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Beltane parade on the High Street, Glastonbury. The Maypole being btrought to the Town Hall. Note the name of the shop in the background, taken from Richard Cavendish's famous 1970s partwork compendium of the supernatural, religion and mythology.

Beltane parade on the High Street, Glastonbury. The Maypole being btrought to the Town Hall. Note the name of the shop in the background, taken from Richard Cavendish's famous 1970s partwork compendium of the supernatural, religion and mythology.
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🚨 New blog post! 🚨 Learn about "Filmmaking and Lego: Workshop exploring creative pedagogies for promoting religious tolerance and diversity in schools" and an upcoming free workshop on June 24th at Milton Keynes open.ac.uk/blogs/religiou… @informreligion OU Arts & Social Sciences The Open University

🚨 New blog post! 🚨

Learn about "Filmmaking and Lego: Workshop exploring creative pedagogies for promoting religious tolerance and diversity in schools" and an upcoming free workshop on June 24th at Milton Keynes

open.ac.uk/blogs/religiou…
@informreligion <a href="/OU_FASS/">OU Arts & Social Sciences</a> <a href="/OpenUniversity/">The Open University</a>
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Scotland had the highest number of witch trials in the UK, marked by church-led violence, both Protestant and Catholic, against marginalised people, disproportionately targeting women. Here is the memorial to the Peebleshire women and men prosecuted for Witchcraft, Peebles.

Scotland had the highest number of witch trials in the UK, marked by church-led violence, both Protestant and Catholic, against marginalised people, disproportionately targeting women. 

Here is the memorial to the Peebleshire women and men prosecuted for Witchcraft, Peebles.
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The Terracotta Army in Xi'an, China. These clay sculptures of soldiers were buried with China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, around 210–209 BCE to protect him in the afterlife.

The Terracotta Army in Xi'an, China. 
These clay sculptures of soldiers were buried with China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, around 210–209 BCE to protect him in the afterlife.
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šŸ“¢ #BASR2025 CfP is open! Theme: Religion, Space and Place. This year’s online, one-day BASR conference (hosted by The Open University) runs alongside #IAHR2025 in Krakow. Submit by June 9: [email protected] basr.ac.uk/2024/01/11/bas…

šŸ“¢ #BASR2025 CfP is open! Theme: Religion, Space and Place.
This year’s online, one-day BASR conference (hosted by <a href="/OpenUniversity/">The Open University</a>) runs alongside #IAHR2025 in Krakow.

Submit by June 9: basrconference2025@gmail.com

basr.ac.uk/2024/01/11/bas…
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Learn about "Filmmaking and Lego: Workshop exploring creative pedagogies for promoting religious tolerance and diversity in schools" and an upcoming free workshop on June, 24th at Milton Keynes open.ac.uk/blogs/religiou… @informreligion OU Arts & Social Sciences

Learn about "Filmmaking and Lego: Workshop exploring creative pedagogies for promoting religious tolerance and diversity in schools" and an upcoming free workshop on June, 24th at Milton Keynes

open.ac.uk/blogs/religiou…

@informreligion <a href="/OU_FASS/">OU Arts & Social Sciences</a>
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In Belfast, walls talk. This week, we dive into religion and street art in a city known for its powerful murals and visual storytelling. Day 1. Oscar Romero, Catholic saint and human rights activist in El Salvador, honored in the city's Catholic community #Belfast #Murals

In Belfast, walls talk. This week, we dive into religion and street art in a city known for its powerful murals and visual storytelling.

Day 1. Oscar Romero, Catholic saint and human rights activist in El Salvador, honored in the city's Catholic community 

#Belfast #Murals
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In Belfast, walls talk. This week, we dive into religion and street art in a city known for its powerful murals and visual storytelling.⁠ ⁠ Day 2. "CRANN GO BEATHA–TREE OF LIFE". The centre aims to empower and encourage the socially isolated and physically disabled in the city

In Belfast, walls talk. This week, we dive into religion and street art in a city known for its powerful murals and visual storytelling.⁠
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Day 2. "CRANN GO BEATHA–TREE OF LIFE". The centre aims to empower and encourage the socially isolated and physically disabled in the city
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In Belfast, walls talk. This week, we dive into religion and street art in a city known for its powerful murals and visual storytelling.⁠ ⁠ Day 3. The Workers' Party is a Marxist–Leninist, Irish republican party active in the city, where secularism is at the core of its values

In Belfast, walls talk. This week, we dive into religion and street art in a city known for its powerful murals and visual storytelling.⁠
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Day 3. The Workers' Party is a Marxist–Leninist, Irish republican party active in the city, where secularism is at the core of its values
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In Belfast, walls talk. This week, we dive into religion and street art in a city known for its powerful murals and visual storytelling.⁠ ⁠ Day 4. Solidarity with #FreePalestine in Belfast streets

In Belfast, walls talk. This week, we dive into religion and street art in a city known for its powerful murals and visual storytelling.⁠
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Day 4. Solidarity with #FreePalestine in Belfast streets
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Examples of Icons on Ammo Boxes, sold to raise money for frontline medical aid in Ukraine, on display at Aberdeen University in connection with SIEF conference

Examples of Icons on Ammo Boxes, sold to raise money for frontline medical aid in Ukraine,  on display at Aberdeen University in connection with SIEF conference
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Opening plenary of the SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) 2025 conference on the theme of Unwriting. Around 700 in the lecture theatre!

Opening plenary of the SIEF (International Society for Ethnology and Folklore) 2025 conference on the theme of Unwriting. Around 700 in the lecture theatre!
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Hakone Shrine, Japan The most famous viewpoint at Hakone Shrine is the Heiwa no Torii (Peace Torii), where the shrine appears to extend into Lake Ashi. This location is believed to symbolise the boundary between the human world and the divine. #Hakoneshrine

Hakone Shrine, Japan

The most famous viewpoint at Hakone Shrine is the Heiwa no Torii (Peace Torii), where the shrine appears to extend into Lake Ashi. This location is believed to symbolise the boundary between the human world and the divine. #Hakoneshrine
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On solstice day, revisit Maria Nita’s blog on "Solstice in the Anthropocene": ā€œSolstice revival has always been culturally subversive, creating space for change. And such change has never been more urgent than in the Anthropocene. open.ac.uk/blogs/religiou… #Solstice #Anthropocene

On solstice day, revisit Maria Nita’s blog on "Solstice in the Anthropocene":
ā€œSolstice revival has always been culturally subversive, creating space for change. And such change has never been more urgent than in the Anthropocene.
open.ac.uk/blogs/religiou… 

#Solstice #Anthropocene
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What’s the most-read and best-selling book of all time? The Bible! An estimated 5 to 7 billion copies sold worldwide. šŸ“– The Faith Mission Bookshop in Belfast is one of many places you can pick one up #Bible #Bestseller What do you think is the second best-selling book?

What’s the most-read and best-selling book of all time?
The Bible! An estimated 5 to 7 billion copies sold worldwide. šŸ“–
The Faith Mission Bookshop in Belfast is one of many places you can pick one up #Bible #Bestseller

What do you think is the second best-selling book?
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Solstice Tree, Kennett and Avon Canal, Bath Created on the canal bank, encouraging people to write and hang up aspirations, much like prayer trees #Solstice

Solstice Tree, Kennett and Avon Canal, Bath
Created on the canal bank, encouraging people to write and hang up aspirations, much like prayer trees
#Solstice