Other Mesoamerican cultures also engaged in human sacrifice and built tzompantlis, but the Mexica brought it to...
Religion
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...
Together, El (sometimes Yahweh) and Ashera were viewed as the father and mother of the gods. Introduction...
As warlike nomadic herdsmen began to dominate in Mesopotamian culture, they imposed their mythologies on preexisting legends....
Seven mountains dominionism is associated with the New Apostolic Reformation. In his speech at the Conservative Political...
Thirty years after the Supreme Court ruled that creationism cannot be required in schools, ‘creation science’ is...
They have been investigated for alleged abuse of congregants ranging from fraud to human trafficking. In 1979,...
The problem is that rural America doesn’t even understand itself and will never listen to anyone outside...
Most Jews today are the descendants of the Israelites, as are the Samaritans, only a few of...
Ukraine is one of the most religious countries in Europe and has a Christian church whose history...
Volodymyr Zelensky is Ukraine’s best chance for reducing church tension. By Daniel Hanson Last year’s presidential elections...
Jewish Christians predominated in the movement of early Christianity. They bore the brunt of persecution from their...
Hildegard of Bingen was called the “Sibyl of the Rhine” because of her apocalyptic visions. Introduction Hildegard...
Cyrus was far different from other kings of his time in the ways he chose to rule....
A long heritage of black preachers who played an important role for enslaved people shaped Martin Luther...
A dynasty was considered just and worthy to rule only as long as it upheld divine will,...