Religion in society

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Religion in society (L350): The study of the sociological influence of religion.

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‘…all Altars [should] be taken down and clear removed even unto the foundation’: Edmund Grindal. Social and political doublethink in the Puritan movement by Craig Paterson	The purpose of this article is to consider the English Reformation, particularly within the late sixteenth century, from an interdisciplinary...	Reformation, Early modern, Christianity, puritan, memorial	view
The Myth Of The Black Knight: Subverting The Image Of Count Gondomar In Early Modern England, Ernesto Oyarbide Magaña	This article centres its attention on the propaganda produced after the failure of the Spanish Match: the marriage negotiations between Spain and...	17th century, pamphlets	view
A presentation of the contemporary human condition in Matthew Arnold’s Dover Beach and William Holman Hunt’s Our English Coasts, 1852 (Strayed Sheep) by Alexandra Mayson	More than just lyrically and visually pleasing icons of their age, ‘Dover Beach’ and ‘Our English Coasts’ also invoke the contemporary human...	Pre-raphaelite, Matthew Arnold, 19th century	view
Overview of World Religions	The Overview of World Religions website provides introductory articles on all the major world religions and the regions in which they have...	Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism, Zoroastrianism, world religions	view
Science and Religious Conflict Conference	Does Religion Lead to Tolerance or Intolerance? An international three-day conference in Oxford in 2010, organised by the Science and Religious...	Tolerance, Altruism, Morality, Religion, Conflict resolution	view
Islam in the West: what is Sufism?	An orthodox description of modern Sufism in the UK, primarily from the traditional Asian viewpoint	Islam, Sufism, Faith	view
National Anglo-Jewish Heritage Trail	Information on the history of the Jewish community in England which stretches back over 1,000 years. The website contains informative walking...	Judaism, Local history, Religious history	view
Internet Islamic history sourcebook	The Internet Islamic history sourcebook is an extensive online reader to texts relevant for the study of Islamic history from its foundations...	Islam, Arab world, Islamic faith, Islamic history	view
Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)	A 24-lecture course by Christine Hayes examining the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as an expression of the religious life and thought of ancient...	Old Testament, Bible, Israel, Prophecy	view
Nizami: ballet of Seven Beauties	This ia a recording of a ballet by Kara Karayev, a 20th-century Azeri composer, based on the 'Seven Beauties' (Haft Paykar) masterpiece by Nizami....	Sufi poetry, Ballet, Nizami, Azerbaijan	view

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