Tag: Virgin Mary
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...
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...
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...
Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots...
Tok Thompson, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
The Easter Bunny is a much celebrated character in...
Warrior, servant, mother, unifier – the Virgin Mary has played many...
Eric M. Vanden Eykel, Ferrum College
In a recent article in the “Religion News Service,” author Whitney Bauck pointed...
The Case for Christ: What’s the evidence for the resurrection?
Brent Landau, University of Texas at Austin
In 1998, Lee Strobel, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune and a graduate of Yale Law...
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...
