42 resultados para Christianity and other religions - Buddhism - History - 19th century
em BORIS: Bern Open Repository and Information System - Berna - Suiça
"The Hen Knows When It Is Dawn, But Leaves the Crowing To The Cock": African Religion Looks at Islam
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Was das Heilige ist und wie man darüber sprechen kann, ist eine offene Frage in der religionswissenschaftlichen und theologischen Forschung. Jenseits der klassischen Entwürfe von Durkheim, Otto oder Eliade kann Heiliges heute nur in multiperspektivischer Betrachtung angemessen untersucht werden. Die Beiträge zu diesem Band analysieren Diskurse über Heiliges in spätantiken Religionskulturen: griechisch-römische Religion, Judentum und Christentum. Terminologien, Handlungen und Reflexionen in Bezug auf Heiliges werden in ihrem jeweiligen religiösen Bezugssystem thematisiert, aber darüber hinaus auch miteinander ins Gespräch gebracht. Hierfür dienen Kategorien wie Zeit, Ort, Individuum und Gruppe der Zuordnung der Befunde. Besonderes Augenmerk liegt zudem auf quellensprachlichen und forschungsinternen Begrifflichkeiten von Heiligem sowie auf der geschichtlichen Dynamik von Heiligkeitsvorstellungen. Dieses interdisziplinäre Vorgehen macht Diskontinuitäten und Kontinuitäten des Diskurses über „das Heilige“ in der Vielfalt seiner Erscheinungsformen präziser als bisher identifizierbar.
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During the American colonization in the 18th and 19th century, Africans were captured and shipped to America. Harsh living and working conditions often led to chronic diseases and high mortality rates. Slaves in the Caribbean were forced to work mainly on sugar plantations. They were buried in cemeteries like Anse Sainte-Marguerite on the isle of Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe) which was examined by archaeologists and physical anthropologists. Morphological studies on osseous remains of 148 individuals revealed 15 cases with signs for bone tuberculosis and a high frequency of periosteal reactions which indicates early stages of the disease. 11 bone samples from these cemeteries were analysed for ancient DNA. The samples were extracted with established procedures and examined for the cytoplasmic multicopy β-actin gene and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA (IS 6110) by PCR. An amplification product for M. tuberculosis with the size of 123 bp was obtained. Sequencing confirmed the result. This study shows evidence of M. tuberculosis complex DNA in a Caribbean slave population.
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Past agricultural responses to climate variability can helps us to better understand the current and future impacts of climate change on agricultural production. We studied rye (Secale cereale) and barley (Hordeum vulgare) yield responses to temperature fluctuations in Finland during the period 1861–1913. Our analyses demonstrate the high sensitivity of non-industrialised northern agriculture to temperature anomalies. We found evidence of a strong relationship between monthly and seasonal mean temperatures and crop yields. In particular, high spring temperatures were associated with higher yields. Additionally, we tested temperature-sensitive tree-ring series for their value in indicating previous agricultural outputs. The results imply that tree-ring proxies (in particular, maximum latewood density) can provide novel material for studies of historical periods and locations where instrumentally measured climate and harvest data are not available.