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eight Posts about

religion

  1. religion • islam • liverpool • victorian-era • lawyers

    William Quilliam

    A convert to Islam and founder of Britain’s first mosque. Read on…
  2. mexico • religion • astronomy • equinox • chichen-itza • maya • mesoamerica

    The descent of the snake

    An astronomical illusion at the Chichén Itzá. Read on…
  3. language • latin • stubbornness • religion • henry-viii • erasmus • neologisms

    Mumpsimus

    A useful nonsense-word of 16th-century origin. Read on…
  4. religion • quakers • non-conformism • egalitarianism

    Shakers

    An 18th-century religious sect that anticipated modern design. Read on…
  6. folklore • italy • apulia • religion • music • psychology • medicine

    Taranto

    The Italian city’s influence on the English language. Read on…
  7. japan • folklore • ghosts • animism • religion

    Tsukumogami

    The spirits within everyday objects. Read on…
  8. alcohol • temperance • lancashire • religion • non-conformism

    Temperance bars

    The teetotaler’s answer to the temptations of the pub. Read on…