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West-Offices

West-Büros

Author(s): Hans-Andreas Schönfeldt / Language(s): German / Issue: 20/2001

Keywords: Wolfgang Buschfort; Cold War; Political Parties during Cold War;

review of: WOLFGANG BUSCHFORT, Parteien im kalten Krieg. Die Ostbüros von SPD, CDU und FDP (Analysen und Dokumente, Wissenschaftliche Reihe des Bundesbeauftragten für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, Bd. 19), Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2000, 260 Seiten.

The Сult of King Dragutin - Monk Theoktistos

Култ краља Драгутина - монаха Теоктиста

Author(s): Danica Popović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 38/1999

The paper discusses а specific form of the veneration of the Serbian king Stefan Dragutin (1276-1282, t1316), who assumed the habits ofa monk before his death under the name of Theoktistos. The research is based оn the analysis of two different sources: the Life of King Dragutin, surviving the Miscellany of the Archbishop Danilo II, and the data about his tomb in the monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi.

Centenial of the Church in which the martyrs of Drina professed their religious vows

Stota obljetnica crkve u kojoj su drinske mučnice položile zavjet

Author(s): Mato Zovkić / Language(s): Croatian / Issue: 2/2011

Keywords: Congregation of the Daughters of Divine Charity; schools operated by the Sisters in Sarajevo; B. J. Jeglić chaplain tot he sisters in 1882-1898 and consecrator of thier church in 1911; the churhc of Our Lady Qeen of the Rosary belonging to the sisters

The article speaks about the five siters killed during the WWII by Chetnics and about the hitroy of the churuch where they professed their religious vows

Homily in the ceremony of renewing the wedding vows (jubilees, retreats, missions)

Homilia w obrzędzie odnowienia przysięgi małżeńskiej (jubileusze, rekolekcje, misje)

Author(s): Gerard Siwek / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 14/2010

Keywords: Marriage; jubilees; retreats; missions; thanksgiving strengthening; praying; homily

The article discusses homily in the ceremony of renewing the wedding vows. After presenting the general remarks, the article continues to discuss the meaning, aim, source, and formal factors of the renewing homily. Then, it presents the triple nature (thanksgiving, strengthening, and praying) of the ceremony of renewing the wedding vows connected with wedding anniversaries and jubilees. The article suggests that reference to the specificity of retreats, which is all about the development of marital and familial life, should become the content of homily. Homily in the ceremony of renewing the wedding vows during missions should have an evangelical character and show the need of fundamental reformation. The ceremony should also show the missionary dimension of Christian life in a familial and parochial community.

The West and Others

The West and Others

Author(s): Roman Joch / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2010

Western civilization is superior to other civilizations. I know. This statement is scandalous and shocking considering our current post-modern and multicultural era, and it requires an explanation. Western civilization is superior in a political sense. It is the only civilization that has, so far, discovered and realized the ideal of personal and political freedom. If even an ounce of freedom exists in other civilizations, then it does so because these civilizations have been inspired by the West (or perhaps the West forced such freedom onto them).

Overcoming the West?

Overcoming the West?

Author(s): Žarko Paić / Language(s): English / Issue: 3-4/2004

Ideology is older than the world of modernity. Like religion and metaphysics, it is “innate” to man as a member of a social community. Just as paranoid manifestations in a society can sometimes have a protective function – because society responds to a potentially genuine threat by activating the defense mechanism of fear, which results in a return to human solidarity – prejudice is not merely a false consciousness, but rather a way in which a society shapes its self-consciousness in relation to the Other.

