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• Detroit priest sprays holy water from squirt gun to maintain social distancing -- The Guardian (17 May 2020)
  
  
• Louisiana church filled a plane with holy water and blessed a whole community -- MPRNews (24 December 2019)
  
  
• Secret Mexican diary sheds light on Spanish Inquisition -- BBCNews (04 June 2017)
  
  
• Pope Francis apologises to Roma for Catholic discrimination -- BBCNews (02 June 2019)
  
  
• Footage of Italian boy who stood up to fascists goes viral -- The Guardian (05 April 2019)
  
  
• Violent protest in Italy after Roma families moved -- BBCNews (03 April 2019)
  
  
• In search of Burma's wizzards-saints -- BBCtravel (06 October 2016)
  
  
• Ukraine's Roma living on fringes of society -- BBCNews (19 September 2018)
  
  
• 'Treated like dogs': Italy's Roma minority on society's fringe -- BBCNews (29 June 2018)
  
  
• Italian populist Salvini sparks row over counting Roma -- BBCNews (19 June 2018)
  
  
• Roma and African Americans share a common struggle -- The Guardian (20 February 2018)
  
  
• From burkinis to the Quran: Why Islam isn’t like other faiths -- Brookings Institution (13 September 2016)
  
  
• Who Were the Canaanites? -- LiveScience (08 September 2016)
  
  
• Evidence of New World Religious Dialogue Found in Caribbean Cave -- Guardian (19 July 2016)
  
  
• Trump’s Magical Appeal: A Dated Anthropologist Offers Clues [Sir James Frazer] -- USC Annenberg (19 July 2016)
  
  
• Why are women banned from Mount Athos? -- BBCNews (27 May 2016)
  
  
• Finding Answers on a Pilgrims’ Trail [Santiago de Compostela] -- ScienceNordic (28 May 2016)
  
  
• The World's Newest Major Religion: No Religion -- National Geographic News (22 April 2016)
  
  
• How Cults Exploit One of Our Most Basic Psychological Urges -- Conversation (14 April 2016)
  
  
• Technological Analysis of the World’s Earliest Shamanic Costume: A Multi-Scalar, Experimental Study of a Red Deer Headdress from the Early Holocene Site of Star Carr, North Yorkshire, UK -- PLoS ONE (13 April 2016)
  
  
• Archaeologists Identify Oldest Muslim Graves Ever Found in Europe -- Guardian (24 February 2016)
  
  
• History Shows That Atheism Is as Natural to Humans as Religion -- Past Horizons (17 February 2016)
  
  
• Fear of Vengeful Gods Helped Societies Expand -- Discovery News (11 February 2016)
  
  
• Dating Dispute Over 'Oldest Koran' -- BBC News (089 February 2016)
  
  
• How Muslim Women Are Challenging the Status Quo -- National Geographic News (31 January 2016)
  
  
• Monks delivered via Amazon as role of Japanese temples fade -- Yahoo!News (20 January 2016)
  
  
• Sickle-Wearing Skeletons Reveal Ancient Fear of Demons -- LiveScience (18 December 2015)
  • In Photos: 'Demon Burials' Discovered in Poland Cemetery -- LiveScience (18 December 2015)
    
    
• Bones of Saint Nicholas Reveal What Santa Claus Really Looked Like -- Forbes (17 December 2015)
  
  
• This One Bone Provides the Only Skeletal Evidence for Crucifixion in the Ancient World -- Forbes (08 December 2015)
  
  
• Beware the Fine Print -- JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and MICHAEL CORKERY, The New York Times
  
  
  • Part I: Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice -- The New York Times (31 October 2015)
    
    
  • Part II: In Arbitration, a ‘Privatization of the Justice System’ -- The New York Times (01 November 2015)
    
    
  • Part II: In Religious Arbitration, Scripture Is the Rule of Law -- The New York Times (02 November 2015)
    
    
• All Religions Will Come Together in New Research Project -- ScienceNordic (16 October 2015)
  
  
• The Origins of Religion: How Supernatural Beliefs Evolved -- LiveScience (05 October 2015)
  
  
• 'Religions Resemble Each Other in Their Diversity' -- EurekAlert (05 October 2015)
  
  
• Dalai Lama plans private audience with Minnesota Tibetans -- MPRNews (28 September 2015)
  
