O objetivo desta pesquisa é investigar o medo frente as Religiões afrobrasileiras e suas manifestações na Escola Municipal Escolinha do Dom, tanto numa dimensão individual como coletiva. Com efeito, a pesquisa estabeleceu um diálogo entre a formação histórica e concepção religiosa do Candomblé e da Umbanda entendida em sua pluralidade, buscando estudar o medo no interior dos debates fomentados na Rede Municipal de Ensino do Recife, presente nas capacitações, no Grupo de Relações Étnicos-raciais, assim como relacionar tais discussões dentro do ambiente escolar, nas práticas docentes e discentes / The aim of this research is to investigate the fear facing the african- Brazilian religions and their manifestations in front of Municipal School Escolinha do Dom, is an individual or collective dimension. Indeed, research has established a dialogue between the historical formation and development of religion of Candomblé and Umbanda understood in its plurality, seeking to study the fear inside of discussions fostered in the Municipal Network for Teaching of Recife, in this capacity in the Group of Relations Ethnic-racial as well as linking these discussions within the school environment, teachers and learners in practice

Esta dissertação trata das práticas poéticas e musicais das religiosidades afro-brasileiras na cidade de Caxias do Sul/RS, a Umbanda e o Batuque, a partir da perspectiva da performance e da vocalidade, baseada especialmente nas contribuições de Paul Zumthor (1915 - 1995). Para a elaboração da pesquisa foram realizados dois processos metodológicos. Inicialmente uma pesquisa bibliográfica para dar conta da observação de questões relativas à formação social da região estudada, formação das religiões brasileiras de matriz africana e da base conceitual sobre a poesia oral. O segundo processo metodológico foi de uma etnografia, desenvolvida em uma casa de religião afro-brasileira de Caxias do Sul, o Ile Axé de Ogum Onire, durante dois anos. Esta pesquisa teve um caráter investigativo inédito, pois são poucas as pesquisas existentes sobre religião que abordam a poesia oral e, ao mesmo tempo, inexistem pesquisas baseadas na performance segundo Zumthor que abordem as religiões afro-brasileiras praticadas no Rio Grande do Sul. Outros objetivos importantes deste trabalho foram observar as práticas ritualísticas a partir da perspectiva de região cultural, pois as religiões como práticas sociais tem particularidades importantes a serem observadas de acordo com o contexto no qual acontecem, e também observar as práticas musicais como marcas regionais, não só como particularidades do estado, mas também da região de Caxias do Sul. Ao final do processo de pesquisa foi possível perceber a presença constante, e especialmente a importância, da voz, do ritmo e da melodia na poesia oral dos rituais religiosos de matriz africana em Caxias do Sul. A poesia oral, como monumento significativo das práticas socioculturais de um grupo, é uma manifestação de resistência, ancestralidade, cultura, identidade e expressão das religiões afro-brasileiras. / Submitted by Paula Leal (pffleal@ucs.br) on 2017-12-13T17:39:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Diego Conto Lunelli.pdf: 4415121 bytes, checksum: a60a6e5b369c1f33cf07eb71fbb70f72 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-12-13T17:39:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Diego Conto Lunelli.pdf: 4415121 bytes, checksum: a60a6e5b369c1f33cf07eb71fbb70f72 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES. / This dissertation approaches the poetic an musical practice in the Afro-Brazilian religiosities practiced in the city of Caxias do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul, Umbanda and Batuque, from the perspective of the performance and vocality, theory based especially on Paul Zumthor (1915 - 1995). For the elaboration of this dissertation two methodological processes were used, initially a bibliographical research to observe questions related to the social formation of the studied region, formation of the Brazilian religions with African roots and the conceptual base on oral poetry. The second methodological process was an ethnography, developed in a Afro-Brazilian religion house of Caxias do Sul, called Ilê Axé de Ogun Onire, for two years. This research had an unprecedented investigative character, as far as we know there is a few researches on religion that studies oral poetry and, at the same time, performance research according to Zumthor (1997) does not refers to the Afro-Brazilian religions practiced in Rio Grande do Sul. Another important objective of this work were to observe ritualistic practices from the perspective of cultural region, since religions as social practices have important peculiarities to be observed according to the context in which they happened, and also to observe the musical practices as regional marks, also in the region of Caxias do Sul. At the end of the research process it was possible to see the constant presence, and especially the importance, of the voice, the rhythm and the melody in the oral poetry of religious rituals with African roots in Caxias do Sul. Oral poetry, as a significant monument of the sociocultural practices of a group is an expression of resistance, ancestry, culture, identity and expressivity of Afro-Brazilian religions.

