Religion

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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
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