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The empress, like many other rulers at the time, legitimized her reign through Buddhism, portraying herself either as a Buddha or as a patron of Buddhists.
Jewish American artists were at the heart of the comics industry – and a closer read of beloved characters reflects fears about assimilation and acceptance.
Alcoholics Anonymous helped make the Serenity Prayer famous, but it was written by one of the 20th century’s most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr.
Beyond entertainment, fandom provides meaning, values and essential community to some participants.
Soft power is a foreign-policy tool to get what a country wants without using force.
The FACE Act was signed by Bill Clinton in 1994 to guarantee access to abortion and reproductive health care protected by the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
Zakat is an obligatory charitable practice for which donations are traditionally made through institutions.
Marvel movies like ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Infinity War’ are the starting point for this ethics seminar.
The pope leads the Catholic Church, but some 2,000 other people work at the Holy See and city-state.
At a time of low trust in government, conflicts of interest can further erode Americans’ confidence in officials.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about the Oklahoma school in April.
Women’s work may not have been glamorous, but it was vital to the workings of the pope’s court and surrounding city.
The German peasants were among the first to try to unlock the revolutionary potential of Reformation teachings to fight social and economic injustice.
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before.
There may have been fear of gender-diverse people in the ancient world, but they played a crucial role. In Rome, they were viewed as vital to the city’s safety.
Several libraries in the ancient world blended learning and books with memorials to their sponsors.
Nat King Cole’s success paved the way for future generations of Black artists.
Aga Khan, the religious leader of the Ismailis – a sect of Islam – established the Aga Khan Foundation in 1967. It has served millions around the world since then.
Despite pressure to cancel Israel performances, Dylan has performed in the country several times. Ever an enigma, he rarely explains his decisions − or views on religion.
In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to reveal how emotions were being ‘manufactured.’
Repatriation is now a legal responsibility, but also a matter of human rights, an anthropologist writes.
Compassion starts with the individual – self-care and personal wellness. It then radiates out to the wider community in the form of action and engagement.
A scholar of religion and migration writes about the long-standing tensions among Christians regarding their moral obligations to those more or less closely connected to them.
Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.