Southeast Asian Americans navigated evolving cultural norms while building grassroots organizations to combat violence against women.

In writing and life, the Australian Nobel Laureate was ever preoccupied by the search for spiritual meaning and the fraught relationship between God and blundering humanity.

The framework used by theologians to understand emotions changed in the Middle Ages, thanks in part to new translations of Arabic texts.

We may have heard enough about xenophobia, the fear of the stranger. But what of its opposite, the love for a stranger, better known as hospitality?

The use of sensory stimulants like incense gave Jesuits a common framework with the North American nations they encountered on missionary trips.

Turkey or Tofurkey? Stuffing or dressing? Whatever the controversy, these Thanksgiving stories will slake your appetite!

A fear of rampant sex-trafficking in American cities sparked a new wave of civilian vigilante activity in the early twenty-first century. 

The debate over who “owns” Preah Vihear dates to the early twentieth century, when the French government drew the border between Cambodia and Siam (Thailand).

What does it mean when an entire convent of Urusline nuns appears to be possessed by demons? Many things, as it turns out.

Palm reading, also known as palmistry or chiromancy, has fascinated us as a practice and a party trick for centuries.