Muslims across North Africa and the Middle East sometimes refer to this same symbol as the hand of Fatima, a reference to ...

Whether you realize it or not, your spiritual growth can sometimes be evaluated through certain spiritual symbols and their interpretations. These symbols can make a significant psychological impact ...

On the one hand, Paul, and Pauline Christianity, would have placed all of the emphasis on Jesus' death and resurrection, and the saving power of that death and resurrection. Gnostic Christianity ...

Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity. By Diarmaid MacCulloch. Allen Lane; 688 pages; £35. To ...

The second part of the chapter will focus on organizational features of the Christian movement that made ... "to collapse the moment the supporting hand of the State [was] withdrawn from it." ...

Any sign of hesitation could cost him his life. This practice of stepping on Christian images - known as fumie - was widespread in the city of Nagasaki in the 17th century. Nagasaki, an important ...

It started last summer, when I realized I was shaking someone’s hand for the first time in two years ... Yet, other than the once-in-a-lifetime ordination rite for a very small subset of Christians, ...

1. Monotheistic religion: Christianity and Islam both believe in the reality of only one supreme God. There is only one god who is the creator and the sustainer of the universe. Believe that God ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT CHRISTIAN SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

The problem is not when the Christian is in the conflict—it’s when the conflict is in the Christian. I grew up in a small evangelical church in California’s Central Valley where there were ...

Christianity first arrived in North Africa, in the 1st or early 2nd century AD. The Christian communities in North Africa were among the earliest in the world. Legend has it that Christianity was ...

asked a small crowd of his fellow Christian voters if they were feeling discouraged. Inside this church in Grapevine, Texas, nearly every hand shot up. The response might seem mystifying ...