On 8 March we mark International Women’s Day. It is not well known that there are parts of the Bible from a female ...

Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still, she says the two cannot coexist.

he will walk past two colorful paintings of scenes from the Bible. One shows Elijah, the Old Testament prophet, ascending to heaven on a chariot engulfed with flames. The other depicts Daniel ...

How Project Chariot came close to detonating thermonuclear weapons in Alaska, and still managed to poison the area's natives ...

Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We ...

The Prince of Egypt is a 1998 award-winning animated film based on the Book of Exodus in the Bible. Set in ancient Egypt, the main characters reference actual historical figures. In this article, we ...

Children surprise us. A young child had a school assignment. She asked her mother where she came from. Her mother said, “A stork brought you.” She then asked, ...

With roots in English literature, muscular Christianity encouraged men to use their bodies to Christianise the world.

The term sounds odd indeed, conjuring up images of Jesus with an impressively chiselled physique or, for devotees of the eighties, Vangelis’ memorable soundtrack to Chariots of Fire. However ...

If timely winds aided Moses in facilitating the Israelites’ escape, then those winds — like all else in the natural world — ...