In Britain today, the most active, vibrant and socially engaged forms of Christianity are often found among ethnic minority and migrant communities.
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Donald Trump’s AI image of himself looking like Jesus has been widely derided as blasphemous. But what exactly is blasphemy?
Pope Leo’s Africa visit offers a powerful historical reminder of the continent’s foundational role in shaping the early church.
American-style Christianity can no longer be assumed to be the future for the churches in Britain.
The financial year still starts around this time.
Rhetoric about Donald Trump being divinely anointed and about to cause Armageddon indicate that U.S. policy is being promoted with violent religious fanaticism.
St Patrick was actually a Roman Briton, who was kidnapped by Irish raiders, spirited across the sea and enslaved, aged 16. How did he become Ireland’s national hero?
Young Latinos’ activism for immigrant rights ove the past few months has put a spotlight on their importance for the future of the Catholic Church.
‘Apocrypha’ means ‘hidden’ in Greek, but it is often used to describe texts that are outside the official biblical canon.
A film about religion that eschews all of the accepted thinking of what makes such a film revelatory.
Love and hate seem like obvious opposites – but for philosophers of virtue, it’s not so simple.
Ghanaian clergy wives constantly bargain for space.
Augustus Tolton was ordained in Rome in 1886. Previously, the only Black Catholic priests in the US had been men who presented themselves as white.
From ancient Greek myths to Scripture and papal teachings, Christianity has long wrestled with hope.
The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.
These three Bluey episodes retell stories from the Christian, Buddhist and Taoist faiths.
Or perhaps there was no star at all.
While there are many ancient texts focusing on Jesus as a baby and as a man, much less is known about him as a child. Here’s what some of them tell us.
A surprising number of people say they are open to the existence of angels. Their Old Testament identities are very different, however, to how they are seen today.
Legends about Jesus’ early years that circulated in medieval Europe often drew on apocryphal texts.
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Associate Professor, New Testament, & Inaugural Director of The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy, University of Divinity
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation
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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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President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Gudorf Chair in Catholic Intellectual Traditions, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Associate Professor (New Testament Studies), University of Divinity
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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 of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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