Some nineteenth-century women writers argued that the first Christians included women who were close to Paul—and maybe apostles themselves.

Tracing an early front in the culture wars to a trio of evangelical opponents of rock music in the 1950s and '60s.

Between 1870 and 1960, Christianity declined dramatically across much of Europe. Not in America. One historian explains why.

Three states have legalized covenant marriage, which makes divorce difficult. Why didn't it stick among communities preoccupied with family values?

The legacy of Kimpa Vita, a Kongolese Catholic mystic, was felt from the U.S. to Haiti.

During the Second Great Awakening of 1830, science and religion were seen as “two aspects of the same universal truth.”

After Emancipation, some Southern Protestants refused to revise their proslavery views. In their minds, slavery had been divinely sanctioned.

At the royal wedding, bishop Michael Curry delivered a rousing address, calling attention to the African American experience in the Anglican Church.

May of 1568 was a fateful month for Mary, Queen of Scots. She managed to escape prison, but only to be being defeated in battle soon after. Then she made the fateful decision to run to England.

Sunday school was just one part of nineteenth century reformers’ efforts to improve children’s lives and morals in this period. But the mission of Sunday schools changed significantly over the years.