John Damascene Or Jerusalem Monk John

Јован Јерусалимски или Јован Дамаскин

Author(s): Jovana Pavlović / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 51/2014

Keywords: determining authorship; sermon Against Constantinum Caballinum; John Damascene; Jerusalem monk John; the Second Council of Nicaea

The treatise Against Constantinum Caballinum is an important iconophile source written between the years AD 775 and 787. The authorship has not been established yet. In the introduction to the edition in Patrologia Graeca (PG 305–308) F. Lequien noticed that this work was wrongly attributed to John Damascene in manuscripts Reg. 1829, Bodl. 274 and Caesar. 144 . This work denies the authorship of John Damascene on following remarks: 1.Frequent formulas in sermon Adversus Constantinum Caballinum have not been found in Three Apologetic Treatises Against those Decrying the Holy Images 2. John Damascene would not repeat himself with this short treatise. The assumption of the author's Constantinople origin based on his mentioning of Church of St. Sophia and patriarch German is disputable as well. All the details concerning anecdote that the infant Constantine defecated into the baptismal fountain were well-known in iconodule circles along the Empire. Three Apologetic Treatises Against those Decrying the Holy Images were model for Against Constantinum Caballinum. By Manuscripts Reg. 2428 and Reg. 2951, the treatise is attributed to Jerusalem archibiscop John. The hypothesis that it was Jerusalem monk John, the representative of three eastern patriarchs on The Seventh Ecumenical Council, who wrote the sermon, was confirmed by linguistic comparison of Adversus Constantinum Caballinum and the speech Jerusalem monk John held in front of the Council 787AD. Hendiadyoin as a figure of speech was used in both works in exactly the same words. This stylistic device is not common to Iconophile literature.

SERBIA IN THE WEST?

SERBIA IN THE WEST?

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English / Issue: 099/2014

The first intergovernmental conference on 21 January 2014 in Brussels marked the beginning of erbia’s long journey to the European Un¬ion (EU) - after ten years of hesitation, the bur¬den of the ilosevic era legacy and many ob¬stacles to re-embracing the form of a civilized state. The opening of ccession negotiations has a deeper meaning for Serbia, considering its historical resistance to the estern model. The very fact that the event was not marked by general euphoria or celebrations estifies that hesitation and anxieties are still there. And the majority of the elites doubtful about the uro¬pean option did respond.

Catch up with the West or Go West?

Catch up with the West or Go West?

Author(s): Péter Ákos Bod / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/2013

Jonathan Knott, the British ambassador to Hungary recently quipped that London is the fifth biggest Hungarian town on the planet. Perhaps something of an exaggeration as things stand but probably not for too long. The Facebook group called Londonfalva (“London village”) had attracted a membership of over 22,000 by early 2013 – a good indicator of the number of Hungarians who work, live or intend to live in London.

Moldova: West of Moscow, East of Brussels

Moldova: West of Moscow, East of Brussels

Author(s): Aurel Stratan / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/15/2005

Keywords: Communist Party; parliamentary elections; European Union; Vladimir Voronin; Democratic Moldova Bloc; Christian Democratic People’s Party; Social Democrats

Moldova's ruling party easily wins another mandate, but the opposition vows to disrupt next month's presidential vote.

Marriage Vows in the Evangelical Churches. Theological and ethical Aspects

Przysięga małżeńska w Kościołach ewangelickich. Aspekty teologiczno-etyczne

Author(s): Janusz Podzielny / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2017

Keywords: marriage; vow; evangelical Church; theological ethics

The Chronicle by George the Monk and Its Relation to Theodore Lector’s Work

The Chronicle by George the Monk and Its Relation to Theodore Lector’s Work

Author(s): Rafał Kosiński / Language(s): English / Issue: 5/2017

Keywords: George the Monk;Theodore Lector;Church History;Theophanes

The hereby article deals with the dependence relation between the Chronicle by George the Monk and Theodore Lector’s Ecclesiastical History. As our analysis has demonstrated, George the Monk makes ample use of the material from Theodore’s History, either through the Epitome or through some unidentified abridgement of Theophanes’ Chronography. In his treatment of the Epitome material, George the Monk frequently copies it literally, slightly adapting it to fit in with the composition of his Chronicle. The author also draws on the Epitome of John Diacrinomenos’ work, from which he quotes fairly accurately. It is best to approach with caution Carl de Boor’s proposition to ascribe two passages (annotated as E 397 and E 441 in Hansen’s edition) to the Epitome, but it is fair to suggest that another passage from George the Monk’s Chronicle, concerning the emperor Theodosius and an unidentified hermit (607, 13–608, 9), should be associated with the Theodoran tradition.

