How is it, then, that one particular god emerged as the focus of late imperial politics and piety? Ancient divinity ran in many registers, from the spirits directing the casting of lots to the deities ...

Wilson and Patricia Bonomi) and "personal piety" (addressed by Charles Hambrick-Stowe, Patricia Caldwell, David Hall, and others). Public religion in early New England was based on the existence ...

In Ezbet-el-Haggana, a slum on the outskirts of Cairo, residents struggle daily to survive. Staggering unemployment, inflated food prices and problems securing housing make life here both ...

Why? Public displays of piety serve to out nonbelievers, the better to marginalize and ostracize them — and thereby to ...

The one-day visit to the French island region, confirmed Saturday by the Vatican, is to close out a diocesan conference on ...

That is a very big carbon footprint. And for what? Green piety, which has the Premier and his Energy Secretary Ed Miliband in its grip, is always mostly about the imaginary future, about alleged ...

In Venice, the Biennale Goes from the Heavens to the Slammer Why We Love Rockets Earlier this fall, as part of the Fund for American Studies’ Public Policy Fellowship, I visited Piety Hill ...

Is this a representation of filial piety? Families across Asia, including Malaysia, uphold the virtue of filial piety fiercely, especially in aspects of senior care. In our interpretation of ...

Pope Francis will visit Corsica on December 15, sidestepping a state visit to Paris. The trip, focusing on popular piety, ...