Dr Alison Milbank looks at how the great Italian poet, Dante Alighieri (c.1265-1321), can be seen a someone presenting his fellow Christians with a un...
Prof. Alan Ford takes the religious history of Ireland as an example of how important is for historians to examine religious dimension of the past soc...
Anyone reading the historical books of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament can be shocked that warfare figures so prominently in the writings held by man...
The Pharisees led an important religious movement in ancient Judaism around the time of Jesus. Here Prof. Roland Deines discusses their beliefs, their...
Prophecy was a major institution in the religion of ancient Israel, and the writings left by the prophets make up a major part of the collection known...
Jesus, a Jewish teacher from Nazareth in Galilee, is one of the central religious figures of history. Here Prof. Roland Deines discusses what we know ...
'The Hebrew Bible' is the name given to the collection of ancient writings that come from Judaism and constitute 'the bible' for Jews and which makes ...
John Milbank introduces the significance of Henri de Lubac (1896-1991), one of major Catholic theologians of the last century whose work inspires theo...
There are many Christian Churches which have ancient roots, but about which western Christians are almost wholly unaware. Here Dr Mary Cunningham seek...