Thomas More’s Prayer Book

A Hospital Prayer Book

Death in Imam Sajjad`s complete prayer book

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Birds in the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg

The miniatures of the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg incorporate many birds among the leaves and tendrils of their margins, and occasionally another small animal, such as a rabbit or a butterfly. The birds are surprisingly numerous there are almost two hundred, all very small, usually three-eighths of an inch or less in size. Despite their tiny dimensions, well over half these birds are pai...

Foster the "mores", counter the "limits"

This paper reports an ethnographic study of a Chinese environmental volunteer organization in Mincheng, China and the Transition Town movement in Totnes, UK. We examine limits that affected local sustainable activities, and how people attempted to counter the limits. Our use of the term “limits” is a little different than “limits on computing” but pertinent to the larger issues.

Can Prayer Increase Gratitude?

The objective of these studies was to determine the strength and direction of the relationship between prayer and gratitude. In Study 1 (n 674), the authors replicated the cross-sectional association between prayer frequency and gratitude that has been demonstrated in previous research. In Study 2 (n 780), prayer frequency predicted gratitude 6 weeks later even when controlling for initial grat...