The Monk by M. G. Lewis: Revolution, Religion and the Female Body

The Monk by M. G. Lewis: Revolution, Religion and the Female Body

Author(s): Agnieszka Łowczanin / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2016

This paper reads The Monk by M. G. Lewis in the context of the literary and visual responses to the French Revolution, suggesting that its digestion of the horrors across the Channel is exhibited especially in its depictions of women. Lewis plays with public and domestic representations of femininity, steeped in social expectation and a rich cultural and religious imaginary. The novel’s ambivalence in the representation of femininity draws on the one hand on Catholic symbolism, especially its depictions of the Madonna and the virgin saints, and on the other, on the way the revolutionaries used the body of the queen, Marie Antoinette, to portray the corruption of the royal family. The Monk fictionalizes the ways in which the female body was exposed, both by the Church and by the Revolution, and appropriated to become a highly politicized entity, a tool in ideological argumentation.

“Very much alive and very much under threat”: Chasing the Coffee-Flavored American Dream in Dave Eggers’s Monk of Mokha

“Very much alive and very much under threat”: Chasing the Coffee-Flavored American Dream in Dave Eggers’s Monk of Mokha

Author(s): Raluca Andreescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2019

Keywords: coffee; immigrant; American Dream; social mobility; civil war; Yemen; ethical consumption;

This essay examines the manner in which Dave Eggers’s recent work of literary nonfiction, The Monk of Mokha (2018), sets out to amplify the voices of the marginalized by chronicling the adventures of a young Yemeni-American in search of the best coffee in the world. This takes the protagonist from the infamous neighborhood of his birth in San Francisco, “a valley of desperation in a city of towering wealth,” to his trials and tribulations in the war-torn homeland of Yemen. I will argue that the narrative, which blurs the lines between fiction and nonfiction and combines history, politics, biography and thriller, highlights the American entrepreneurial zeal and contagious exuberance which still feed the immigrant American Dream and proves that social mobility in the United States is still attainable, sometimes as a result of chasing the world’s most dangerous cup of coffee. Moreover, I argue that the protagonist’s endeavor can be read within the larger context of contemporary political consumption as an example of social justice activism and ethics-driven buying.

Going West

Going West

Author(s): Tara Zahra / Language(s): English / Issue: 04/2011

Keywords: Eastern Europe; Europe; transnationalism; migration;

“Going West” explores the potential of integrating East European History into broader histories of Europe and the world. Placing the history of Eastern Europe in a European context, I argue, may enable us to challenge the tropes of backwardness, pathology, and violence that still dominate the field. I also suggest that historians explore the extent to which conceptions of minority rights, development, and humanitarianism first developed in Eastern Europe radiated beyond the region in the twentieth century.

FAITH AND REASON IN THOMAS MERTON: THE “UNIFIED HEART” – A MONK’S SOLUTION?

FAITH AND REASON IN THOMAS MERTON: THE “UNIFIED HEART” – A MONK’S SOLUTION?

Author(s): Liana Gehl / Language(s): English / Issue: 1-2/2020

Keywords: fede e ragione; Thomas Merton; Vladimir Ghika; Jacques Maritain; Martin Buber; hasidismo; neotomismo; monachesimo; intelligenza; intuizione;

Fede e ragione in Thomas Merton: il “cuore unificato” – la soluzione di un monaco? L’articolo prende l’avvio da uno scambio di lettere tra il monaco americano Thomas Merton ed il filosofo francese Jacques Maritain sul rapporto fede-ragione. Dopo aver considerato l’approccio mertoniano, avvicinandolo ad una posizione simile riscontrata in un carteggio anteriore tra Jacques Maritain ed il Beato Vladimir Ghika (un altro corrispondente affiattato del filosofo francese), l’articolo prosegue suggerendo che per Merton il problema non consistette tanto nel conciliare i dati della scienza con i dogmi della fede, quanto nel raggiungere quell’ “unificazione del cuore” auspicata dal filosofo Martin Buber come il vero cammino dell’uomo.

