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The Utah holiday is a reflection of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ slowly changing identity, a historian of Mormonism and migration writes.
Religion has been a laughing matter since the middle ages.
St. Bernadette’s visions of the Virgin Mary in the 19th century inspired the pilgrimage site millions of Catholics flock to each year.
Did Pope Joan exist? Probably not. But the legend had important resonances for the Catholic Church.
In medieval Europe Passover was a touchpoint for violence and libel against Jews.
The age-old practice of priestly celibacy is now under fire, with the suggestion that the rules should be relaxed.
A historian connects the $100 billion reportedly at the church’s disposal with the rocky start Mormons got in finance in the 1830s.
Wherever and whenever ghost stories materialise, they tend to tap into the things we fear most.
In medieval England using magic was a bit like drug use today: against the law and seen as immoral, but still widespread across society.
Margaret Atwood’s handmaid has become a symbol of the subjugation of women. Anchorites were the medieval equivalent: women who were literally bricked up to keep them chaste.
God only started watching over us quite recently, according to a new study that analysed 414 societies from 30 world regions.
The story of the Waco siege is a story of how the media and the government can work in concert to shape a narrative and dehumanize victims.
President Trump claims that America is a nation based in faith. A scholar says, it’s more complicated.
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Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Connecticut
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Chair professor, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Anthropology, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Rev. H. James Yamauchi, S.J. Professor of the History of Religions, Loyola University New Orleans
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Associate Professor in Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
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Associate Professor in Cultural Evolution, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor; Rosemary Woolf Fellow, Tutor in Old and Middle English, Somerville College, University of Oxford
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Honorary Research Fellow, Early Modern Studies, Department of History, University of Bristol
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Professor of History, University of Reading
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Professor of American Religion, George Mason University
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Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History, Queen Mary University of London
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University
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