  
• The Wiccan Religion's Rituals and Practices -- Discovery News (10 September 2015)
  
  
• Linguists use the Bible to develop language technology for small languages -- ScienceDaily (08 September 2015)
  
  
• Did Affluence Spur the Rise of Modern Religions? -- Scientific American (09 June 2015)
  
  
• Britain Still Deeply Divided Because of Henry VIII Reformation, Says Cambridge Prof -- Telegraph (23 May 2015)
  
  
• World Will Get More Religious by 2050 -- LiveScience (03 April 2015)
  
  
• Should We Thank God for Civilisation? -- New Scientist (26 March 2015)
  
  
• Will the Dalai Lama reincarnate? -- BBC (24 March 2015)
  
  
• The incredibly strict diet of a Jain monk -- BBC (24 March 2015)
  
  
• Religious restrictions among the world's most populous countries -- Pew Research Center (03 March 2015)
  
  
• Albino Toddler in Africa Killed for Witchcraft -- Discovery News (02 March 2015)
  
  
• One Earth Sangha ["Expressing a Buddhist response to climate change and other threats to our home"]
  
  
• Is It Any Wonder Religion is on the Wane? -- Guardian (12 February 2015)
  
  
• Newfound 'Gospel of the Lots of Mary' Discovered in Ancient Text -- LiveScience (03 February 2015)
  
  
• German 'Islamisation' demos decried -- BBCNewsEurope (06 January 2015)
  
  
• Ancient Amulet Discovered with Curious Palindrome Inscription -- LiveScience (01 January 2015)
  
  
• What Actually Is In Frankincense And Myrrh? [AUDIO] -- Scientific American (31 December 2014)
  
  
• "Let Us Adore And Drink!" A Brief History Of Wine And Religion -- Science 2.0 (25 December 2014)
  
  
• Floods and Famines May Have Helped Spark Belief in Gods, Study Suggests -- Guardian (10 November 2014)
  • The gods of harsh things -- Guardian (11 November 2014)
    
    
• Who Are the Yazidis, the Ancient, Persecuted Religious Minority Struggling to Survive in Iraq? -- National Geographic News (09 August 2014)
  
  
• Who Were the Druids? -- LiveScience (20 May 2014)
  
  
• Mapping Medieval Miracles -- Past Horizons (11 May 2014)
  
  
• Early Image of Jesus Found in Egyptian Tomb -- Discovery News (30 April 2014)
  
  
• Papyrus Referring to Jesus’ Wife Is More Likely Ancient Than Fake, Scientists Say -- New York Times (10 April 2014)
  
  
• No Forgery Evidence Seen in "Gospel of Jesus's Wife" Papyrus -- National Geographic News (10 April 2014)
  
  
• Shroud of Turin depicts Y-shaped crucifixion -- New Scientist (02 April 2014)
  
  
• Religion Forms Buffer Against Work Stress -- Telegraph (09 January 2014)
  
  
• 'Earliest shrine' uncovered at Buddha's birthplace -- BBC News (25 November 2013)
  
  
• Oldest Buddhist Shrine Uncovered In Nepal May Push Back Buddha's Birth Date -- National Geographic News (25 November 2013)
  
  
• What Is Karma? -- LiveScience (22 November 2013)
  
  
• A Bridge Between Western Science and Eastern Faith -- New York Times (11 October 2013)
  
  
• Intense warfare the evolutionary driver of large complex societies -- Past Horizons (24 September 2013)
  
  
• Math Explains History: Simulation Accurately Captures the Evolution of Ancient Complex Societies -- ScienceDaily (23 September 2013)
  
  
• Belief Is the Least Part of Faith -- New York Times (29 May 2013)
  
  
• Social Evolution: The Ritual Animal -- Nature (23 January 2013)
  
  
• Religion Does Not Make You Love Your Neighbour - Study -- Telegraph (22 January 2013)
  
  
• Muslims Engage in Quest to Understand Evolution -- Guardian (09 January 2013)
  • Muslim thought on evolution takes a step forward -- Guardian (11 January 2013)
    
    
• Are Angels Real? -- LiveScience (08 January 2013)
  
  
• Ancient Religious Texts Among the 25,000 New Images Online -- Past Horizons (03 January 2013)
  
