Why is a traditionally Catholic region turning Protestant?

Of the many books about Columbus and his religious legacy, which are most helpful? Christian History asked Dr. William D. Taylor, co-author, with Emilio A. Núñez C., of Crisis in Latin America: An Evangelical Perspective (Moody, 1989).

They often risked floggings to worship God.

Christian History editors asked Dr. Charles Reagan Wilson to recommend books that creatively explore Christianity during the Civil War era. Here's his list.

Where was God in this brutal national war? An unbaptized non-churchgoer came up with a profound answer.

The pagan prince of Kievan Rus' embraces a new faith

In the Roman mind, there were valid religious reasons to halt the spread of Christianity.

The first-century Empire swirled with an exotic mix of religions.

Some of his novels mercilessly lampoon Christians. Yet the great Victorian author also wrote a reverent account of Jesus' life.

Booth and his Army drew much opposition, including this 1882 editorial cartoon in The Entr'acte. Often the hostility was not only verbal, but also violent. See "The Army Under Seige".

Surprising answers from a variety of writers

Origins of American Awakenings in New England & the Middle Colonies

Read for yourself the chief accounts upon which the millennium celebration is based; while these much-loved chronicles admittedly contain a good bit of legend, they are still the best history we have.

The Soviet government reports that religion is definitely on the decline in the USSR. And given the persistent harassment of the state, one might expect that—but trustworthy sources say it isn't so.