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

Washington State University historian Matthew Avery Sutton has published a comprehensive history of Christianity in America, ...

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 ...

Explore the spread of Christianity from the year 30, following the death of Jesus, to the year 1000 during the height of the ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Researchers have deciphered a mysterious inscription hidden within an ancient amulet, uncovering fascinating new insights ...

Matthew Avery Sutton’s impressive new history is insightful, helpful, colorful—and incomplete. Writing a comprehensive history of American Christianity is a mammoth undertaking that few historians ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists discovered a silver amulet containing an 18-line text showing the oldest known devotion to Christianity north of ...