Many American evangelicals believe that the establishment and protection of Israel set up a chain of event for the return…
Hanukkah was instituted in 164 BC to celebrate military victory. It evolved later to commemorating God's miracle.
In the '60s, a Roman Catholic religious order, the Immaculate Heart Sisters, created a new vision of a religious community.…
When people feel discriminated against because of their religion, they can feel threatened, triggering feelings of social…
The combination of a divisive political climate and widespread use of social media networks to share controversial material…
The Baha'i faith originated in Iran and today has 100,000 communities across the globe, including the United States.…
Before you reach for that checkbook or give to a charity online, pause to think about what makes a cause good in the first…
Americans have idealized religious freedom and imagined that it brings harmony. But, history suggests it might, in fact,…
As Americans make decisions about year-end giving, how much of it will be influenced by their faith?
For those wondering whether it is sinful to drink, even moderately, a scholar goes into the history of alcohol and its distillation…
The Alabama state auditor defended Roy Moore, citing Mary and Joseph. A scholar goes back to early Christian texts texts…
Nevada plans to use a new drug protocol for executing Scott Dozier, who murdered a 22-year-old. A scholar explains why this…
In the early 1900s, a group of Protestants in the US attempted a reunion of Christianity. They failed, of course, but they…
A scholar asks whether democracy itself is at risk in a world where social media is creating deeply polarized groups of…
As hard-line Pentecostalism spreads across Brazil, some drug traffickers in gang-controlled areas of Rio de Janeiro are…
Many in the Western world lack the explicit mourning rituals that help people deal with loss. On Day of the Dead, two scholars…
The pain of grief is part of human existence. Daoist and Confucian philosophy can help find meaning in grief.
For medieval cultures, the dying process and death itself was a 'transition,' not a rupture.
This Oct. 31, many in the U.S. will celebrate Halloween. The origins of this tradition go back to Celtic and later Christian…
On the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, two scholars explain how Luther's personal and spiritual life…