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People in church praying with covid-19 restrictions

Religious people coped better with Covid-19 pandemic, research suggests

30 Jan 2024

Two Cambridge-led studies suggest that the psychological distress caused by lockdowns (UK) and experience of infection (US) was reduced among those...

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New, handwritten Maimonides texts discovered at Cambridge University Library

11 May 2023

900-year-old paper fragment verified as the handwriting of legendary philosopher Maimonides.

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Pope Francis in Vatican City

Catholic Church can curb carbon emissions by returning to meat-free Fridays

01 Nov 2022

Even a small dietary change by a minority of UK Catholics had significant environmental benefits, say researchers, who argue that a papal decree...

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Reinterpreting Newton and religion

21 Dec 2021

Rediscovered notebook adds new depth to our understanding of Isaac Newton's relationship with theology.

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Unitarian Universalist and larger faith contingent taking part in the 21 September 2014 Peoples Climate March

Opinion: Why scientists need to work more closely with faith communities on climate change

06 Apr 2021

To make sufficient progress in the fight against climate change, scientists need to start taking religious groups more seriously as allies, writes...

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World Trade Centre 9/11

Scriptures rarely a significant motivating factor behind violence, say researchers

01 Sep 2020

Many people misunderstand the relationship between religion, scripture and violence, a new book argues. Some people worry that scriptures such as the...

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World's oldest Korean Bibles at Cambridge University Library

23 May 2019

The library is home to one of the most significant collections of early Korean bibles anywhere in the world.

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Bridging the divide: philosophy meets science

12 Jul 2018

A unique three-year project to bridge the divide between science and philosophy – which embedded early-career philosophers into some of Cambridge’s...

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The bodies of  two Protestants, Martin Bucer and Peter Phagius, are burnt in Cambridge's market place, 1557

The Reformation is remembered

27 Oct 2017

The Reformation is famously traced to an event that took place in Germany 500 years ago and reverberated across Europe. An online exhibition paints a...

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This down-to-earth, glazed terracotta figurine of the Virgin could act as the focus of family prayers in a modest home

Animating objects: what material culture can tell us about domestic devotions

24 Oct 2017

Rustic figurines of a resigned-looking Virgin clutching her child may have no obvious literary or artistic merit to us today. But understanding what...

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‘France’s Samuel Pepys’ is elevated from the footnotes of history

29 Jun 2017

The journals and scrapbooks of Pierre de L’Estoile have for generations provided a vivid picture of France in a time of religious upheaval. Now...

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One of Sabelo Mlangeni's images going on display at MAA from today

The Longing of Belonging: African photography on show at MAA

13 Jun 2017

A photography exhibition capturing the black South African Zionist community – the most popular religious denomination in the country – opens at the...

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