Today marks the 508th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, marking the day in 1517 when Catholic priest and professor ...

Do you ever feel not good enough? Are you worried about your conscience and whether God, if there is one, might have reason to punish you? You are not alone. We all at times feel inadequate. The ...

This October 31, perhaps amid Halloween noise, let’s pause to remember the day when one man’s encounter with grace helped pull Europe out of darkness. The Reformation gave the world literacy, liberty, ...

The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism is neither a history of economics, nor a religious history. It borrows from ...

The Amish, founded by Jakob Ammann (1644–1730) as a stricter branch of the Mennonite movement, carried these convictions into secluded communal life. Their emphasis on simplicity, humility, and ...

Today in History for Nov. 2: In 1164, Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket began a six-year self-imposed exile in France. Once a close friend of England's Henry II, Becket had become an outspoken ...

Switzerland’s two powerhouse cities sit at opposite ends of the country — literally and figuratively. Zurich commands the ...

Never before or later in Polish architecture did the wealth of forms and details take on such a spectacular scale as in the Baroque era, when temples and palaces were designed with exceptional panache ...

Dwelling in the Psalms is the theme for the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (CICW), marking Calvin University’s 150th anniversary with 150 psalms, for 150 years. Aiming to connect Calvin’s ...

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