In fact, the Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony banned Christmas in 1659. The Puritans banned Christmas due to its ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (RNS) — A growing number of U.S. mosques are adding cafes or similar ‘third spaces’ for young Muslims to ...

The American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature’s annual joint meeting mixed scholars’ research in Biblical and religious studies with sessions on such hot-button issues as ...

As long as Jews have been Jews, from God’s call to Abraham in Genesis chapter 12, our identity has been measured by way of ...

Is it possible to have a friendship with someone you have never met? If the answer to this questions is yes, then I am ...

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Xabier Gómez García, bishop of Sant Feliu de Llobregat which includes Rosalía’s hometown of Sant Esteve Sesrovires near ...

Anne Elvey’s (C)loud confronts clerical child abuse by exposing how it corrodes religious language itself, asking whether ...

Continuing from my latest article, I would now like to address another point: the relationship between piety and expectation. More specifically, I want to examine whether expecting something from God ...

Great, emotionally-charged literature has been written about this season and holiday.

The poem is reactionary and confessional. It reinforces the adage that there is no zeal like the zeal of the convert.

Indians embraced English for employment and enrichment, transforming it into a powerful tool for colonial resistance ...