Religion: General

Discover new dimensions of insight with a behind-the-scenes tour of the ancient worldYouve heard many Bible stories hundreds of times, but how many...

Explore significant archaeological discoveries pertaining to every book of the Bible.Laypersons, pastors, students, academics, and anyone looking f...

The modern notion of tolerance-the welcoming of diversity as a force for the common good-emerged in the Enlightenment in the wake of centuries of r...

People have long been duped by straight-talking politicians, confessional talk-show hosts, and fake-earnest advertisers. As sincerity has become su...

An examination of the growth and different varieties of anchoritism throughout medieval Europe. The practice of anchoritism - religious enclosure ...

How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters todayThe concept of the soul has been ...

Fear and Trembling continues to fascinate and frustrate all who find, for many reasons, that they must struggle with it. Not only 'professional int...

From Abelard to Zwingli, via a multitude of saints and sinners, Nick Page guides us through the creeds, the councils, the buildings and the backgro...

Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348ca. 406) is one of the great Christian Latin writers of late antiquity. Born in northeastern Spain during an era of...

The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (13321406) is generally regarded as t...

Why is the set of human beliefs and behaviours that we call religion such a widespread feature of all known human societies, past and present, and ...