Feature
Salvador Dalí’s Frustrating Vision of the Divine
Having abandoned the profane for only the sacred, Dalí’s “Nuclear Mysticism” renounced the richness of experience for the aridity of metaphysics.
Christianity
Feature
How a Nativity Scene Sent Europe Into a Tizzy
A controversial Brussels nativity scene begs the question: Should explicitly Christian imagery continue to be a part of Europe’s civic space, and if so, who has the authority to define it?
Comics
An Unfinished History of the Antichrist
The sinister figure was shaped by social and political forces throughout the centuries. Is he still walking among us?
News
Oldest Known Inscription of Ten Commandments Heads to Auction
The approximately 1,500-year-old tablet could fetch $2 million at Sotheby’s.
Art
The Battle Between Halloween and Reformation Day
Launched on October 31, 1517, the Protestant Reformation broke not just with the Catholic Church but with all that’s dark and demonic, wanton and witchy.
Opinion
Christian Art Wasn’t Always So Straight
Contrary to what tradwives might have you think, the church was once a safe haven from anti-queerness.
Books
The Enslaved People Who Wrote Down the New Testament
Art history has long concealed the scribes who put swaths of the Bible and early Christian writings on paper.
News
New Research Questions the Existence of Early Christian “House Churches”
A new study challenges long-held beliefs about the physical spaces of Christian worship, proving that the emerging religion’s story is not immutable.
Art
The Modern Resurrection of the Antichrist
Since antiquity, periods of political uncertainty have generated spurious proclamations of the Antichrist, from Nero to Taylor Swift.
News
US Tourist Reportedly Vandalizes Jesus Statue in Jerusalem Church
“You can’t have idols; it’s in the second commandment,” he screamed before being arrested.
News
Holy Sepulchre Church Excavation Unearths Constantine-Era Rock Layers
The findings constitute pivotal evidence for reconstructing the building methods and mosaic decorations in churches in the late Roman Empire.
News
Ancient Altar of Holy Sepulchre Church Found, Graffitied Over for Years
It is one of only two Cosmatesque works that are known to exist outside Italy — the other adorning Westminster Abbey.