Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI on April 19, 2005, replacing the late John Paul II, one of the most popular pontiffs of recent times. Now, following 2,000-year-old church...
Pope John Paul II led the Catholic Church during a time of great upheaval. During his pontificate (1978-2005), the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall collapsed, and great strides wer...
As a hermit monk, it would have been likely that Thomas Merton would have lived and died relatively unknown. Because of his incredible talent for writing, though, his ideas reached...
After a devastating missionary trip to China on which her husband died, Aimee Semple McPherson refused to give up her dream of winning new souls to Christianity. As a talented spea...
Known as the "Mahatma" or "Great Soul", Gandhi is one of history's best-known spiritual leaders. Through a campaign of nonviolence developed through devotion to Hindu ideals, Gandh...
As the head of Tibetan Buddhism, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, is known throughout the world as a spiritual leader. Despite the seemingly narrow scope of his faith, the Dalai...
After making a miraculous recovery from a terrible injury, Mary Baker Eddy devoted her life to developing her own system of faith. Always a controversial figure, Eddy is remembered...
Swedenborg is credited as being the major intellectual of Sweden for the early eighteenth century. Interested in spiritual matters, he wrote prolifically about his beliefs.
The first woman to serve as the president of the American Society of Biblical Literature, Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza is a biblical scholar as well as a respected feminist theolog...
A spiritual leader now working in India, Sai Baba encourages individuals to lead whole lives by reaching for his ideals of love, peace, nonviolence, and right conduct.
Calvin became an important influence in the Reformation, and his theological beliefs, known as Calvinism, have become integral to many of today's major Protestant churches.
An Iranian cleric who criticised the modernisation efforts of the Shah of Iran (Mohammed Reza Pahlavi), Khomeini called for a fundamentalist Islamic state in Iran.
Bring history to life with this unique collection featuring vivid profiles of famous people, places and historical events. Articles are selected with the curriculum in mind, and in...
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