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World Religion Collection (#68)

Images representing various religions and cultural practises from around the world

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Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Church of St Peter, Portovenere, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy

Church of St Peter, Portovenere, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Olympic Temple

Olympic Temple
The remains of the Heraion, oldest temple in Olympia, Greece, circa 1900. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Chinese young lady walking by monument

Chinese young lady walking by monument
Young chinese lady walking by Ming Tombs temple

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Cathedrale Notre-Dame and town

Cathedrale Notre-Dame and town
France, Haute-Loire Department, Auvergne Region, Le Puy-en-Velay, Cathedrale Notre-Dame and town, view from Rocher Corneille

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Church of Saint Dmitry on the Blood

Church of Saint Dmitry on the Blood
Russia, Yaroslavl Oblast, Golden Ring, Uglich, Uglich Kremlin, Church of Saint Dmitry on the Blood

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Church on hill

Church on hill
Vik christian church on hill

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: David And Goliath

David And Goliath
Circa 930 BC, David ( - c.962), the first king of the Judean dynasty of Israel, raises his sword on slaying Goliath.(I Sam 18:13-16, 28-19:1). Original Artwork: Painting by William Hole

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: The Unmerciful Servant

The Unmerciful Servant
Print shows an illustration of the biblical parable The Unmerciful Servant, and depicts a servant who begs for forgiveness from his debt after being brought bound and on his kness before his king

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Interior of Riverside Church

Interior of Riverside Church
One of the first pictures of the unusual arches and columns of the interior of Riverside Church, New York, New York, 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Delinquent Boys

Delinquent Boys
A clergyman comes across a group of boys gambling in the churchyard, circa 1890. An engraving by Brend Amour. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Abraham Offering Isaac

Abraham Offering Isaac
Handpainted engraving of Abraham offering Isaac, c. 1880. (Engraving by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Riverside Church

Riverside Church towers over Riverside Drive on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York, New York, 1930s

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Cathedral Of St. John The Divine

Cathedral Of St. John The Divine
View of the construction of the nave of Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, New York, 1920s. Begun in 1892, construction on the Cathedral of St

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Temple Emanu-el

Temple Emanu-el
View of Temple Emanu-el, located on Fifth Avenue and 65th Street in Manhattan, New York, New York, 1930s

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Basilique Sainte Therese

Basilique Sainte Therese
The Basilique Sainte Therese in the Normandy city of Liseux, mid 1960s. Consecrated in 1954 the site is a popular destination for Catholic pilgrims

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Co Westmeath, Fore Abbey, 13th Century, Benedictine Abbey, Ireland

Co Westmeath, Fore Abbey, 13th Century, Benedictine Abbey, Ireland

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Co Tipperary, Thurles Cathedral, Ireland

Co Tipperary, Thurles Cathedral, Ireland

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: High Cross and Drumcliffe Church, Co Sligo, Ireland

High Cross and Drumcliffe Church, Co Sligo, Ireland

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Clonmacnoise, Co offaly, Ireland

Clonmacnoise, Co offaly, Ireland

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Iona Abbey

Iona Abbey
6th August 1955: The Abbey on the tiny island of Iona, begun in 1203 and neglected after the Reformation, which is being rebuilt by members of the Iona Community

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Prayer Flag

Prayer Flag
24th February 1951: A Tibetan prayer flag which, according to Lamaist religion, releases a prayer with every flutter of the wind. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5210 - Tibet Dissolves - pub

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Ram And Lamb

Ram And Lamb
20th December 1947: A lamb and ram in the church in the French village of Les Baux-en-Provence before the ceremony to commemorate the journey of the shepherds to Bethlehem

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Lighting Candles

Lighting Candles
24th July 1948: A devotee lighting candles at the shrine at Holywell, North Wales. The shrine is sacred to St Winefride, who supposedly rose from the dead by a miracle

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Iona Cross

Iona Cross
6th August 1955: The Celtic cross which has stood on the tiny island of Iona for ten centuries

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Winter Graveyard

Winter Graveyard
12th March 1955: A snow-covered graveyard in Edinburgh; away to the right of the church in this photograph Edinburgh Castle dominates the landscape

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Consultation

Consultation
Two people consulting with an oracle in ancient Greece, circa 600 BC. The priestess (right) is predicting the future while in a state of trance. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Prediction By Chicken

Prediction By Chicken
A cage containing two chickens, circa 600 BC. In ancient Greece, the birds were thought to predict the future according to the manner of their feeding

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Isis And Osiru

Isis And Osiru
circa 1900: A statue of the Egyptian goddess Isis and Osiru. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Baghdad Bazaar

Baghdad Bazaar
The entrance to the bazaar in Baghdad, Iraq, with the Ghilani Mosque, with its blue dome and minarets in the background, circa 1918. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Hospices de Beaune

