The history of how European Christians spread their message, using key texts from around the world. Introduction...
Month: January 2021
Since the 8th and 9th centuries, these early missions were called ‘Celtic Christianity’. Introduction The Hiberno-Scottish mission...
They are aggressively patriarchal, literalist in their reading of sacred texts, and assiduous in pursuit of Christian...
Tangible evidence about Christianity’s spread from Rome to Canterbury and from Ireland to the Court of Charlemagne....
It was initially a Jewish message and so the followers of Jesus took his teachings to the...
Oh, the marvelous wellness world. It never stops surprising us with all kinds of new products that...
Their seriousness lies in the danger of their politics, but they themselves are not “serious” conservatives. One...
An L.A. tour to remember architect Frank Israel. By Maristella Casciato and Johnny Tran “If all roads...
The formal beginnings of establishing the Arch, its grounds, and museum actually date to 1935. Introduction It...
If we are to save the country, we must find the wisdom to think anew and the...
The was the election that defined the modern GOP. President Donald Trump’s brazen flirtation with white supremacy...
He started as a hero and ended as “the impersonation of the tyrannical slave power.” On April...
Far-right extremists in the U.S. have the potential to mount a coordinated, low-intensity campaign of political violence....
Looming threats of more possible violence signal what is becoming a loose campaign of domestic terrorism. Details...
The Temple defined the authority of the new ideology of the rising Augustan empire. The Temple of...
This small temple is a rare surviving example from the Roman Republic. It is both innovative and...
A leaked database shows at least 10% of the far-right militia involve active police or military –...
Some historians point to Stilicho’s ambition and blame him in part for the fall of the Western...
Roman losses are described as being up to 80,000 troops as well as another 40,000 auxiliary troops...
Joseph Warren’s political activism began with his writings about the Stamp Act, and he began to be...
Anonymous satire by a 1709 political writer worked like today’s partisan clickbait. She was the “Ann Coulter”...
Winema Riddle was a Modoc woman whose life story illuminates Native American women’s roles in history. By...
The Puritans’ arrival at Plymouth would forever change the lives of the Natives who had lived in...
Parenting is such a journey for most people. Every parent has a responsibility to ensure their children...
One of the most common questions I get from people who switch to vaping is, “Is vaping...
The right to protest is not in dispute. If that’s all the mob had done, its rights...
Broadcasters silenced Father Charles Coughlin in 1938, just as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook Trump’s incitements. Introduction In...
A successful violent coup perpetrated and fueled by white supremacist ideology spread happened in Wilmington, North Carolina,...
The assault on the U.S. Capitol put Republican divides in sharper relief, as rioters waved Trump flags...
Four years later, it’s fair to ask: Is the Republican Party fascist? Writing in the Washington Post...