Did Christianity really cause the fall of the Roman Empire — or is that one of history’s biggest myths? This episode breaks ...

A 1.37-inch inscription could upend our understanding of the religion’s spread.

In his new book, Twelve Churches: An Unlikely History of the Buildings that Made Christianity, Fergus Butler-Gallie attempts to do just that but on a global scale. The 12 churches in the book are from ...

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found buried ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A team of archaeologists has uncovered the ruins of an ancient pagan temple from the Roman period in Italy. The temple ...

Just as biodiversity produces new trees, cultural diversity produces new expressions of an ancient faith. Histories of American Christianity look very different now than they did 50 years ago. “Church ...

The Christian community in Tang China managed to survive for as long as the emperors were tolerant of other religions. That changed during the rule of the emperor Wuzong (841-846 CE), who banned all ...

Every decade sees a new research that revives interest in the shroud of Turin or what much of Christendom believes to be the burial cloth of Jesus. On Easter, Jesus was resurrected marking the end of ...

Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text showing the oldest known devotion to Christianity north of the Alps. Computer technology helped unravel the mystery of the text ...