Cultural aspects in Christian and Islamic religions - unesdoc - Unesco
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Cultural aspects in Christian and Islamic religions - unesdoc - Unesco
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Table of Contents<br />
Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................<br />
Introduction .....................................................................................................................<br />
Foreword ...........................................................................................................................<br />
Time: Perceptions <strong>and</strong> Concepts ..................................................................<br />
Time <strong>in</strong> <strong>Christian</strong>ity <strong>and</strong> Islam .............................................................................<br />
Time <strong>in</strong> <strong>Christian</strong>ity .........................................................................................................<br />
Time <strong>in</strong> Islam ..................................................................................................................<br />
Calendars, their Mean<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>and</strong> the Reason why they are Used ..............<br />
The Solar Calendar .........................................................................................................<br />
The Lunar Calendar ........................................................................................................<br />
Months of the Churches Calendar <strong>in</strong> General ....................................................................<br />
The Month of May: Honor<strong>in</strong>g Virg<strong>in</strong> Mary ...................................................................<br />
The Lunar/Hegira Months ...............................................................................................<br />
The specificity of some Lunar/Hegira Months ..............................................................<br />
Days of the Week: Their Context <strong>and</strong> Importance .............................................................<br />
Sunday for <strong>Christian</strong>s .................................................................................................<br />
Friday for Muslims ......................................................................................................<br />
Special Religious Occasions <strong>and</strong> Holidays, <strong>and</strong> their<br />
Celebrations <strong>in</strong> <strong>Christian</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Islamic</strong> Religions ..................................<br />
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The Liturgical Cycle <strong>and</strong> Holidays <strong>in</strong> the <strong>Christian</strong> Religion ....................<br />
Christmas <strong>and</strong> Epiphany .................................................................................................<br />
25 December <strong>and</strong> 6 January .......................................................................................<br />
Popular Customs <strong>and</strong> Habits ..................................................................................<br />
Epiphany (Theophania or Aldenh) ...........................................................................<br />
The New Yeast .......................................................................................................<br />
The Bless<strong>in</strong>g of Water .............................................................................................<br />
The Prostration of the Magi ....................................................................................<br />
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