Rome didn’t become Christian overnight, and pagan life didn’t instantly disappear. For centuries the empire was religiously tolerant, with countless cults and temples operating openly. Even after ...

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, ...

Recent events have left Christians wondering how they stand in American society. In the last year, we at Christianity Today have received several manuscripts by prominent Christian intellectuals ...

The West once was pagan and then became Christian; historically, it is the pagan-Christian West. Today, in contrast, it has become the Christian-pagan West. No century was ever more misjudged than the ...

Researchers have identified what is believed to be the world's earliest surviving Christian inscription, shedding light on an ancient sect that followed the teachings of a second-century philosopher ...

A growing number of Britons who leave Christianity are turning to paganism or other forms of spiritualism instead of converting to other major religions, a new study has found. The survey, released by ...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered the ruins of an ancient pagan temple from the Roman period in Italy. The temple was found during excavations in the ancient hilltop town of Spello, which is ...

Thinking in a Catholic context, Maureen Mullarkey ponders whether the fading of Christianity in the West and its rise in the Global South is going to change Christianity in ways that the small-o ...

As Christians conquered pagan lands, they regularly superimposed Christian symbols on pagan shrines. I thought of this when I read that the buildings of Chicago Theological Seminary have been sold to ...

It's no secret that Easter, a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, has deep ties to ancient pagan rituals celebrating the renewal of spring. And hot cross buns, the ...