among the many remarkable trends that shape the religious landscape of the beginning of the twenty-first century. Despite the rampant materialism still dominant in an increasi...

How close are we to taking the gospel to all the corners of the earth, and how soon will the gospel be known by every kindred, tongue, and people? According to some, one of the signs that Christ’s second coming is imminent is that the gospel has already been preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations as a fulfillment of the conditions set out in Matthew 24:14 for Christ’s coming....

with the advent of new media and communication theory, and consequently their particular social circumstances of each period, a new look at the interaction between religion and the media has taken shape. . interaction between religion and the media, both as a social institution and as the message and the means of transport, according to a media functions and religious aspects of each of the maj...