Angelology has collapsed into anthropology. By contrast, this polemical book argues for the indispensable importance of studying angels as divinely created beings, for theology at large, and for ...

In order to understand what is going on in these experiences and how we should respond to reports of these experiences, it is important to understand what religious experiences can and can't be, what ...

By Deepa Majumdar The magic of Christmas reaches beyond Christians to affect us all. Unless stone-hearted, we all tremble ...

Monotheistic religions, those centered on the belief in a single god, have shaped human history for thousands of years. These faiths have influenced the cultural, philosophical, and spiritual ...

Mogamaa Al-Adyan includes Amr Ibn Al-As, the first mosque built in Egypt and Africa and the fourth built since the beginning of Islam, after the mosques of Medina, Basra and Kufa. Next to the ...

It seems that Rabbi Yitzchak may have approached the disagreement with Rabbi Abba as if it were an abstract halachic debate rather than a personal dispute.

Judaism holds the title of the oldest monotheistic religion and is the second-oldest religion overall. Its history is believed to begin far earlier than 690 B.C. when it was officially founded.