The Protestant churches that emerged from the Reformation movements of the 12th to the 16th centuries arrived...
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The Inquisition by Francisco Goya / Wikimedia Commons The inter-cultural communication and the exchanges and transfers regarding Christian...
Wittenberg was the most important source of inspiration for the Reformation in both of the Scandinavian kingdoms....
An expert explains how a complex set of canon laws and trials are the major obstacle to...
Tablet with Instructions for the Deceased in the Underworld, 350–300 B.C., Greek. Gold, 7/8 × 1 7/16...
Detail from The Temple of Janus by Peter Paul Rubens. Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons On January 1, we...
How a young Indian monk’s travels around the world inspired modern yoga. By Lalita Kaplish / 01.18.2018...
Virgin birth was not a new story in the ancient world. At the centre of the annual...
Science and religion are diametrically opposed at their deepest philosophical levels. It appears to be a widely...
During the first half of the sixth century, the Church had to face the difficulty of preserving...
An overview of Zoroastrianism, a religion that influenced Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. A precursor for Christianity? The Zoroastrian faith...
Antisemitic incidents are on the rise across the globe. To understand this modern hatred we need to look into the past and understand its origins. Antisemitism...
A growing share of Americans are religiously unaffiliated. A growing share of Americans are religiously unaffiliated. We recently asked...
The grandeur that early European explorers had come to expect in royal building programs seems to have been...
Examining the inter-relationship of religion and culture in the time period of medieval Spain known as the...
John Lilburne, reading from Coke’s Institutes of the Lawes of England (1628-44) at his trial for high treason in...
Socrates said that law was a discovery of the reality in relations – that is, of the...
Hanukkah demands fewer religious rituals than most other Jewish observances. Golden Pixels LLC Despite the primacy of Christmas in American culture,...
Cheongung, or the main Shrine Hall of the Three Sages, on the grounds of Samseonggung. Samseonggung Shrine...
Passing lion, brick panel from the Procession Way which ran from the Marduk temple to the Ishtar...
/ An Aztec ceremonial knife with a cedarwood handle and flint blade. The figure of the handle is covered...
Why, in many representations, do we see Moses with horns? Lecture by Dr. Thomas Römer / 02.05.2009 Professor of Biblical...
Fragment of an inscripted clay cone of Urukagina (or Uruinimgina), lugal (prince) of Lagash. The inscription reads: “He [Uruinimgina] dug...
María Lionza statue María Lionza is an indigenous Venezuelan religion that dates back to the 14th century...
How colonists cloaked violence beneath a veneer of gentility and conquered peoples held to religion to preserve their...
Temple II, Tikal, Guatemala. The temple was used as a tomb, probably for the queen of Maya ruler Jasaw Chan K’awiil (r....
The Tauroctony / Photo by CristianChirita, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Wikimedia Commons The Roman deity Mithras appears in the historical record in the...
Sacello Ipogeico (Heroon), Paestum, Italy / Photo by Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons Hero cults were one of the most...
Mass inside the church dedicated to our Lady of Good Health in Valenkanni, Tamil Nadu. D.Fernandes, Author provided A...
Hajj pilgrim at Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2003 The hajj, the annual...