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To Find the Stupa Within

Sajda Van Der Leeuw analyses the Heart Sutra, a Buddhist text featured in the Imagining the Divine exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum.

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Empires of FaithDecember 11, 2017December 14, 20171 Comment

The Stories We Tell

With the Imagining the Divine exhibition now open, Robert Bracey discusses the process of conveying messages through labels, and the particularly difficult example of the Bamiyan Buddhas. 

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Empires of FaithOctober 23, 2017October 22, 2017Leave a comment

Installing ‘Imagining the Divine’ #8: 12th October

Jaś Elsner and Stefanie Lenk are blogging from behind the scenes during the installation of the Ashmolean Museum’s exhibition Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions, opening on October 19th. 

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Empires of FaithOctober 13, 2017October 14, 2017Leave a comment

Installing ‘Imagining the Divine’ #4: 9th October

Jaś Elsner and Stefanie Lenk are blogging from behind the scenes during the installation of the Ashmolean Museum’s exhibition Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions, opening on October 19th. 

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Empires of FaithOctober 9, 2017October 14, 20171 Comment

Installing ‘Imagining the Divine’ #2: 5th October

Jaś Elsner and Stefanie Lenk are blogging from behind the scenes during the installation of the Ashmolean Museum’s exhibition Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions, opening on October 19th. 

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Empires of FaithOctober 6, 2017October 14, 2017Leave a comment

A proper place for images: the Buddha in Thailand

Hugo Shakeshaft, a PhD student in Classics and member of Talking Religion, writes about his latest trip to Thailand and what encounters with the image of the Buddha might tell us about perceptions of this most important of figures.

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Empires of FaithAugust 3, 20172 Comments

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