“I must speak to you plainly”: A history of English Bible translations, independent of the King James Version (1611) tradition by J.A. Naudé

Subjects: “…Cultural assimilation…”
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Actitudes lingüísticas en tres comunidades hispano-lusas de fronteira: Miranda do Douro, Val do Ellas e Olivença by Xosé-Henrique Costas

“…On the border between Spain and Portugal there are some enclaves that resist linguistic and cultural assimilation under the pressure / oppression of the corresponding state linguistic ideology, Portuguese or Spanish.This is Miranda do Douro (Tras-os-Montes, Portugal) where there is still a community of 3.500 people speaking a variety of Asturian-Leonese Language called Mirandes; of the Val do Río Ellas, or Xálima (northwest of Cáceres, Spain), where there is a community of 4.500 speakers of varieties derived from medieval Galician; and from Olivenza (Badajoz, Spain) where still 3.000 people keep the Portuguese language alive. …”
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Rituals and Social Cohesion: Cultural Preservation Through Djawa Sunda Cosmology in Cigugur, Kuningan, Indonesia by Muhammad Alfan

“…The findings reveal that ADS plays a significant role in maintaining social cohesion and cultural continuity through its cosmological teachings and community rituals despite external pressures of cultural assimilation. The study also highlights the role of ADS in fostering religious pluralism and tolerance in a diverse religious community. …”
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Depiction of Religion and Colonialism in the Novel Houseboy By Ferdinand Oyono. by Ainembabazi, Desire

“…Through Toundi's perspective, the novel explores the complexities of power dynamics, cultural assimilation, and resistance within the colonial context. …”
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An internationalization framework for Brazilian higher education and the role played by languages by Liliane Assis Sade

“…This, in turn, enables the promotion of multiculturalism, fosters mutual respect, and facilitates cultural integration rather than cultural assimilation.…”
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Refusing the Referendum: Queer Latino Masculinities and Utopian Citizenship in Justin Torres’ We the Animals by Marion Christina Rohrleitner

“…Embracing what José Esteban Muñoz has called a “queer utopia” the nameless narrator rejects the predetermined path of puritanically “virtuous,” materialistically productive, culturally assimilated, and politically predictable American masculinity and citizenship, and ends his narrative at the beginning of an alternative queer vision that does not depend on majoritarian approval, but unapologetically celebrates the possibilities of a “queer planet” (Michael Warner). …”
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