As Christians conquered pagan lands, they regularly superimposed Christian symbols on pagan shrines. I thought of this when I read that the buildings of Chicago Theological Seminary have been sold to ...

When it comes to a lot of Christian holidays, it doesn’t take much digging to uncover pretty obvious remnants of the pagan festivals they replaced still lingering in the ways we celebrate today. The ...

Easter arrives this year on Sunday, April 17, 2022, but if you think Easter started as a Christian holiday, think again. The history and origins of how Easter began aren't rooted in what Christians ...

It's no secret that Easter, a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, has deep ties to ancient pagan rituals celebrating the renewal of spring. And hot cross buns, the ...

Today’s fights over the religion in the public square are replays of fights from two thousand years ago. In The Idea of a Christian Society (1939), T. S. Eliot saw a conflict between Christianity and ...

“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” has been released in movie form! It’s again generating controversy over the evil effects such fantasy has upon our children! Paganism! Magic! Wizards! Oh, my!

Solstice: the sun stands still. In temperate countries of the northern and southern hemispheres, every year there are two: summer and winter. The northern hemisphere’s summer solstice, which occurs on ...