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Science and religion
Not always separate fields of knowledge, today science and religion seem to be at each other's throats.
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Religious belief in an age of reason
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18th century watercolour
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Late 18th century image of the Medicine Buddha
Armenian miniature from 1495
Amulet for safe pregnancy and delivery
19th century lacquered wood domestic shrine
Scare-devil from the Nicobar Islands
The healing power of amulets
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Etrucscan votive from from 4th-2nd century BCE
Otto Wagner's design for a church at the Steinhof mental hospital, Vienna
David Gentilcore discusses amulets