Many saints are venerated for specific reasons, professions or even nations. There are saints who are believed to provide assistance in selling a property.
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An archaeologist tells the story of how she and her colleagues discovered a traditional Irish village, a clachan, in a South Australian field – the first confirmed clachan found outside Ireland.
Mad, bad or dangerous – the gripping true crime story of Grace Marks, who caused a sensation in the 19th century and still holds fascination today.
As the Kentucky Senate considers a bill for school prayer, a scholar explains the violent history of prayer – and a time when Catholic students were sometimes whipped, beaten and worse for not participating.
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Law & Walter H. Stowers Chair of Law and Religion, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, History, University College Dublin
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Professor of History, University of Warwick
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PhD Candidate, Archaeology, Flinders University, Flinders University
