Despite the extensive study of Moche iconography, the motivations behind the practice remain poorly understood By Christina Taggart...
Religion
Mosaic of the vault of the chapel of San Zeno (IX century) / Photo by Livioandronico2013, Wikimedia...
Decimation (William Hogarth) in Beaver’s Roman Military Punishments / Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wikimedia Commons The ancient Romans interpreted...
The power of the presidency isn’t the only way Christian nationalism is advancing its agenda in America today....
Examining the important role of music in ancient Greek cult practices. By Dr. Jana Kubatzki Research Associate in...
This article analyses the role of religion and moral values in the framework of Russian policies, the...
Altarpiece at Tallinna Niguliste, Estonia The Reformation, imported from Germany, reached Livonia fairly quickly. The key themes in...
Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo, by Gentile Bellini (1500) / Gallerie dell’Accademia, Wikimedia Commons...
Ashers bakery owners outside the UK Supreme Court. Photo: Victoria Jones/PA Wire/PA Images. In UK and US...
Saint Matthew’s Catholic Church in Mobile, Alabama / Photo by Altairisfar, Wikimedia Commons The Catholic Church in...
A bishop granting indulgences in a fresco by Lorenzo Lotto, c. 1524 (Wikimedia Commons) To understand the...
The Sebasteion, excavated in 1979-81, was a grandiose temple complex dedicated to Aphrodite and the Julio-Claudian emperors...
Saint-Sulpice church, the romanesque portal, 12th-c., at Marignac, Charente-Maritime, France / Photo by Jebulon, Wikimedia Commons The...
There were alternate systems of belief for those dissatisfied with the chaotic traditional religious forms. By Dr....
AcequÃa del Camino Inca entrada a la Huaca de los Monos / Photo by Johnattan Rupire, Wikimedia...
Portrait of Edgar Quinet by Sebastien-Melchior Cornu / National Portrait Gallery Examining the connections Quinet made between...
Photo by Ted Spiegel/National Geographic/Getty Emotional therapy is the animating heart of religion combing social bonding surrounded...
Comet critique; the case for moral atheists. The Great Comet of 1577 by Jiri Daschitzsky. / Wikimedia...
Tauroctony statue / Photo by Carole Raddato, Creative Commons Mithraism was a mystery cult in the Roman...
A wall of the triclinium, traditionally interpreted to represent the stages of initiation to the cult. Silenus...
The Entry of the Crusaders into Constantinople, by Eugene Delacroix, 1840 / Louvre Museum, Wikimedia Commons The...
Desecrated Christian icons in Turkey / Photo by Georges Jansoone JoJan, Göreme Valley Open Air Museum, Cappadocia,...
Photo by Elvert Barnes, Flickr, Creative Commons The free exercise of religion doesn’t include a right to...
Inscription under the statue of Mary Dyer at the Massachusetts Statehouse, Boston. Note that the place given of...
Cross of the Scriptures, Cathedral, Temple Doolin and South Cross / Photo by Ingo Mehling, Wikimedia Commons...
Wikimedia Commons The gradual intrusion of the Orthodox Church into Russian secular life and the state is...
St Mary’s Greek Orthodox Church / Photo by Philafrenzy, Wikimedia Commons The Eastern family of churches, today...
Today dynamically developing neo-pagan communities in Ural and Siberia supply a discursive frame for national identities, group...
Exploring the links between violent right-wing extremism and its exploitation of Christianity and other religions to recruit,...
Cylinder Seal with Griffins, Humans and a Winged Disk / Walters Art Museum, Wikimedia Commons The religions...