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Religion and mental health
At a time of extreme distress, Jamila Pereira found that the faith she had relied on was failing her. Here she describes how she found other ways to begin healing and finding happiness.
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Race, religion and the Black Madonna
Mystery and controversy surround the dark-skinned religious icon who represents the Virgin Mary throughout the Catholic world.
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The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit
Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.
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A history of twins in science
For thousands of years, twins have been a source of fascination in mythology, religion and the arts. Since the 19th century, they have also been the subject of scientific study and experimentation.
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A new universal history of the religious rites, ceremonies, and customs of the whole world: or, A complete and impartial view of all the religions in the various nations of the universe. Both Antient and Modern, from the Creation down to the present Time. Containing, besides many other Curious, Instructive and Entertaining Particulars, ... including the antient and present State of Religion amongst the Jews, ...Romish Church, with the various Orders of her Communion, &c. &c. Together with a very particular History of the Protestant or Reformed Churches, ... viz. the Church of England, ... Antinomians, &c. Comprehending also a genuine and circumstantial Description of all the most material lesser Sects, ... since the first Promulgation of Christianity; and likewise the Ecclesiastical Laws and History concerning every Religion. To which are added the most important Transactions of Church Councils, ... I. An Account of those Persons by whom the various Modes of Worship were established, and the Means used in propagating them. ...VIII. An exact Summary of the different Objects of Adoration, ... Times and Places of religious Observance, ... with a Survey of the Utensils employed at Altars, .... and whatever else is worthy of Notice respecting the origin or present State of every sacred Institution. The Whole being the Result of many Years study, and comprising not only all that is valuable on the Subject of Religion, but also a Variety of new and interesting Matter relative to the Manners and Customs of all Nations, not to be found in any other Work. Designed to Form a Complete Family Library. Including The Whole Body of Divinity, According to the different religious Usages in every Part of the known World. Calculated for Christians of all Denominations; And illustrated by Quotations from the most celebrated Authors. By William Hurd, D.D.
Hurd, William.Date: [1780?]- Books
Christian Muslim relations : a bibliographical history / edited by David Thomas and Barbara Roggema ; with Juan Pedro Monferrer-Sala [and others].
Date: 2009-- Books
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The Bible in Arab Christianity / edited by David Thomas.
Mingana Symposium on Arabic Christianity and Islam 2005 : Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre)Date: 2007- Books
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The Bible in Arab Christianity / edited by David Thomas.
Mingana Symposium on Arabic Christianity and Islam 2005 : Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre)Date: 2007- Books
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Five discourses, containing certain arguments for and against the reception of Christianity by the antient Jews and Greeks Preached at Croydon, In Surry, by John Ireland, A. M. Vicar Of The Said Church. To which are subjoined, illustrative notes.
Ireland, John, 1761-1842.Date: 1796
