Calvyn oor natuurrampe by P. C. Potgieter

“… Severe natural disasters such as the tsunami off Indonesia in 2004 often lead to a demand for theological enlightenment. This article explores how John Calvin’s reasoning in this regard could be a relevant contribution towards deeper insight in the extremely difficult issue of a theodicy. …”
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Reasons for the migration of church members from one congregation to another by I. M. Bredenkamp, W. J. Schoeman

“…The effects of secularisation and the Enlightenment, and their consequences at various levels, as well as the theories of McDonaldisation and Consumerism were taken into consideration to explain the migration of church members between congregations. …”
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Sortir du cadre franquiste : quelques figures intellectuelles de la « rupture négociée » pour El País et la presse de la transition by Chantal Chartier

“…The present study focuses upon the role of the print media in continuing the cultural liberal tradition during the Transition to democracy, after the Ilustración (Enlightenment), Regeneracionismo and the ILE (Institución Libre de Enseñanza). …”
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Condamner et punir dans une ville moyenne de province au temps des Lumières : les exécutions publiques à Tours (1762-1768) by Fabrice Mauclair

“…As a general viewpoint, the paper seeks to rise new interrogations on the characteristics and evolutions of the criminal justice in a medium-sized town of province during the Enlightenment.…”
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Un roman néo-gothique : The Three Impostors d’Arthur Machen (1895) by Claire Wrobel

“…In a final twist, he sets a barbaric scene in a decaying mansion meant to embody the eighteenth century, thus « gothicizing » the age of enlightenment and urbanity.…”
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Emotional pressure and violence in the milieu of the nobility in the Saxon era of the Polish-Lithuaninan Commonwealth by Agnieszka Słaby

“…The Saxon times, coming under the reign of two Saxon electors chosen for the kings of Poland ‒ Augustus II (died 1733) and his son Fryderyk August III (died 1763), is an interesting period of decline of baroque customs and culture that began to transform under the influence of the Enlightenment ideas of the mid-18th century. From the perspective of emotions, analysis of correspondence of this period brings interesting information about social structures, dependencies and forms of psychological violence arising at this level. …”
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THE EFFECT OF BODY MASS INDEX ON THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE by Светлана Ивановна Елгина, Екатерина Александровна Большанина, Елизавета Евгеньевна Большанина, Мария Дмитриевна Сокирник, Елена Владимировна Рудаева, Наталья Степановна Черных, Кира Борисовна Мозес

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Plany naprawy Rzeczpospolitej w pismach politycznych Francji XVIII wieku by Mateusz Kurkowski

“…The scale of this phenomenon was aboveaverage, thanks to the activity of the Bar Confederation deputy Michał Wielhorski, at whose instigation leading representatives of the French Enlightenment from different political and ideological camps joined the discourse. …”
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Ecouri ale Descriptio Moldaviae în scrierile istorico-geografice franceze (secolul al XVIII-lea) by Ileana Mihăilă

“…This research mainly concerns Dacia vetus et nova, a project that has been reconstructed based on the few conserved fragments and their reception, as well as its role in configuring the way the French Enlightenment understood the unity of the three Romanian provinces.…”
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L’Italie chez E.T.A. Hoffmann by Alberto Caprioli

“…At the turn of the Enlightenment, the Italian language represented one of the topoi of German musical literature. …”
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Typology of popular scientific periodicals in the early 20th century by Yu.B. Balashova

“…It has been concluded that the model of popular scientific periodicals in the early 20th century combined the functions of enlightenment, education, and entertainment. The emphasis on the union of sciences, self-education of the audience, fascination, and rich set of illustrations was retained even under the conditions of radical changes of the Soviet sociopolitical paradigm. …”
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De la sécularisation comme dialectique de la préservation et du dépassement : rupture et résurgence chez William Hale-White (« Mark Rutherford ») by Jean-Michel Yvard

“…Largely inherited from the Enlightenment and the positivist tradition, it hypostatizes the oppositional paradigm of a radical break with the past and places the advent of modernity under the aegis of the tabula rasa and of a radical inversion of the inaugural religious determinations. …”
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Gothic Sounds and the Foreshadowing of Victorian Soundscapes by Lucie Ratail

“…Pre-Victorian Britain, as a transitory period from the Enlightenment to the Age of Industrialisation, witnessed shifts in understandings of ‘noise’, ‘sound’ and ‘music’ and growing interest in acoustics and other sound studies. …”
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Disease, Deformity and Health Terrors in 19th-Century Cartoons: A Cultural History of Science by Ainhoa Gilarranz-Ibáñez

“… This article analyses the changes that took place in the image of disease during the nineteenth century. Ever since the Enlightenment movement introduced the scientific discourse into popular knowledge in the eighteenth century, a popular scientific culture had developed and been disseminated. …”
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« Absence, ténèbres, silence et poussière ». La scénographie d’outre-tombe dans les Mémoires d’Alexandre de Tilly by Katrien Horemans

“…This article aims to gain an understanding of the manifestation of life writing in France at the turn of the Enlightenment, and more specifically of the discursive features and culturally anchored assumptions it exhibits with regard to autobiographical narration. …”
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Ethnocultural heritage of Belarus as a platform for tourism branding by Irina V. Olunina

“…The ethnocultural heritage of Belarus as a tourism branding platform contributes to the preservation and popularization of cultural heritage, economic development of local communities, education and enlightenment of tourists, strengthening the identity of local residents, expanding tourism infrastructure and attracting new categories of tourists.…”
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ACUTE PURULENT COMPLICATED PYELONEPHRITIS IN THE PRACTICE OF AN OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGIST (CLINICAL CASE) by Алена Васильевна Иванникова, Елена Валентиновна Гришкевич, Елена Николаевна Орлова, Елена Владимировна Рудаева, Светлана Ивановна Елгина, Кира Борисовна Мозес

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Perbandingan Visualisasi Motif Kalpataru pada Berbagai Candi Peninggalan Mataram Kuno Abad 8-10 Masehi by Herliyana Rosalinda, Nurulfatmi Amzy, Edo Galasro Limbong

“…While its origins lie in Buddhist symbolism, associated with Siddhartha Gautama's enlightenment, the motif underwent significant transformation in Hindu temples, particularly Prambanan, where it became more decorative and incorporated animal figures. …”
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« Lost… and found in translation » : la relation au monde dans The Missing Shade of Blue de Jennie Erdal (2012)Regards d’un traducteur sur sa pratique by Gilles ROBEL

“…Subtitled a « philosophical adventure », the novel focuses on a French translator who has come to Edinburgh to work on a translation of Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume’s Essays. The author of the article is himself the author of a translation and critical edition of Hume’s Essays who knew Jennie Erdal and agreed to let her use his experience in the novel. …”
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HISTORY OF RECURRENT UNINTENDED PREGNANCY IN THE UTERINE SCAR AFTER CESAREAN SECTION SURGERY by Эльвира Константиновна Гребенникова, Виталий Борисович Цхай, Ирина Сергеевна Брехова, Марина Яковлевна Домрачева

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