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Stanford anthropology professor Tanya Luhrmann has spent ten years studying how evangelical Christians train themselves to hear the voice of God.

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A grisly end for an errant comet may have prompted one of the biggest gamma-ray bursts of all time on 25 December 2010...

Angels are everywhere today—on lapel pins, magnetic dashboard figures, keepsake ornaments and in a Pulitzer Prize-winning play. But interest in angels is more than a contemporary fad. According to a University of Michigan historian, angels stirred intense interest in the early years of Christianity as well.

"Just as many people today think of pets as part of their families, many people in the first 500 years of Christianity were convinced that angels were part of their lives," said Ellen Muehlberger, assistant professor of Near Eastern studies and history at the U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.

Archaeologists working in Jerusalem claim that a discovery they made inside a burial tomb, dating back to the time of Jesus Christ, could shed new light on the origins of Christianity.

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Stables are a haven for a host of animals, some adorable and some repulsive – but for anyone planning to give birth we recommend doing so somewhere...

People would be amazed that 1) many non-Christians celebrate the holiday season and 2) many Christians unknowingly implement pagan traditions into their commemoration of the baby Jesus.

This video takes a quick glance at just a few beloved Christmas traditions and some of their origins.

For many Christians, it's a foregone conclusion that Jesus was not only a real person, but a god. The god. While this position doesn't hold any water in academic circles, there is a legitimate question to ask: Was there a real person whose life was the inspiration for either the gospel, Paul's epistles, or both?