An old Norse 'godhouse' has been discovered in Norway – site reflects how the rise of Christianity to the south affected the worship of the Norse pantheon ~humanities.history Article 700 words 8 votes
Evangelicals are surprised and angered by Brazilian President Bolsonaro's Supreme Court pick, Kassio Nunes ~society politics Article 1242 words 5 votes
Priest recorded having group sex on altar of Pearl River church, police say; three arrested ~humanities religion Article 1098 words 9 votes
Protest erupts in Orthodox Jewish community over NYC's new coronavirus restrictions ~health Article 604 words 4 votes
Iran’s secular shift: New survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs ~humanities religion Article 939 words 12 votes
The Amish keep to themselves. And they’re hiding a horrifying secret: "A year of reporting by Cosmo and Type Investigations reveals a culture of incest, rape, and abuse." ~humanities religion Article 3340 words, published Jan 14 2020 23 votes
Is religion a flawed play-style for humans and if so, why did it arise in the first place? (Feat. TierZoo) ~humanities religion Video 14:34, published May 10 2020 2 votes
Racism in the USA is higher among white Christians than among the nonreligious. That's no coincidence ~humanities religion Article 1562 words 28 votes
The Church of Sweden has more female than male priests for the first time – a sign of huge strides for gender equality since women were first allowed to be ordained in 1960 ~humanities religion Article 525 words 8 votes
Young people around the world are less religious than their parents in several measures ~humanities religion Article 2942 words, published Jun 13 2018 10 votes
The invention of satanic witchcraft by medieval authorities was initially met with skepticism ~humanities religion Article 981 words 6 votes
The Chinese government is engaging in a widespread, systematic campaign of forced birth control and sterilization on Uighurs and other minorities ~news china.xinjiang Article 3251 words 48 votes
How a climate crisis helped shape Norse mythology – a group of archaeologists, linguists and other experts have teamed up to analyse the inscriptions of the Rök Stone ~humanities.languages Article 354 words 9 votes
Vatican urges Catholics to drop investments in fossil fuels, arms ~enviro climate change Article 301 words 14 votes
An Indian healer who kissed hands to cure coronavirus died of coronavirus: So far, 20 people who came in close contact with him tested positive, making the Indian state of Madhya Pradesha a hotspot ~health Article 432 words 9 votes
"My Immortal" as alchemical allegory ~humanities religion philosophy Article 7098 words, published May 27 2020 9 votes
Undercover at a Christian gay-to-straight conversion camp ~lgbt Article 1859 words, published Oct 25 2018 12 votes
More than forty diagnosed with COVID-19 after Frankfurt church service ~health Article 172 words 8 votes
Pastor who claimed to cure coronavirus with faith dies of coronavirus ~health Article 264 words 12 votes
Saudi Arabia, other gulf states reimpose strict measures after coronavirus cases spike during Ramadan ~health Article 970 words 6 votes
Men quitting masturbation: "Porn addiction" support groups reinforce damaging gender stereotypes ~life Article 2437 words 25 votes
Roe of “Roe v. Wade” says Christian right paid her to be anti-choice mouthpiece ~humanities religion Article 608 words 17 votes
Two churches reclose after faith leaders and congregants get coronavirus ~health Article 901 words 10 votes
In defense of hellfire: The rhetoric of damnation has been lost. But how else can we adequately condemn injustice? ~humanities.history Article 2629 words, published Nov 17 2019 8 votes
My teenage rebellion was fundamentalist Christianity ~life Article 2193 words, published Feb 18 2019 7 votes
An Oxford professor, an evangelical collector, and a missing gospel of Mark: A scholar claimed that he discovered a first-century gospel fragment, now faces allegations of theft, cover-up, and fraud ~humanities.history Article 8361 words 11 votes
Danish Lutheran minister who attracted international attention by proclaiming that there is no God or afterlife, but retracted after being suspended, has died ~humanities religion Article 283 words 5 votes
Charles Coughlin, the 'Radio Priest' who brought fascism to America in the 1930s (1979) ~humanities.history Article 146 words, published Oct 28 1979 7 votes
We are all niqabis now: Coronavirus masks reveal hypocrisy of face covering bans ~life.women Article 1045 words, published Apr 27 2020 12 votes
Indonesia bans traditional Ramadan exodus to rein in coronavirus ~humanities religion Article 94 words 6 votes
The Pope just proposed a universal basic income. Is the United States ready for it? ~humanities.history Link 16 votes
How Narendra Modi serves the Hindu ideal of Bharat in opposition to secular ideals of India ~humanities religion Article 2356 words 4 votes
As Coca-Cola’s popularity spread in the United States in the 1920s, rabbis around the country asked, is Coke kosher? ~food history drinks.soft Article 2298 words, published Jan 9 2013 9 votes
Cardinal George Pell will be released from prison after the High Court of Australia quashed his child sexual abuse convictions ~humanities religion Article 10 votes
Seventy-one infected with coronavirus at Sacramento church. Congregation tells county ‘leave us alone’ ~health Article 752 words 9 votes
Louisiana pastor defies coronavirus order, draws over 1,000 people to services ~humanities religion Article 519 words 13 votes
Coronavirus COVID-19 cases spiked across Asia after a mass gathering in Malaysia. This is how it caught the countries by surprise ~health Article 1488 words 7 votes