Esta dissertação trata das práticas poéticas e musicais das religiosidades afro-brasileiras na cidade de Caxias do Sul/RS, a Umbanda e o Batuque, a partir da perspectiva da performance e da vocalidade, baseada especialmente nas contribuições de Paul Zumthor (1915 - 1995). Para a elaboração da pesquisa foram realizados dois processos metodológicos. Inicialmente uma pesquisa bibliográfica para dar conta da observação de questões relativas à formação social da região estudada, formação das religiões brasileiras de matriz africana e da base conceitual sobre a poesia oral. O segundo processo metodológico foi de uma etnografia, desenvolvida em uma casa de religião afro-brasileira de Caxias do Sul, o Ile Axé de Ogum Onire, durante dois anos. Esta pesquisa teve um caráter investigativo inédito, pois são poucas as pesquisas existentes sobre religião que abordam a poesia oral e, ao mesmo tempo, inexistem pesquisas baseadas na performance segundo Zumthor que abordem as religiões afro-brasileiras praticadas no Rio Grande do Sul. Outros objetivos importantes deste trabalho foram observar as práticas ritualísticas a partir da perspectiva de região cultural, pois as religiões como práticas sociais tem particularidades importantes a serem observadas de acordo com o contexto no qual acontecem, e também observar as práticas musicais como marcas regionais, não só como particularidades do estado, mas também da região de Caxias do Sul. Ao final do processo de pesquisa foi possível perceber a presença constante, e especialmente a importância, da voz, do ritmo e da melodia na poesia oral dos rituais religiosos de matriz africana em Caxias do Sul. A poesia oral, como monumento significativo das práticas socioculturais de um grupo, é uma manifestação de resistência, ancestralidade, cultura, identidade e expressão das religiões afro-brasileiras. / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior, CAPES. / This dissertation approaches the poetic an musical practice in the Afro-Brazilian religiosities practiced in the city of Caxias do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul, Umbanda and Batuque, from the perspective of the performance and vocality, theory based especially on Paul Zumthor (1915 - 1995). For the elaboration of this dissertation two methodological processes were used, initially a bibliographical research to observe questions related to the social formation of the studied region, formation of the Brazilian religions with African roots and the conceptual base on oral poetry. The second methodological process was an ethnography, developed in a Afro-Brazilian religion house of Caxias do Sul, called Ilê Axé de Ogun Onire, for two years. This research had an unprecedented investigative character, as far as we know there is a few researches on religion that studies oral poetry and, at the same time, performance research according to Zumthor (1997) does not refers to the Afro-Brazilian religions practiced in Rio Grande do Sul. Another important objective of this work were to observe ritualistic practices from the perspective of cultural region, since religions as social practices have important peculiarities to be observed according to the context in which they happened, and also to observe the musical practices as regional marks, also in the region of Caxias do Sul. At the end of the research process it was possible to see the constant presence, and especially the importance, of the voice, the rhythm and the melody in the oral poetry of religious rituals with African roots in Caxias do Sul. Oral poetry, as a significant monument of the sociocultural practices of a group is an expression of resistance, ancestry, culture, identity and expressivity of Afro-Brazilian religions.

