If “paganism” sounds like one specific religion with a clear founder and a tidy instruction manual… surprise! It’s actually more like a giant, ancient umbrella covering countless belief systems, ...

In the 4th century, Emperor Julian attempted something extraordinary. He tried to reverse the transformation of the Roman Empire and restore the ancient pagan traditions that had shaped Roman society ...

Many of the Easter traditions Christians celebrate today date back to the early days of Christianity. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of ...

JERUSALEM A rare stash of more than 100 pagan worship vessels, all of them intact and dating back more than 3,500 years, have been found in northern Israel, archaeologists said on Monday. The items ...

Cool dancing, everyone … can we open our prezzies now? Richard Milnes, CC BY-SA In the movie The Life of Brian (1979), Reg, played by John Cleese, asks fellow members of the People’s Front of Judea: … ...

This article first ran in 2015. Every year around Christmastime the word "Yule" pops up all over the place, especially in advertising. Maybe it's because it rhymes with so many words, making for ...

On Monday, I began my review of Steven Smith's Pagans and Christians in the City: Culture Wars from the Tiber to the Potomac, and I finished at the point where Smith, having surveyed ancient paganism, ...