  
• Emile Durkheim: religion
  
  
  • Emile Durkheim: religion – the very idea, part 1: the analysis of moral life -- Guardian (10 December 2012)
  • Emile Durkheim: religion – the very idea, part 2: new forms of the sacred -- Guardian (17 December 2012)
  • Emile Durkheim: Religion – The Very Idea, Part 3: Ritual, Ancient and Modern -- Guardian (24 December 2012)
    
    
• Pagan Roots? 5 Surprising Facts About Christmas -- LiveScience (22 December 2012)
  
  
• Baltic Crusades Caused Extinctions, End to Pagan Practices -- LiveScience (09 December 2012)
  
  
• God in America -- PBS (11 October 2010)
  ["How did religion and the quest for religious liberty shape the history of the United States? This 2010 PBS documentary series investigates the evolving relationship between religious ideologies and movements within American culture, the U.S. government, and the market place. Organized chronologically into a series of six 60-minute episodes, God in America highlights the impact of Puritans in colonial America, the role of religion during the American Civil War, the faith of Progressive Era reformers, and the importance of the black church throughout U.S. history - to name just a few of the topics explored in this series. On this website, visitors can watch the complete documentary and view a number of accompanying resources. These resources include an interactive timeline, which juxtaposes major religious reform events alongside one another; a series of interviews with scholars of religion, theology, and history; and links to outside resources of interest." MMB -- The Scout Report, March 3, 2017, Volume 23 Number 9]
  
  
• 16th-Century Trial Records Reveal Priest's Magic 'Superpowers' -- LiveScience (10 September 2012)
  
  
• Science and the Roots of Faith -- Telegraph (21 August 2012)
  
  
• Religion in Human Evolution -- The Guardian
  • Part 1: The Co-Evolution of Gods and Humanity -- (16 July 2012)
  • Part 2: Faith, Language, Music and Play -- (23 July 2012)
  • Part 3: The Primacy of Ritual Over Language -- (30 July 2012)
  • Part 4: The Role of Worship -- (05 August 2012)
  • Part 5: Group Cohesion and Identity -- (13 August 2012)
    
    
• Why Some Countries Are Richer Than Others -- ScienceNordic (23 July 2012)
  
  
• No Dogmas: The New Nordic Christianity -- ScienceNordic (28 June 2012)
  
  
• Atheists More Motivated by Compassion than the Faithful -- LiveScience (01 May 2012)
  
  
• Older People Hold Stronger Belief in God -- Discovery News (29 April 2012)
  
  
• Is Rationality the Enemy of Religion? -- Nature (26 April 2012)
  
  
• Women Are More Moral Than Men, Survey Says -- Telegraph (16 April 2012)
  
  
• Why Everyone Believes in Magic (Even You) -- LiveScience (12 April 2012)
  
  
• 'When God Talks Back' to the Evangelical Community -- NPR (09 April 2012)
  
  
• Is Free Will an Illusion? Scientists, Philosophers Forced to Differ -- LiveScience (21 March 2012)
  
  
• Massive Hindu Pilgrimage Melting Sacred Glacier -- National Geographic News (12 March 2012)
  • Pictures: Hindu Pilgrims Leave Mark on Mountain-- National Geographic News (12 March 2012)
    
    
• Are Women Leaving Religion? -- Discovery News (09 March 2012)
  
  
• Why Religion Makes Only Some of Us Happy -- LiveScience (25 January 2012)
  
  
• Perceptions of Mormonism in the US (Infographic) -- LiveScience (24 January 2012)

• Access Islam -- WNET Channel Thirteen in New York
  
  
• Al-Islam.org -- Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (DILP)
  
  
• African-American Religion: A Documentary History Project -- Amherst College
  
  
• The Aleppo Codex Online -- Ben-Zvi Institute
  
  
• American Institute of Buddhist Studies
  
  
• Animal Sacrifice In Brazilian Folk Religion -- ScienceDaily (25 August 2009)
  
  
• Anthropologists Develop New Approach To Explain Religious Behavior -- Science Daily (9/9/08)
  • University of Missouri Anthropologist Develops New Approach to Explain Religious Behavior -- EurekAlert (9/9/08)
    
    
• Anthropology of Religion -- archaeolink.com
  
  
• The Association of Jewish Libraries
  
  
• Associate of Religion Data Archives [ARDA; formerly known as the American Religion Data Archive] -- Pennsylvania State University
  
