Fort Worth emerged as Texas's Spiritualist hub by the late 19th century. Legal battle over John L. Jackson's will boosted national attention in 1920s. Harry Houdini publicly challenged Spiritualism ...

Jennifer Cromack was combing through the American Baptist archive when she uncovered a slim box among some 18th and 19th century journals. Opening it, she found a scroll in pristine condition.A closer ...

Strolling Sweden’s first botanical garden, it’s easy to feel a child-like sense of wonder. Linnaeus ran this garden, living ...

Thousands of churches have already been sold and converted to other uses in Baltimore and beyond. Buyers are turning former ...

Historian Jennifer Cromack points out the word "Slavery" on a recently found, 178-year-old anti-slavery scroll at Grotonwood, the home mission of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts ... box ...

As the Trump administration advances its draconian immigration schemes, the vice president is doing his part—by polishing ...

In other words, a large number of conservative Christians are in the midst of their own shame campaign. It turns out that ...

Father Bedari never parted from two things: his prayer rosary and his pistol -- symbolizing his dual commitment to faith and ...

President Thomas Jefferson underscored in his first inaugural address, “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, ...

Marriage as Hierarchical Institution Early Christian theology explicitly cast marriage in hierarchical terms, emphasizing male authority and female submission. For instance, the Apostle Paul’s words ...

George Pell chose the wrong book to convince Andrew Bolt of God. Here are some of the greats he should have chosen instead.