Syrian Christian texts preservation project
Report from the MSN website outlining a new project to "trace, catalogue and digitise lost documents relating to religious practices, culture and heritage of Syrian Christians of Kerala"
Threat to Syro-Orthodox monastery
Report from Zenit website on the accusations of proselytism against the monks of the Mor-Gabriel monastery in Turkey (founded in the 4th century AD) and other claims by the local community that are threatening the monastery's survival.
(Zenit is a non-profit Roman Catholic news organisation that aims "to view the modern world through the messages of the Pope and the Holy See")
Showing posts with label monasticism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monasticism. Show all posts
Monday, 21 February 2011
Thursday, 20 January 2011
Mapping Buddhist monasteries: a work in progress
Mapping Buddhist monasteries : 200 -1200 CE
** This wiki-site is a "work in progress" and so content is liable to change at short notice for the time being **
The aim of the project is to catalogue and map details of Buddhist monasteries and convents built across South Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia and East Asia between 200 and 1200 CE. Currently, over 500 are entered on the wiki. The content can be searched by region or tag.
As well as viewing location data for each monastery or convent, the wiki also has country / region chronologies and a detailed bibliography section with links to full-text where content is available via open-access. In depth information and pictures of individual monasteries are also available through links to other websites (although these seem to be particularly aimed at tourists and travellers)
** This wiki-site is a "work in progress" and so content is liable to change at short notice for the time being **
The aim of the project is to catalogue and map details of Buddhist monasteries and convents built across South Asia, South East Asia, Central Asia and East Asia between 200 and 1200 CE. Currently, over 500 are entered on the wiki. The content can be searched by region or tag.
As well as viewing location data for each monastery or convent, the wiki also has country / region chronologies and a detailed bibliography section with links to full-text where content is available via open-access. In depth information and pictures of individual monasteries are also available through links to other websites (although these seem to be particularly aimed at tourists and travellers)
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Excavations at pre-Islamic Christian site in the UAE
Archaeological excavations on Sir Bani Yas Island in the UAE have revealed the remains of a Christian monastery dating from circa 600 AD. Read a report on the historical significance of the site, and view a slide-show of photographs of the excavations from the online version of the UAE newspaper, The National
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