The heady world of the early Christians began with Jewish followers of Jesus and later became dominated by Romans attracted ...

Toilet gods — deities associated with these essential yet often overlooked aspects of daily life — have been venerated in ...

IN the first and second of the “Remember the sabbath day” series, we established that the true Sabbath day is Saturday, the seventh day, not Sunday which is the first day of the week. This was ...

New Year's Eve was celebrated in ancient times, contrary to what some may believe. It was among the most universal pagan ...

Pagans have many different beliefs. Rider believes in Norse traditions with an emphasis on gods like Odin and Thor. Others ...

I keep a notebook of all the books I read, and at year’s end I take stock. This year, I read 40 books, down significantly ...

From ancient Greece through Puritan New England, witches functioned as easy targets for cultural anxieties about gender, ...