Christianity

As the Bible tells it, a mighty wind blew on the day of Pentecost, sweeping across the disciples and arming them with tongues of fire that speak not to people, but to God. A beautiful vision, yeah? So beautiful that one mustnt blame Matthias for texting his g…

This week China celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. “There is no force that can shake the foundation of this great nation, said China President Xi Jinping, as he stood at the gate of Tiananmen Square. No force wi…

In Christianity, the lamb is symbolic of gentleness, innocence, and purity. The animal has also been used as a reference to Jesus Christ when the bible mentions “lamb of God.” There is a softness and delicate nature to the lamb, one that provides comfort in i…

The author is James Hankins, and the subtitle is Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy.  Here is one excerpt:I have sought to present the political ideas of the humanists as the expression of a movement of thought and action, similar in its physiognom…

— Having HIV for many years means Ive seen lots of my brothers lose the battle to AIDS-related illnesses while I lived on. Death doesnt really happen to the person that dies. It happens to everyone around that person, and despite the fact Ive lost many frien…

(Adds details, quote, background) By Garba Muhammad and Bosun Yakusak KADUNA, Nigeria, Sept 27 (Reuters) - More than 300 captives, most of them children and many in chains, have been rescued from a building in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna, a police …

From the very beginning, Christianity has had a complicated relationship with slavery. Many of the early Christians in the first centuries of the Church were slaves, including bishops, martyrs, evangelists, and even popes. Celsus, a 2nd Century pagan, even ri…

Pride. Greed. Gluttony. Lust. Sloth. Envy And, of course...the Wrath of Khan. These are the Seven Deadly Sins, a list of seven forbidden acts from Christianity that, if committed, equal a one-way ticket to the Bad Place. But theyre also a widely used trope in…

Rag Time is a bi-weekly media investigation of a single celebrity story that's vastly more in-depth than you ever thought you needed. This week: Justin Bieber's forthcoming second wedding to Hailey Bieber. Just about this time last year, Justin Bieber and hi…

When e-readers first appeared, the end of traditional books was widely prophesied. Parallels were drawn with the invention of printing, which rapidly made handwritten manuscripts obsolete. But now, with paper book sales rebounding, it looks as though we have …