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Writing As Spiritual Practice: Inside the World of Medieval Scribes

Writing As Spiritual Practice: Inside the World of Medieval Scribes

Joel Halldorf on the Monks Who Helped Preserve Generations of Cultural Heritage

By Joel Halldorf | July 6, 2026

The Bible is now required reading for Texas public school students.

The Bible is now required reading for Texas public school students.

By Brittany Allen | June 30, 2026

Who Were the Mayflower Puritans? (And Did You Know They Came From a Town Called “Scrooby”?)

Who Were the Mayflower Puritans? (And Did You Know They Came From a Town Called “Scrooby”?)

David S. Reynolds on the Political and Religious Motivations For the Pilgrims’ Journey to America

By David S. Reynolds | June 12, 2026

How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death

How Medieval Doctors, Christian and Muslim, Treated the Black Death

Thomas Asbridge Considers the Influence of Religious Tradition on Medical Practice in the Middle Ages

By Thomas Asbridge | May 27, 2026

Why Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in his response to the rise of AI.

Why Pope Leo quoted Gandalf in his response to the rise of AI.

By Brittany Allen | May 26, 2026

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

How the Fanatical Legion of Mary Secreted Young Girls Away to Toil in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries

Louise Brangan on the Girls Who Disappeared in 20th-Century Ireland

By Louise Brangan | May 8, 2026

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Christopher Clark on the Intersection of Mental Health and Christian Faith in 19th-Century Prussia

By Christopher Clark | March 10, 2026

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How Christianity Was Used By the Powerful and the Marginalized to Shape Post-Civil War America

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Matthew Avery Sutton on the Role of Religion in Reconstruction

By Matthew Avery Sutton | March 4, 2026

Growing Up Alawite in Assad’s Syria

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Loubna Mrie Explores the Intersections of Family, Faith and National History Under Authoritarianism

By Loubna Mrie | March 4, 2026

The European Myth of Indigenous “Savages”

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David J. Silverman on Race and Religion in the Colonization of Native Americans

By David J. Silverman | February 25, 2026

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