Christmas is the most celebrated of Christian holidays, commemorating what the faithful believe was the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But many of the season's most enduring symbols ...

Should religious folks celebrate Halloween? In answering this question I have a duty to my readers and a duty to my grandchildren, Zeke and Daisy. Spoiler alert: Zeke and Daisy are going to win. First ...

Only once, and only in the King James Version of the Bible, is the Greek word "Pascha" translated as Easter in (Acts 12:4). All other current versions properly translate "Pascha" as "Passover." Easter ...

Dancing around a blazing fire with garlands of wildflowers in their hair, members of Lithuania's Romuva neo-pagan community mark the summer solstice, as the Baltic state undergoes a revival of its pre ...

This time of year, I often run across articles proclaiming Halloween a modern form of the pagan Irish holiday of Samhain (pronounced SAW-en). But as a historian of Ireland and its medieval literature, ...