The Bible employs many merisms, in which two contrasting words stand in for a whole spectrum. “Male and female” is one ...

The faithful have no use for facts and figures or history and geography says DEVDUTT PATTANAIKWhen the British came to India they found Hindu practices very confusing They came from a very different r ...

In “The Earth Is the LORD’s and the Fulness Thereof,” the British theologian Morris Joseph (1848-1930) writes about the purpose of Shavuot, the holiday during which the book of Ruth is read and that ...

A collection of Confederate generals, including Jefferson Davis, composed by the United States between 1861 and 1865, who ...

Rahul Gandhi today began his twoday tour of Uttar Pradesh the first after becoming the Congress President with a visit to a Hanuman temple en route Amethi from Luck ...

But the tale Furman wanted to tell me—the theme that she kept returning to as we hung out in her house and then strolled around her neighborhood on a perfectly beautiful spring day—was mostly about ...

In chapter 7, Stephen has become the first martyr for his faith, and the resulting persecution of Jesus’ followers paradoxically leads to the further spread of the Word (Acts 8.4) including into ...

Biblical historians believe that the lunar eclipse identified by NASA is the one mentioned in the Bible, which was observed ... the crucifixion. In the Book of Acts 2:20, it is written, “The ...

In the story of the Ethiopian eunuch’s baptism, the Book of Acts lifts up the spiritual leadership of gender non-conforming people of African descent. In the Hebrew Bible’s Book of Isaiah ...

“Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that the Vatican had cancelled a meeting between Pius XI and “the ...

Thus the magic is woven throughout the book: a whirlwind of passion ... The Renaissance was based on texts of the Bible and followed previous examples. Baroque opened up to science and the ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. JESUS WEPT: Seven Popes and the Battle for the Soul of the Catholic Church, by Philip Shenon The ...