Religion

Did it matter that the fifth Tudor monarch was a woman rather than a man? Retha Warnicke investigates.

Simon Ditchfield looks at the achievement of Ignatius Loyola and sees the Society of Jesus, which he founded, as the first organization with a truly global reach.

Penny Young investigates the situation of one of the country’s less-commonly mentioned communities.

Derek Wilson looks at the great religious reformer and asks why his life and work have seemed so ­significant to so many diverse people for almost 500 years.

After the Crucifixion, writes J.K. Elliott, the disciples had a vivid and personal feeling that Jesus was in some sense still with them.

The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III died on April  2nd, 1657.

Christopher J. Walker asks whether the two religions that frequently appear locked in an inevitable clash of civilizations in fact share more than has often been thought.

Penelope J. Corfield considers how catastrophic visions of the end of the world have recurred throughout history, in all societies and religions.

Will Saunders asks whether one of the ‘villains’ of the English Reformation deserves his reputation.

Simon Lemieux explain why witch-hunting ended when so many Europeans supported it.