Articles

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Long form writing on figures, events, ideas and controversies across every tradition the atlas covers, distinct from the shorter facts on the subject's own page. An article takes on a single topic in depth, from a saint's life to a doctrinal dispute to the history of a sacred site, usually running well beyond what a fact card can hold.

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The Degrees of al Baldah, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Butain, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Dabaran, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Dhira, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Fargh al Mukdim, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Fargh al Thani, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Ghafr, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Hana, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Haqa, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Iklil, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Jabhah, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Naaim, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Nathrah, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Qalb, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Sarfah, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Sharatain, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Shaulah, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Simak, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Tarf, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Thurayya, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Zubana, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of al Zubrah, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of Batn al Hut, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of Sa'd al Akhbiyah, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of Sa'd al Dhabih, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of Sa'd al Suud, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of Sa'd Bula, and Where They Came From

The Degrees of the Zodiac Symbolized

The Deities of the Akan

The Deity Who Comes Down to the Courtyard

The Delay and the Scholarly Debate

The Delphic Oracle and the Shape of Ancient Prophecy

The Demon Queen of Balinese Cosmology

The Demon Star, Measured

The Demoness Who Preyed on Mothers and Infants

The Demons

The Denominations of a Single Chosen Deity

The Densest Concentration of Contested Sites

The Densest Narrative Stretch in the Whole Sixty-Part Scheme

The Densest Religious Landscape in India

The Department of the Study of Religions

The Descendant: Exactly Opposite, and Not Quite Where Things Set

The Descendant: The Western Angle

The Descent at Sankassa

The Descent Into Xibalba

The Descent of Ganga

The Descent to the Underworld

The Descent to Yomi, and the Origin of Death

The Descent, and Shiva's Hair

The Descent, and Why Ovid Told It Twice

The Desert That Produced a World Religion

The Desert's Book of Hours

The Designer's Scroll

The Destroyer in Scripture

The Destruction of Canudos and the Preacher Who Built It

The Destruction of European Jewry

The Devadasi System and Its Legal History

The Development of Purgatory as a Place

The Devi Mahatmya and a Goddess Who Is Not a Consort

The Devi Mahatmya, Tantra, and the Left Hand

The Device That Built the Pre-Modern Muslim World Outside the State

The Devotional Practices

The devotional rituals

The Devotional Song

The Devourer at the Scales of Judgment

The Dhana Yogas as a Class

The Dharmachakra Mudra

The Dharmic Traditions

The Dhavala and Its Standing

The Dhyana Mudra

The Diaconate As Anglican Ministry's First Order

The Diagonal That Broke the Pythagoreans

The Diagram That Supports Meditation

The Dialect of Edessa That Became a Christian World Language

The Dialect of the First Coptic Bible

The Diaspora Arm It Sends Abroad

The Diet of 1521, and What Luther Actually Said

The dietary practices

The dietary restrictions

The Difference That Matters in Advaita