For much of the second half of the 20th century Cambodia was racked by war and famine. Yet it was not always like this. Before its rice fields were stained with blood in the mid-1960s, Cambodia was celebrated as a land of fertile tranquility where a predominantly Buddhist people continued ...
The events of Holy Week, the last week of Jesus' life, are central to the Christian message. The makers of the Irish High Crosses included some of these Holy Week events on some of the scripture crosses, while completely ignoring others. Featured here are images from eight events that took...
The study of sexual and feminine images in the story of Eve’s creation and the construction of the Tabernacle—as it developed from scripture, through midrash, to Kabbalah—informs us of the centrality of feminine and maternal symbols in the heart of the Holy of Holies. Aided by gender, ...
12. What is more, Saint Francis, faithful to Scripture, invites us to see nature as a magnii- cent book in which God speaks to us and grants us a glimpse of his ininite beauty and goodness. "Through the greatness and the beauty of crea- tures one comes to know by analogy their ...