Medieval pilgrimage was holy travel made through sore feet, bad roads, crowded inns, dangerous seas, relics, badges,...
Christianity
Trace Christianity from a Jewish movement in the Roman world into a global religion shaped by theology, worship, institutions, dissent, missionary expansion, political power, and the lived experiences of believers across two millennia.
Women shaped early Christianity as witnesses, patrons, teachers, and leaders before later tradition recast their authority as...
Christianity has always required public forms, but its history reveals the danger of ritual, doctrine, emotion, and...
Christian nationalism in modern America blends religious identity with political power, shaping exclusionary narratives that, in some...
The earliest followers of Jesus formed a diverse movement shaped by ethical teaching and expectation of God’s...
In 1980s America, televangelists fused moral authority, media spectacle, and partisan identity, revealing how scandal tests, but...
Early Christian martyrs challenged Rome not through rebellion, but through refusal, asserting divine authority over imperial power....
The medieval persecution of heresy reveals a political and intellectual strategy that reaches far beyond theology. Ecclesiastical...
The United States is becoming a religiously diverse nation where Christianity no longer holds the numerical dominance...
Progressive Christianity developed through a long trajectory of reform movements that challenged injustice and reshaped Christian tradition....
To worship the biblical God as “author of life” is to venerate a being who repeatedly chose...
The Massachusetts Bay Colony remains one of history’s most striking attempts to fuse politics and religion into...
By defining Protestant morality as the foundation of the republic, Social Gospel leaders sought to sanctify the...
Pete Hegseth’s embrace of Christian nationalism inside the Pentagon is more than symbolic. It is a test...
Radical Christianity in the twentieth century thus remains a testament to the enduring power, and peril, of...
Our earliest teachings on Christianity are from the letters of a Pharisee. By Dr. Rebecca DenovaEmeritus Professor...
Christian apocalypticism has evolved from early Jewish eschatological roots. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction The concept...
An apocalypse was a text, not an event. By Dr. Rebecca DenovaEmeritus Professor of Early ChristianityUniversity of...
The story of Shiloh is a somber testament to the peril of blind obedience. By Matthew A....
No evidence has been found for a large-scale migration of Israelites from Egypt. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
Eventually the Catholics put Hitler in power. By Dr. Mike MageePresidentMinverva University Typically Christian, the Christian majority...
Religious fanatics with military training. By Bruce GourleyEditorChurch & State Magazine American democracy’s darkest day in modern...
The 4th-century owner of this Christian library had no aversion to the arts and sciences of pre-Christian...
Christian nationalism has waxed and waned through American history. By Dr. David B. ParkerProfessor of HistoryKennesaw State...
Evidence shows it actually started even earlier. By Dr. Martinus Ariya SetaDosenUniversitas Sanata Dharma Introduction Most people,...
It was established in the Ottoman Empire in 1881 as a “Christian utopian society”. Family Tragedy Overview...
He was was known for far-right activism, particularly for anti-Semitic and fascist causes. By Dr. Glen JeansonneLate...
He wanted to institute a nation governed by Christians. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Charles...
The historical evolution of the great schism between Catholicism and Protestantism. By Dr. Natalya DavidkoAssistant Professor of...
He encouraged the charge of deicide against the Jews in his Peri Pascha, claiming that the Jews...