New UChicago Divinity School course uses religious texts and popular sci-fi to shed light on what it means to be human ...

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For thousands of years, angels have appeared in human stories as glowing messengers, warriors of light, and silent watchers ...

Far from the baby-cheeked cherubs of Renaissance art, they were fiery beings who inspired fear. In ancient Judaism and early Christianity, angels were portrayed as powerful beings who guarded the ...

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Amid economic uncertainty, angel investors are reassessing their expectations of early-stage startups, and are backing ...

Philip C. Almond does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Hurley, a professor of theology and literature, explains some of the difficulties contemporary theologians have when it comes ...

Many of the 8 million Venezuelans scattered across the Americas received the news of their president's capture with caution ...

We live in an age where taking photographs is easier than ever. The numbers are honestly wild—research suggests roughly 1.8 ...