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Social isolation and the search for sanctuary

Threatened with deportation, Furaha Asani turned to her church for support. Met with silence and disinterest, she walked away, but argues that churches should do much more for migrants.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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The psychological impact of nuclear war

How would you hold up psychologically if a nuclear bomb was dropped? Discover the British government’s secret predictions from the 1980s.

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The art of soundproof design

Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.

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  • AIDS and the church as a healing community : the Geneva consultation: June 1986 / Christian Action on AIDS, The World Council of Churches.
  • AIDS and the church as a healing community : the Geneva consultation: June 1986 / Christian Action on AIDS, The World Council of Churches.
  • AIDS and the church as a healing community : the Geneva consultation: June 1986 / Christian Action on AIDS, The World Council of Churches.
  • AIDS and the church as a healing community : the Geneva consultation: June 1986 / Christian Action on AIDS, The World Council of Churches.
  • The Virgin of Good Council in the church of the Augustinians at Genazzano. Stipple engraving by J. and J. Klauber, 1779.
  • Women wanted as ambulance drivers : offer your services to your local council or any branch of Women's Voluntary Services : Civil Defence / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].
  • Men wanted for stretcher parties : ...and they are wanted in thousands for a real man's job : apply to your local council now / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].
  • Mr. Philip Snowden says: "I believe that the drink traffic is one of the greatest evils which curse our land to-day" / issued by the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches of England and Wales, Abbey House, Westminster, S.W.1.
  • Faith and a female personification of the papacy before a small church; above them the dove of the Holy Spirit dispersing seven sacred gifts: fear, knowledge, council, wisdom, understanding, strength and piety. Coloured etching.
  • "All who are visionaries dream of a City Beautiful, but no man in his right senses would dream of putting a pub in it." / Mr. E. Rosslyn Mitchell, M.P. ; issued by the Temperance Council of the Christian Churches of England and Wales, Abbey House, Westminster, S.W.1.
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