This study identified the icon of Virgin Moscovita and the icon of the Holy Mandylion, described in Konstantinos Dapontes’ writings, with the icon of the Virgin and the icon of the Holy Mandylion preserved in his family monastery Evangelistria in Skopelos island. We can now retrace the “biography”of these two artefacts, the history of their creat…[Read more]

The Solarpunk Conference Journal is a collection of 13 papers combining papers given at the conference alongside additional papers from conference applicants. These papers look at solarpunk, engaging with the 2023 conference theme of “Imagine, Act, Thrive.”

All contributing authors are listed in alphabetical order by last nam, to reflect that…[Read more]

This chapter aims at analyzing the following questions about Bolsonaro’s 2018 election manifesto: Which are the consequences for the presentation of its content and the candidate’s ethos of presenting an electoral manifesto in form of a power point? What are the functions of the religious text parts for the candidate’s ethos? Which hierarchy of ex…[Read more]

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This paper argues in favour of the existence of a modal variant of the Portuguese particle ‘aí’ which Franco (1991) did not yet consider in his seminal work on modal particles in Portuguese.
First, the differences between ‘aí’ as a modal particle and ‘aí’ as a local adverb are discussed. Then follows a description of the restrictions of use of th…[Read more]

This article examines two figures from the early twentieth century
beginnings of the Hebrew Israelite movement. Malinda Morris
was a central, though forgotten, figure in William Crowdy’s
Church of God and Saints of Christ but her creation of an
independent Church upon Crowdy’s death has not so far been
discussed. The strongest body of evi…[Read more]

Using the theoretical frames of liminality and marginality I discuss the African Hebrew Israelites’ journey from American underclass, to stateless wanderers, to Israeli citizens.