sindonology

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sindonology

(ˌsɪndənˈɒlədʒɪ)
n
(Theology) the study of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
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sindonology

the study of fabric artifacts, especially the supposed burial shroud of Christ. — sindonologist, n.
See also: Christ
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Paul to three hours; PBS has a spec April 7 on the Shroud of Turin; on April 8, History Channel offers a double bill of "Trial of Jesus" and "The Real Pontius Pilate."
Felix Rossi stealing fibers from the Shroud of Turin (the burial cloth of Jesus Christ) to extract DNA from the blood thereon.
Foote, professor emeritus of biotechnology at Cornell University in the USA, has warned that the convincing nature of 'The Jesus Thief' by JR Lankford may lead readers to believe that a clone could be produced using DNA from the Shroud of Turin.
He discusses sketches he allowed (such as a nude beach bit where the word penis is repeated over and over), prohibited (mass-produced towels based on the Shroud of Turin), and even changed his mind about (a game show called What's My Addiction?).
Allen was able to reproduce, in large part, the unique visual and chemical properties of the Shroud of Turin. The best one can say is that the 1826 photograph is possibly the earliest.
Such skeptics believe the cloak that holds the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to be the work of a skilled artist, much as critics of the Shroud of Turin maintain.
As he lyrically paraphrases Paul and the evangelists (he also celebrates "that strange Fifth Gospel," the Shroud of Turin), Cahill often sounds like the bold and appealing preacher he would have become had he remained in the Jesuits.
They trace the development of representations of the Christ from symbolic imagery like the Good Shepherd to purported likenesses of Jesus based on "miraculous" images like the Shroud of Turin. They also explore the attempts of artists to translate the idea that Jesus lives today into contemporary images.
The plot, which the following can only suggest, begins with investigative reporter Tyrone Pynchon scuffling through prewar Germany, uncovering the dangers behind the ascendant Nazis and pursuing a fascination with the Shroud of Turin. The novel then turns its attention to postwar America, where the Nazis, though defeated, have managed to perpetuate their fascist worldview.
Like the Christian devotees who claim to use science to prove "the miracle" of the Shroud of Turin, Fetzer's colleagues use new scientific techniques to reexamine the holy relics of the Kennedy assassination.
Few issues have offered a better opportunity for science to work cooperatively with religion than has the question of the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin. Yet scarcely has there been such divisiveness between the two spheres, and rarely has science been so abused as it has been in the shroud controversy.
(Coming soon: Noah's Ark and the Shroud of Turin!) It is impossible to picture Leo Strauss, a reclusive thinker who shunned political involvement, declaring his belief in creationism at a press conference as part of a strategy for securing the allegiance of the trailer-park South to the GOP.
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