Tag: Catholicism
No justice, no peace: Why Catholic priests are kneeling with George...
Anna L. Peterson, University of Florida
Two days after the Catholic bishop of El Paso, Mark Seitz, knelt with a dozen other priests in a...
Day of the Dead: From Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican...
Kirby Farah, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but...
A new solution for America’s empty churches: A change of faith
Ashima Krishna, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Over the past few decades, vacant and underutilized churches have become a familiar sight...
The truth about St. Patrick’s Day
James Farrelly, University of Dayton
In 1997, my students and I traveled to Croagh Patrick, a mountain in County Mayo, as part of a study...
I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University
Many years ago, as a graduate student searching in the archives of Spanish Florida, I discovered the first “underground railroad” of...
Archbishop Oscar Romero was gunned down inside his own church 30...
Michael E. Lee, Fordham University
On March 24, 1980, the archbishop of San Salvador was shot inside his own church in a deliberate, cold-blooded murder...
When Americans tried – and failed – to reunite Christianity
David Mislin, Temple University
Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther, a German monk, initiated a split in Christianity that came to be known as the...
On Eid 2017, a peek into the lives of Puerto Rican...
Ken Chitwood, University of Florida
For Juan, Ramadan is a balancing act. On the one hand is his religious faith and practice. On the other...
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...
