The Explainer: "Something special, otherworldly" - why so many people are making maritime pilgrimages
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- ANNE BAILEY
Pilgrimage researcher - and sailor - ANNE BAILEY, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the appeal of sea-based pilgrimages...
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- THOMAS REESE
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, looks - in the context of the Catholic Church's 'Synod on Synodality', at what 'synodality' means...
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- JORGE HEINE
JORGE HEINE, interim director of the Frederick S Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University, looks - in an article first published on The Conversation - at what the term means...
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- JOSHUA HOLZER
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOSHUA HOLZER, assistant professor of political science at Westminster College, explains...
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- JOSHUA SHANES
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOSHUA SHANES, a US-based scholar of modern Jewish history, explains the differences between Judaism’s major denominations...
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- KATHERINE BUTLER
In an article first published on The Conversation, KATHERINE BUTLER, of Northumbria University, Newcastle, looks at the role church bell-ringing has played in coronations and other aspects of life in the UK...
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Responding to Indigenous demands, the Vatican has formally repudiated the “Doctrine of Discovery” - papal documents from the 15th century that legitimised the colonial-era seizure of native lands. The Associated Press provides some background facts and figures...
The Explainer: Why is a love poem full of sex in the Bible? Readers have been struggling with the Song of Songs for 2,000 years
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- JONATHAN KAPLAN
As the world marks Valentine's Day, JONATHAN KAPLAN, associate professor of Hebrew Bible and ancient Judaism at the The University of Texas at Austin, looks - in an article first published on The Conversation - at the Biblical book, Song of Songs...
The Explainer: Calls for Pope Benedict’s sainthood make canonising popes seem like the norm - but it’s a long and politically fraught process
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- JOANNE M PIERCE
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOANNE M PIERCE, of the College of the Holy Cross, looks at the process of canonisation in the Catholic Church - particularly as it relates to past popes...
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- LLOYD DANIEL BARBA
In the first of a new column, LLOYD DANIEL BARBA, an assistant professor of religion at Amherst College in the US, looks - in an article first published on The Conversation - at what Pentecostalism is - and isn't...
