Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ gives Christians the chance to disavow a shameful history of anti-Semitism.

France's peculiar aversion to public religiosity is rooted in a sordid history of sectarian violence.

Would the Spanish friars of California's historic missions have lobbied for the separation of church and state?

New scholarship on the ancient Olympics reminds Christians why Emperor Theodosius outlawed the event so many centuries ago.

Or, "What's 'up' with the Feast of the Assumption"?

10 years ago this Wednesday, on April 7, 1994, the newly Christianized African nation of Rwanda erupted into unprecedented ethnic slaughter. Where was the church then? And how can it help Rwandans recover today?

Thousands want Mel to make his next movie about a famous medieval friar.

Left Behind is neither the first nor the last word on "last things."

The threat of gay marriage challenges Christians to defend older, better definitions of marriage. But what are those definitions, and how did they develop?

Sixty-four years ago, the Roman Catholic Church consecrated its first black African bishop. Is it time now for the next step?

Tony Blair's spin-doctors worried when he recently "outed" himself as a Christian. But what impact has Christianity really had on our leaders?

A gripping new book details the first American missionary hostage crisis, over 100 years ago.

The roots of a resurgent practice, plus 14 books for further study.

Some observers are upset with Tony Blair's recent public avowal of faith. But what impact has Christianity really had on our leaders?

Not heresy hunters, nor Islamic purges, nor even Mongol hordes could wipe Christianity from Iraq.

War's reports deluge us every hour. Why should we read the "old news" of Christian history?

Augustine's "just war" theory has guided the church through many conflicts.

Tolkien wanted his Lord of the Rings to echo the "Lord of Lords"—but do we have ears to hear?

Anglican liberals are fretting, conservatives rejoicing, and all are scrambling to their history books: whence this new evangelical force on the world scene?