... that a religious community is a group of people who practice the same religion, but do not have to live together?
... that across his thirty-six collections, fashion designer
Alexander McQueen contemplated religion, told fairy tales, and criticized the fashion industry?
... that the nonconformist minister Ichabod Chauncey was banished from England under the
Religion Act 1592 and spent two years in exile in Holland where he published a defence of his actions?
... that in her 2021 book White Evangelical Racism, professor of religion Anthea Butler called
American evangelicalism a pro-
Trump, "nationalistic political movement"?
... that the Grave with the Hands commemorates a married couple, divided by society and religion, with hands clasped over a cemetery wall after death?
The Bene Gesserit (/ˈbɛniːˈdʒɛsərɪt/) are a group in
Frank Herbert's fictional
Dune universe. A powerful social, religious, and political force, the Bene Gesserit is described as an exclusive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and minds through years of physical and
mental conditioning to obtain
superhuman powers and abilities that seem magical to outsiders. The group seeks to acquire power and influence to direct humanity on an enlightened path, a concerted effort planned and executed over centuries. (Full article...)
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American
science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel
Dune and its five sequels. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer. (Full article...)
Holi (Hindi pronunciation:['hoːli:]) is a popular and significant
Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love, and Spring. It celebrates the eternal and divine love of the deities
Radha and
Krishna. Additionally, the day signifies the triumph of good over evil, as it commemorates the victory of
Vishnu as
Narasimha over
Hiranyakashipu. Holi originated and is predominantly celebrated in the
Indian subcontinent of
India and
Nepal, but has also spread to other regions of
Asia and parts of the
Western world through the Indian diaspora. (Full article...)
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Einstein in 1921
Albert Einstein (/ˈaɪnstaɪn/EYEN-styne; German:[ˈalbɛɐtˈʔaɪnʃtaɪn]ⓘ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born
theoretical physicist who is widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time. Best known for developing the
theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to
quantum mechanics, and was thus a central figure in the revolutionary reshaping of the scientific understanding of nature that
modern physics accomplished in the first decades of the twentieth century. His
mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2, which arises from relativity theory, has been called "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921
Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the
photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory. His work is also known for its influence on the
philosophy of science. In a 1999 poll of 130 leading physicists worldwide by the British journal Physics World, Einstein was ranked the greatest physicist of all time. His intellectual achievements and originality have made the word Einstein broadly synonymous with genius. (Full article...)