The United Methodist Church will hold its General Conference, delayed several years by the pandemic, in April 2024. The meeting comes amid a dramatic divide over LGBTQ+ rights.
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Pope Gregory XIII was patron of Rome’s renaissance, and a legal luminary whose influence transcends the ages.
There was no one type of slavery in ‘biblical’ or ‘ancient’ societies, given how varied they were. But much of what historians know about slavery during those eras is horrific.
Like Halloween and Christmas, today’s Easter traditions are a blend of Christian and non-Christian influences.
Pentecostals agree on the importance of the Holy Spirit – but not necessarily on what it empowers them to do.
The idea of virgin birth has been part of Christianity since the start, but its significance has shifted over time.
Gratitude and praise are not only some of the most common themes in Christian music, but also some of the oldest.
Catholics, Protestants and Eastern Orthodox Christians recognize the authority of the ‘fathers’ to guide teaching on doctrinal issues.
Many religions have been used to prop up nationalism, and Catholicism is no exception, as a Jesuit priest and scholar explains.
A scholar writes about how the Southern Baptist Convention’s views on abortion changed during the 1980s, when a more conservative wing seized control of the denomination.
Conservative Christians have cheered restrictions on some birth control. But many decades ago, Christian leaders’ support helped contraceptives become acceptable in the first place.
Churches’ struggles to respond to the plague and constant warfare in the 14th and 15th centuries helped shape the kinds of Christianity in the world today.
Recent archaeological studies suggest that early Christians were identifying important sites as little as a century after the last of the gospels.
New economic realities have raised new challenges in applying Biblical principles to economic life. But they could still provide guidance on how to help those in need and how to levy taxes.
Writings at the time of WWI aimed to construct a religiously diverse and conflicted America into a virtuous, Christian nation. This narrative continued in the cemeteries for the war heroes.
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