The destruction of the first temple in Jerusalem in 586 BCE challenged traditional notions about the inviolability...
Religion
Later, during the Iron Age, the Israelite religion became distinct from the Canaanite polytheism out of which...
The history of how European Christians spread their message, using key texts from around the world. Introduction...
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...
The Puritans’ arrival at Plymouth would forever change the lives of the Natives who had lived in...
Of the many groups under pressure and persecution in this period were Jews, lepers, and homosexuals. Western...
Who were the players and what was this Controversy all about? Introduction The “Iconoclastic Controversy” over religious...
Evidence points to a complex set of practices that defy a singular notion of religion. Religions in...
His commitment to religious liberty helped to prevent violent sectarian conflict. January 16th marked National Religious Freedom...
He believed that religion promoted virtuous behavior and that Jesus was the greatest moral teacher who ever...
The single most important figure in the history of Evangelicalism was John Wesley, the founder of the...
John Calvin was a leader of the Swiss protestant reformation and a pastor of the Evangelical Church...
Islamic literature shows how Muslims used textual imagery to give a vivid picture of their prophet. Introduction...
Preserved in the language of Arabic, the Qur’an is Islam’s sacred text. Introduction The Qur’an, the sacred...
The ways in which religion sustains the status quo for poor and politically subjugated groups. By Dr....
Reflections on race and gender in religious and theological studies, while addressing issues of power, rarely include...
The significance of Constantinople as the place of the imagined event of the death of Arius. Introduction...
Abrahamic views of poverty as a curse and poverty as a blessing – and their interrelated history...
Nonreligious voters overwhelmingly backed Biden in the November presidential race and were key in several down-ballot state...
The rise of secular voters is providing a potent counterbalance to the religious right. candidates have been...
Piously opposing Trumpism as evil is empty, because it does not deal with white evangelicalism’s own racism....
Although they were victims of religious persecution in Europe, the Puritans supported and pursued it in the...
Starting with the 1620 Plymouth covenant, religion colored Massachusetts law. One of the reasons New England towns...
It was less about their asceticism and more about rejecting the world they had fled. Introduction When...
A scholar explains the history of the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and...
Many saints are venerated for specific reasons, professions, or even nations. Introduction On Oct. 10, 2020, Carlo...
Exploring the early colony’s brief existence and the alternate vision of America it represents. This article, Lord...