Jennifer Wiseman was an undergraduate just starting out in astronomy when someone named a comet after her.
Jennifer Wiseman was an undergraduate just starting out in astronomy when someone named a comet after her.
The Crusades are one of the most notorious episodes of Christian history.
Few ideas have changed our world more profoundly than this one.
How can we take Christianity seriously, if Christians have so often departed from the tune of Jesus?
Jesus’ most famous parable had a big influence on the early church – and the world.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a rare example of someone whose faith prompted him to stand up to Hitler.
Jesus dramatically changed how Western culture thinks about power and service.
From Emperor Constantine onwards, the church has had a fraught relationship to power.
The Jewish and early Christian insistence on care for the poor transformed the ancient world.
Not all Crusades were against Muslims, or in the Middle East.
We head to George Washington’s house for a concrete take on a big philosophical concept.
What happened when Christians started acting like every person was made in God’s image?
Can we be good without God?
The medieval papacy offers a vivid picture of a church corrupted by wealth.
Father Damien of Molokai showed the true meaning of “compassion”: to suffer with the afflicted.
Few people have done more to lessen human misery and increase human happiness than Lord Shaftesbury.
Would the world be a more peaceful place without Christianity?
Be true to yourself. Follow your heart. Write your own story. Issues of identity are of overwhelming importance to us.…
Jesus preached a radical ethic of non-violence – one the early church took very seriously.
Modern ideas of charity were an anomaly in Greece and Rome.
Jesus accorded women dignity and opportunity. The church hasn’t always followed suit.
The secret history of a cherished concept.
How the Bible was used to support a system of profound oppression and dehumanisation.
As Christians gained influence, they came up with ideas like “Just War” and the “Peace of God”.
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