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In an age of antibiotics and scientific reason, we like to think we’re more rational than our forebears. But the early history of conspiracy theories suggests some behaviours persist through time.
Arab American Heritage Month is becoming more well-known, but the simple words ‘Arab American’ encompass a wide array of religious and ethnic groups.
Some conservative Christians have taken to claiming ‘victim’ status in the modern world, but we should be wary of such claims.
Our elected representatives should simply choose to open their official council meetings with something more inclusive and representative of the whole community.
Supernatural horror film The Pope’s Exorcist fictionalises Amorth’s exorcism ministry, adding in a centuries-old Vatican cover up for good measure.
Like Halloween and Christmas, today’s Easter traditions are a blend of Christian and non-Christian influences.
Donkeys and palm leaves are both associated with Christianity’s Palm Sunday – but their symbolism couldn’t be more different.
Her exquisite piano compositions drew fans to the Jerusalem monastery where she lived after fleeing Ethiopia.
Joseph Smith encouraged early Latter-day Saints to pool their resources. Two centuries later, one of the results is an investment portfolio estimated at $100 billion.
Pope Francis’ papacy is anchored on what he calls a “revolution of tenderness”.
Several members were killed March 9, 2023, in Germany. Many people hold stereotypes about Jehovah’s Witnesses but are unfamiliar with their beliefs.
‘I see the church as a field hospital,’ Pope Francis once said – not a place where superficial solutions will do much good.
Where once religion was a dominant force in society, now many more people reserve their faith for sport. But could the church use this to build a new following?
Perhaps the combination of religious rhetoric and secular laws is a winning electoral strategy.
Much of what we know about the life of the sixth century monk, St David, comes from medieval texts written several centuries later.
A roundup of The Conversation’s articles about this holy Christian season and its history.
Pancake Day isn’t just about pancakes.
We might expect that accounts of earthquakes from the medieval period have been lost to history, but some have survived.
This is far from the first time alternative words for God have been discussed.
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Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor (New Testament Studies), University of Divinity
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Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Reader in Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
