How as a scholar and a historian do you reconcile studying the Bible in a rationalist way with your Christian faith? I suppose it's an important part of my theological commitment that I believe that ...

American writer Will Durant once spoke of “our tendency to view history as a turbulent stream of conflicts” — a “dramatic side of history” that captures the “interest of the reader,” while generating ...

“No burdened soul will bear the burden of another: even if a heavily laden soul should cry for help, none of its load will be carried, not even by a close relative.” — Qur’an 35:18 This Qur’an verse ...

The student of the New Testament should be primarily an historian. The centre and core of all the Bible is history. Everything else that the Bible contains is fitted into an historical climax. The ...

Prelude: The beginning of Islam and the end of antiquity -- Part I: Conquest, 700-820 -- An opening -- Trouble in paradise -- The falcon of the Quraysh -- A new emirate -- Part II: Transformation, 820 ...

Houses of worship have always been spaces for organizing in the Black faith tradition. It’s essential to reflect on the pivotal role these sacred spaces played in shaping the narrative of African ...

In the north of India, near the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains there is a town, Dharamsala. The community has a population of about 53,000, and its name comes from an ancient term taken from the ...

Pope Leo XIV was given the keys to the Church of St. Anselm on Rome's Aventine Hill, a church whose history is closely tied ...

The week ahead brings one of the great holy days kept by many Christian communities, Pentecost Sunday, which this year falls on June 8. It is on this date that many congregations recall the sending of ...