An article from the Guardian about the Afghan students who are learning the stone-working traditions that made the Bamiyan Valley famous
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Showing posts with label religion and culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion and culture. Show all posts
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
Monday, 20 February 2012
Martyrs, apostles and relics
This article from the National Geographic magazine looks at the early evangelizing phase of Christianity.
The first part focuses on the Thomas Christians of Kerala, while the following sections focus on the psychology of relics and the cult of martyrs by examining Saint Mark's significance to Venice and the shrine to Mary Magdalene at Sainte-Baume in southern France
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The first part focuses on the Thomas Christians of Kerala, while the following sections focus on the psychology of relics and the cult of martyrs by examining Saint Mark's significance to Venice and the shrine to Mary Magdalene at Sainte-Baume in southern France
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Friday, 20 January 2012
Ethiopian Jews in Israel: news report
Many Falash (Ethiopian Jews) were settled in Israel after being airlifted away from the wars and famines that beset their homeland in the 1980s and 1990s
This ARTICLE FROM THE BOSTON NEWS looks at the experience of the Falash (whom some believe to be descended from the "lost tribe" of Dan) in Israeli society and the cultural clash between the Orthodox rabbinate and the Ethiopian clergy (the kaddosh) who have retained "the traditions of Biblical-era priests"
This ARTICLE FROM THE BOSTON NEWS looks at the experience of the Falash (whom some believe to be descended from the "lost tribe" of Dan) in Israeli society and the cultural clash between the Orthodox rabbinate and the Ethiopian clergy (the kaddosh) who have retained "the traditions of Biblical-era priests"
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