Tensions between religion and science erupted in a hot and humid courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago this month.

The Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University, Sarna has been a force in his ...

The paradox behind recent conflicts is that the communities caught in the fray — Jews, Muslims and Christians — are ...

Believing Muslims say we should have faith in the Quran because Allah literally spoke it to the angel Jibreel, who in turn ...

A staged legal proceeding in a small town became the catalyst for a century of culture wars.

Shiite Islam offers Iranians a standard it views as just. Iran calls itself an Islamic republic. Many Iranians may appreciate ...

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in ...

French pop historian Vincent Lemire's illustrated tome makes some loaded choices in depicting the Jewish parts of history.

SIR WILLIAM DAMPIER is to be congratulated on the appearance of a third edition of his history of science. The first edition, published in 1929, was quickly sold out, a second appearing early the ...

The UFS Faculty of Theology and Religion has become a globally recognised centre of theological scholarship and has attracted ...