Christianity began in first century C.E. Jerusalem as a Jewish sect, but quickly spread throughout the Roman...
Religion
When evangelical organizations raise their profile by sponsoring a high-profile political campaign, a backlash ensues. Religion in...
The popular religion of that period, if not the official creed of Jerusalem, viewed God as containing...
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,...
Grounded in a white conservative Christian tribalism, many policies reveal a politics of cruelty. It’s an especially...
It is often referenced as a Zoroastrian heresy because it departed significantly from central Zoroastrian beliefs. Introduction...
The shift could signify coming political changes. By Jack Jenkins In a shift that stands to impact...
Zoroastrianism was adopted by the Achaemenid Empire, the Parthian Empire, and found its fullest expression under the...
Young Americans see Christians as the group who care the least about the “least of these.” Right...
Evangelicalism ceased being a religious faith tradition when it made a Faustian bargain for the sake of...
The ancient Persian religious tradition was passed down orally, and the only written texts relating to it...
A rough genealogy of the way in which the central narrative of Buddhism ended up in a...
The need for secular recovery programs has only increased in recent years. In partnership with addiction recovery...
For the source of his story, Arthur Miller looked back to the Salem witch trials of 1692....
Trumpism’s narrative of decline is bound to the narrative of white and White-Christian decline, reconfiguring “Americanness” in...
Dominionists are the direct, Christian equivalent of Islamists demanding Sharia law. Introduction Dominionism or Christian sharia (“Charia”)...
A 2,700-year-old cuneiform tablet from ancient Iraq depicts the demon that the ancient Assyrians thought caused epilepsy....
It contains so many incredible violations of the laws of nature that it cannot possibly be accepted...