Tag: Christianity
How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the...
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
President Abraham Lincoln instituted the celebration of Thanksgiving as a national...
Rock music has had sympathy for God as well as the...
David W. Stowe, Michigan State University
After three multiplatinum and six platinum albums, 30 million albums sold and more...
What is the rosary? Why a set of beads and prayers...
Kayla Harris, University of Dayton
It’s one of the most famous moments in modern Catholicism: the apparition of Our...
Mormon church’s celebration of Latino cultures puts spotlight on often-overlooked diversity
Brittany Romanello, Arizona State University
Every November since 2002, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has held...
Christian nationalism is getting written out of the story of January 6
Joyce Dalsheim, University of North Carolina – Charlotte and Gregory Starrett, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
When they...
Christianity was a major part of Indigenous boarding schools – a...
Brenda J. Child, University of Minnesota
During a weeklong trip to Canada, Pope Francis visited a former residential school...
What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you
Melanie A. Howard, Fresno Pacific University
In the days since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which had...
Monsters are everywhere in the Bible – and some are even...
Madadh Richey, Brandeis University
What is a “monster”? For most Americans, this word sparks images of haunted houses and...
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...
