Calvinism is known for some notable experiments in Christian theocracy. Introduction Calvinism is a system of Christian...
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Medieval medical communities and religious institutions were intermingled. Originally published by Digital Commons at Western Oregon University,...
Ships known as Barques of the Gods are associated with a number of different Egyptian deities. Introduction...
Exploring the history of Christian nationalists, their motives, and their modern resurgence. Edited by Dr. Mark T....
The affair is sometimes referred to as the Great Schism, but this term is typically reserved for...
The division between the Guelphs and Ghibellines in Italy, fueled by the imperial Great Interregnum, persisted until...
From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm...
The “Christian nation” project, promoted by the Religious Right is a serious threat to America’s social, cultural,...
Religious ideas and cultural values exerted a powerful influence upon eugenics in an attempt to make it...
An overview of the major world systems, and where and how they have been and are implemented....
The author of Enuma Elish drew on the earlier Sumerian goddesses, Nammu and Inanna, to create the...
How, if at all, did religious communities change their inherited traditions in the midst of new surroundings?...
Little is known about their lifestyle due to the numerous conflicts and combinations of cultures that occurred...
The early depictions of hell were meant to use fear as a moral guide to help others....
Other Mesoamerican cultures also engaged in human sacrifice and built tzompantlis, but the Mexica brought it to...
Examining nine different civilizations that practiced ritual human sacrifice. Originally published by ESRI, republished with embed permission...
Any idea of separation of church and state was anathema until our Framers, knowing this history, guaranteed...
The fact that the Puritans had left England to escape religious persecution did not mean that they...
Some of the burials in the Palaeolithic period raise the possibility of very early forms of ancestor...
The foundational Jewish texts assert that a fetus does not attain the status of personhood until birth....
Islamic medicine was built on tradition, chiefly the theoretical and practical knowledge developed in Greece and Rome....
The spirits and gods were believed to make their presence known through disease. Introduction When people fall...
For fundamentalists, whose brains are not accustomed to thinking critically, rational arguments don’t make a dent with...
Christian fundamentalists have made a spectacular show of their rejection of modern science in response to the...
Rushdoony began to advocate for “biblical law” in America. Right around the time the House began its...
Phips became governor of Massachusetts, arriving in Boston from England in May 1692, with the witch-hunt well...
The notion of religious liberty and of freedom of conscience was not recognized. Introduction Inquisition, (capitalized I)...
Protestant denominations also have structural abuse problems – and that isn’t new. By Dr. Suzanna KrivulskayaAssistant Professor...
Christianity began in first century C.E. Jerusalem as a Jewish sect, but quickly spread throughout the Roman...
When evangelical organizations raise their profile by sponsoring a high-profile political campaign, a backlash ensues. Religion in...