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Last Supper By Simon Ushakov, 1685
Reverence and Relics: The Holy Dead in the Pre-Modern Christian World
This image depicts Ali, a Jesus-like figure in Alawite theology.
Alawites and the Fate of Syria
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio becomes Pope Francis in March 2013.
Two Popes and a Primate: The Changing Face of Global Christianity
The First Crusade: The Call from the East, by Peter Frankopan Book Cover.
Restoring the Origins of the First Crusade: A Medieval Chronicle Written in the Twenty-First Century
Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet, by John G. Turner book Cover.
He Led His People Into the Desert
Depiction of Isaac Newton
A “God Particle” for Isaac Newton’s Birthday
Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War, by Harry S. Stout Book cover.
Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War
Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe , by Margaret Jacobs book cover.
Strangers Nowhere in the World: The Rise of Cosmopolitanism in Early Modern Europe
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, which was constructed by the Umayyads in the 8th century.
Islamic Imperialism: A History
A Day in a Medieval City, by Chiara Frugoni Book Cover
A Day in a Medieval City
American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust, by Laura Levitt Book Cover
American Jewish Loss after the Holocaust
Cover of A Tale of Two Monasteries: Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century by William Chester Jordan.
To Serve God and the King?
Cover of Atatürk: An Intellectual Biography by M. Hanioğlu.
Kemalism: "The Religion of the Turk"
Cover of A Wicked Company The Forgotten Radicalism of the European Enlightenment by Philipp Blom.
Dangerous (Thinking) Liaisons
Cover of Catholic Pirates and Greek Merchants: A Maritime History of the Early Modern Mediterranean by Molly Greene.
Pirates, Pirates Everywhere but Not Enough of Them in This Book
Cover of The Young Turks' Crime against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman Empire by Taner Akçam
The Crime That Dare Not Speak Its Name
The father of a Syrian general killed in the civil war attends his son's funeral in Damascus in January 2012.
Syria's Islamic Movement and the 2011-12 Uprising
Rick Santorum at prayer, 2012
Rick Santorum and Fundamentalist Catholicism
Santorum speaking in Des Moines, Iowa in 2011
Rick Santorum Misunderstands Both Kennedy and Religious Pluralism
close-up of an Eisenhower US coin
“In God We Trust” or “E Pluribus Unum”? The American Founders Preferred the Latter Motto
British scientist Charles Darwin.
Charles Darwin’s American Adventure: A Melodrama in Three Acts
The original Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary, known popularly as the Treaty of Tripoli, written in Arabic, signed 4 November 1796.
Obama Disregards History in Favor of Diplomacy
The four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court.
Should Catholic Justices Recuse Themselves on Certain Cases?
A 17th-century map depicting the locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean
Pirates of Puntland, Somalia