BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This article analyzes one of the less-studied issues in Alisher Navoi’s biography—biographical information related to his mother. The study comparatively examines references to parents in Navoi’s works, indirect information found in tazkiras, and later historical sources. In particular, based on information provided in Nasoyim ul-muhabbat about Mavlono Lutfiy, the study substantiates the need to reconsider certain i…

Reference · Wikidata

genre of art that is religious in theme

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans. Sacred art directly relates to religious art in the sense that its purpose is for worship and religious practices. According to one set of definitions, artworks that are inspired by religion but are not considered traditionally sacred remain under the umbrella term of religious art, but not sacred art.

Book · DOAB

The ritual murder accusation is one of a series of myths that fall under the label blood libel, and describes the medieval legend that Jews require Christian blood for obscure religious purposes and are capable of committing murder to obtain it. This malicious myth continues to have an explosive afterlife in the public sphere, where Sarah Palin's 2011 gaffe is only the latest reminder of its power to excite controve…

Full text · Open Library

While browsing a Stonington, Maine, bookstore, Brooke Williams and Terry Tempest Williams discovered a rare copy of an exquisite autobiography by nineteenth-century British nature writer Richard Jefferies, who develops his understanding of a "soul-life" while wandering the wild countryside of Wiltshire, England. Brooke and Terry, like John Fowles, Henry Miller, and Rachel Carson before, were inspired by the prescien…

Image · DPLA

Issue 2.1 of the Review for Religious, 1943.