Christianity

Are there any major Christian theologians who did not believe in, or downplayed, the importance of an active church community? Who emphasized solitary instead of communal worship? I'm not interested in the "like God, but not church?" type groups. I'm specifically looking for scholarly theologians who, well, liked God but…

We're still trying to figure out what the full effects of the coronavirus will be. While the health and economic effects are growing, the pandemic is making an unprecedented cultural impact too. Cities, nations, and event organizers are either canceling or postponing popular traditions and annual events. This is the…

During a livestream last night, televangelist Kenneth Copeland cured coronavirus. It’s gone now. He just held out his hand, asked viewers to touch their screens to meet it, and… somehow coronavirus is no longer a thing. Who knew. Kenneth Copeland healed viewers of the coronavirus through their televisions last night.…

The Church of Cyprus, an independent Greek Orthodox church, has no intention to stop serving wine and wafers during communion despite the threat of the novel coronavirus. Even though the ritual requires contact with the same vessels, they’re not afraid because they insist God would never let the virus transmit…

The Trail Leading Back to the Wuhan Labs It is understandable that many would be wary of the notion that the origin of the coronavirus could be discovered by some documentary filmmaker who used to live in China. Matthew Tye, who creates YouTube videos, contends he has identified the source…

Image copyright ABDEL GHANI BASHIR Image caption The number of visitors at Mecca's Grand Mosque has dropped drastically As concern over the spread of coronavirus grows, people around the world are changing the way they do things. Some have cut back on travel plans and are avoiding crowded spaces. Others…

World07:24 GMT 09.03.2020(updated 07:26 GMT 09.03.2020) Get short URLChristianity has a history of hoaxes, such as the Shroud of Turin, for instance, but new research calls into question the very bedrock of the Christian faith: the account of the life of Christ reputedly penned by John the Disciple.The Gospel of…

Because no legislator would allow Satanists to deliver an invocation inside the Capitol to open a session, members of the Washington state chapter of The Satanic Temple held an “infernal ritual” just outside the building on Friday. It was glorious. As if to prove the Satanists’ point, some Christians who…

A kasbah in the capital of Morocco may not seem the most obscure of places. But what many don’t know is that many years ago, Rabat was also the capital of a short-lived pirate republic. Located on an Atlantic coast at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg, the city…

Chicago-based Iron Circus Comics came to this year’s C2E2, its home court, for a spotlight panel intended to highlight all the delightfully weird titles recently released or soon to be. On the panel were founder C. Spike Trotman, along with a few creators including Kel McDonald (Cautionary Fables and Fairytales),…