According to some snappy Wikipedia research, the Harrowing of Hell was introduced in earnest in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. Previous gospels had described Christ descending to the land of the ...

I suppose knowing that we have worship services at 4:00, 6:00, 8:00 and 10:00 tonight makes my wondering over the wondrous story understandable – even if some of the story is not.The ancient tale’s ...

Certainly advancing some bold claims, the professor holds that the so-called "Age of Martyrs" was, at least in part, fictional. This was the time-frame before Emperor Constantine legalized ...

(The Conversation) — Several threads, including pre-Christian mythology, veneration of relics in Christian tradition, and medieval literature, have combined over the centuries into the Holy Grail ...

This morning, in her address to Liberty University students at the mandatory convocation in the school’s basketball arena, Michele Bachmann did something far more explictly than she has on the ...

Hindus believe cows are sacred. Christian Scientists believe medicine is sinful. Buddhists believe in reincarnation. Scientologists believe in aliens. Christians believe fetuses have souls. Religious ...

In an interview with Game Informer about moving moving the God of War series to Scandanavian mythology, Creative Director Cory Barlog brought up discussions that had happened between he and David ...

As Peter Manseau, author of “One Nation, Under Gods: A New American History,” would have it, nothing has done more damage to the ideal of American religious pluralism than the “stubborn persistence of ...

Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross For decades, winning an Olympic medal has been described as the Holy Grail of sports. Athletes aren’t the only ones in search of a ...