The medieval English scholar was a devoted student of Computus – the calculation of the date of Easter.
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The sources offer an intriguing – and surprising – insight.
Archaeologists are launching a crowdfunded search for Lindisfarne monastery, famous for St Cuthbert and Lindisfarne Gospels.
The review of the Safe Schools program is yet another example of the misguided conservative anxiety that talking about homosexuality can “turn” children gay.
Representing even the Crusades as wars between Christians and Muslims is a gross oversimplification and a misreading of history.
Despite what we’re told, religion isn’t inherently peaceful. People kill in the name of their religion, just as they love in its name.
Lent is inextricably linked to Jesus’s 40 days in the wilderness, right? In fact, it’s not that simple.
After more than a millenium, Pope Francis I will meet the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. They will have plenty to talk about.
In offering to open church buildings across Australia as places of sanctuary for asylum seekers, church leaders are appealing to an ancient notion of how we should treat people in need of protection.
A windswept rock at what was the edge of the Medieval world is a fitting place for a Jedi hermit.
You might not believe in God, but do you tell your kids about Santa? How do you explain Christmas to your children if you and they are not religious?
The carol ‘Silent Night’ has been translated into 140 languages and renditions have been sung by everyone, from Bing Crosby to Chewbacca. This is the story behind its success.
The celebration of Christmas has distinct variations around the world, with many of these local traditions arising from particular historical circumstances.
We all know his name, but the face of Christ remains frustratingly elusive … doesn’t it?
A new report has set out a vision of diversity for British schools – including repeal of the law for compulsory Christian assembly.
A motion passed at the Synod is in direct contravention of Christian values.
Islam, like Christianity, has a capacity for violence and a capacity for peace, and neither is in essence peaceful or violent.
The clocks going back hold the tantalising promise of an extra hour in bed. But the modern attitude towards that champion of indolence, the sloth, shows that sloth is still very much a deadly sin.
The Gospel of Jesus’ Wife, once thought to be authentic, has been revealed as a fraud. How did critical scholarship uncover the truth, and how can it further biblical studies?
The church is too diverse to be governed from Canterbury and should agree to disagree on issues such as women priests and bishops and sexuality.
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