When Christianity spread through the Roman Empire, thousands of temples dedicated to the traditional pagan gods faced an ...

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 ...

It is often said that paganism disappeared after the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire. But the reality was far more complex. Even in the late 5th century, pagan communities still existed ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Russia's top Christian leader has warned that athletes and soldiers in the country are turning to pagan traditions. "The church's inaction often turns the promotion of a healthy lifestyle into a ...

Here are some generally agreed-upon facts about religious trends in the United States. Institutional Christianity has weakened drastically since the 1960s. Lots of people who once would have been ...

Mr. Caldwell is a contributing Opinion writer and the author of “The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties” and “Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West.” This ...

Paganism is often practiced alone, but Maine has a number of groups and institutions that support the faith, including a ...