Russia is not only vast, it is also culturally diverse, the core of an empire that spanned Eurasia. This collection provides entry into the diversity of Russia's religious communities. It illuminates major political, social, and cultural-anthropological trends.
In European Paganism, Ken Dowden outlines and analyses the diverse aspect of pagan ritual and culture from human sacrifice and pilgrimage to luna wors..
Examines the theme of identity: geographic, ethnic , religious, status and sex-based. Discussions of Roman texts and images show how constructions of ..
In Pantheism the notion that everything is part of an all-inclusive divine unity is presented as a legitimate position, its philosophical basis is exa..