by Charles Cameron | Jun 30, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — religions taking other religions apart, stone by stone, image by image, song by song ] . Some recently converted Jehovah’s Witnesses appear to have destroyed the altars of indigenous Otomi people in Mexico, an anthopologist has...
by Charles Cameron | Feb 28, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — iconoclasm ancient & modern ] . ** Ancient: Eamonn Duffy‘s “prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people’s experience of religion in fifteenth-century England. Eamon Duffy shows that late...
by Charles Cameron | Feb 28, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — second of three posts, this one more hopeful ] . Experts say footage of beheading of Christians in Libya was FAKE http://t.co/3trjmAtlsi pic.twitter.com/yEw3kVhQC0 — Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) February 21, 2015 Does ISIS really...
by Charles Cameron | Feb 28, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — there’s some question as to the authenticity of the footage of destruction in the Mosul Museum, hence the triple post of which this is part 1 ] . First the grief, the terrible wailings: #Iraq #Mosul #IS
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by Charles Cameron | Jan 11, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the role of iconography vs idolatry within Islam and Christianity ] . Karim Sadjadpour of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace tweeted an image of Muhammad today: Images of the prophet Mohammed weren't always taboo. This 16th...