Religion

slideshow contactsheet Immaculées Conceptions Thomas Vanden Driessche/Out Of Focus/Picturetank

Au début du 20e siècle le culte marial explose en Belgique. Les apparitions de Beauraing et de Banneux en pleine crise des années 30 passionnent les foules. Des milliers de grottes de Lourdes sont construites à travers le pays offrant aux fidèles une image permanente de...

slideshow contactsheet konvertieren Lia Darjes

Why do Germans become Muslims? What makes non-believers or Christians convert to a religion which is worshiped in a language and semantics they mostly don’t understand and that has traditions that have little in common with our cultural roots?  <br><br> The German...

slideshow contactsheet Visionaries Simone Donati / TerraProject

Italy is home of a popular phenomenon, the presence of people who state they can see the Virgin Mary. This could happen on a regular basis, for example the 5th of every month, or every day at a certain time. These apparitions are followed by thousands of people who wait for the...

slideshow contactsheet Christians in Egypt Michele Borzoni / TerraProject

The Copt community in Egypt is the largest Christian community in the Middle East. They are also the largest religious minority in the region and represent 10% of Egypt's population. As a minority, they suffer repeated discrimination in Egypt and are the target of militant...

slideshow contactsheet Christian minority in Pakistan Michele Borzoni / TerraProject

With 1.6% of the population and some 3 million believers, the Christian minority in Pakistan is the second largest religious minority after Hindus. After the partition of the Indian subcontinent and with the Zia-ul-Haq’s islamization of Pakistan, a forced implementation of...

slideshow contactsheet Christians in Turkey Michele Borzoni / Terraproject

At the beginning of the First World War, Christians still made up 20 percent of the population in Turkey. However in May 1915, Ottoman commanders began mass deportation of Armenians. Thousands were marched from the Anatolian borders towards Syria and Mesopotamia. Some 1.5 million...

slideshow contactsheet Christians in Israel and Palestine Michele Borzoni / TerraProject

<p align="justify">Christians in the Holy Land, especially Palestinian Christians, are living under duress. In Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, now only 18 percent of the population is Christian. In Jerusalem, the percentage of Palestinian Christians is a far...

slideshow contactsheet Polyandry in Himalaya Michele Borzoni / TerraProject

The Tibetan community of the Niyma lives in the Nyimba Valley “the sunshine valley of high elevation”, on the western border between Nepal and Tibet. The Niymba practice polyandry, in which brothers share a common wife, a sort of polygamy where women have more then one...

slideshow contactsheet Padre Pio Simone Donati / TerraProject

The town of San Giovanni Rotondo, in Puglia in southern Italy, is home to of one of the biggest and most popular religious cults, the worship of Padre Pio. He was born Francesco Forgione, and given the name Pio when he joined the Capuchins; but was popularly known as Padre Pio...

slideshow contactsheet Little gods of Mulungushi Agro Céline Anaya gautier

Like many others African countries, Zambia is deeply affected by the AIDS plague. Normally in the African culture, if both parents die, the uncle on the mother's side takes care of the children and welcomes them in his home. Most of the time, this tradition is observed, but...

slideshow contactsheet Silence - Meditation Patrice Normand / Temps Machine

These men are former missionaries or retired parish priests. I asked them to pray in my presence and they accepted to be photographed. Maison des Oblats de Pontmain, Mayenne, France. This work was made possible thanks to the artist's residency at the Pontmain Centre for...

slideshow contactsheet Un curé dans la brousse Céline Anaya Gautier

Avec sa tignasse rousse, parsemée d’immenses rubans bruns et d’élégants bouquets verts, telle une gigantesque demoiselle, la brousse zambienne s’étend à perdre de vue avec sa mer d’herbe sèche, ses sentiers en terre battue et ses arbustes rabougris. En ce mois de...

slideshow contactsheet Russia's Old Believers Ivan Boiko

The Old Believers constitute a singular minority within contemporary Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church. Raised within a strict framework, amidst the violence of the 17th century, this religious and social community is now the only surviving group in modern-day Russia that...

slideshow contactsheet Buen camino peregrino... Ultreïa... Céline Anaya Gautier

The Routes of Santiago de Compostela are found all over Europe and pilgrims come from all over the world every year to hike all over them. This path is the 'Camino Frances': an 800 km trail which begins in Saint Jean Pied de Port...

slideshow contactsheet Shamans of Tuva Ivan Boiko

Shamans of Tuva. With the split of Soviet Union spiritual and religious practices used to arise in former Soviet republics. New forms of traditional practices appeared to be, forms never existed before. Today practicing shamans in Tuva are organised into several competitive...