The prominent religious studies professor retired from UNC after more than 35 years of teaching, writing and inspiring debate ...

Erich von Däniken, who has died aged 90, was among the first writers to suggest that human civilisation, and even human ...

The "spiritual architect" of BYU, Karl G. Maeser’s legacy continues to define the university even 150 years later.

Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel”. The question that the line re-asks and re-asks is not new, however: what is good about Christmas? It is: what is ...

The Tower of Babel has a surprising parallel in Greek mythology—Otus and Ephialtes’ daring attempt to reach Olympus.

What better way to express freedom’s heart-cry, Decry decades-long chains that bind, And give oneself wings of swift relief, ...

Seeing a new kind of head ornament on a recent reproduction of the iconic Avukana Buddha statue, made me ponder how the ...

The Greeks pretty much invented the theatre. Thousands of people packed the hillside arena of ancient Athens to watch plays by famous writers like Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. The Greeks also ...

It’s all down to a young king called Alexander. He led his army to take over Greece, Persia, Egypt and even part of India. He ruled so much of the world they called him ‘Alexander the Great’. Wherever ...

Josh Sears, an associate professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, recently spoke with Church News about ...