Hospices de Beaune
A porch at the Hotel Dieu or Hospices de Beaune, circa 1450

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Jesus Casting Out Demons

Jesus Casting Out Demons
Biblical engraving shows Jesus as he casts out demons from a possessed man who writhes on the ground, his arms held out from his body by some of the gathered onlookers

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Amarapura City Wall

Amarapura City Wall
The south east corner of the city wall and moat which surrounds Amarapura, Burma (now Myanmar), 1854. (Photo by Linnaeus Tripe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Sebouktya Kyung

Sebouktya Kyung
The ornate Sebouktya Kyung, or monastery, in Amarapura, Burma (now Myanmar), 1855. (Photo by Linnaeus Tripe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Holy Relic

Holy Relic
1869: The tongue of St Anthony (1195 - 1231) preserved from the 15th century in a silver gilt reliquary at the Basilica of St Anthony in Padua. An illustration from Robert Chambers Book of Days

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Miracle In Jerusalem

Miracle In Jerusalem
circa AD 60: St Peter, accompanied by John the Apostle, heals a lame man at the gate of the temple in Jerusalem, as described in Acts 3 of the New Testament. An engraving by H. B

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Miracle In Jerusalem

Miracle In Jerusalem
circa AD 60: St Peter, accompanied by John the Apostle, heals a lame man at the gate of the temple in Jerusalem, as described in Acts 3 of the New Testament. By Simon after a painting by Raphael

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Shinto Shrine

Shinto Shrine
Paper decorations adorn a Shinto shrine, Japan, circa 1955. (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Nagasaki Temple

Nagasaki Temple
A temple in Nagasaki, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Spencer Arnold/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Mendicant Nun

Mendicant Nun
A Japanese mendicant nun, who makes her living by begging, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Mendicant Nuns

Mendicant Nuns
Two Japanese mendicant nuns, who make their living by begging, circa 1865. (Photo by Felice Beato/Spencer Arnold/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Palermo Cathedral

Palermo Cathedral
The cathedral of Palermo, Sicily, circa 1900

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Row Of Buddhas

Row Of Buddhas
A row of seated Buddha statues in the garden of a temple at Nikko, Japan, 1890. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Yasaka Pagoda

Yasaka Pagoda, also known as Hokanji Temple, in Kyoto, Japan, circa 1865. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Nikko Tosho-gu

Nikko Tosho-gu
A view of the grounds of the shrine of Nikko Tosho-gu at Nikko, Japan, circa 1900. At centre, left, is an ornamental bell-tower. (Photo by Spencer Arnold/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Auspicious Beginning

Auspicious Beginning
The figure of Truth, attended by Faith, Hope and Charity commissioning the genius of masonry to illuminate the craft in the building of Thomas Sandbys new Freemasons Hall in London, 1784

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Warrior Monk

Warrior Monk
A member of the Knights Templar, a religious military order founded in 1118 to protect Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Scots Church

Scots Church
The Presbyterian Scots Church, Melbourne, Australia, circa 1880. Designed by Joseph Reed, the church was built between 1871 and 1874. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: San Bernardo Street

San Bernardo Street
The calle de San Bernardo and the Church of the Novitiate of the Jesuits in Madrid, 1836. Engraving by James B. Allen after a drawing by David Roberts. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Dresden Landmark

Dresden Landmark
The Frauenkirche cathedral in Dresden, circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: St Swithin

St Swithin, Bishop of Winchester, who died in 862, pictured circa 860. An illustration from the Benedictional of St Ethelwold, an example of the Winchester School of Illumination

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Tartarus

Tartarus
The three most famous inhabitants of Tartarus, the ancient Greek equivalent of Hell, circa 1500 BC

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Vision Of Hell

Vision Of Hell
An engraving depicting Hell and its wretched inhabitants, circa 1650. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Last Judgement

Last Judgement
Penetrabo omnes inferiores partes terrae, et inspiciam omnes dormientes, et illuminabo omnes sperantes in Domino. Engraving from the biblical book of Ecclesiastes, by Adrian Collaert, circa 1590

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Tortured Catholic

Tortured Catholic
Protestant Beggars, members of a religious guerrilla movement, torture a recalcitrant Catholic in Holland, circa 1572. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Devils Sabbath

Devils Sabbath
An engraving by Claude Gillot depicting a Devils Sabbath, circa 1700. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: The Last Judgement

The Last Judgement
A depiction, circa 1650, of the last judgement, as described in Revelations, the last book of the Bible. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Ulm Cathedral

Ulm Cathedral
The Gothic cathedral or Munster in Ulm, circa 1900. Construction was begun in 1377 and completed in 1890, and the spire is one of the worlds tallest, at 161 metres

