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'There Is Not Some Separation Between Jesus and Justice.' How Rev. William J. Barber II Uses His Faith to Fight for the Poor

By Mary C. Curtis

A Muslim Woman Went Viral for Confronting Anti-Semitism on the London Underground. Her Actions Hold a Lesson for Us All

By Massoud Shadjareh

The Long History of Mormons in Mexico Began More Than a Century Before the Killing of 9 U.S. Citizens There

By Rebecca Janzen, University of South Carolina / The Conversation

The Medieval History Behind Our Halloween Fascination With Skeletons

By Jack Hartnell
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Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? Here's Why That Question Has Been Picking Up Steam Since the 1960s

The history of Halloween and Christianity goes back to the Middle Ages

By Olivia B. Waxman

The Crucifixion Took on New Religious Meaning in the Centuries After the Death of Jesus. Here's What Changed

Four detailed accounts of crucifixion have survived from antiquity. Remarkably, they all describe the same execution

By Tom Holland

Why Christianity Has Thrived in the U.S.

Between 1870 and 1960, Christianity declined dramatically across much of Europe. Not in America. One historian explains why.

By Livia Gershon / JSTOR Daily

'This Might Be My Last Night': What Chaplains Saw in World War II

"If ever I felt that I ought to be five priests it was that week"

By John Wukovits / History News Network

Judaism and Christianity Both Rely on the Hebrew Bible. Why Do They Interpret It So Differently?

The interpretative keys that each community brings to the texts are so different that it is almost as though they recognized two different Bibles

By John Barton

Notre Dame Cathedral's History Has Always Been One of Destruction and Restoration

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to rebuild after a devastating fire

By Olivia B. Waxman

What to Know About the Origins and Meanings of the Major Holy Week Rituals

From carrying branches on Palm Sunday to visiting the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, here are the stories behind Holy Week rituals

By Kat Moon

Jewish Voters Still Back Dems, Despite 'Jexodus' Claims

Jewish voters continue to overwhelmingly support Democrats, despite President Donald Trump's recent claims otherwise. In the past week, the president has twice tweeted about a group represented by a former Trump campaign staffer that is...

By Abigail Abrams

Pope to Unseal Holocaust-Era Vatican Records

The Vatican will unseal the records years ahead before they were expected

By Olivia B. Waxman

Before 'Then They Came for Me,' There Was Christmas Eve 1944. Here's How a Sermon in a Nazi Camp Signaled a New Moral Voice

Martin Niemöller's sermon in Dachau was a symbolic step forward

By Matthew D. Hockenos
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