Each year at Easter, Christians recreate the spectacularly violent end of Jesus’s life, raising some tough questions about the depiction of suffering on stage.
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Our Easter chocolate tradition is costing our waistlines, our health and our economy. So what can we do to wrestle back Easter from the chocolate industry?
In recent years, Australians appear to have become both more willing to declare themselves religious, and more willing to say they have no religion.
The rituals of Semana Santa during Easter Week bring Spain together and allow people to exorcise the country’s ghosts.
It’s all about what you do after you indulge.
While temptation can be an invitation to sin, experiencing temptation can also make us consider more deeply: What is it that tempts us and why?
Christian calendars usually differ when it comes to Easter celebrations – but not in 2017.
A scholar explains the rich historical roots of Easter and how it has evolved over the centuries.
Chocolate is so much more than ‘junk food’ and should be respected as part of a healthy diet.
Once again, Nigel Farage and his conservative allies are rushing to the defence of ‘British values’. Needlessly, as it turns out.
Church affiliation and attendance is on the wane in Australia – a trend that is unlikely to be reversed be the recent slew of sex abuse scandals.
What on Earth have chocolate rabbits got to do with Easter? Rather a lot, actually.
Judas has had a 2,000-year raw deal. Here’s why it’s time for a rethink.
The medieval English scholar was a devoted student of Computus – the calculation of the date of Easter.
The sources offer an intriguing – and surprising – insight.
Because chocolate gifts need their glasnost too.
Lent is inextricably linked to Jesus’s 40 days in the wilderness, right? In fact, it’s not that simple.
How should we celebrate Christmas during a time when religious extremism inspires terrorist attacks and young people are abandoning the church?
Why do chocolate makers and other food producers use unsustainably grown palm oil? You can blame health-conscious consumers looking for alternatives to trans fats.
The proposition that Easter is a 100% Christian affair is manifestly unsustainable. It shows an ignorance of history. Worse, it shows a failure to understand the way religious traditions work.
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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