Icons of the Athonite Monk Dositheos from Peć in Samokov

Икони от светогорския монах Доситей от Печ в Самоков

Author(s): Alexander Kujumdzhiev / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2020

The article presents six Despotic icons from the iconostasis of the Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God in the Virgin Convent in Samokov, dating from 1819. In the scholarship these icons are considered to have been made by an unknown painter or are incorrectly attributed as the work of the Samokov painters Hristo Dimitrov, Dimitar Hristov or Ioan Iconopisetc (the Icon Painter). In fact, they were made by a little-known today Mount Athos painter of Serbian origin – Dositheos from Pec. Almost nothing is known about him, but it is assumed that he was a monk in the hermitage of St. John the Forerunner to the monastery of Iviron and he was in a creative relationship with the studio of Nicephorus from Karpenisi. This new attribution brings clarity and expands our idea of the influence of the masters of Mount Athos on the religious art in Samokov and the region. One of the icons from Dositheos in the church in Samokov depicts the scene of the Flagellation of Christ. An iconographic source for it is found in the works of the brothers Hans Holbein Jr. and Sigmund. Their models were probably later reworked into an engraving, which was reinterpreted in the Samokov icon by Dositheos. The specific model has not yet been discovered, but it is certainly not the engraving from the Russian gospel originating from the Rila Monastery (1744), as is believed in Bulgarian scholarship.

East-West.

East-West.

Author(s): Arkadiusz Jabłoński,Hiroki Nukui / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: inter-cultural communication; misunderstanding; miscommunication; Poland; Japan;

Expansion of contemporary trade and information exchange relations does not seem to alter significantly the multi-layered requirements of inter-cultural communication. In a very important sense of this term, many individual decisions related to communication in a multi-cultural environment are inevitably narrowed to a single-context world. Only to some extent, this unavoidable limitation of communication on the verge of heterogeneous cultures may be overridden by omnipresent stereotypes and ad hoc generalizations. On a more advanced level of communication, it is the stereotypes that may foster the instances of miscommunication and lead to serious misunderstandings. In the paper, a short account on stereotypes in inter-cultural communication is going to be presented, with some examples of actual instances of miscommunication in the Japanese-Polish corporate environment. A proposal of a systematized approach towards the issues and intricacies of Japanese-Polish communication will follow.

Longing for the West.

Longing for the West.

Author(s): Natalia Pomian / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2020

Keywords: Fashion; subcultures; youth; socialism; postcolonialism; anthropology

In the 1980s in Poland, many young people dreamed of having western clothes. They were considered the most fashionable, created/signified the social position and allowed teenagers to “feel cool”. On the basis of the ethnographic research, the paper presents the sources of inspiration for the clothing choices and the deeper meaning of fashion in those times. Thus, this text is not only a description of teenage clothing choices, but most of all, it is a story of resistance and cultural changes among teens which led to the collapse of socialistic culture. By referring to postcolonial theories, it is shown how international influences impacted everyday decisions and how they enabled the success of consumerism in Poland.

THE ELDER-MONK-MIRACLE MAN AS A HERO OF MODERN RUSSIAN PROSE

СТАРЕЦ-МОНАХ-ЧУДОТВОРЕЦ КАК ГЕРОЙ СОВРЕМЕННОЙ РУССКОЙ ПРОЗЫ

Author(s): Paulina Wójcikowska-Wantuch / Language(s): Russian / Issue: 182/2023

Keywords: monk; starets; spirituality; orthodoxy; contemporary Russian literature; hagiography; Petrushevskaya; Shevkunov; Vodolazkin; Kucherskaya;

This article presents selected literary works by writers of contemporary Russian literature, whose hero is an elder monk or miracle man. In their works, writers such as Lyudmila Petryshevskaya, Evgeniy Vodolazkin, Tikhon Shevkunov and Maya Kucherskaya refer to the genres of religious literature such as patericon, hagiography, and the apothegm. The author’s interest in the character, directly referring to the tradition of Fyodor Dostoyevsky and elder Zosima, from the novel The Brothers Karamazov, is an expression of longing for national values related to the spiritual culture of Russian Orthodoxy and a reflection of the dialogue between religious and secular literature that is taking place today.