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The Shroud of Turin: A Critical Summary of Observations, Data and Hypotheses

The Shroud of Turin: A Critical Summary of Observations, Data and Hypotheses, edited by Robert Rucker and contributors for the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado, 2020, is a report from an advocacy research organisation, not independent peer reviewed scholarship. Its strength is that it compiles a wide range of the shroud's own observational data and competing hypotheses about it in one document. Its limit is real and should be weighed directly: the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado exists to argue for the shroud's authenticity, so its own synthesis of the evidence is not a neutral account and should be read alongside independent scientific studies of the object.

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Reliability Tier
3
Reliability tier 3: a report from an advocacy research organisation that exists to argue for the object's authenticity, not independent peer reviewed scholarship.
Notes
The Turin Shroud Center of Colorado's own compiled critical summary of shroud research observations and hypotheses (2020); an advocacy research organization's compilation, not independent peer-reviewed scholarship.
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Author
Robert W. Rucker (ed.) and contributors
Publisher
Turin Shroud Center of Colorado
Publication Year
2020
Source Type
Report
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Turin, Cities

This source names Turin directly: "The Shroud of Turin: A Critical Summary of Observations, Data and Hypotheses, edited by Robert Rucker and contributors for the Turin Shroud Center of Colorado, 2020, is a report from an advocacy..."

Source The Shroud of Turin: A Critical Summary of Observations, Data and HypothesesRobert W. Rucker (ed.) and contributors
Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)

This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Sacred Sites, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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