  
• Bamiyan Buddhas Once Glowed in Red, White and Blue -- ScienceDaily (25 February 2011)
  
  
• In the Beginning: Bibles Before the Year 1000 -- Freer + Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution
  
  
• Belief in Witchcraft Widespread in Africa -- LiveScience (30 August 2010)
  
  
• Bible Geocoding -- openbible.info
  
  
• Bible Odyssey -- National Endowment of the Humanities and the Society of Biblical Literature
  
  
• Bible Possibly Written Centuries Earlier, Text Suggests -- Live Science (15 January 2010)
  
  
• Biblical Plagues Really Happened Say Scientists -- Telegraph (27 March 2010)
  
  
• Bowen, John Richard. A New Anthropology of Islam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
  
  
• Brains of Buddhist Monks Scanned in Meditation Study -- BBC News (23 April 2011)
  
  
• Buddhism Through Its Scriptures -- Harvard University
  
  
• The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values
  
  
• Podcast Archives: Buddhist Geeks
  
  
• Bulletin of the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity -- Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Colleges Digital Library
  
  
• The Buddhist Religion (glossaries) -- babylon
  
  
• CIF Belief (Comment is Free) -- The Guardian
  
  
• Civilisations -- BBC
  
  
• Codex Sinaiticus ("Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world")
  
  
• "College students continue to have strong interest in spirituality" -- Scout Report
  
  
• Comment is Free > CIF Belief -- The Guardian
  
  
• Coptic Orthodox Liturgical Chant & Hymnody -- Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress
  
  
• Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions
  
  
• creationism and evolution
  
  

• Crusades . . . "It was on this day in 1095 that Pope Urban II, while on a speaking tour in France, called for the first Crusade to recapture Jerusalem from the Turks. There was no imminent threat. Muslims had occupied Jerusalem for hundreds of years. But Urban II had noticed that Europe was becoming an increasingly violent place, with low-level knights killing each other over their land rights, and he thought that he could bring peace to the Christian world by directing all that violence against an outside enemy. So he made up stories of how Turks in Jerusalem were torturing and killing Christians, and anyone who was willing to join the fight against them would go to heaven."

  "About 100,000 men from France, Germany, and Italy answered the call, formed into several large groups, and marched across Asia Minor to the Middle East. Nearly half of them died from exhaustion and sickness before they ever reached their destination. They began sacking cities along the way, and they fought among each other for the spoils of each battle. When they reached the trading city of Antioch, they killed almost everyone, including the Christians who lived there. By the time they got to Jerusalem, it had recently fallen into the hands of Egyptians, who were friendly with the Vatican. But the crusaders attacked anyway, killing every Muslim they could find. The Jews in the city gathered in the temple, and the crusaders set it on fire."

  Pope Urban II died two weeks later, never hearing the news." -- Garrison Keilor, The Writers Almanac, (27 November 2009)

• Dalai Lama
  
  
• Divine Intervention? New Research Looks at Beliefs About God's Influence in Everyday Life -- EurekAlert (09 March 2010)
  
  
• Does Religion Influence Epidemics? -- Science (23 August 2011)
  
  
• Earliest Reference Describes Christ as 'Magician' -- Discovery (10/1/08)
  • Earliest Reference Describes Christ as 'Magician' -- MSNBC (10/1/08)
    
    
• Evangelists of Empire? Missionaries in Colonial History -- eScholarship Research Centre, The University of Melbourne
  
  
• Everyday Miracles: Medical Imagery in Ex-Votos -- United States National Library of Medicine
  
  
• The Evolution of the God Gene -- New York Times (14 November 2009)
  
  
• Farmers' Beliefs on a Higher Plain -- Science Daily (27 May 2010)
  
  
• A fishy tale of Christianity in Ancient Rome -- Times Online (11 April 2009)
  
  
• Fox, Robin. The Tribal Imagination: Civilization and the Savage Mind. Harvard University Press, 2011.
  • Ch. 1 "Time out of Mind
  • Ch. 4 "Sects and Evolution
  • Ch. 5 "Which Ten Commandments"
    
    
• From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians -- PBS, Frontline
  
  
• The God Gene -- New York Times (24 December 2009)
  
  
• Haiti Earthquake & Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robertson -- National Geographic News (25 January 2010)
  
