The Ritual and Religious World of Coporaque: Apus, Saints, and the Cult of the Dead in a Peasant Community of the Southern Andes of Peru by Aleixandre Brian Duche-Pérez, Gonzalo Ríos-Vizcarra, Luis Enrique Calatayud-Rosado

“…The study employs an ethnographic approach consisting of participant observation and semi-struc­tured interviews, facilitating an understanding of how faith and the veneration of natural elements, such as the Apus and cochas, contribute to community cohesion and cultural continuity. …”
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La Mostra internazionale francescana ad Assisi del 1927 by Alessandro Paolo Lena

“…At the same time, as part of the centenary celebrations, the exhibition bore significant political significance in the framework of Fascist ideology’s efforts to promote the veneration of Francis of Assisi in order to convey and celebrate the myth of Italian nationality through the figure of the saint.…”
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Official Sanctity alla Veneziana: Gerardo, Pietro Orseolo and Giacomo Salomani by Karen McCluskey

“…Throughout late-medieval and Renaissance Italy, pious men and women were recognized as saints during their own lifetime and accorded at least local veneration at the site of their tomb after death. Despite the absence of formal canonisation, such cults were often promoted by local governments keen to enlist the beati as potent new intercessors and protectors for their native towns. …”
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Tumor venéreo transmissível canino com resistência quimioterápica e metástase esplênica. Relato de caso by A. P. Duzanski, A. D. Ortiz, H. B. Fêo, M. W. Fonseca, M. M. Flórez, L. T Rodrigues, F. Michelon, N. S. Rocha

“…The canine transmissible venereal tumor is a type of round cell cancer that have the particularity of implanting in mucous tissue, when they lose their integrity, at which point the tumour proliferates and may even develop metastases. …”
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Ng’angas – Zambian Healers-Diviners and their Relationship with Pentecostal Christianity: The Intermingling of Pre-Christian Beliefs and Christianity by Agnieszka Podolecka and Austin M. Cheyeka

“…Apart from world religions like Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, there is a plethora of Pentecostal, Charismatic, and grassroot churches, many of them not immune to ancient spirit veneration. People who are believed to cooperate with spirits are called healers-diviners who are believed to be called to their profession by spirits. …”
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Gruppenbild mit Dame: »Au juste poids véritable balance« (Amiens, 1518/19), Gerechtigkeitsfiguration im Licht politischer Marienfrömmigkeit by Erk Volkmar Heyen

“… The article explores a religious aspect of the genesis of the figure of ›Lady Justice‹ (with sword and scales), describing and interpreting a painting that owes its existence to a local literary association dedicated to the veneration of the Virgin Mary. The work, which shows a very large number of figures, reflects not only the religious but also the socio-economic and political interests of a town in the tense Franco-Dutch border region in the early 16th century. …”
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Structural Inequalities in Educational Leadership: Addressing Social and Professional Identities and Recognitional Power by Duygun Göktürk, Özge Çomak

“…We approach the relationship the study constructs by problematizing the traditional areas of leadership literature that is marked by veneration of leadership and its functional toolkit that includes traits, attitudes, behaviors, efficiency, productivity, mastery, etc. …”
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Le corps dans le chiisme populaire iranien : entre savâb et impureté by Anne-Sophie Vivier

“…Finally, I will study how the body appears as an important mediator, a fact recognizable firstly in the rituals linked with the Imams’ veneration, and more largely, in other many practices which reach their culminant point in the numerous offerings, exchanges and ritual sharing of food.In conclusion, the body appears to be in the core of the Shi’ite popular religiosity because it plays an important role in the construction of the link with the divine, who may reflect its role in the construction of the social bond, which is so prominent in the little peasant society studied.…”
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Snake and staff symbolism and healing by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… Since time immemorial the snake has been venerated as an enigmatic creature with supernatural powers. …”
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Metamorphoses of Corpus Christi: Eucharistic Processions & Clashes in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Vienna by Károly Goda

