This study discusses divination in Assyria, which was a highly important and respected discipline. Divination was done using the intestines of a sheep, by celestial signs or by a person’s appearance and behavior. In each chapter, the reader is acquainted with the appearance and...

This study attempts to apply the method of structural analysis to a Welsh myth taken from the Mabinogi book. This myth, the so-called “First Branch of Mabinogi”, refers to the relationship between the world of people and the Otherworld. The method of structural analysis, creat...

This paper returns to the efforts of theologian Hans Küng, who sought to promote ideas of a “Global Ethic” within both world politics and at a grassroots level. It further postulates that the culturally and religiously plural society of today’s globalized world – which is ...

This study analyzes developments in the field of study of political clientelism over the course of the last 50 years. It will focus on a broad spectrum of literature, but will also pay attention to particular research carried out in Latin America. The main goal is to...