Success or Failure? Christianity in China
Xinzhong Yao examines the prospects for Christianity in China based on past performance.
Religion
Manchester Jewish Museum
Richard Cavendish discovers the riches and Diaspora and beyond in the Manchester Jewish museum.
The Church of San Frediano, Lucca
Diana Webb looks at the miracles and saints populating the basilica of the San Frediano in Lucca.
The Devil and the Saints in the Conquest of Mexico
Fernando Cervantes explores the conversion process from polytheistic human sacrifice to devotion to the Mother Church.
Dickens and the Construction of Christmas
The best-loved of Britain's novelists penned a tale that struck a potent chord in the popular revival of the season of goodwill. Geoffrey Rowell explains its appeal and its powerful religious and social overtones.
Saints and Cities in Medieval Italy
Every commune had to have one - Diana Webb explains how the cult of a holy man or woman and civic PR went hand-in-hand in medieval Italy.
Heretical Sects in Pre-Reformation England
Greg Walker reassesses the evidence for believing that Lollard 'known men' and other evangelicals acted as the underground army that undermined the medieval Catholicism of Henry VIII's church.
Church of Bom Jesus, Goa
Edward Norman on the Eastern promise of Western sainthood to be encountered in the Church of the Bom Jesus in Goa.
Religion and Revolt: Bengal Under The Raj
Peter Heehs describes how Hindu revivalism stiffened resistance to colonial rule in British India.
Our Mother, Which Art in Heaven?
The debate over the role of women in the Anglican church continues to rage in the UK. A historical look at the role of women in Christianity is presented.