Christianity
Nine Nights of Celebration to Christmas
For eight days, Joseph and Mary, who was carrying a child, traveled and sought lodging. They were refused by all homes and innkeepers for eight days,…
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Christianity
Catholicism
Houses of Worship: Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
1853, the Archbishop of New York plans “to erect a Cathedral in the City of New York that may be worthy of our increasing numbers, intelligence…
Baptist
Religious Liberty in a New Land
In 1630, the Puritans, arriving from the Old World, came to America seeking religious liberty, but the Americas had known the Christian religion for decades—and it…
Wicca
The Gifts of Wicca
The faith of Wicca—more familiarly known as Witchcraft—has origins pre-dating the Abrahamic religions, some tracing it back to as early as 25,000 B.C.E. It encompasses those…
Christianity
John P. Meier United History and Faith and Brought Forth Ecumenical Understanding
OK, so a Catholic, a Protestant, a Jew, a Muslim and an agnostic are locked in a basement… No, it’s not the beginning of a joke.…
Islam
Houses of Worship: Qatar State Grand Mosque
Qatar sits on a peninsula in the Persian Gulf with Saudi Arabia to the west as their only neighboring country. Over the past 30 years, Qatar’s…
Islam
Religious Intolerance in Myanmar
Along the Bay of Bengal and wrapping around the Andaman Sea is the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. It is home to 54 million, with…
Islam
The Fight of the Hazaras
The Hazaras have been subject to discrimination and oppression at least since the 19th century. As an ethnic minority within Afghanistan whose population largely belongs to…
Evangelicalism
Is Climate Change Simply God’s Will? These Evangelicals Believe Humans Do Have Accountability and Should Do Something About It
Plagues, floods, famine—these are all manifestations of God’s will. So why shouldn’t climate change—if that’s indeed what it is—be any different? The National Association of Evangelicals…
Features
Faith and Voodoo
In the coastal country of Benin, the population is divided into roughly three major religious groups: Christian, Muslim and Vodun (better known in the West as…
Christianity
Houses of Worship: Yoido Full Gospel Church
Seoul, the capital of South Korea or the “Great People’s Nation” as its name translates in English, is home to almost 10 million people in a…
Anglicanism
Houses of Worship: Trinity Church Wall Street
The Trinity Church received its charter from King William III in 1697, establishing its rules, the boundaries of the first land grant and the system of…