What on Earth have chocolate rabbits got to do with Easter? Rather a lot, actually.
Detail Da Vinci’s The Last Supper by Giacomo Raffaelli. Judas seated second right.
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Archaeologists are launching a crowdfunded search for Lindisfarne monastery, famous for St Cuthbert and Lindisfarne Gospels.
While some conservatives worry about the Safe Schools program ‘turning’ kids gay, they in turn seem determined to turn queer kids straight.
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The review of the Safe Schools program is yet another example of the misguided conservative anxiety that talking about homosexuality can “turn” children gay.
The Crusades evoke a romantic image of medieval knights, chivalry, romance and religious high-mindedness.
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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.
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.
In the Netherlands, the tradition goes that Sinterklaas lives in Madrid, wears a red clerical robe and a bishop’s mitre, and has servants called ‘Zwarte Pieten’ (Black Peters).
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The celebration of Christmas has distinct variations around the world, with many of these local traditions arising from particular historical circumstances.
Jesus, Stained Glass Detail Of The Church St Etienne Fecamp, Normandy, France.
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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