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HUMN 218 World Religions

Global Issues in Context

Global Issues in Context contains full text articles, statistics, images, videos and current news from every region on the globe.  This is a good resource to turn to as you begin to narrow your topic and are looking for specific information on things such as society and culture, minority and environmental issues, and the political landscape of a given region or country. 

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Example reference list citation:

Smith, P. (2012, April 2). Crisis in Syria: how the most violent uprising of the Arab Spring could change the balance of power in the Middle East. New York Times Upfront.
Retrieved from Global Issues in Context database.

Religious Food, Music and History EBooks

Cultural Clothing and Texiles

Religious Art

Standing Buddha

Standing Buddha

Pakistan ca. 3rd-4th century from the MET

Avalokiteshvara Padmapani

Avalokiteshvara Padmapani

Pakistan, 7th century from the MET

Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath

Plate with the Battle of David and Goliath

Byzantine, 629-30, from the MET

Plaque with the Last Supper

Plaque with the Last Supper

British of French (?), 15th century (?), from the MET

Plaque with the Virgin and Child

Plaque with the Virgin and Child

French, ca. 1400, from the MET

Star Deities of the Northern and Central Dippers

Star Deities of the Northern and Central Dippers

China, mid-15th c., from the MET

Daoist Immortal Laozi

China, 1438, from the MET

Torah Crown

Torah Crown

Italian, ca.1740-50, from the MET

Mihrab (Prayer Niche)

Mihrab (Prayer Niche)

Islamic, A.H.755/A.D. 1354-55, from the MET

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Islamic, late 13th-early 14th c., from the MET

Sacred Music

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