Sociologist Robert Bellah (1927-2013) was fascinated with the phenomenon of American religion, which he approached from a sociological perspective. He most distinctively presented the concept of “civil religion” in his article Civil […]
Up until the end of the twentieth century, the topic of homosexuality within Middle Eastern and Islamic traditions has been one of closed inquiry, with reasons ranging from simple disinterest, moral conviction, […]
Science is best perceived as a systematic way of thinking that is based upon an epistemology underpinned by reason, evidence, and logic. It is a tool for understanding the social and natural […]
Title: A Three Worlds of the Text Engagement with the Story of Moses and the Shepherd from Rumi’s Mathnawi, Rumi’s Popularity within the United States, and Concerns. Introduction Evidence suggests two major […]
The term “Creole religion” refer to the religious traditions of the African Diaspora in the Caribbean. The term is notably associated with professors Margarite Fernández Olmos and Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert and their work […]
In 2018 Open Doors, an organization that seeks to raise awareness for persecuted Christians and serve victims of violence, released its World Watch List (WWL) ranking of the 50 countries where it […]
Human rights violations are well-documented under the secular regime of North Korea (1). According to the United Nations, the nation’s population lives under “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations” ranging from […]
Huawei, the massive, world-leading Chinese telecommunication and consumer electronic company, is not on good terms with America. The company, well-known for its smartphones, hasn’t taken so kindly to the criticism and suspicion […]
Who Were the Aztecs? The Aztecs were an agricultural people living in Mexico from 1300 to 1521 CE. Religiously, the Aztecs were polytheistic for they believed in a pantheon of major and […]
The cult of Mithras is one of the least understood religions of the ancient world. We do know that it begun in the city of Rome in the late first century CE […]
