Sept. 14 is the the Feast of the Holy Cross celebrated by many Catholics and some other Christians. A religion scholar revisits the history of the cross, how it became a symbol of divine love, but also of violence.
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The religious right may have dominated US politics for decades, but progressive Christians are growing louder in their faith-based opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
Many practicing U.S. Christians do not believe that human activities are warming the Earth, but they hold diverse views about the environment. Effective climate conversations recognize those nuances.
Scripture strongly and unequivocally affirms the obligation to treat strangers with dignity and hospitality, says a Christian scholar who turns to the Bible for guidance on Trump’s immigration policy.
A decade on, the power of remembrance is key to Tamil culture.
On Good Friday, Christians give thanks for their salvation, which they believe was made possible by the suffering of Jesus. But for Jews, it was common in the Middle Ages to be attacked with stones.
It’s not necessarily because of Islamophobia.
South Africans are facing abuse at the hands of charlatan religious leaders.
Many states are planning to introduce Bible literacy classes in schools. These classes have a long and acrimonious history.
The Houthis belong to the Shiite branch of Islam. The Houthi insurgency began in the early 1990s, spurred in part by growing influence of different Sunni branches of Islam.
Loren Jacobs’s prayer for victims of the Tree of Life congregation offended many Jews. Jacobs is part of a group called Jews for Jesus – a messianic Jewish organization with a complicated history.
There has been outrage over the release of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. An expert explains how blasphemy laws are hardly obsolete throughout the West.
Evangelist Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network has launched the first Christian 24-hour TV channel. History shows that missionary media has played a key role in providing information from around the world.
The idea of welcoming the stranger is central to Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Today, that engenders a responsibility to shield refugees and other immigrants from violence and oppression.
On Oct. 31, 1517, a German monk, Martin Luther, started the Protestant Reformation. Its impact went far beyond the split in the Church that most people are familiar with.
During the Cold War, American evangelicals smuggled Bibles and other Christian literature to the Soviet Union and other communist countries. They still see Russia as a partner on evangelical values.
While many American Catholics believe demons and exorcism to be part of a distant past, an expert explains how beliefs that sexual desires could be part of demonic temptation still persist.
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali’s project of reconciliation can be greatly helped by the Orthodox Church.
In early Christian texts, God gives birth to Israel and is described as a woman in labor and a mother comforting her children.
Many believe their morality comes from their religion. But evidence suggests that people’s opinion of what God thinks is actually what they believe is right and wrong, not the other way around.
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Associate Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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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 of Political Science, Kennesaw State University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Religion and Classics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Practice, Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Ferrum College
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Visiting Lecturer, University of Roehampton
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Penn State
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Professor in the History of Art Islamic Art and Architecture, Yale University
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Professor of American History, Messiah College
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Professor of American Studies and International Affairs, George Washington University