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Theravāda (/ˌtɛrəˈvɑːðə/; lit. 'School of the Elders'; Chinese: 上座部佛教; Vietnamese: Thượng tọa bộ) is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed Theravādins (anglicized from Pali theravādī), have preserved their version of Gautama Buddha's teaching or Dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia. (Full article...)

• ... that fictional religions, often described in speculative fiction, have in some cases inspired real religious movements?
• ... that the capital of South Ossetia once had more Jews than Ossetians?
• ... that the Grave with the Hands commemorates a married couple, divided by society and religion, with hands clasped over a cemetery wall after death?
• ... that religious studies scholar C. Jouco Bleeker believed that religions are like acorns?
• ... that the nonconformist minister Ichabod Chauncey was banished from England under the Religion Act 1592 and spent two years in exile in Holland where he published a defence of his actions?
• ... that Gherardo Gambelli, the incoming archbishop of Florence, served as a prison chaplain in Chad for over a decade?

George Went Hensley (May 2, 1881 – July 25, 1955) was an American Pentecostal minister best known for popularizing the practice of snake handling. A native of rural Appalachia, Hensley experienced a religious conversion around 1910: on the basis of his interpretation of scripture, he came to believe that the New Testament commanded all Christians to handle venomous snakes. (Full article...)