Religion events and trends draw intense news coverage when they are directly or indirectly linked to politics.

Weber’s argument remains relevant at present, especially in countries with Christian majority populations such as the Philippines where most Filipinos affiliate themselves with the Roman Catholic ...

Movies are a great way for creative minds to express that creativity through a visual medium. It allows them to take an idea and make it a reality. You get the picture. I’m always looking forward to ...

The day would eventually be called Good Friday by his followers, but it Friday was only good because Sunday belonged to God. And when Sunday came, it arrived with an immeasurable power not before seen ...

This is the 100th Raffel Ticket weekly column I've written. How the heck did that happen? The underlying explanation has to ...

The Boston Red Sox had a great day as an organization on Tuesday. Boston got back in the win column and got some revenge on ...

The Gospel accounts of the “two kingdoms” represented in Jesus and Caesar seem strikingly contemporary here and now.

Every time I hear partisan criticism of President Trump, the image of Joe Biden pops into my mind.  Joe thought he would be a ...

Thank you for reading along as we continue our series on the events in Jesus’ passion story as recorded in Matthew's book.

What the crowds on Palm Sunday misunderstood about Jesus then is what many religious people still misunderstand today: Jesus ...

There is a consensus among anthropologists that slavery has always existed in human society. It is an offshoot of warfare.

My grandparents told us how tough they had it as kids. They walked walked to their one-room schoolhouses in the snow, barefoot, and uphill – both ways. Apparently they weren’t privy to the hazards ...