A pesquisa que intitulamos - Ektheósis Arsinoes: o culto de Arsinoe II Filadelfo, tem como objetivo analisar as razões, formato e alcance do culto religioso criado por Ptolomeu II Filadelfo para honrar a sua irmã-esposa. Sabe-se que a visão que os autores antigos e estudiosos modernos têm a respeito da rainha Arsinoe II era controversa no passado e continua a ser nos dias atuais. Da rainha ambiciosa a esposa devotada, poucos documentos existem sobre a sua passagem no Egito na década de 280/270 a.C. quando ela se tornou rainha durante o governo de seu irmão, embora a grande maioria dos testemunhos data do período que se segue à sua morte. Quem foi Arsinoe II Filadelfo? Por que Ptolomeu II estabeleceu um culto em memória de sua irmã-esposa? A importância de Arsinoe II pareceu residir na imagem de devoção popular que se criou em torno de sua pessoa, e que acabou favorecendo e prestigiando a dinastia Lagida. A nossa pesquisa se baseia em primeiro lugar na análise das fontes materiais, mas também das fontes textuais tanto do século III a.C. quanto de séculos posteriores. Partimos de uma exposição do fundo histórico em que se baseou e se constituiu a monarquia ptolomaica. Em seguida, refletimos brevemente sobre o papel e o status das rainhas helenísticas e faraônicas na antiguidade. No último capítulo, nos respaldando nos princípios teóricos e metodológicos da arqueologia do culto propostos por Colin Renfrew, fazemos uma longa digressão acerca das razões que levaram Ptolomeu II a estabelecer um culto para Arsinoe II nas esferas grega e egípcia da população. / This research, entitled - Ektheósis Arsinoes: Arsinoe II Philadelphus cult, has as its aim to analyze the reasons, the shape and the diffusion of the religious cult created by Ptolemy II Philadelphus to honor his sister-wife. It is well known that the historical character of Queen Arsinoe II has been controversial since the beginning of studies on Ptolemaic Egypt. From ambitious queen to dedicated wife, there are few documents regarding her life in Egypt in the decade of 280/270 B.C. when she became queen during her brother's reign. The majority of the testimonies are dated to the period after her death. Who was Arsinoe II Philadelphus? Why did Ptolemy II established a cult in memory of his sister-wife? Arsinoe's II importance seems to reside on the image of popular devotion created around her, which ended up favoring and giving prestige to the Lagid dynasty. Our research is based, first of all, on the analysis of material sources, as well as on the written sources both from the 2nd century B.C. and from later centuries. We begin with the discussion of the historical background of the ptolemaic monarchy. Next, we briefly establish some thoughts on the role and the status of the Hellenistic and Pharaonic queens in antiquity. In the last chapter, using Colin Renfrew's theoretical and methodological principles regarding cult archaeology, we make a long digression over the reasons that led Ptolemy II to establish a cult for Arsinoe II both within the Greek and the Egyptian population.

Eriksson, J.E. 2021. Hallar och kulthus i södra Skandinavien under äldre järnålder: När Oden och härskaren blev grannar.Eriksson, J.E. 2021. Halls and cult houses in southern Scandinavia during early iron age: When Odin and the ruler became neighbours. The intention of this paper is to investigate why halls and cult houses were built close together and at the same time in southern Scandinavia during the Roman Iron Age and the Migration Period and how this can be linked to the development of administrative and military power. The thesis has been divided into three parts, namely a review of archaeological and historical research, a description of three archaeological sites and analysis. This means that the theoretical starting point of the thesis is to compare research with recent years reported archaeological results. The paper focuses on the time from the Roman Iron Age to the end of the migration period, from the year 0 to 550 AD and the geographically area being studied to southern Scandinavia. The result of the study shows that leaders inspired by the Roman Empire built and took control over the halls and cult houses around the year 250 AD to legitimize and manifest their power, acquire wealth and loyalty from subjects. Archeological remains show that the Norse god Odin was worshiped in the cult house and the stability of this cult can be traced to the end of the Viking Age.

