There are at least five reasons why the claim that the Bible is to be taken literally...
Religion
For thousands of years, Yazidism incorporated elements of Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism, Gnosticism, Christianity, and Islam. By Seth EislundStudentCarleton...
A friend of FDR but not of big business, Culbert Olson believed humans had to save themselves....
Informed by their religious faith, the siblings merged “spiritual” with physical health. The popular singer and movie...
Numerous excavations and a fairly large number of contemporary written documents give us a good picture of...
He was an upstanding member of the Talmud Torah congregation – until he wasn’t. Bento de Spinoza was a young...
Monasticism developed in part because people were seeking the solace of quiet places But finding solitude was...
It might appear to many that atheism is a modern idea. However, in parts of Asia, particularly...
Examining the intersection of religion and politics in the evolution of the Sikh tradition in the pre-colonial,...
It made sense for the Quakers to cultivate an exaggerated presence in order to make their voices...
Considering the spread of Judaism from the viewpoint of other cultures in the Ancient Near East. Introduction...
Examining the transitions from “selective polytheism” to henotheism and subsequently, from henotheism to global monotheism. Introduction In...
How Romans overcame their fear of witches by finding them funny. Introduction For centuries, when people thought...
How a New York farmer’s elaborate hoax “proved” giants roamed the Earth. One Sunday afternoon in October...
In a gradual process of Hellenization, the Samaritans developed their own variant of Hellenism. When Alexander the...
You might say the Roman emperor Septimius Severus was a dreamer, but he wasn’t the only one....
An ancient Arctic site suggests a complex relationship between humans and dogs. By Lea Surugue In the...
A new study suggests young dogs were frequently buried with humans in China some 3,000 years ago,...
Early spiritual and religious concepts developed to deal with an occasionally but worldwide seen natural phenomenon which...
Since its beginnings in the Arabia of the 7th century CE, the religion of Muhammad the prophet...
Leonardo da Vinci emphasized the naturalness of the relationship of Jesus and Mary in his art, while...
Language about Jews in the medieval Good Friday liturgy often carried over into physical violence toward local...
The medieval period saw Jews experience intense antisemitism. Introduction The roots of antisemitism can be found in...
Examining the branch of Santmat, prevalent in the rural areas of Bihar, India. Abstract This paper focuses...
The origin of Buddhism points to one man, Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, who was born in...
A shrine to a “wise woman” fulfilling an oraculor role. By Philippe BohstromArchaeologist The town of Abel Beth...
Examining cult and religion in Philistia during the Iron Age. By Dr. David Ben-ShlomoProfessor of ArchaeologyAriel University...
The Bacchanalia were Roman festivals of Bacchus based on various ecstatic elements of the Greek Dionysia. Introduction...
Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults fascinate and capture the imagination. Shrouded in secrecy, ancient mystery cults...
Canaanite religion was polytheistic, and in some cases monolatristic. Introduction Canaanite religion refers to the group of...