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...Laws of Armed Conflict – such as the murder of civilians or torture? The 1954 Convention does not tell us this; it only says that cultural property can be damaged only if there is no ‘feasible alternative’. But what counts as a feasible alternative? If the alternative to preserving a Mosque or Church increased the risk to life, would that rule it out as...

...law, morality and theology in defining sin; the relation of body and soul in religious anthropology; the relation of lay and monastic communities; the relation of gender to the assignment of sin; the relation between a given community and the visualisation of sin. In art history we are very interested in understanding the religious parameters that defined a set community...

...law", but, "as far as the gods were concerned, it seemed to make no difference whether one worshipped them or not". Another factor was the growing confidence, in some quarters, in the achievements of man, and a consequent feeling that there was little, if anything, that man could not achieve on his own, without help from the gods. What need, or even what grounds, were...