In asking how Buddhism gained such a vast material presence, the course helps students understand how a religion manages…
Vance’s hometown has been analyzed as a sweeping symbol – sometimes overlooking the area’s distinct history and experiences.
Keeping the United States together meant more than defeating the Confederacy. Lincoln first had to unite a fractured North.
Religiously affiliated organizations can clash with politicians on humanitarian aid to migrants, raising issues around religious…
Yezidis are an example of what one scholar calls ‘liminal minorities’: faith communities whose religions’ legitimacy…
Catholic Integralists believe that religious values – specifically Christian ones – should guide government policies.…
Many houses of worship no longer need as much space as they once did, or struggle to keep up with the bills. For some, redevelopment…
At a time when so much violence and war are ravaging the world, a scholar of medieval Christianity explains Catholic views…
Christian and Jewish themes influenced the world of art around one of jazz’s greatest singers.
Presidential immunity can bring with it many risks. So how can we think about the nature and limits of such immunity?
Historically, women have been less likely to be the subject of obituaries. Their obituaries tend to be shorter, with biased…
One biblical verse bans tattoos, but the full story of Christianity’s relationship with body modification is more complicated.
Despite reports of mismanagement, the 2024 Hajj brought together pilgrims of diverse backgrounds from 180 countries.
State superintendent Ryan Walters has mandated that public school teachers incorporate the Bible into classroom lessons.
Sporting events form a vital space where Americans display their ‘civil religious devotion,’ according to a scholar…
Patriotic coverage helps forge the Olympics’ sense of community, weaving viewers’ lives together with athletes’ struggles…
Officials have vowed to keep fighting for permission to open the school as a charter – which would be a controversial…
Many in Nepal are protesting to bring back the Hindu monarchy, which was dissolved in 2008. A scholar of South Asian religions…
The use of sport as an evangelical tool is not new for the Catholic Church. Pope Pius X welcomed athletes in 1905 for the…
Anti-camping laws are the centerpiece of the ‘hostile design’ strategies cities use to push the unhoused out of public…