Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christianity. Show all posts
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Guest Post: Who was Mary Magdalene? Debunking the myth of the penitent prostitute

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Dorothy Ann Lee , University of Divinity Who was Mary Magdalene? What do we know about her? And how do we know it? These questions resurfa...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Guest Post: Why do Christians wear ashes on Ash Wednesday?

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Michael Laver , Rochester Institute of Technology This coming Wednesday many Christians will arrive at work with a black cross smudged on...
Friday, December 08, 2017

Guest Post: Did early Christians believe that Mary was a teenager?

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Christopher A. Frilingos , Michigan State University On Nov. 13, a fifth Alabama woman came forward to accuse Roy Moore , former judge and...
Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Guest Post: Jesus as a sausage roll echoes the Gospel of John

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M J C Warren , University of Sheffield With more than 1,000 outlets across the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, Greggs the baker ...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

Guest Post: Why Easter is called Easter

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by Brent Landau , University of Texas at Austin This Sunday, April 16, Christians will be celebrating Easter, the day on which the resurre...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

Guest Post: How did we come to celebrate Christmas?

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by Bronwen Neil , Australian Catholic University Christmas is literally “the mass for Christ”, the day on which Christians celebrate th...