In the long sweep of human history, few things are as natural or as irrationally feared as love between two people of the same sex.

In 1849, archaeologists discovered 14 clay tablets with cuneiform writing in Iraq that narrate the story of the Anunnaki, meaning "Those who from heaven to Earth came." According to Zecharia Sitchin, ...

Americans are getting less “religious,” you’ve probably heard. They do fewer traditionally religious things, such as belonging to a denomination, attending worship services or feeling ...

The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia from about 4500 to 1750 B.C.E., and developed a number of technologies that changed the ...

From the earliest beats of human civilization to the electric pulse of modern music, no instrument has carried the weight of ...

Is Christianity just a copycat religion? Many critics answer, “Yes,” and argue that much of the Old Testament is nothing more than rewritings of Ancient Near Eastern myth. One particular ...

Religious attendance is consistently correlated with higher levels of contentment and satisfaction. Here's what the research into that connection has revealed. Religion brings many things to a ...

Language has always been more than communication, it’s how civilizations preserved their culture, beliefs, and history.

Trending Photos In a recent and significant case, a Christian officer in the Indian Army, Lieutenant Samuel Kamaleson, was dismissed from service for refusing to participate in religious ceremonies ...

When the afterlife becomes the sole focus, like for Islamic terrorists who kill innocents, seeking heavenly rewards, religion loses its moral compass and can justify terrible crimes. HAMAS ...

A GoFundMe has been launched for a religion teacher at a Connecticut Catholic school to help raise money for medical bills and an uncertain living situation, according to the fundraising page.

One reason is the unexpected religiosity of Generation Z—young adults born after 2000—who are not abandoning religion at the rate their parents did. For some, faith has become a form of rebellion ...