  
• 'Holy Shroud made by Giotto'- Hidden number 15 key to authorship and dating claims expert -- ANSA (09 June 2011)
  
  
• How to Listen to God -- Guardian (04 March 2010)
  
  
• Is Believing In God Evolutionarily Advantageous? -- NPR (30 August 2010)
  
  
• 'Jesus-Era' Burial Cloth Casts Doubt on Turin Shroud -- Discovery News (17 December 2009)
  
  
• Jesus-era Home Found in Nazareth -- Discovery News (21 December 2009)
  
  
• The Gnosis Archive -- Gnostic Society
  

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• Historic Bible pages put online [at <www.codexsinaiticus.org>] -- BBC News (6 July 2009)

  • Cf., Codex Sinaiticus manuscript
    
    
• History: Christmas Elements Have Pagan Roots -- Discovery News (21 December 2009)
  
  
• History: Christmas Evolves With Time -- Discovery News (21 December 2009)
  
  
• A History of the Crusades -- University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
  
  
• Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates -- "Challenging Misconceptions, Illuminating Diversity," University of Wisconsin-Madison's National Resource Centers and Wisconsin Public Radio's Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders
  
  
• Internet Mission Photography Archive -- University of Southern California
  
  
• The Internet Sacred Text Archive -- JB Hare
  
  
• Investigating Atheism -- University of Cambridge
  
  
• Islamic Calendar 2008 - 2015 -- Holidays on the Web
  
  
• Islamic Calligraphy -- Asia Society
  
  
• Islamic Heritage Project -- Open Collections Program, Harvard University Library
  
  
• Isaac Mayer Wise Digital Archive -- The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
  
  
• Jewish Atlantic World -- Laura Leibmann, Reed College
  
  
• Jordan Cave May Be Oldest Church -- BBC News (6/10/08)
  • "Oldest Church" Discovery "Ridiculous" Critics Say --National Geographic News (6/13/08)
    
    
• Journal of Religion and Popular Culture -- University of Saskatchewan
  
  
• Knocking [Jehova's Wittnesses] --Independent Lens, PBS
  
  
• The Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life -- Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
  
  
• The "Mahdiyya" Qur'an -- University of Leeds
  
  
• Martin Marty Center -- University of Chicago
  
  
• The Minassian Collection: Persian, Mughal, and Indian Miniature Paintings -- Center for Digital Initiatives, Brown University
  
  
• Mizan Project -- Boston University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations
  ["Hosted by the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies & Civilizations at Boston University, Mizan is a "digital initiative encouraging informed public discourse and interdisciplinary scholarship on the culture and history of Muslim societies." On this website, visitors can explore three distinct aspects of the initiative. The Mizan Project features a number of detailed articles about new books, museum exhibits, and conferences that will be of interest to Muslim scholars and members of the general public alike. For example, one recent entry highlights an exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art dedicated to the Seljuqs, a Turkish dynasty that lived in the eastern Mediterranean from the eleventh through the fourteenth centuries. The Mizan journal of Islamic studies publishes peer reviewed scholarly articles that visitors can read in full on this website, while Mizan Pop features articles related to popular culture, including explorations of movies, comic books, and fashion. Visitors can explore all three aspects of this initiative from this website. The Mizan Project and Mizan Pop are both regularly updated; the journal is published biannually. MMB -- The Scout Report, December 2, 2016, Volume 22 Number 47]
  
  
• Monastic Matrix [research on "participation of Christian women in the religion and society of medieval Europe."] -- University of Southern California's Digital Archives
  
  
• The Mormons -- Frontline, PBS
  
  
• Most Ancient Hebrew Biblical Inscription Deciphered, Scholar Says -- ScienceDaily (08 January 2010)
  
  
• Museum of Biblical Art
  
  
• New Dating Technique Could Establish Age of the Turin Shroud -- Telegraph (24 March 2010)
  
  
• Noah's Ark Found in Turkey? -- National Geographic News (28 April 2010)
  
  
• Pain or Prayer: Anthropologist Studies Religions -- ABC News (27 December 2009)
  
  
• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
  
  
• Pitts Theology Library: Digital Image Archive -- Emory University
  
  
• Pluralism Project -- Committee on the Study of Religion, Harvard University
  
  
• Predisposition for Religion Can Spread Quickly -- Live Science (11 January 2011)
  
