In her student days, Ann Widdecombe's first Oxford Union presentation was an attack on censorship, even if practicing free speech turned out to be risky or painful. A half-century later, the former Co ...

In a country with a deep history of ritual and respect for the dead, it is becoming increasingly impossible for everyday families to properly bury their loved ones. The wealthy are able to purchase ...

Every year, millions of pilgrims walk from the deserts of southern Iraq to the holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen, one of the ...

What happens in the places where church and popular culture meet? Recent studies found that 7% of Americans are lesbian, gay or bisexual, according to the Pew Research Center. Among adults 18 to 29 ...

Fewer marriages, fewer believing mothers and fewer traditions carried forward add up to a generation raised inside a custom-built crisis of meaning. America needs religious men. To endure and thrive ...

Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points. What is overlooked in this coverage is Kashmir ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Mention the Mormon church to someone who isn’t familiar with it, and you’ll likely find they know essentially three things: Members don’t drink, their missionaries wear white shirts ...

The Visual Commentary on Scripture is an online resource from King’s College London which combines theology, art history and Biblical scholarship to pair artwork from all across the stylistic and ...

(ANALYSIS) Feb. 15 marked the 10th anniversary of Daesh (the Islamic State group or ISIL) releasing the video of the murder of 21 men on a beach in Libya. The majority of them were Egyptian Coptic ...

Pagans and Christians alike long for an Orpheus who can sing a song that brings Hades and Persephone back together and rescue ...

NEW YORK — A lot has been said and written about Jackie Robinson. The baseball great — famous for breaking baseball’s color barrier — was known for many things. Robinson’s athletic abilities, courage ...

After more than four decades, 87-year-old Ed Young has announced he is stepping down as senior pastor of the prominent, multi-site Houston megachurch, Second Baptist Church. Young’s son, Associate ...