Despite attempts to import its ideas, evangelical Christianity has never held the same political appeal in Australia as it does in the United States.
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Twenty years after the Good Friday Agreement, churches have tended to marginalise the mavericks who helped bring about peace.
Mary Magdelene film props up a view of Judaism as archaic, unchanging and out of date.
Jesus and Mary are white, while an unsympathetic Peter is played with a cod ‘African’ accent.
What would our church and society look like if we were confronted with the reality that the body hung on the cross was brown?
Unstable relations between China and Vietnam are affecting the lives of Hmong highlanders in surprising ways.
Crucifixion was more than just physical punishment, it was also a devastating emotional and psychological act of violence.
New archaeological research on Glastonbury Abbey pushes back the date for the earliest settlement of the site by 200 years – and reopens debate on Glastonbury’s origin myths.
Putin and Trump both invoke a kind of religion that emphasises a past golden age, rather than shared practices of church attendance and piety.
For centuries, Mary Magdalene was wrongly depicted as a repentant whore, diminishing her vital role as witness to the resurrection. A new film portraying her life does much to restore her character.
Addressing male cultures of tribalism and violence needs to be central to the response to reports of hazing and violence in Austrslia’s university colleges.
The Catholic Church has historically been unwilling to extend full priesthood to women. However, Pope Francis could take the lead in ordaining women to become deacons, a scholar says.
The Vatican is training priests to recognise and deal with the demonically possessed. This re-emergence of the Devil in popular Western culture is part of a new engagement with an enchanted world.
Antisemitic incidents are on the rise across the globe. To understand this modern hatred we need to look into the past and understand its origins.
Divine inspiration was at the centre of music for thousands of years – until post-war conservatoires got other ideas.
In three Gospels, Christ suffers in silence, while in the fourth he speaks out. Either way, the result is the same: crucifixtion and death.
Even though more than half of Australia’s Christians are in favour of marriage equality, churches have been slow to allow it – here’s why.
We may imagine Jesus in long robes with baggy sleeves, but this is far from how he would have dressed.
A groundbreaking High Court ruling outlawing the spanking of children in South Africa has outraged some Christian bodies that claim parents are entitled to hit their children in a “godly way”.
California megachurches played a significant role in how millions of people - Christian or not - understand Christianity.
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Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity
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Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies & Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Associate Professor (New Testament Studies), University of Divinity
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Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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President, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Reader in Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Jewish Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior lecturer, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of History, University of Dayton
