Lundquist, an English professor at North Hennepin Community College in Minnesota, debuts with a wrenching account of the breakup of her marriage to a gay man. Lundquist met her Continue reading » ...

DAYTON, Ohio -- A former Premier Health security officer said he was fired for refusing to shave his beard, which the hospital should have allowed him to keep as a part of his faith as a Norse pagan, ...

Scholars of Scandinavian studies at the Cluster of Excellence are investigating cultural memories of pre-Christian Nordic paganism from the Middle Ages to the present day – “Brave explorers, strong ...

(RNS) Worship of the gods in Scandinavia gave way to Christianity around 1,000 years ago but a modern version of Norse paganism has been gaining popularity in Iceland. REYKJAVIK, (RNS) Icelanders will ...

LAS VEGAS — A Nevada Army Guard soldier serving in Afghanistan has received a uniform religious exception to sport a beard based upon his Norse pagan beliefs. The Nevada Army Guard said this month Sgt ...

Archaeologists excavating at a medieval cemetery in Denmark have found the burials of 77 people who were early Christians in ...

Next year, for the first time in a millennium, a pagan temple will welcome Reykjavik’s faithful. The heathen house of worship, vaguely resembling a misshapen meringue, will be aligned with the sun’s ...

For the first time in 1,000 years a new pagan temple is being constructed in Iceland’s capital city that will house a shrine to the Norse gods Thor, Odin and Frigg. “We see this as so much part of our ...

Citing his belief in an ancient Nordic religion, an Army National Guard member and Alabama native has received a waiver allowing him to wear a beard. Nevada Army Guard Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin Hopper, ...

A bearded soldier has been allowed to keep his facial hair because of his Norse faith. The Army passed a rule last year that allowed troops to be except from the clean shaven rule if it went against ...

A Nevada Army Guard soldier serving in Afghanistan has received a uniform religious exception to sport a beard based upon his Norse pagan beliefs. The Nevada Army Guard said this month Sgt. 1st Class ...