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Swinging Bridge - December 10, 2009, Michelle Canales
Swinging Bridge - December 10, 2009, Michelle Canales
Student Newspapers & Magazines
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Swinging Bridge - November 19, 2009, Tim Mackie
Swinging Bridge - November 19, 2009, Tim Mackie
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Swinging Bridge - November 5, 2009, Tim Mackie
Swinging Bridge - November 5, 2009, Tim Mackie
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Swinging Bridge - October 15, 2009, Tim Mackie
Swinging Bridge - October 15, 2009, Tim Mackie
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Swinging Bridge - October 1, 2009, Tim Mackie
Swinging Bridge - October 1, 2009, Tim Mackie
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Swinging Bridge - September 17, 2009, Tim Mackie
Swinging Bridge - September 17, 2009, Tim Mackie
Student Newspapers & Magazines
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Swinging Bridge - April 30, 2009, Alison Stratton
Swinging Bridge - April 30, 2009, Alison Stratton
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Swinging Bridge - April 16, 2009, Alison Stratton
Swinging Bridge - April 16, 2009, Alison Stratton
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Swinging Bridge - April 2, 2009, Alison Stratton
Swinging Bridge - April 2, 2009, Alison Stratton
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Swinging Bridge - March 12, 2009, Alison Stratton
Swinging Bridge - March 12, 2009, Alison Stratton
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Swinging Bridge - February 26, 2009, Alison Stratton
Swinging Bridge - February 26, 2009, Alison Stratton
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Desecrating Scriptures, James W. Watts
Desecrating Scriptures, James W. Watts
Religion - All Scholarship
Desecrations of books of scripture appear regularly in media coverage of religious and political conflicts. Twenty-first century news media have reported scripture desecrations in various Western, Middle Eastern, African, and South Asian countries. Though political tensions also arise from the desecration of sacred sites, objects, and persons, books of scripture have emerged as particularly potent objects of contestation. That is because, as a (very) old form of media themselves, scriptures encapsulate the religious experiences of many people who are used to handling the physical book with veneration. News of such a book’s desecration thus inverts a common religious experience and …