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Churches cannot repent for their long-standing history of anti-Judaism and antisemitism by remaining silent on Zionist ethnonationalism and the oppression of Palestinians.
The Christmas story famously begins with an angel visiting the virgin Mary. Yet their history is of beings capable of both wonder and terror.
Many of the most loved parts of the Christmas story are unbiblical
‘Black Nativity’ may be different each time you see it − and that’s exactly what the playwright had in mind.
The coordination and ideological rigor of The Order made them an outlier among white supremacist groups.
To early Christians, ancient gladiators were potent symbols of martyrdom, embodying virtue and bravery despite being enslaved.
It isn’t easy to leave a gang, but some people do. Patrick and Emersons are two examples and both used the church to help guide them – and help them perform a new role on the streets.
Folklorists created a through line from the Celtic pagan festival of Samhain to Halloween. But the Halloween we know today has more to do with the English, a 9th century pope and American consumerism.
America holds a unique place in the faith’s teachings, but awareness of the church’s often precarious place in US culture has made it wary of mixing religion and state.
A biblical scholar traces how images of the ‘city of God’ have shaped American culture – especially when it comes to who should be allowed into the country.
The ‘trad wives’ of social media, like Christian fiction writers, rely on a romanticized image of white, westernized femininity.
Historically, Black Pentecostal-charismatic churches have not put an emphasis on political issues. That may be changing, a scholar of Black Christianity explains.
Ads for the Hell Pizza chain regularly invite complaints on religious grounds. But none have been upheld, reflecting more tolerant standards in an increasingly less Christian country.
Both major parties leaned in to the Bible and Christianity at their recent conventions, but in very different ways.
Latter-day Saints’ attitudes toward the word ‘Mormon,’ often used to describe the church, have had highs and lows − like other Americans’ often-tense relationship with the faith.
Many believe the Shroud of Turin to be the cloth used to bury Jesus after his crucifixion. Scientists have investigated the claim and here’s what they found.
Rick Turner and Steve Biko both critique the limitations of white liberalism, arguing that it fails to address the root causes of oppression.
Silent prayer may seem benign, even peaceful, but when anti-abortion protestors pray silently outside abortion clinics, it can be experienced as intimidation and coercion by service users.
It is curious that a minion on the cross is not considered a blasphemy or mockery of the crucifixion of Jesus?
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