Latin America inherited Spanish and Portuguese antisemitism from colonial rule, and Christian-influenced anti-Jewish sentiment persisted even after independence. A. Colonial Period (16th-19th ...

Lamin Sanneh, a Yale Divinity School professor who was raised a Muslim, converted to Christianity and became a leading scholar of both religions, most notably as a pioneer in the study of ...

People find it hard to believe that Christianity had such an inauspicious beginning in A.D. 33 with the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. He had only a handful of followers — many of them poor ...

The traditional religions of most Africans altered significantly as a result of colonial rule. Colonial rulers interfered with the African way of worship. Where the modes of worship conflicted with ...

Taking the case of the Mundas and Uraons of Chhotanagpur, this essay looks at the encounter between the colonial state and the tribals of India. It first examines how the term "tribe" evolved to ...

British missionary John Williams pioneered the spread of Christianity in the South Pacific by employing the zeal of Polynesian converts. "One day they will come, with crucifix in one hand and the ...

His contributions to the spread of Christianity proved that God’s choice of a vessel created a mighty force. Earl Crow’s column is published Saturdays in the Winston-Salem Journal. Email him ...

the empty-chair sculpture by artist Austin Camilleri positioned in front of Queen Victoria’s statue in Valletta for the Malta Biennale, has stepped into Malta’s post-colonial debate, usually ...

Answer: I have written about Saul’s conversion and the contributions he made to the spread of Christianity, but I have mentioned only a few points about his earlier years.