This tableau, often called Christ in the Rubble, first appeared last ... at a market—both in Detroit. “Symbols matter and visuals matter, and our understanding in all of our traditions, Judaism, Islam ...

Christmas trees Ever wonder why we put up Christmas trees? Evergreen fir trees are universal winter decorations: Pagans ...

Santa Claus, the modern icon of Christmas, is derived from traditions associated with Saint Nicholas, a fourth-century bishop ...

The upcoming change in the White House has created uncertainty in the Middle East, with President-elect Donald Trump standing ...

Martin Luther is credited as being the first to add candles to trees in the 1600s ... the original Saint Nick was alive and ...

An architectural masterpiece with religious, artistic, economic and political significance, the Parisian monument that will ...

To reduce “Zionism” to a form of colonialism not only does violence to the Jews’ attachment to their ancient land but to the ...

In the earliest Christian movement ... was discussed in the second century, especially after Marcion. Marcion lived in the first half of the second century. He was a wealthy ship owner and ...

The second week of Advent While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered a rare fifth-century Christian pendant depicting ... Michael and Israfil. "It is a symbol of religion and power," Ersin Çelikbaş, an archaeologist at ...

The U.S. military has strived over recent decades to present itself as religiously diverse, welcoming personnel of all faiths ...