Individual liaison: Gregorius Sidharta, tradition, and modernityUnderstanding the dialogic relation between tradition modernity in our current cultural dynamic remains an ‘incomplete project’ that requires careful examination. Approaching thoroughly interpreting both roles society, mainly how they influenced paradigm of culture, continue to pose risks challenges. This article will explore works...

The article answers the question of how custom religious singing was created in Kashubia and constitutes an integral part worship Church local piety/religiosity until modern times. Nowadays, musical is manifested both family rural life (religious at home, May devotions, Rosary prayer services, vigil for dead) as well ecclesial sphere (church Calvary celebrations, feasts, processions, pilgrimage...

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This article provides a review of family patterns and lifestyles within Israeli society consisting of trends in marriage, divorce and fertility, dating, mate selection, marital relationships, and marital dissolution. Additional topics consist of parenting and the place and role of children in families, elderly and their families, gender issues, division of labor, power in families, and the impa...

“What we would like,” said Obuchi Yasuo, the former mayor of a farm town in northeastern Japan, “is for young people and their employers in Tokyo to consider lifestyle alternatives never possible before. Male and female employees could maintain a spacious residence here in the countryside while commuting to work in the city.” Gazing out across the terraced rice paddies visible through the huge ...