Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should ...

On the rural islands of Nagasaki, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns, and martyred missionaries and believers. On Ikitsuki ...

A person walks past the One-Pillar Torii Gate at Sannō Shrine, the only gate remaining of four gates after the 1945 atomic ...

The photos of the subjects identified by Tamara Lanier as her great-great-great-grandfather Renty, whom she calls “Papa Renty,” and his daughter Delia will be transferred from the Peabody ...

A top Kennedy Center official says he has been fired over his Christian beliefs. Floyd Brown, a longtime right-wing activist with a history of anti-gay rhetoric, served for just over a month as ...

Christians now reinterpret the animistic rituals of their past as thanksgiving to the Creator God. “Kaamatan’s essence is thanksgiving. As a Catholic, I view it as an act of giving thanks to God. Our ...

Jonathan Isaac explains beliefs on transgender athletes in women's sports NBA star Jonathan Isaac argues that transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports compromises fairness ...

In order to be a real follower of Christ, the new believers have to renounce their old animism beliefs, which is commonly regarded as 'culture'." Both Cuca and de Oliviera, who has also become a ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – One of two Christian workers kidnapped in northwest ...

Reflecting on the Pahalgam incident, CDS General Chauhan termed it an act of "profound cruelty", describing how victims were shot in the head in front of their families and children.