An update on America’s changing religious landscape. The religious landscape of the United States continues to change...
Religion
In the ancient world, the concept of monotheism as we understand it today did not exist; all...
For American Christians — especially those privileged to hold political, economic, and social power — these are...
Early Christianity used the same artistic media as the surrounding Pagan culture. Introduction Early Christian art and...
Ukraine’s Orthodox Church recently broke off from Russia. This dispute has a history that goes back to...
Christianity did not immediately win the hearts and minds of the people of Europe. Introduction Religion in...
Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Enlightener established Christianity as the official religion of ancient Armenia. By Mark...
The U.S. Constitution – that founded our nation – is a secular document. Is America a Christian...
The history of the Society of Jesus’ first missions is a story of great journeys. Abstract During...
Draconian, old-fashioned, and out-of-date, religious influence on American life continues to decline. By Mark Silk For taking...
U.S. adults generally can answer basic questions about the Bible and Christianity, but are less familiar with...
In fact, God is clearly pro-abortion. By Brian Bolton A prominent fundamentalist Christian minister and television celebrity...
The Supreme Court will decide in the next year whether sexual orientation and gender identity are covered...
Archaeologists turn to other scientific fields to fill in the picture of how victims lived and why...
Are we heading towards a “dark age” of religious fundamentalism? I’d like to respond to an article for...
An evolutionary biologist makes the case that there’s no reconciling science and religion. In the search for...
Our core values may be encouraging us to reject organized religion. Religious participation is declining among Americans...
Most traditional religions in Africa have developed at the local level and are unique to a particular...
England became one of the greatest producers of new Catholic relics during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries....
Nearly half of young LGBT people who are left homeless after coming out are from religious backgrounds....
The Upanishads are the philosophical account deemed to be the earliest source of Hindu religion. Introduction The...
How did the Ottomans shape the political and religious history of early modern Europe? Originally published by...
Although magic and witchcraft had existed since antiquity, early modern Europe underwent a growth in anxiety about...
The devil, once a part of the sacred truth, could now be seen as a fragment of...
The Donation of Constantine was most likely written, and almost certainly used, to coerce Pepin the Short...
The period of the Reformation (roughly 1500-1700) witnessed an unprecedented wave of changes in religion, thought, society,...
Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of Christianity has heard the term ‘Church Fathers’ but far less...
A scholar went on a Voodoo pilgrimage in Haiti and learned how an oppressive slave past has...
Well-worn routes resulted along which regular stopping points allowed pilgrims to sleep, eat, and be cared for...
The medieval Church developed and retained its power by encouraging the innate human fear of death and...