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Magi Moment

Magi Moment
Adoration Of The Magi by Albrecht Durer, 1504. The three kings surround the infant Jesus and his mother, the Virgin Mary, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, circa 4 BC

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Moses Breaking The Tables Of The Law

Moses Breaking The Tables Of The Law
Moses Breaking the Tables of the Law, engraving by the French artist Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883), 1865. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Shiraz Mosque

Shiraz Mosque
The city of Shiraz in Iran, capital of Fars province, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Oracle Of Apollo

Oracle Of Apollo
A father and his two sons consulting the oracles of Apollo at Delphi in ancient Greece, circa 600 BC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Noahs Sacrifice

Noahs Sacrifice
Noah makes a sacrifice to God, after he and his family survived the flood. Engraved by Caldwall from a painting by Poussin, 1811. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Two By Two

Two By Two
Noah and his sons collect two of every animal and herd them onto the ark in order to save them from the flood, circa 4000 BC. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Evil Brood

Evil Brood
E en in like manner Adams evil brood cast themselves, one by one, down from the shore. Charon the ferryman beats the stragglers on the shores of Acheron

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Hideous Harpies

Hideous Harpies
Virgil leads the author through a wood filled with Harpies and miserable souls transformed into trees. An engraving by Gustave Dore, illustrating Canto XIII of Dantes Inferno, written circa 1310

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Circle Of Serpents

Circle Of Serpents
The other two looked on, exclaiming Ah! How does thou change, Agnello!. An engraving by Gustave Dore, illustrating Canto XXV of Dantes Inferno, written circa 1310

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Dantes Vision

Dantes Vision
Now seest thou, son! The souls of those whom anger overcame. Virgil leads the author past souls writing in torment in the River Styx

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Mutilated Shades

Mutilated Shades
Virgil leads the author past a group of wretched souls contemplating their missing limbs and heads. An engraving by Gustave Dore, illustrating Canto XXIX of Dantes Inferno, written circa 1310

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Church Sanctuary

Church Sanctuary
The exterior walls of the sanctuary of a modernist church building, circa 1956. The wall consists of five twenty-foot wide folds, which give the structure great strength and a distinctive apearance

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: St Patricks Cathedral

St Patricks Cathedral
St Patricks Roman Catholic Cathedral in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, circa 1950. It was founded by the saint in 445, upon his return from Rome

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Wall Carving Of Egyptian God Isis

Wall Carving Of Egyptian God Isis
Wall carving of Egyptian goddess Isis, the goddess of fertility, wearing a headdress with a solar disk between cow horns. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: St Laurence s

St Laurence s
circa 1930: The Saxon church of St Laurence in Bradford-on-Avon, dating back to around 700 AD

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas
A mosaic depicting Saint Nicholas, 4th Century Bishop of Myra, in the Basilica San Marco, Venice, circa 1930. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Calcutta Church

Calcutta Church
The interior of St Peters Church, situated within the walls of the British East India Companys stonghold, Fort William in Kolkata (Calcutta), circa 1850. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Fertility Goddess

Fertility Goddess
circa 1800: Egyptian mythological goddess of fertility and motherhood Isis with a cows head breastfeedomg her son Horus, god of the sky and of light and goodness

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Hotel Dieu

Hotel Dieu
The Hotel Dieu or Hospices de Beaune, a medieval hospital for the care of the poor, circa 1650

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Monks At The Hotel Dieu

Monks At The Hotel Dieu
A procession of monks passes through the courtyard of the Hotel Dieu or Hospices de Beaune, 1853

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Raising Of The Daughter Of Jairus

Raising Of The Daughter Of Jairus
Engraving shows Jesus as he returns the daughter of Jairus to life as her family watches with concern. The engraving is based on a painting by Guftav Richter. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Castel San Angelo

Castel San Angelo
The siege of the Castel San Angelo in Rome by the forces of Emperor Charles V of Spain, 1527

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Burmese Monastery

Burmese Monastery
An ornate monastery, or Kyung, in Burma (now Myanmar), possibly Ne Nan Gyung, 1855. (Photo by Linnaeus Tripe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Mourning Egyptian

Mourning Egyptian
circa 1890: A maid holds a mirror up for her mistress who is applying mourning make-up. Original Artist - John Weguelin - Lady Goes Into Mourning (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: First Methodist Chapel

First Methodist Chapel
Worshippers gathered at the laying of the cornerstone of the first Methodist chapel in Bristol, 12th May 1739. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: First Methodist Conference

First Methodist Conference
The first Methodist conference takes place at the Foundery, Moorfields, London, 25th June 1744. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageWorld Religion Collection: Lower East Side Street Scene

Lower East Side Street Scene
Shoppers congregate as vendors sell their wares on the sidewalk outside of haberdasheries at 57 Hester Street and 55 Hester Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York, New York, circa 1900



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