The problem with mixing religion and politics was that political issues became moral issues and, therefore, more...
Religion
Controversies surrounding the 1830 Indian Removal Act reflected the Early Republic’s problem of church and state. “I...
Medieval illuminated manuscript of the Qu’ran Professor David Watt asks us to look beyond recent events themselves...
Catholic hospitals are expanding their reach and adopting policies that deny ever increasing numbers of women access...
Despite the rosy image painted by the Catholic Church to cover up his reign of terror, Father...
In the great reformer’s eyes, if you didn’t love a rousing tune you deserved only “the music...
During the seismic religious changes of the 16th and 17th centuries, atrocities were committed and martyrs were...
Franklin advanced a scientific – not supernatural – understanding of astronomical events such as eclipses. His satirical...
Analyzing classical religious influences on the work of Ehab Mamdouh. Abstract This paper focuses on the work...
Given that this issue was among the first to divide religious liberals and conservatives, it is unsurprising...
Quaker worship services have always consisted of long periods of silent reflection. “The voices of the past...
Exploring the dominant influence of religious notions in people’s worldview, providing meaning and powerfully influencing their cognitions,...
Early Israelite religion may once have shared the Canaanite belief in El and other gods, before the...
Exploring the circumstances of the death of Reverend William Richardson, an eighteenth-century Presbyterian minister in the Waxhaw...
What kind of faith can support the development of a politics of the common good? Do religion...
Roman honor and shame became Christian virtue and shame. The Christian reinterpretation of the classical Roman dichotomy...
The Protestant churches that emerged from the Reformation movements of the 12th to the 16th centuries arrived...
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...