A 1.37-inch inscription could upend our understanding of the religion’s spread.

New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. 1929. 8vo. 750 pp. Illus. $6.50. IT is a grateful task to welcome this comprehensive symposium on the history of Christianity for which the collaboration of many of the ...

"I am the church, you are the church, we are the church together.” Every child who has ever spent a sultry summer morning at vacation Bible school has learned that song. It reflects the wisdom that ...

British archaeologists are seeking to authenticate what could be a landmark discovery in the documentation of early Christianity: a trove of 70 lead codices that appear to date from the 1st century CE ...

The History of Christianity (HC) area studies past theological reflection on the faith and practice of the Church, especially in early and medieval Christianity. The HC area strives to appreciate ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Chapter One Christianity as a Way of Life During the first round of research for my recent study of vital mainline Protestant churches, I sent my project ...

Combining Christian convictions and scholarly conventions, two historians create very different blends. C.S. Lewis wrote, “History is a story written by the finger of God.” But can we spot God’s ...

For readers who’d like to know more about Malta’s interesting Christian history, here’s a summary of the main events, courtesy of the Archdiocese of Malta. At Paul’s Shipwreck on his way to Rome in AD ...

I accept religious healing as a real biological phenomenon, although one prey to pious exaggeration,” writes Amanda Porterfield, professor of religion at Florida State University. She contends that ...