Born, according to tradition, around 570 in Mecca, the founder of Islam was a preacher, a prophet and a legislator, as well ...

And it could be said that it was the refusal or failure of Western thinkers, to look beyond the surface on the issue of invention; evolution and development of the written word and codification of ...

Shintō shrines are a familiar presence in every corner of Japan, yet few here are aware of the powerful national organization that oversees them—let alone its historical and ideological ties to ...

Unlike many of the religions of the day, it was monotheistic rather than polytheistic. In the days of Ahasuerus, there was a large Jewish population in the Persian Empire.

Muslims believe in one God, all-powerful and ever present, uncreated, without beginning or end, completely sufficient to ...

Polytheistic worship and sacrifice were not only permitted in ancient Rome, but considered a sacred civic duty. If neglected, ruin could ensue upon the empire.

“The ancient sources implying Queen Zenobia converted to Judaism are possibly accurate,” Haggai Olshanetsky, of University of Warsaw, told JNS.The post Third-century queen, target of Syrian ...

To the other major monotheistic faiths (Islam and Judaism), it is rank heresy—Trinitarianism is therefore definitional to Christianity. Yet it appears to be almost entirely misunderstood within ...