Nach der Schlacht von Actium am 2. September 31 v. Chr. war alles anders. Mit seinem Aufstieg zum unumstrittenen Alleinherrscher des Imperium Romanum wurde Augustus in den östlichen Reichsteilen kultisch verehrt. In Griechenland waren aus der hellenistischen Tradition heraus die Bedingungen für eine göttergleiche Ehrung des Herrschers gut bereitet. Das Anliegen dieser Studie ist es zu untersuchen, wie sich der Kult in den römischen Provinzen Griechenlands entwickeln und festigen konnte. Dabei werden zunächst Vorläufer kultischer Ehrungen römischer Staatsmänner in republikanischer Zeit betrachtet. Spannend ist dann in frühaugusteischer Zeit vor allem der bauliche Übergang, oftmals wurde der neue Kult des Kaisers in bereits bestehende Heiligtümer integriert. Gegenstand der Untersuchung sind nicht nur die Kaiser selbst, sondern auch ihre Familienmitglieder. Für die Betrachtungen werden Kultorte, Tempel und Altäre herangezogen. Kaiserfeste und ihre Ausrichtung spielen eine Rolle, ebenso das Amt der kaiserlichen Priester und Priesterinnen sowie Stifter und Stifterinnen. Unter kultur- und religionsgeschichtlichen Aspekten werden Fragen nach den Formen des Kaiserkultes aufgeworfen: Wie wurde dieser formal dargestellt und in welche städtischen und architektonischen Kontexte wurde der Kult eingebunden? Fragen nach der Praxis kultischer Verehrung sollen im Hintergrund stehen, wenn ausgewählte Zeugnisse des Kaiserkults von iulisch-claudischer bis in flavische Zeit betrachtet werden. Dabei bildet Athen einen hervorragenden Ausgangspunkt für einen provinzübergreifenden Vergleich, der anhand selektiver Beispiele von lokalen Kaiserkultstätten in den Provinzen Achaia, Epirus und Macedonia bereichert wird. Dabei werden Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede in den genannten Regionen herausgestellt, die das Phänomen Kaiserkult beleuchten. / Early Roman imperial cult in the provinces of Achaia, Epirus and Macedonia After Actium everything changed. With his rise to the sole ruler of the Imperium Romanum, Augustus began to be worshiped in the eastern Empire. Because of its Hellenic tradition Greece had been well prepared for emperor worship. The aim of this study is to investigate how emperor worship came to be established in the Roman provinces of Greece. It first considers the precursors of worshipping Roman statesmen in the Republican period. In the following early Augustan period, there is a fascinating architectural transformation in which the new cult for the emperor was often integrated into preexisting sanctuaries. The focus of this investigation is not only the emperor himself, but also his family members. It is thus necessary to consider cult sites, sanctuaries and altars. Imperial festivals also play a role, as do imperial priests and benefactors. Questions are raised about the forms of emperor worship within their cultural and religious contexts: how was imperial cult integrated into and physically represented in its urban and architectural spaces? The actual practices of cultic worship constitute the necessary background for interpreting the evidence of Julio-Claudian and Flavian emperor worship. Athens is thus an excellent starting point for a comparison between provinces, based on case studies of imperial cult sites in the provinces of Achaia, Epirus and Macedonia. By virtue of these comparisons, similarities and differences across the regions come to the fore and ultimately help illuminate the phenomenon of emperor worship.

This thesis takes the hagiographical texts written in the diocese of Liège between approximately 700 and 980 and examines them in their political, social and cultural context. It analyses the texts by paying particular attention to how the authors expressed their concerns about issues that were important to them through the medium of hagiography and the saints' cults, the purposes for which the texts were employed and how these aims were reflected in the retelling of saints' legends. By taking this approach, analysing a substantial body of valuable but under-studied source material over a period of 3 centuries, for an important region, it provides a new perspective on a range of issues, significant people and places. The regional approach helps to show the close interconnectedness between many of these people, places and texts, including those connections that exist over a period of centuries as well as those networks vital to early mediaeval society that existed between contemporaries. Close examination of the body of texts highlights the importance of the cult of saints at all levels of society and demonstrates the value and versatility of hagiography as a means of storytelling.

