Tag: Christianity
Tattooing has held a long tradition in Christianity − dating back...
Gustavo Morello, Boston College
Holy Week and Easter are perhaps the most important days in the Christian calendar. Many...
A TikTok Jesus promises divine blessings and many worldly comforts
Brandon Dean, University of Iowa
The TikTok profile Daily Believer (@believerdaily) has 70 videos with computer-generated Jesuses looking directly...
Amish culture prizes peace − but you wouldn’t necessarily know it...
Susan L Trollinger, University of Dayton
Ohio’s Amish Country, located in the northeastern part of the state, draws over...
Dismantling the myth that ancient slavery ‘wasn’t that bad’
Chance Bonar, Tufts University
As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I...
Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP...
David Campbell, University of Notre Dame
Top leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dropped a...
Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s...
Andrew Gardner, Baylor University
The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant group in the United States, overwhelmingly voted to...
Mission trips are an evangelical rite of passage for US teens...
Caroline R. Nagel, University of South Carolina
As tourists head to airports this summer, American travelers are likely to...
What’s going on when the Virgin Mary appears and statues weep?...
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Claims of appearances of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
