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Hidden forces are always at work in the world, and people always want to control them, a cognitive anthropologist explains. Enter the human universal of shamanism.
From naked mole rats to the immortal jellyfish – the creatures that would make Dracula shudder.
Throughout Catholic history, miracles have been attributed to Virgin Mary’s power. She is understood to cry not only over the sins of the world, but over the pain she experienced in her earthly life.
The underpinning of Christian faith is the belief in a miracle – the resurrection of Jesus. As we approach Easter, a philosopher-physician asks whether miracles can make sense.
Native American scholars joined in the global March for Science. Their science blends seamlessly with beliefs.
The movie ‘The Case for Christ’ is released this weekend. A scholar takes a close look at the claims for the historicity of Jesus’ resurrection.
A Christian movement led by popular independent religious entrepreneurs, often referred to as ‘apostles,’ is changing the religious landscape of America.
This is a thought-provoking, odd, shocking and beautiful movie about feminism, fantasy and film history.
Americans are increasingly choosing not to identify with any religious tradition. But this group of irreligious people is a complex one – with different relationships to religion.
BBC One’s The Living and the Dead revels in the Victorians’ obsession with the supernatural and the limits of science.
Hamlet begins with a ‘night of the living dead’; Banquo turns into a ghost . The Bard had a supernatural streak and it was crucial to the genesis of Gothic literature.
In many parts of Nigeria, children are branded as witches and suffer abuse and even abandonment. Religion and poverty are thought to play a role.
The dark, disturbing imagery of Bowie’s final album recalls how the artist inspired the goth movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
The belief in demonic possession – often thought to be a relic of The Dark Ages and the Salem Witch Trials – remains surprisingly mainstream.
Formlings are representations of flying termites and their underground nests. They are associated with botantical subjects considered by the San to have great spiritual significance.
The San are caught between a rock and an art place. While they face an uncertain future, myths and meaning come under the spotlight in a new book.
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Executive Director, Center for Religion and Civic Culture, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Project Manager, International Rock Art Collaboration, Rock Art Research Institute, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer, Journalism and Digital Communication, University of Central Lancashire
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Postdoctoral fellow, Kellogg School of Management, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician and Public Health Scientist, MidMichigan Health, University of Michigan
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Lecturer in Victorian Literature, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Mobile Media and Games., RMIT University
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PHD Student in Classics, University of Newcastle
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Reader in Cultural History, University of Portsmouth
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Associate Professor in English and Cultural Studies, Curtin University
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Professor of Renaissance and Magical Literatures, University of Exeter