St Cuthbert's literary cult was conceived in the late seventh and early eighth century with the production of three vitae, most importantly Bede's prose Vita sancti Cuthberti. Over the ensuing centuries, the cult stimulated the production of a great wealth of hagiographic material: this thesis analyses the key Cuthbertine works that were written by his Church during a turbulent but also prosperous time, between the ninth century and the end of the twelfth. Each chapter takes as a specific focus one of these texts, using it as a basis for exploring a number of themes pertaining to the cult of St Cuthbert, wider developments in the cult of the saints, and the changing and variable uses of hagiographic and historical writing. The first chapter takes the Historia de sancto Cuthberto as an example of a text combining property records with miracles, and written episodically over a period spanning more than a century, establishing the thesis'€™ triumvirate of themes: the fluidity of texts and of the representation of saints, and the enduring power of the Cuthbertine Church. Chapter Two explores the multifaceted identity that the Cuthbertine Church sought to convey for itself in Symeon of Durham’s Libellus de exordio. The third and fourth chapters focus on two highly flexible and manipulated texts, Capitula de miraculis sancti Cuthberti and Brevis relatio de sancto Cuthberto, which appear in manuscripts together, and often amalgamated: they are used to examine how a saint's image could be changed, and to question our often static notion of a text'€™s identity. The final chapter takes Reginald's Libellus de admirandis beati Cuthberti virtutibus to compare the miracle profiles of all the Cuthbertine texts, contextualising them with formative studies in the cult of saints such as the work of Sigal (1985) and Vauchez (1981). The thesis ends by suggesting that Cuthbert's cult was still thriving at the end of the twelfth century, and continued to do so, in the semi-independent socio-political and cultural sphere of northern England and southern Scotland. The discussions in these chapters are supplemented by four appendices: a table giving detailed synopses and a thematic breakdown of Reginald's Libellus, and a table categorising and comparing the miracles that appear in all these Cuthbertine works provide the basis for exploring Cuthbert'€™s changing miraculous persona; a map charting the locations pertinent to Reginald's Libellus shows the vibrant geographical extent of Cuthbert'™s cult; a table of manuscripts illustrates the various permutations into which these texts may be worked.

The following thesis acts as a critical cultural progression report surrounding the current technological disruption in the entertainment industry and its impact on consumers. This begins with a study of the history starting in 1910 and covers the urbanization of America during the Industrial Revolution, the developing fan experience, a history of consumer demands in relation to oligopolistic principles and the blockbuster method, the invention and influence of the television, and the current effect of technological advancement in the entertainment industry. Following this historical overview, four chapters will study different methods of analysis covering the intricacies of the current technological disruption using four theories: population ecology, media systems dependency, the mainstream cult, and convergence and participatory culture. The culmination of this work will consist of drawing together the history, the theories, and the contemporary examples into a conclusion about the fate of the media oligopoly in which this researcher points to the importance of seamless integration between the media industry and the consumer by way of three possible outcomes.

Research materials will be drawn from four sources: various local historical resources, epigraphies, Daoist canon and popular literature like Tang strange writings. The project will make full use of epigraphies of local Daoist monasteries in the area of Chuzhou and local gazetteers of Zhejiang Province which inform historical development of the Ye Fashan cult in the region. / This study begins with the attempts to reconstruct the history of Palace Chapel Daoist Priest Ye Fashan and his Daoist family through analyzing the epigraphies of Ye's father, grandfather and himself. Before he died, Ye donated his houses as Daoist monasteries, which earned the clan's social reputation in the local society of Chuzhou, as well as for his offspring and local Daoist priests in the monasteries. Between the late Tang and the Song period, Ye was later worshiped as both the ancestor and local deity by the Ye clan. Local people even built ancestral temple in the Daoist monastery. Furthermore, Ye also received ample worships in many Daoist monasteries across the Chuzhou region because of his typical cultural hero activities such as making rains and controlling drought. / This thesis endeavors to explore the development of the local cult of Daoist priest Ye Fashan from the Tang Dynasty until the Song Dynasty. It aims at tracing the cult's historical and religious background within an academic context, which emphasizes studying history of Daoism and Daoist immortals in local society. / Ye Fa-shan is revered as a Daoist deity in many hagiographical sources found in the Daoist canon. The image of Ye in the Daoist hagiography is deeply influenced by strange writings and novels flourished in Tang, which emphasize the esoteric activities and thaumaturgy of Ye. His image as a Ritual Master in such narratives actually reflects the religious memory of the Tang people. Ye's esoteric image was further re-figured by new schools of Daoist ritual in the Song period. Ye was believed to be an important initiator of the Fu and Fa which were Daoist techniques to summon spirits and exorcise evils. In this thesis, the purpose of a biographical study of Ye Fashan is to acquire an archeological understanding of a Daoist cult between the Tang and the Song periods. Through an in-depth understanding of the popular literature and Daoist canon, the dissertation will try to reconstruct Ye's multiple images in local imagination and Daoist sources. / 吳真. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2006. / 參考文獻(p. 203-218). / Adviser: Chi Tim Lai. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-02, Section: A, page: 0608. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006. / Can kao wen xian (p. 203-218). / Wu Zhen.