In December 2023, Pamela Nadell, a professor of Jewish history at American University, testified alongside the presidents of ...

Latter-day Saint scholar Matthew Bowman examines what he calls the “Mormon declension narrative," the effort by some to ...

The uncomfortable truth is this: violence is not an aberration of human history, - is its norm. From the cradle to the grave, Homo sapiens resolve conflict through confrontation, often ...

One particular element of that conversation promises to be particularly fraught: calls to punish “hate speech.” After Kirk’s ...

This is not about disagreements over theology or tradition. It is about the corruption of the Christian witness. It is about ...

Filipino American History Month is held in October to commemorate the Oct. 18, 1587, initial arrival of Filipinos in the present-day continental U.S., per the University of California San Francisco.

The history of a prominent church pastored by MLK in Alabama shows the reason African Americans often don't embrace either ...

Historian Molly Worthen studies dynamic leaders, eager followers, and their shared efforts to “consecrate a new reality.” ...

After a well-publicized case of political violence—such as a riot or assassination—commentators often speak of the need to ...

Galveston was religiously tolerant and pluralistic long before such considerations reached the American conscience. Prejudice ...

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college in the course of the 2025-2026 academic year. Bates News will introduce ...

Colorful crowds — including a horde of hatted wizards, a crowd-surfing Pee-Wee Herman and two Jesus’ brawling in a mosh pit — ...