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Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts are obsessed – but very wrong –...
Inspiration for a mob of angry white men?Getty ImagesFrom Charlottesville to the Capitol, medieval imagery has been repeatedly on show at far-right rallies and riots in recent years.Displays of...
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Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost...
Audience members listen to Afghan parliamentarian Fawzia Koofi speak in 2014. Women's access to politics increased greatly after the Taliban's 2001 ouster.Sha Marai/AFP via Getty ImagesThree Afghan...
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US army chaplain Emil Kapaun advancing toward sainthood
Army chaplain Emil Kapaun helps a soldier on the battlefield during the Korean War in 1952.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesAt the end of a small cemetery on the campus...
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How a silent movie informs the current debate over the right to be forgotten
Headlines and headaches for those unable to escape their past.Wikimedia CommonsIn 1915, Gabrielle Darley killed a New Orleans man who had tricked her into a life of prostitution. She was tried,...
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Skipping the vaccine line is not only unethical – it may undermine trust in...
Waiting in line for a vaccine at the Balboa Sports Complex in Encino, California.Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesThe rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been accompanied by reports of...
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Bangladesh at 50: A nation created in violence and still bearing scars of a...
Bangladeshi children at the Independence Day celebrations in Dhaka in 2012. AP Photo/Pavel RahmanMarch 26 marks 50 years since the start of Bangladesh’s liberation war, a bloody nine-month campaign...
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Vaccine passports may be on the way – but are they a reason for hope or a...
Israeli diners with a 'green pass' get to enjoy a meal with friendsEmmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty ImagesAfter a year of canceled concerts, closed-door sporting events and restricted air travel, vaccine...
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What Alexander Hamilton's deep connections to slavery reveal about the need...
Alexander Hamilton publicly opposed slavery, but research reveals he was also complicit in it.Disney Media & Entertainment DistributionAlexander Hamilton has received a resurgence of interest in...
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The story of the Iranian new year, Nowruz, and why its themes of renewal and...
The celebration of Nowruz in Tehran in 2014.AP Photo/Ebrahim NorooziAs the days grow longer and the flowers start to bloom, my 5-year-old gets excited and exclaims, “Nowruz is coming.”Nowruz – or “new...
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Jesus, Paul and the border debate – why cherry-picking Bible passages misses...
The Bible contains many stories of migration, including that of Joseph, Mary and Jesus.Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesImmigration reform is back on the agenda, with...
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Catholic opinions on Johnson & Johnson vaccine highlight debate between...
What is behind the confusion about Catholics taking the Johnson & Johnson vaccine?Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty imagesQuestions about whether the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is morally...
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'Doing nothing' is all the rage – is it a form of resistance, or just an...
John White Alexander's 'Repose' (1895).Heritage Images via Getty ImagesThe pandemic has either created too much free time or too little. Kitchen-table commutes and reduced social obligations expand...
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Why Christianity put away its dancing shoes – only to find them again...
Medieval Christians believed that heaven was a realm filled with dancing. Italian painter Fra Angelico's 'Last Judgment' showing dancing angels.Fra Angelico's Last Judgment/WikimediaIn the PBS...
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Privacy may be under threat, but its protection alone isn’t enough to...
Demonstrators shine their cellphones during a protest in St. Louis in 2020.Michael B. Thomas/Getty ImagesThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.The big ideaWhile the battle...
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Chivalry is not about opening doors, but protecting society's most vulnerable...
The chivalrous peasant teenager Joan of Arc is a hero of French independence.De Agostini/G. Dagli Orti via Getty ImagesModern society is in dispute over the value of chivalry. Chivalry originally...
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Purity culture and the subjugation of women: Southern Baptist beliefs on sex...
Southern Baptist purity culture teaches that women are to blame for men's sexual urges.AP Photo/Mike StewartEven before a member of a Southern Baptist church was accused of the Georgia spa massacre,...
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The US has never had much of a pilgrimage tradition – perhaps now is the...
Sites of pilgrimages are few and far between in the U.S.Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty ImagesOne feature of the pandemic has been the curtailment of a practice that for millennia has provided...
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This Passover, as in the past, will be a time to recognize tragedies and...
A Jewish family gathers in person and over video conferencing for Passover celebrations in 2020.Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesJewish families will gather for Passover this year in circumstances that will, like...
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What can you do with unwanted holy cards and Grandma's religious statues?...
Holy cards are highly collectible but also very, very numerous.Ryan O'Grady, The Marian Library, University of Dayton, CC BY-SAWhen a rosary was made for King Henry VIII in 1509, it was hand-carved in...
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Why parts of Good Friday worship have been controversial
People visiting a Christ sculpture at the Santa Maria Magdalena Church during the Holy Week in Granada, Spain.Álex Cámara/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesChurches around the world will be holding services for...
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