The spread of Christianity in the Early Middle Ages (from the fifth to tenth centuries) marked the...
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Slavery, for many civilizations throughout human history, has been an inescapable fact. By Harrison Kavanagh Like all...
Confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, and fictional Constitutional rewrites. My upbringing was strict fundamentalist Christian, marked by a...
Fundamentalist evangelicals in the 1920s to 1960s increasingly withdrew into their own subculture. Introduction Fundamentalist Christianity represents...
Changes caused Protestants to lose the privileges they had enjoyed in public life, and they wanted government...
Although Article VI of the U.S. Constitution prohibits any religious test “as a Qualification to any Office...
AG William Barr unleashed a stinging attack on one of the Religious Right’s favorite targets: secularism. Attorney...
The ambition to reform American culture shows the extent to which evangelical political thinking has changed. The...
The Puritan minister originated a principle that remains contentious to this day—separation of church and state. Even...
They wanted to bring about the reform of Protestantism throughout the English Empire. “A City upon a...
Evangelicals who were taught as children to from sex until marriage are coming out and revealing the...
The clergy of ancient Egypt did not preach, interpret scripture, proselytize, or conduct weekly services. Introduction The...
She is best known for her works, Inninsagurra, Ninmesarra, and Inninmehusa, all three hymns to the goddess...
Freedom of speech often suffers during times of war. Introduction Patriotism at times devolves into jingoism and...
“Congress shall make no law . . . ” The words are plain, blunt and unequivocal —...
The cat lost its regal position through the efforts of the medieval Church which encouraged the association...
Dogs played a major role in religious rituals as recorded by Zoroastrian texts. Introduction Dogs have been...
Introduction The mythology of any civilization reflects its core values, greatest fears, and highest hopes and so...
Hesiod (c. 700 BCE), writing in his Theogony, tells us that the Cyclopes were the children of...
They had more rights than women in contemporary cultures to the east and west of Mongolia, some...
The descendants of Genghis each ruled a part of the empire – the four khanates. Introduction The...
At Hydaspes Alexander met a formidable opponent in King Porus. Introduction For almost a decade, Alexander the...
The opposition between East and West, Europe and Asia, Us and Them stretches back into antiquity. The...
Bronze bells were first made in Korea in the Bronze Age. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The metalworkers...
They were constructed as tombs for elite members of the community. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Dolmens (in...
Childbirth used to be a terrifying ordeal. But women were surrounded by others – mothers, aunts, sisters...
Fertility cult, however loosely and often unhelpfully defined, has long been an accepted element of ancient religious...
Corruption and social inequality are indeed closely related and provide a source for popular discontent. By Finn...
The political climate was marked by civil discord and rampant political violence. By Jesse SifuentesHistorian Introduction Lucius...
Examining the main flaws in the court system in the days of Homer. By Dr. Alexandr LoginovProfessor...