Easter is the time for chocolate. This can also make it very tricky for parents to manage their kids’ chocolate intake.
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You’d be surprised by how many of your favourite hits are about God or Jesus in one way or another.
Like a lot of things that happen at this time of year, the Stations of the Cross is a ritual – and an important one to many.
Who doesn’t love a chocolate egg or two at Easter? Here’s why a little indulgence may not do much harm.
Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.
The Bible is full of strong men and pumped prophets.
Ideas about resurrection had been developing for centuries before Jesus’ life, but his followers took them in new directions.
A Christian Palestinian human rights scholar who grew up in Bethlehem writes about the special time of Easter, but also about the restrictions on Palestinian Christians.
The ancient tenebrae tradition brings churchgoers face to face with the darkest moments of the Christian story.
Hundreds of thousands of visitors come to the Santuario de Chimayó throughout the year, but the pilgrimage during the week before the celebration of Easter is the high point.
Historically, many Christians got tattoos around Holy Week − usually a cross − to honor Christ’s martyrdom.
Some conservative Christians have taken to claiming ‘victim’ status in the modern world, but we should be wary of such claims.
The cross was not always the dominant symbol of Christianity, and would certainly not have been worn as a fashion accessory by early Christians.
Two food scientists, an entomologist, an anthropologist, a veterinarian and a historian walk into a bar (of chocolate) and tell bitter and sweet stories of this favorite treat.
Like Halloween and Christmas, today’s Easter traditions are a blend of Christian and non-Christian influences.
Eggs have long symbolised rebirth and renewal, making them perfect to commemorate the story of Jesus’ resurrection.
Donkeys and palm leaves are both associated with Christianity’s Palm Sunday – but their symbolism couldn’t be more different.
A roundup of The Conversation’s articles about this holy Christian season and its history.
Pancake Day isn’t just about pancakes.
Christians have engaged in passionate debates over the meaning of the resurrection. Baptists may be distinct in that they believe an external religious authority cannot enforce views on such matters.
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
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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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Senior Lecturer in Biblical and Religious Studies, University of Sheffield
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Ph.D. Candidate in Religious Studies, University of Virginia
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Theater and Dance, University of Kansas
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton
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Lecturer in Religious Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professor of Anthropology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Howard Paterson Chair of Theology and Public Issues, University of Otago
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Lecturer in Jewish Studies and Contemporary Biblical Cultures, University of Exeter
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Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
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Research Fellow in Digital Theology, Director of CODEC Research Centre, Durham University
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
