Arizona’s public and charter
high-school students soon could earn credit for learning about the influence of the Old Testament on art or how biblical references are found throughout literature.
When America’s first
ordained missionaries sailed from here to India 200 years ago, they kicked off a movement to spread the faith and created America’s most potent export: Christianity.
The UK’s 2011 bestseller lists
might have been dominated by cookery, courtesy of Jamie Oliver, and romance, courtesy of David Nicholls, but Norwegian readers were plumping for another sort of book last year: the Bible.
During the vibrant years
of the Harlem Renaissance, music, religion, and spirituality were connected—not just in the religious setting of the church, but in the jazz club, the dance hall, the rent party, even the political street rally.
Though Western companies,
from American automakers to European luxury firms, have recently gained a foothold in China, Christian religion has played a role there for much longer than General Motors or Hermes.
After a long wait
for enough inclement weather to provide building materials, the Snow Church in the Bavarian village of Mitterfirmiansreut was constructed and opened in the final days of 2011.
The Archbishop of Canterbury
has used his New Year’s message to reflect on the causes of last summer’s riots and how Britain can do more to help its young people.
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton wrapped up a summit of international leaders [the week of December 12, 2011] to explore specific steps to combat intolerance, discrimination, and violence on the basis of religion or belief.
