Religion

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This is the logo of the Heaven's Gate cult.
Gullible Americans?
The Favorites of Emperor Honorius by John William Waterhouse depicts the emperor's court in the 5th century CE.
Financing Salvation in Late Antiquity
BJP rally in India
The Politics of India
Pope Francis holding Bible
The People's Pope and the Changing Face of Catholicism
Official ISIS flag
11/12/2014: Top Ten Origins: The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)
Egyptian Leader Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Egypt Once Again Bans the Muslim Brotherhood, Sixty Years Later
For centuries, baptisms have been performed in the Jordan River, considered holy by many religious communities. A baptism taking place in the Jordan River.
Baptized in the Jordan: Restoring a Holy River
Anti-Morsi poster in Egypt.
Clampdown and Blowback: How State Repression Has Radicalized Islamist Groups in Egypt
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