  
• The Question of God -- PBS
  

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• Relic Reveals Noah's Ark Was Circular -- Guardian (01 January 2010)
  
  
• Religion & Ethics [Macromedia Flash Reader, RealOnePlayer] -- BBC
  
  
• Religion & Ethics Newsweekly-- PBS
  
  
• Religion and Health: Is There a Link? -- ABC News (29 September 2010)
  
  
• ReligionLink -- Diane Connolly
  
  
• Religion, Magic and Sorcery -- Social Science Information Gateway, University of Bristol
  
  
• Religion Newswriters Association (RNA)
  
  
• Religion on the Web -- Charles Bellinger, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning, Crawfordsville, Indiana
  
  
• Religious Affiliations: On the Outs? -- Discovery (28 March 2011)
  
  
• Religious Beliefs Are the Basis of the Origins of Palaeolithic Art -- EurekAlert (26 March 2010)
  
  
• Religious Experience Linked to Brain’s Social Regions -- Wired (02 October 2009)
  
  
• religious syncretism
  
  
• Remains of St John the Baptist 'found' -- BBC News (03 August 2010)
  
  
• American Experience: Sister Aimee -- PBS
  
  
• Sacred -- British Library
  
  
• Saint Anselm Journal -- Saint Anselm College
  
  
• Shroud of Turin Not Jesus', Tomb Discovery Suggests -- National Geographic News (17 December 2009)
  
  
• Speaking of Faith -- American Public Media
  
  
• The Spirit of Islam: Experiencing Islam Through Calligraphy
  
  
• Spiritual Journeys -- Society of Jesus, St. Louis University Missouri
  
  
• Stonehenge Solstice Celebration Draws Neo-Pagans -- Discovery News (21 Junel 2010)
  
  
• This Far by Faith: African-American Spiritual Journeys -- PBS
  
  
• Thoughts of Religion Prompt Acts of Punishment -- New Scientist (24 November 2010)
  
  
• Topography of Faith [religion distribution map, U.S.A.] -- USA Today
  
  
• Vatican: Islam Surpasses Roman Catholicism as World's Largest Religion -- FOXnews.com (30 March 2008)
  
  
• Voodoo and West Africa's Spiritual Life -- NPR
  
  
• Why Does Religion Keep Telling Us We're Bad? -- Guardian (22 November 2011)
  
  
• World Conference of Religions for Peace
  
  
• World's Earliest Christian Engraving Shows Surprising Pagan Elements -- LiveScience (30 September 2011)
  
  
• The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics, and Society -- The Pew Research on Religion and Public Life Project
  
  
• Sacred Sites
  • Sacred Destinations -- Holly Hayes
  • Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Traditions of the World -- Martin Gray
    
    
• Top 100 Stories of 2009 #99: Science Finds God (In the Brain, at Least) -- Allison Bond, Discover (January-February special issue, published online December 16, 2009)
  
  
• Understanding Islam and Science -- LiveScience (28 July 2011)
  
  
• Unshrouding the Science of the Shroud -- BBC News (12 April 2010)
  
  
• Were We Born to Believe? -- Telegraph (08 April 2010)
  
  
• Who Are the Coptic Christians? -- Guardian (11 May 2011)
  
  
• World Religions Through Their Scriptures -- edX
  ["EdX is a non-profit organization dedicated to making a number of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) easily available to anyone intrigued by higher learning. Founded in 2012 by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, edX features courses relating to numerous academic disciplines and skills. The ReligionX series is one of the most recent edX additions. Taught by six religion scholars from Harvard and Wellesley, this series features six courses dedicated to the examination of five major world religions - Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism - explicitly through their texts. The series includes an introductory lesson on Religious Literacy and one course dedicated to each major religion; interested learners may either take part in individual courses or explore the series as a whole. Each course is free to take without earning course credits or, alternatively, students may pay $50 to earn a certificate. Learners can easily enroll by using their Google, Facebook, or Microsoft accounts. MMB -- The Scout Report, September 30, 2016, Volume 22, Number 38]

A Contemporary Altar in China

The Black Madonna
of Czestochowa, Poland

Süleyman Mosque, Istanbul

La Macarena, Virgin of Hope
Seville, Spain

"Put your hands to work,
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-- Mother Ann Lee, Founder of the Shakers