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Witch-finders of early modern Europe and modern Africa made themselves indispensable by showing people a threat of a growing…
Luther translated the Greek New Testament into a common German dialect that ordinary people could read, without help from…
Christian sexuality websites present evangelicalism as a sex-positive religious tradition. At the same time, they also reinforce…
There remain many mysteries that are beyond science. Does that mean that a God truly exists? A scholar gives reasons for…
Islamic fashion is a rapidly growing industry: Muslim spending on fashion is expected to reach US$488 billion by 2019. What…
There are over eight million Jehovah's Witnesses in 240 countries worldwide. They have no political affiliations and…
A number of state constitutions have clauses restricting state funding for religious schools. Some of these go back to an…
A recent case of comedian Stephen Fry being accused of blasphemy is a reminder that blasphemy laws are not unique to the…
What Pope Francis did in his surprise TED talk was to relate the social message of Catholicism to people’s real lives.
In the Western world, the U.S. is one of only one of two countries with capital punishment, and support remains strongest…
Even as congregations decline, chapels, meditation and prayer rooms are evolving as spaces of multi-faith worship and quiet…
For many centuries, Syrian society has included people of many faiths – Sunni and Shi'i Muslims, Christians and Druze.…
Fake news has been used in the past to feed into people's fears and prejudices. A particularly poignant story from 1913…