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US Tourist Reportedly Vandalizes Jesus Statue in Jerusalem Church

Avatar photo by Taylor Michael February 3, 2023February 3, 2023

“You can’t have idols; it’s in the second commandment,” he screamed before being arrested.

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Holy Sepulchre Church Excavation Unearths Constantine-Era Rock Layers

by Sarah E. Bond July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

The findings constitute pivotal evidence for reconstructing the building methods and mosaic decorations in churches in the late Roman Empire.

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Ancient Altar of Holy Sepulchre Church Found, Graffitied Over for Years

Avatar photo by Jasmine Liu April 21, 2022April 21, 2022

It is one of only two Cosmatesque works that are known to exist outside Italy — the other adorning Westminster Abbey.

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The Story of the “First Lady of Religious Broadcasting”

by Beandrea July September 20, 2021October 4, 2021

The Eyes of Tammy Faye features a riveting performance from Jessica Chastain, but proves less interesting than the documentary it’s based on.

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How Bible Salesmen Paved the Way for Capitalism to Devour Evangelicalism

by Madeleine Seidel December 26, 2019October 18, 2021

The classic documentary Salesman, which turned 50 this year, presaged our current age of megachurches and Christian influencers.

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A Black American Artist Explores Her Refusal of Christianity

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney May 18, 2016May 18, 2016

“Direct Downward Cut at the Head; Overhand Knife Thrust”; “and where the blood ran fastest, there he whipped”; “To them God has appeared as a Negro”; “syntactical slips and breaks” — these are a sample of the bits of text affixed to the walls in Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s On Refusal.

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Documenting the Vanishing Hermitages of the Egyptian Desert

Avatar photo by Allison Meier December 10, 2015December 24, 2015

Constructed from stacked rocks and carved into remote mountainsides, the desert hermitages of Egypt and Sudan are barely perceptible in the arid landscape.

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Praise the Lord! The World’s Oldest Bible Goes on Display at the British Museum

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 27, 2015October 15, 2022

For only its second time on loan, the earliest known Bible is going on view this October at the British Museum.

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Five of the World’s Largest Religious Manuscripts, from Devil’s Bible to Buddhist Labyrinth

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 17, 2015October 15, 2022

Marcel Proust may have written a novel over 4,000 pages long, but there are other books out there of goliath proportions not in their length, but their size.

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Inside the Christian Pockets of the Middle East

by Laura C. Mallonee February 2, 2015February 2, 2015

In the United States, Canada or Europe, where Christians form the religious majority, it’s strange to consider parts of the world where they are not only uncommon, but also persecuted.

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