DYNAMICS OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL PRACTICE AS A SOCIAL CONTROL MECHANISM: A DETERRENT THEORETICAL ANALYSIS ON THE ALEKWU BELIEF SYSTEM AMONG THE IDOMA PEOPLE IN NIGERIA by Daniel, Rosemary Onchi

“…In this paper, the Alekwu belief system of the Idoma people will be discussed, along with its strengths and weaknesses as a social control mechanism.A spirit-medium known as the Alekwu is thought to be able to connect with the afterlife. Alekwu is usually consulted for a number of purposes, such as giving advice on way forward on private problems, marital issues, diagnosing and treating illnesses, and settling arguments among relatives, couples and community members.The paper unveils how the Idoma traditional belief system affects their morals, attitudes, and actions as well as how it helps to preserve social order in their neighborhood. …”
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Making the Past Audible: The Childlike Element and Renewal of Existence in Benjamin and Woolf by Anne-Marie Smith-Di Biasio

“…Further exploring this Modernist turn, whereby renaissance is synonymous with the temporal dislocation of afterlife, we then read extracts from Benjamin’s Berlin Childhood and Woolf’s “A Sketch of the Past” in terms of a broken chôric moment at which, in a ‘secret protocol’ (Verabredung) with the generations of the past, childhood memory returns as the event of a remainder.…”
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ACTUALIZATION OF ALI YAFIE'S ECOLOGICAL FIQH IN THE DYNAMICS OF INDONESIAN MUSLIM THOUGHT by Ahmad Lailatus Sibyan, Muhammad Wafi Abdillah

“…Yafie concluded that the law of protecting and preserving the environment is mandatory (fard al-kifayah) that will be accounted for in this life and the afterlife.…”
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Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Bereavement-Related Major Depressive Disorder in Japan: A Systematic Case Report by Yuko Toshishige, Masaki Kondo, Junya Okazaki, Hiroko Mizushima, Tatsuo Akechi

“…The efficacy of IPT for bereavement-related MDD needs confirmation in Japanese culture because the expression of emotions during the grieving and mourning process varies across cultures, and the Japanese-specific cultural custom exists of maintaining a relationship with the deceased in the afterlife mainly via a Buddhist memorial tablet, altar, and grave. …”
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Traditional funeral and burial rituals and Ebola outbreaks in West Africa: A narrative review of causes and strategy interventions by Chulwoo Park

“…Although the World Health Organization has provided guidelines for the safe burial process after learning of the culture of the afterlife in Ebola-affected areas, little effort has been made to integrate theoretical interventions and models for changing West Africans’ funeral behavior. …”

Islamic Entrepreneurship: A Study of the Waqf Well Story Saidina Uthman r.a. by Khaulah Hilaluddin, Mohd Nazri Muhayiddin, Mohd Zulkifli Muhammad, Anis Amira Ab Rahman

“…The study's findings shed light on the Companions of the Prophet's practice of Islamic entrepreneurship, highlighting their character, behavior, thought, action, and strategy to seize opportunities, prioritize the well-being of Muslims, and achieve success in the afterlife. In summary, this story also shows how important it is to prioritize mastery of religious knowledge in understanding creed, worship, and morals while venturing into other fields to produce an execution and thoughts that align with Islamic principles. …”
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The Economics of Immortality: The Demi-Immortal Oriental, Enlightenment Vitalism, and Political Economy in Dracula by J. Jeffrey Franklin

“…Third, I will argue that in the character of the demi-immortal Oriental vitalism came to signify a type of eternal life in competition with the traditional Judeo-Christian afterlife, which rendered it necessarily damnable. …”
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The Responsibility of the Foreman for the Sale of Project Remaining Materials According to Wahbah Az-Zuhaili by Ahmad Riansyah Lubis, Sahmiar Pulungan

“…A review of liability according to Az-Zuhaili, the foreman must be responsible for his actions, both in the world by receiving sanctions in accordance with company policy, as well as in the afterlife where he will be held accountable by Allah SWT for the breach of trust. …”
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The status of women in the Ancient East: peculiarities of marriage and family relations in Mesopotamia by I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko

“…On the basis of the analysis of the legislation of the state institutions of the time, the purpose of marriage was determined, that is the birth and upbringing of children who were to inherit and multiply the family property and perform the necessary sacred rites, which were to help the dead in the afterlife. The inability to have children became the reason for divorce, as a rule, at the husband's will. …”
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From Trinidad to Cyberspace: Reconsidering Ernst Toch’s “Geographical Fugue” by Carmel Raz

“…The latter are also examined through a linguistic analysis of the vowel and syllabic distribution within the “Geographical Fugue” itself. Finally, the afterlife of these features is explored in various contemporary remixes of Toch’s work on YouTube, and the ways in which contemporary possibilities of musical creation enable the work to return to a state that evokes its original context of technological experimentation. …”
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