It’s refreshing to see how a god or goddess can be made into the image of the human artists, and transgendered by devotion ...

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There are at least 34 documented stories of transgender saints’ lives, three of which had widespread popularity in medieval ...

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ...

A red front door shows enthusiasm and energy. It's a bold color that symbolizes luck and prosperity in Chinese culture, and ...

The 21st century has completely transformed how we deal with emotions, says sociologist Eva Illouz. In a conversation with ...

Three monumental academic titles, whose authority is grounded on expert scholarship but whose style is for the general reader ...

A life-saving vaccine must remain available, a writer comments. Also: Allegations of antisemitism at Harvard are false and ...

With student debt spiraling, many families are looking for alternatives to traditional higher education. These programs offer ...

Last week, we picked up our 5-year-old son from his public kindergarten in Beijing. On the way home, he proudly recited a ...

BJP MP Anurag Thakur, member of the all-party delegation led by NCP-SCP Supriya Sule as part of Modi government's big diplomatic outreach, on Saturday, said that the solidarity which Ethiopia has ...