“… Through analysing the processional veneration of the Eucharist in Vienna, this study re-assesses and differentiates the existing theories on the socio-cultural roles of Central European Corpus Christi processions in the context of one of the most significant residential and capital cities of the Holy Roman Empire. …”
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A morte e a memória no Mosteiro de Lorvão by Luís Miguel Rêpas, Catarina Fernandes Barreira

“…Lastly, our scrutiny will extend to the veneration and memorialization of the deceased. This examination will consider, on one hand, the normative aspects and other facets defining the identity of the Cistercian Order, such as liturgical conformity. …”
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You Are Not Here: Sartre’s Phenomenological Ontology and the Architecture of Absence by Susan Herrington

“…Examples of absence include in-situ memorial structures that literally provide the space for negation, sites of religious veneration that render the place of nothingness, and spontaneous memorials that serve as the location for being (pour-soi, en-soi, and pour-autrui). …”
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Ansanus “the Baptizer” and the Problem of Siena’s Non-Existent Early Episcopacy (c. 1100–1600) by Carol A. Anderson

“…Considering that the default for other major cities in Italy was to identify and venerate their early bishops, Ansanus’s transformation into “the Baptizer” presents a case study of how saints could be adapted in unconventional ways to fix a problematic civic past.…”
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The Iconography of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: The Symbolic Means in Visual and Design Culture by Arun Mascarenhas

“…Studies have also shed light on Ambedkar’s iconography and its historical and political significance, tracing the evolution of his image and statues from a period predated by his current veneration. His iconography has been studied in the context of art, literature, and cultural productions, and it serves as a rich tapestry of historical, political, and sociocultural narratives. …”
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A Mystic Analysis of Alda Merini’s Poetry by Mohammad Hussein Ramezankiaei, Mahtab Alimohammadi Malayeri

“…Her verses reveal a profound spirituality and also a particular aspect that has always characterized the Sufi culture and literature deeply esteemed and venerated in Persian literature. A great amount of Sufi poetry has been written in Persian and thus people of Persian culture have been fed of this kind of poem in various moments of prayer, sorrow and happiness. …”
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“But hey, this is Africa, man”: Water Music and the Postmodernization of the Eighteenth-Century Novel by Robert Scott

“…Adoptant un point de vue sceptique envers les documents historiques, Water Music banalise des personnages et des événements du passé qui étaient jusque-là objets de vénération et en même temps problématise la nature même de la connaissance historique. …”
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கலை நோக்கில் திருப்பரங்குன்றம் / Tiruparankundram in the Perception of Art by முனைவர் பீ. பெரியசாமி / Dr. B. Periyaswamy

“…Further, Sapta Matrikas, Vinayaka and Nandi Deva are venerated within the premises, emphasizing the temple’s diverse pantheon. …”
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Molecular and Serological Investigation of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) and Type 4 (EHV-4) in Horses In Ibagué, Tolima by Julieth Michel Petano-Duque, Edwin Urueña-Martinez, Laura Liliana Cabezas-Callejas, Jorge Perilla-Amaya, Valentina Rueda-García, Iang Schroniltgen Rondón-Barragán, Ricaurte Lopera-Vásquez

“…We recommend the use of blood and serum samples for virus detection and the development of new studies to assess EHV-1 infection feasibility in venereal transmissions.…”
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Peddling Wonderment, Selling Privilege: Launching the Market for Medieval Books in Antebellum New York by Scott Gwara

“…Manuscripts, Philes suggested, were not rare, nor the life-works of religious, nor objects of mystical veneration. He marketed elite collectors who considered themselves New World aristocrats. …”
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Tšeptsa jõgi põhjaudmurtide rahvakultuuris by Nadezhda Shutova

“…General cultural (stadial-typological) and original (specific) features in the veneration of the river are revealed. Peculiarities of the Northern Udmurts’ worldview are the ideas about the creatures of the aqutic world, the presence of a whole system of rituals and special places associated with the cult of the owners of the water element. …”
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