A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

The show features more than 50 paintings, manuscripts, textiles and other artworks created in Western Europe between the 13th ...

Church and State are often depicted as natural enemies. Well, aren’t they? Consider the classics A Man for All Seasons and Becket. Henry II and Henry VIII embody the power of an absolute State, while ...

The skeletal remains of a medieval anchoress — essentially a religious hermit — buried in an unusual, crouched position at a church site in England died with syphilis and arthritis, archaeologists ...

(The Conversation) — A self-driving taxi has no passengers, so it parks itself in a lot to reduce congestion and air pollution. After being hailed, the taxi heads out to pick up its passenger – and ...

Faced with a range of serious patient reactions to the COVID-19 disease, doctors and nurses have sometimes struggled to find viable treatment options. But when we examine faith-based responses to the ...

(RNS) — Sans apps and online calendars, tracking Easter is no simple task. Unlike many fixed annual holidays, Easter — which falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring ...

Faced with a range of serious patient reactions to the coronavirus pandemic, doctors and nurses have sometimes struggled to find viable treatment options. But when we examine faith-based responses to ...